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Special Interest Group in Urban Settlements: SIGUS Workshops
Rebuilding Communities in Vietnam
Reinhard Goethert
Sun-Sat, Jan 7-17, 19, 22-26, 09am-05:00pm, Vietnam 1/7-17
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Limited to 12 participants.
No listeners
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Level: H 6 units Graded P/D/F
Interactive interdisciplinary workshops which focus on projects and practices on urban settlement issues in developing countries throughout the world. Participation by guest practitioners.
The workshop will link with the ASIAN COALITION OF HOUSING RIGHTS, a non-governmental organization tackling housing issues in low-income communities; The UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE, National University of Ho Chi Minh City; and Oxford Brookes University, England. Working in teams, participants will have the freedom and responsibility to define their areas of exploration and subsequent agendas of action for low-income communities in Ho Chi Minh City. The first two weeks will be a structured workshop setting, with the last week an opportunity for individual research. A final presentation will be made to government officials, community members and professional planning sectors. Sponsored by Special Interest Group in Urban Settlement (SIGUS).
Preference given to students of Architecture and Planning but open to other Undergraduates as well. Statement of Interest and CV required. Students must pay for some of the expenses.
Contact: Bianca Nardella, TA, 7-337, x3-7387, bmn@mit.edu or beida2@yahoo.com
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4.235
Sustainable Settlement Design in Developing Countries
Reinhard Goethert
Mon Jan 29 thru Fri Feb 2, 09am-05:00pm, Oxford, England
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Limited to 5 participants.
No listeners
Prereq: Permission of instructor Must cover costs in Oxford & Transportation to England.
Level: H 3 units Standard A - F Grading
Explores physical planning issues in low-income housing developments. Topics structured around measurement, modeling and prediction of design interventions, using evaluation as an entry to understanding good practice. Active, hands-on class sessions.
This course will explore key design issues in the provision of housing in settlements for the low income. The focus is on the notion of SELF-SETTLEMENT, which will be explored with regard to effective institutional and professional intervention. The teaching methodology is built around hands-on exercises, from which issues will be extracted and studied. Basic tools and techniques of physical planning appropriate to Third World housing situations will stressed and structured around four areas: basic measurement, prediction of uses, modeling, and design. Offered at the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP), Oxford Brookes University.
Undergraduates welcomed also. Please submit CV for review of eligibility.
Sponsor: Special Interest Group in Urban Settlement (SIGUS).
Contact: Reinhard Goethert, N52-357A, x3-2402, rkg@mit.edu
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Architecture Internship
Ann Pendleton-Jullian , Deborah Rosencrans, Career Services, John Fernandez, Paul Lukez
Mon-Fri, Jan 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, 29-1, 09am-05:00pm
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Limited to 20 participants.
No listeners
Prereq: 4.125 or 4.126
Level: U 6 units Graded P/D/F
Work in an architect's office to gain experience, improve skills, and see the inner workings of an everyday architectural practice. Internships in all sizes of firms and in public and nonprofit agencies. Internships require full-time work for the entire IAP. Nonpaying.
Mandatory Meetings: Nov. 3 in Stella Room 7-338, 1pm-2pm; and Nov.30, 12n-1pm in the AVT (7-431).
Contact: Gretchen Fricke, 7-337, x7-7387, gfricke@mit.edu
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Graduate Architecture Internship
Ann Pendleton-Jullian , Deborah Rosencrans of Career Services, John Fernandez and Paul Lukez
Mon-Fri, Jan 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, 29-2, 09am-05:00pm
No listeners
Prereq: 4.123 or 4.124
Level: G 6 units Graded P/D/F
Work in an architect's office to gain experience, improve skills, and see the inner workings of an everyday architectural practice. Internships in all sizes of firms and in public and nonprofit agencies. Internships require full-time work for the entire IAP. Nonpaying.
Mandatory meetings Friday, 11/3, 1-2pm in Stella Room, 7-338; Nov. 30, 12n-1pm, AVT 7-431.
Contact: Gretchen Fricke, 7-337, x3-7387, gfrick@mit.edu
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Special Problems in Building Technology
The Design and Making of Equilibrium Models
John E. Fernandez
Tue, Thu, Jan 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25, 02-04:00pm, N51-160 Woodshop
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Limited to 20 participants.
No listeners
Prereq: Permission of instructor Particularly intended for undergrads in Course 4 & Freshmen
Level: U 4 units Standard A - F Grading
Supplementary work on individual or group basis.
The class will design and then produce several models that demonstrate fundamental principles of static equilibrium. The types of structural situations to be modeled include the action of different types of loading conditions on the behavior of a beam, the failure mechanism of columns, the stability of frames and trusses, funicular forms, arches, shells, tensigrity frames and several "sculptural" 3-dimensional renderings of static equilibrium. We will base our designs on similar models made at the ETH in Zurich and others. The design phase will be accomplished within the first week of classes and the production of the models will take up the remaining two weeks. The N51 woodshop will be used for most of the work. The class is intended to serve as a way of learning about structures by modeling the various actions and reactions that are found in static situations.
Contact: John E. Fernandez, 5-418B, x3-5266, fernande@mit.edu
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