EXIT INTERVIEW SCHEDULE

IN ROOM 112--Stubbins!

9:30 John C.

9:45 Aida

10:00 Mallie

10:15 Lisa

10:30 Parker

10:45 Jana

11:00 Sophia

11:15 Kristen

11:30 John N

11:45 Kevin

FINAL REVIEW SCHEDULE

9:30am Pin-up in Piper (first 5 people must be pinned up by 10am)

10-10:15am Introduction to Studio Project

10:15-10:45am John C.

10:45-11:15am Lisa

11:15-11:45am Sophia

11:45-12:15pm Aida

12:15-12:45pm Jana

12:45-1:30pm LUNCH

1:30-2:00pm Parker

2:00-2:30pm John N.

2:30-3:00pm Kevin

3:00-3:30pm Mallie

3:30-4:00pm Kristen

FINAL WEEK WORKING SCHEDULE

Click here for Working Final Week Schedule

SASAKI FIELD TRIP ANNOUNCEMENT

Please meet me at the Harvard Square Train Station (at the main lower level near the ticket machines) at 9:15am SHARP. We will be taking the 71 bus from Harvard Square to Watertown Square tomorrow morning for our fieldtrip to Sasaki! Let me know ASAP if there is any conflict.

71 BUS SCHEDULE

Pin-up Schedule [in groups of two, please pin-up 5 mins before your stated timed slot, and stay for your partner's review]

3rd Floor Lounge

1:30-2:15 John N., Lisa

2:15-3:00 Kevin, Kristen

3:00-3:45 Parker, Mallie (ilana)

3:45-4:30 Sophia, Jana (ilana)

4:30-5:15 John C., Aida

5:15 meet as a group

Here is a list of everyone's working Project Statement:

Parker: Expose and Uncover the Above Ground and Below Ground Relationships. GC exposes the built environment under the paved surface.

Aida: GC is a center for enjoying art and culture. Creating gallery spaces and art spaces.

Jana: Activating the edge to change the character and use of GC.

Kevin: Bring City Hall as hub and make accessible to the people.

John C: Bring river to GC. New kind of dynamic urban form

Sophia: Crack GC and let it grow.

Mallie: GC is about harnessing and expressing movement. Captivating the idea of recreation in a dynamic way.

Lisa: Great Civic Space. Closing Congress Street and breaking the edge.

Kristen: GC as water engine for rainwater/gray water purification.

John N: (coming)

Aida, John, Jana, Mallie

I have more if you don't see what you're looking for...

Desk Crit Order for Thursday, July 15th

--I am starting at 12:30pm--

12:30pm Maggie [LA4]

1PM LA2 MEETING [3rd Floor Lounge]

Aida

Jana

Parker

John C.

Kevin

John N.

Sophia

Lisa

Mallie

Kristen

Ivy [LA4]

*email me if you have any questions

On a darker note..

http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/12/cherokee_bear_pits.php

Forest Bathing!

Brief article

mallie! check it

http://www.ssdarchitecture.com/works/cultural/providence-plaza/

Working Week Schedule

Wednesday, July 14

12:30-3pmDesk Crits (20 min desk crits)

Kristen

Mallie

John C.

Kevin

Sophia

John N.

Aida

3-4pm Ilana Workshop (510)

4-5:00 pm desk crits

Parker

Lisa

Jana

5pm North Point Park Visit with Erik Prince (if it is not raining)

Thursday, July 15

9-11 Portfolio Presentation in Piper

1-1:30 LA2 meeting

1:30-6pm desk crits

Friday, July 16th

9:15 meet Harvard Square Train Station Lower Level

1-6pm Pin-up (order 3rd)

INSPIRATION

WORLD TRADE CENTER MEMORIAL, PWP

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

LA2 UPDATED SCHEDULE

Arch + Land Workshop Description (Sunday 5-9pm)

FINAL PROJECT requirements

Government Center Possible Program List (generated from Wednesday's pin-up)

3D model of City Hall

If you go here: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=6fdda327c88732c2207eb32548ae4290 you can download a 3D model of City Hall. If you also download google sketchup (free program) you can do all kinds of fun things with the 3D model including rotate and draw in things and get very accurate measurements.

May be more trouble that it's worth. But pretty cool...

Lookin' good, Lexi Belle!

Site Analysis Resources

New Base Maps:

1"=300'-0" (this map is for building/open space)

1"=150'-0" (this map is for materials)

Material:

GSD Material Collection

Neighborhood Single Operation Maps (from last project)

Precedent:

VIA (Visual Information Access

EXCELLENT PRECEDENT STUDY by Ilana Cohen and Shannon Simms

Precedent Study_part 2

EXCELLENT PRECEDENT STUDY_2 by Zenobia Meckley and Emily Bonifaci

Urban Planning/Design Presentation

Urban Planning/Design Presentation

Urban Planning/Design Resource list

Thought I might post this. Maybe I do have a design gene......somewhere.
www.robertnassar.com

This is where Darth Vader lives...

