By submitting an application to the programme, participants confirm that they have read, understood, and agreed to the AA Visiting School Terms and Conditions.

As only a small number of places are available for this programme, we advise you to secure your place as soon as possible by completing the online application and making a full payment of the fees.

1. Standard Application:

• Click on "Apply" to log in or create an account on the Applicant’s portal.
• Submit your details and payment of the deposit fee. The deposit reserves your place in the programme but does not confirm you are fully registered.
• Log in to the Applicant’s portal to pay the remaining fee, upload documents, monitor the status of your application and more.

2. AA Students and Melbourne University Students.

• Click on "Apply" to log in or create an account with your AA Student or Melbourne University email address on the Applicant’s portal.
• Submit your details and payment of the deposit fee. The deposit reserves your place in the programme but does not confirm you are fully registered.

All participants travelling from abroad are responsible for securing any visa required and are advised to contact their home embassy early. An official letter can be issued by the AA Visiting School confirming enrolment onto the programme once an applicant has settled their deposit payment.

James Emery is an architect and artist based in London. He studied architecture at the University of Edinburgh and the Royal Danish Academy, and later trained under Peter Zumthor at his atelier in Haldenstein. After graduating with Honours from the Architectural Association in 2022, he worked at several London-based architectural practices before teaching at the AA and co-founding Emery & Saito, a multidisciplinary studio based between London and Tokyo.

Sheer Gritzerstein is an architecture practitioner, researcher and educator who specialises in spatial analysis. She previously worked as a geographic intelligence researcher and as a sailing educator before completing her BArch and MArch at the Architecture Association in 2024. Her work explores architecture as a navigation practice and the culture of comfort in the Anthropocene.

Hiroaki Yamane studied at the Architectural Association and graduated with Diploma Honours in 2024. Prior to studying at the AA, he worked in the technology industry in the US, serving as a creative technologist specialised in designing interactive experiences and prototyping for research and development projects. He now collaborates with the Fondazione Giorgio Cini’s Digital Centre (ARCHiVe), Territorial Agency, 6a architects and Dunhill and O’Brien to explore his interests at the intersection of entropy, computation and the architecture of memory.