{"id":6533,"date":"2025-12-12T09:40:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/?p=6533"},"modified":"2025-12-12T09:40:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:40:52","slug":"announcing-aim-making-matters-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/?p=6533","title":{"rendered":"Announcing &#8216;AiM: &#8216;MAKING MATTERS&#8217; Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/video.manchester.ac.uk\/embedded\/ffffffff-cee7-157a-0000-019b0d5b83e0\" width=\"660\" height=\"380\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Following our successful launch exhibition at this year\u2019s Venice Architecture Biennale, we\u2019re excited to announce a follow-up exhibition in our home city of Manchester:<\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>AiM : <i>Making Matt<\/i><em>ers<\/em><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Communicating Architectural Ideas Through Models<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Sponsored by: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.materialsource.co.uk\">Material Source Studio<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>In partnership with:<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/manchestersocietyofarchitects.com\/aim-exhibition-making-matters-material-source\/\">Manchester Society of Architects<\/a> and<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanculturalcentre.eu\">European Cultural Centre Italy<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">The exhibition will run for <b>five weeks<\/b>, from <b>Monday 2 March to Thursday 2 April 2026<\/b>, at <b>Material Source Studio in central Manchester.<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Private View Launch Event:<\/b>\u00a0Thursday 5 March, from 17:00<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Public Programme: <\/b>Practitioner lectures (details TBC)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Practitioners, WE NEED YOU!<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Your work <i>is<\/i>\u00a0the exhibition. We are seeking contributions of up to <b>three models per practice<\/b>, ideally at different scales and\/or showing the development of a single project. Alongside chosen models, we will request short supporting text.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">We also welcome any video material showing the making or use of models in your practice.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">We will curate the final selection based on proposals and spatial considerations.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">As AiM index members, you are receiving this invitation before the public call for contributions. If you\u2019d like to take part, please complete the expression of interest form below:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a id=\"OWAf3e1811b-914f-6520-f60d-6610f0a3ad35\" title=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/gQ9USGKu9yPr9t828\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/gQ9USGKu9yPr9t828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">&#x27a1;&#xfe0f; Expression of Interest Form<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">We will review submissions and confirm selected participants shortly after<b>\u00a09 January 2026<\/b>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Participation is free; we only ask that you arrange delivery and collection of your models to either the venue or our workshop.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">If needed, we can recommend couriers depending on your location.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Key Dates<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Confirm participation &amp; proposed models:<\/b>\u00a0by <b>9 January 2026<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Model delivery deadline: <\/b>Friday <b>20 February 2026<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Exhibition opens:<\/b>\u00a0Monday <b>2 March 2026<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Private View:<\/b>\u00a0Thursday <b>5 March 2026, from 17:00<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Exhibition closes: <\/b>Thursday <b>2 April 2026<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>A Reminder: What is AiM?<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">The Architects Index of Modelmaking (AiM) is an online directory for architecture students and professionals. Our aim is to build a network of local, national and international practitioners who champion the value of physical modelmaking in architectural design.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.the-aim.co.uk\">www.the-aim.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">We continue to grow the network through social media, exhibitions and future publications. As some of you will know, the project launched earlier this year with an exhibition at the European Cultural Centre during the Venice Architecture Biennale, attracting more than <b>88,000 <\/b>visitors across six months.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank you for your support, and we hope you\u2019ll be able to join us for this next stage of the project at Material Source Studio, Manchester.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Scott Miller<\/b>\u00a0\u2014 on behalf of AiM, B.15 Modelmaking Workshop<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Simina Ionescu<\/b>\u00a0\u2014 on behalf of Manchester Society of Architects<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Lucia Pedrana <\/b>\u2014 on behalf of the European Cultural Centre Italy<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following our successful launch exhibition at this year\u2019s Venice Architecture Biennale, we\u2019re excited to announce a follow-up exhibition in our home city of Manchester: \u00a0 AiM : Making Matters \u00a0 Communicating Architectural Ideas Through Models Sponsored by: Material Source Studio &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/?p=6533\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6543,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[1077,1092,1076,448,901,387,57,1093],"class_list":["post-6533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mainfeed","category-miscellaneous-projects","tag-aim","tag-aimmakingmatters","tag-aimproject","tag-architectural-modelmaking-exhibition","tag-european-culture-centre","tag-exhibition","tag-manchester-society-of-architects","tag-material-source-studio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6533"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6544,"href":"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6533\/revisions\/6544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b15.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}