Oh my mistake. That's just Boston city hall.

Images for Photoshop Workshop with Ilana on 7/7

City of Boston Planimetric Map

Here's a map (PDF link) you might find helpful, especially with the stair locations.

If you zoom in close enough (onscreen) you can see some measurements, too. Prepared by the Boston Redevelopment Authority. Property information is courtesy of City of Boston Assessing Department. Sidewalks and building footprints derived from Boston Water and Sewer Commission 1994 digital orthophoto project. NAD 1983 State Plane Massachusetts Mainland FIPS 2001 (Feet). Parcel information from Assessing Dept. - FY2010 (Jan.1, 2009) Note: Greenwy parcels have not been updated.

Note: I'm told the map needs to be printed at 24" x 36" for the scale to be right (1"= 100'-0").

Important Announcements

July Working Schedule

Project 4_Problem Statement

Project 4 Presentation

BASE PLANS:

40th scale (36 x 36 in) with site outlined

200th scale (11 x 17in.) with site outlined

200th scale (11 x 17in.)

DUE FRIDAY 7/9: DOCUMENTATION OF YOUR LAST PROJECT--MODEL AND DRAWINGS.

We can discuss one-on-one if you have any questions.

The Emerald Necklace resources:

The Emerald Necklace Conservancy

Kathy Poole from UVa and the Fens

Fens Mapping from Sara Queen

gabion retainment options

Here is the pin-up order for tomorrow (Friday, July 2) in the 3rd Floor Lounge. Can the first 5 people please be pinned up by 9am! I will be at school at 8:30 am to help with the pin-up process. Each student has 25mins (5 mins to present and 20 mins for comments).

Jury: John Davis, MArch '11; Eamonn Hutton, MLA'10; Linda Chamorro, MLA'10; Jean-Paul Charboneau, MLA'09.

9-15am: Presentation and intro to Project

9:15-9:40am: John C. (AKA BD)

9:40-10:05: Kristen

10:05-10:30: Kevin

10:30-10:55: John N.

10:55-11:20: Aida

11:30-12:00 LUNCH

12:00-12:25: Lisa

12:25-12:50: Sophia

12:50-1:15 Jana

1:15-1:40 Parker

1:40-2:05: Mallie

2:05-2:30 reflections and comments (as a group)

Sophia! Look here. This is a diagram made by my classmates: Caroline, Diane and Leah in our 4th semester at graduate school showing the size of a coastal tanker and the size of the channel it moves through. This might be a helpful precedent drawing your kayak diagrams.

Here is the order for Wednesday, June 30th Pin-up. Please stay to review your partner's project. Please pin-up all drawings/sketches, site analysis (yours and other classmate's work), and all models.

2-2:45pm: Aida, Kevin

2:45-3:30pm: Parker, Mallie

3:30-4:15pm: John C., Lisa

Ilana—will join us at 4pm--

4:15-5:00pm: Sophia, Kristen

5-5:45pm: John N, Jana

5:45 ALL GROUP MEETING IN THE 3RD FLOOR LOUNGE

Precedent Projects

Here are some helpful precedent projects to look at. I will continuously expand and add to this list this week--so check back.

New Precedents:

Foreign Office Architects (John C.)

Schouwburgplein, West8 [Kevin/Jana--check out the industrial and multi-purpose lights]

Scott Amphitheater, Swarthmore College [John N--theather + trees example]

Floating Islands [Kristen--take a look at this technology]

John C.: City of Malmo, Jeppe Aagaard Andersen

Aida: Bailey Plaza, Cornell University, MVVA

Mallie: Byxbee Park, Hargreaves Associates

Sophia: Brooklyn Bridge Park, MVVA

John N.: Pixar, PWP; Central Indianapolis Waterfront, Sasaki

Jana: MIT Framework Plan (use of gabion structures), Olin

Parker: South Cove, Susan Child and EEK architecture

Lisa: Rotterdam, Windsheld

WK_3 Working Schedule

LA2 Program Brainstorm List

Please use these plans from now on:

MODEL BASE at 30th scale

30th Scale Base plan (with context, larger then 11x17 sheet of paper)

60th Scale Base plan

Jana's desktop

Friday, June 24th Schedule

Friday [June 25]:

9-1pm Pin-up (Stubbins) Each group has 5-7 mins to present!

