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IAP 2007 Activities by Sponsor

Urban Studies and Planning

A Quickie Introduction to LEED: Green Building Certification for Real Estate Developers, City Planners and Architects
Andrew Zumwalt-Hathaway, Davis Langdon & Seah Int'l
Tue Jan 16, 09am-05:00pm, Room 56-114, Note new location

No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event

It seems everybody's certifying their developments, but what's it all about? Examine the US Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification system up close in a whirlwind one-day workshop designed for students in Planning, Architecture, the CRE, or students interested in campus greening efforts. The class is based on the professional certification prep course, but will emphasize green building techniques rather than the mechanics of the certification exam. Please see http://web.mit.edu/~bomee/leed for a course outline and instructor bio. Co-sponsored by the Center for Real Estate and the DUSP.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/~bomee/leed
Contact: Bomee Jung, bomee@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Center for Real Estate Development

Environmental Film Festival
Lynette Cheah, Lindsey Germain, Christopher Sequeira, Ramya Rajagopalan
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None

A series of films focusing on the environment, technology, and humanity. Each screening will be accompanied by discussion and free dinner. Synopses of the films and detailed screening schedule may be found at the URL below.
Web: http://sustainability.mit.edu/Environmental_Film_Festival
Contact: Lynette Cheah, x8-8291, lynette@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Students for Global Sustainability

"Water Warriors"; "A Drop of Life"
Lynette Cheah, Lindsey Germain, Christopher Sequeira, Ramya Rajagopalan
Tue Jan 16, 06-09:00pm, 32-124

"Digital Dump"; "Exporting Harm"
Lynette Cheah, Lindsey Germain, Christopher Sequeira, Ramya Rajagopalan
Thu Jan 18, 06-09:00pm, 32-124

"Being Caribou"
Lynette Cheah, Lindsey Germain, Christopher Sequeira, Ramya Rajagopalan
Tue Jan 23, 06-09:00pm, 32-124

"Ecological Design"
Lynette Cheah, Lindsey Germain, Christopher Sequeira, Ramya Rajagopalan
Thu Jan 25, 06-09:00pm, 32-124

"Is God Green?"
Lynette Cheah, Lindsey Germain, Christopher Sequeira, Ramya Rajagopalan
Tue Jan 30, 06-09:00pm, 32-124

"Total Denial"
Lynette Cheah, Lindsey Germain, Christopher Sequeira, Ramya Rajagopalan
Thu Feb 1, 06-09:00pm, 32-124

"Dying to Breathe"; "Shipbreakers"
Lynette Cheah, Lindsey Germain, Christopher Sequeira, Ramya Rajagopalan
Fri Feb 2, 05-09:00pm, 32-124

"Maquila"; "Charcoal People"
Lynette Cheah, Lindsey Germain, Christopher Sequeira, Ramya Rajagopalan
Sat Feb 3, 05-09:00pm, 32-124

FUTUREBOSTON@MASHUPCAMP
Thomas Piper
Mon Jan 15, Tue Jan 16, 08am-05:00pm, Wong Auditorium
Wed Jan 17, Thu Jan 18, 08am-05:00pm, Hotel@MIT

No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)

Do you have a mapping fetish? Into data diving? Wiki cities? Do you care about cities and neighborhoods? Social networks? Start-up companies? Then join 200 Web innovators from around the world at FutureBOSTON@Mashupcamp! From January 15th to the 18th, free-thinkers will descend on MIT's campus for “Mashupcamp” to use Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and other Web software to prototype the urban planning tools of tomorrow. FutureBOSTON, an examination of technology's role in shaping Boston's competitive edge, is hosting two competitions. The winners of each contest will receive a cash prize of up to $500 and a chance to develop their work further with FutureBOSTON and Boston.com, to be launched in the Fall of 2007.
Web: http://www.mashupcamp.com
Contact: Thomas Piper, 9-534, x3-8950, piper@mit.edu

MIT@Lawrence Project Information sessions
Jesse Kaminsky, Program Manager
Tue Jan 23, 01-04:00pm, 7-338
Thu Jan 25, 11am-04:00pm, Lawrence, MA, Meet in lobby of building 7

No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)

Learn about how you can get involved in the City of Lawrence, MA and the MIT@Lawrence Project. Located 20 miles north of Boston, Lawrence was once the manufacturing powerhouse of New England. With a historically diverse population it played a central role in workers rights. Lawrence is now the only city in New England that is majority Latino.

The MIT@Lawrence project engages the city and community to help make Lawrence a better place for its residents. There are fellowships and other opportunities available for you to get involved.

Join us for two sessions, a meeting at MIT and a tour of Lawrence with a chance to meet all the community partners. All students are encouraged to attend.

No enrollment limit, advance signup encouraged for Thursday.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/golawrence
Contact: Jesse Kaminsky, Program Manager, 9-547, x4-3759, kaminsk@mit.edu

Planning, Funding, and Implementing Transportation Projects in the Real World (or How It Really Works)
Kate Fichter, Eric Plosky
Tue Jan 30, 01-04:00pm, Room 3-401

No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event

As a vital and complex element of any urban or regional environment, transportation infrastructure both affects and is affected by land use patterns, economic development policies, political power-brokering and environmental resources, and so offers a lens through which to study many of the choices and constraints available to today's planners. This seminar will offer a practice-oriented overview of the issues, players and trends most relevant to contemporary transportation planning, as taught by two MIT/DUSP alumni/ae currently working in the field.
Contact: Paula Anzer, 7-337, x3-2024, anzer@mit.edu

The Image of the City: the Legacy of Kevin Lynch, a Boston Summary
Romin Koebel, PhD MIT alum
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)

Three late-morning conversations inspired by the Boston legacy of Kevin Lynch. Monday: "The Walkway to the Sea"; Wednesday: "The View from the Road"; and Friday: the "Lost Half-Mile."
Contact: Paula Anzer, 7-337, x3-2024, anzer@mit.edu

The Walkway to the Sea
Romin Koebel, PhD MIT alum
"The Walkway to the Sea" traces the built environment reaching from the top of Beacon Hill to Town Cove. It centers on Faneuil Hall and the influence of Charles Bulfinch.
Mon Jan 29, 10am-12:00pm, Room 10-485

The View from the Road
Romin Koebel, PhD MIT alum
"The View from the Road" was a Lynch study of the visual experience of a driver coming into Boston from the northeast, focusing particularly on current planning for the surface artery and the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.
Wed Jan 31, 10am-12:00pm, Room 10-485

Finding the "Lost Half-Mile"
Romin Koebel, PhD MIT alum
Finding the "Lost Half-Mile" builds on the finding that there was a section of the Charles River that was not part of people's image of the city.
Fri Feb 2, 10am-12:00pm, Room 10-485


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