1-2pm lunch

2-4pm Reflections from morning pin-up, Site Program Discussion (meet as LA2--location TBA)

4-6pm Open Studios [ All school show and tell of work from Career Disco. Please select one drawing to pin-up and show in Piper]

Homework [for Monday]:

1. Sensory Map [suggested measurement 18 x 24 in]

2. Environmental/Ecology Factors Drawing & Urban/Context Drawing (11 x 17)

Heads-up: I will be asking for a site model for Tuesday, June 29th. You might want to get started on this over the weekend!

WALKING TOUR_1

Support Resources:

1. Harvard Yard

MVVA's Restoration Project

Crimson Canopy Map

2. Josep Sert (architect for Holyoke Center)

3. Urban Allee

4. Winthrop House Courtyard

PEOPLE for DRAWINGS

Click here for: People from Kevin from ilana

People for Drawings

Alexis asked I post a scanned copy of the "People" images for the group's use. Here's a link to download the PDF file: https://www.yousendit.com/download/ K0JRUGhYQVNvQUpFQlE9PQ
(note the link will expire in 7 days so download a copy soon if you're interested.)

Thursday, June 24th Schedule

Thursday [June 24]:

DUE: Digital scans or photos of Assignment 2 /

DUE: SITE ANALYSIS DRAWINGS DUE AT 12AM ON MY DESK (4 copies)

11am-12pm LA Research Presentation (location room 109)

12-1pm lunch

1-2:30pm Walking tour of Harvard Square and tree canopy investigation (with Alexis)

2:30-3:30pm Desk Crits: Ecology

3:30-4:30pm Desk Crits: Circulation

4:30-5:30pm Desk Crits: Neighborhood Character

5:30pm LA2 Meeting in 2 floor Lounge

great map websites

http://cartastrophe.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/minard.png

strange maps
radicalcartography
fake is the new real

other:
edward tufte

edit post to add more!

Wednesday, June 23rd Schedule

Wednesday [June 23]:

11-11:30 am Model Documentation Tutorial with Brad

12-1pm lunch

1-2pm Desk Crits Neighborhood Character

2-3pm Desk Crits Circulation

3-4pm Desk Crits Ecology

4-6pm Ilana will give a presentation/workshop on Sensory Mappings (room 510)

Site Analysis for Brandeis by Matt Girard and James Willeford

Computer route with times highlighted.

Here is a single map of vehicular circulation.

Here they highlighted where the streets interact with pedestrian walks. Two layers of information is highlighted.

This is is a nice diagram using plan and site photos showing two layers of information. The site photos are located on the plan.

Here Matt and James cut a section through the main pedestrian spine on campus and looked at how long it would take to walk through campus.

Here they compared the width of the sidewalks at Brandeis to the widths of our local sidewalks. How many people can you fit across comfortably?

custom data mapping of boston

great info mapping data site for boston. create your own map w/ key and legend ect.

metro boston data common

alexis is this where you got the circulation maps?

-jana

Ecology look here!

Here is a list of Helpful resources from Boston Harbor Island's research:

Bibliography

Audobon Magazine, http://audubonmagazine.org/

Carlozzi, Carl, et. al. Ecosystems and Resources of the Massachusetts Coast. Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management. Boston: Institute for Man and Environment, 1975.

Dirr, Michael. Dirr’s Hardy trees and shrubs : an illustrated encyclopedia. Portland: Timber Press, 1997.

Eelgrass Habitat, http://www.botos.com/marine/egrass01.html. Updated 5 July 2005.

Elliman, Ted. “Vascular Flora and Plant Communities of the Boston Harbor Islands.” Northeastern Naturalist. 12 (2005).

Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, http://stellwagen.noaa.gov Updated 18 August 2008.

A Guide To Coastal Hazards. Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management. Boston: Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management, 1983.

Jacobson, Bruce, et. al. 2002 Islands Biodiversity. Boston: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002.

Jorgensen, Neil. A Sierra Club naturalist’s guide to Southern New England. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1978.

Lickus, Mark. “Natural resources of the Massachusetts Bay area: values, status, and threats.” 55 p. (1989)

Mass DEP, http://www.mass.gov/dep/

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, “Water Systems” http://www.mwra.state.ma.us/ Updated 13 March 2008.

National Marine Sanctuary Program: http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/ Updated 26 September 2008.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, “The National Ocean Service 2007 Annual Report America’s Oceans and Coasts: Safe, Healthy, and Productive”

www.noaa.gov/

National Ocean Service, http://www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/ Updated 24 September 2008.

Richburg, Julie. “Historical Description of the Vegetation of the Boston Harbor Islands: 1600-2000.” Northeastern Naturalist. 12 (2005).

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, http://www.birdnature.com/flyways.html

Circulation look here!

Drawing Precedents

Neighborhood Character look here! These two drawings my classmate, Eamonn Hutton made for his site analysis for Brandeis University. He created user group identities and narratives for how they move through the campus.

CD_WK2 SCHEDULE

Click Here for: WK_2 Working Schedule

Tuesday: June 22 Schedule

11am-12pm Presentation on site analysis on The National Mall, Washington, D.C. (Room 109)

1-2pm Desk Crits Circulation

2-3pm Desk Crits Ecology

3-4pm Representation Workshop (room 510)

4-5pm Desk Crits Neighborhood Character

5-6pm Studio Meeting (2nd Floor Lounge)

Today's project 3 presentation

Base Plan_1
Base Plan_2
Base Plan_3
Base Plan_4
Base Plan_5

Helpful Resources to get started on Site Analysis:

1. Historic Maps: David Rumsey Collection
2. Google Earth: Download Free Google Earth to your computer. It is a great resource for digital maps and information.
3. Emergent Vegetation of the Urban Ecosystem (Evue) by Peter Del Tredici
4. Measuring Walking Distances
5. Guide to City Trees in the Boston Area
6. MVVA's Boston Children's Museum Project
7. Rose Kennedy Greenway
8. Boston Harbor Walk
9. Courtesy of TeamMate Mallie

10. Tree Resource from Ptowntown

FIRST REVIEW!

Monday, June 21st Schedule

Monday [June 21]:

9am-11am lecture (Location: Piper)

11am-12pm Representation Presentation (Piper)

12-1pm Lunch

1pm-2pm Project 3 Assignment

2pm-2:30pm LA2 meeting on analysis topics

2:30pm-6pm Site Visit (We will be going into Boston to visit out new project site)

Homework: For THURSDAY, please submit 3 digital images of work from your Project 2 and your Final Review on Friday. Scans or photos must be a minimum of 200dpi. Please email me the files.

Photography: the photo booth is set up at the northern end of the 2nd tray. Brad (the digital media instructor) should be able to teach you how to set things up. He will also have a camera there for you to use. He sits adjacent to the photo area.
There are scanners available in the library and I believe on the third floor (opposite side of the building). I will double check later today to see if they are still set up.

I will also be around tonight from 5-10pm if any one needs help documenting your work or with the drawing assignment from your first model. Check your emails tonight for feedback from the review on Friday.

Friday, June 18th Schedule

Friday [June 18th]:

9-12am: Work time

12pm: Gather as a group/check-in and pin-up

1-5:30pm: Review [5th floor tray in the back]

2-5 mins presentation + 20-25 mins review

Review of assignment 1
Jury: Linda Chamorro, MLA’10; Eamonn Hutton, MLA'10, Sarah Thomas, MLA’10

Thursday, June 17th Schedule

Thursday [June 17]:

Career Discovery: Landscape Architecture Section
Week One Schedule [June 14th-June 18th]
Instructor: Alexis Canter
Lead Faculty: Michael Blier

Thursday, June 17th
9-11am: morning lecture
11-12am: free (studio work time)
12-1pm: lunch
1-5:45pm: desk crits (please sign-up)
5:30-6pm Meet up to talk about review tomorrow

*be prepared to review your multiple site models a 1’=1/4”

Here is a list of the Jury for your review on Friday, June 18th at 1pm:

Linda Chamorro, MLA’10
Eamonn Hutton, MLA'10
Sarah Thomas, MLA’106pm for additional help.

Precedent Projects

Here are a list of precedent projects I thought would be of interest to you. Please view the links even if I have not directly connected them to your project. I will update this list regularly.

Parker: Teardrop Park, New York, MVVA (look at wall drawings) and Wall and size spaces, Mikyoung Kim

Mallie and Kevin: Metis, Quebec, Stoss

Mallie: Wavefield, Maya Lin

Aida: Goodman Sky Garden, Mikyoung Kim and Andy Goldsworthy and Jacob Javits, MSP

Jana: Stockpiles, Boston, Stoss (materials) and Scheldt + Storm Surge Barrier, West 8 (shells as ground)

Kristin: Simcoe Wavedeck, West 8

Lisa: Halprin in Portland and ChonGae, Mikyoung Kim

John C: Trampoline + Willow Garden, Landworks-Studio, France

Sophia: Highline, Field Operations, New York and Canopy Walk

General Firm Sites:

Landworks-Studio

MVVA

FieldOperations

Gustadson Guthrie

Inside Outside

Vogt

Mikyoung Kim

Martha Schwartz

Sasaki

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