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IAP 2012 Activities by Sponsor

Architecture

Art and Architecture Tour of the Boston Public Library
Cynthia Stewart
Sat Jan 21, 02-04:00pm, BPL

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 18-Jan-2012
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event

Come tour the Boston Public Library (BPL) in Copley Square, one of America's architectural treasures. Designed by McKim, Mead and White and completed in 1895, the magnificent Renaissance Revival building marries art with architecture. In addition to mosaics, wall paintings, and murals, you'll see features made of 20 varieties of marble. On this special tour, you'll also learn about many connections between MIT and the BPL. Meet inside the Dartmouth St. entrance of the Boston Public Library at Copley Square.
Contact: Cynthia Stewart, 7-337, x3-4408, stewart@mit.edu

Art, Architecture and Urbanism Workshop, Learning from the River
Gediminas Urbonas, Lily Tran, TA
Mon Jan 9 thru Fri Jan 13, 10am-04:00pm, E15-238a The Roth Rm

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 07-Jan-2012
Limited to 9 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none

For undergraduate and graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of intersection between art, culture, technology, architecture, and urbanism not covered in regular subjects of instruction.

A starting point in this workshop is to consider the The Charles River Project (1972) by Gyorgi Kepes. Kepes was the founder of the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS). The Charles River Project was envisioned by Kepes as a means to explore new artistic ways of revitalizing the role of the Charles River.

This IAP workshop aims to produce artistic proposals that examine the history or current-day interventions in the river Charles and its biosphere--be they industrial, military, scientific, pedagogical or artistic.

The workshop will offer readings, film screenings, field trips and meetings with invited scholars, researchers and artists to support the development of the proposals.

At the conclusion of the workshop there will be a review with invited reviewers will take place in the CUBE (E15-001) on Friday, Jan 13.
Contact: Gediminas Urbonas, E15-238, 324-6471, urbonas@mit.edu

Art, Architecture and Urbanism in Dialogue: Learning from the River Charles
Gediminas Urbonas, Lily Tran, TA
Mon Jan 9 thru Fri Jan 13, 10am-04:00pm, E15-238a The Roth Rm

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 07-Jan-2012
Limited to 9 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none

For students wishing to learn innovative and speculative forms of research and to produce artistic proposals that examine the history or current-day interventions in the river Charles and its biosphere--be they industrial, military, scientific, pedagogical or artistic.

A starting point in this workshop is to consider the The Charles River Project (1972) by Gyorgi Kepes, the founder of the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS).

Students will be asked to produce a developed proposal/model/prototype for a river structure or vehicle linking it to citizenship, quality of life or artistic fiction.

The workshop will offer readings, film screenings, field trips and meetings with invited scholars, researchers and artists to support the development of the proposals.

At the conclusion of the workshop there will be a review with invited reviewers will take place in the CUBE (E15-001) on Friday, Jan 13.

Web: vilma.cc/river
Contact: Gediminas Urbonas, E15-238, 324-6471, urbonas@mit.edu

Carve a Half-Model of an Historic Herreshoff Design
Harold Burnham Designer and Boat Builder, Kurt Hasselbalch
Tue Jan 24 thru Fri Jan 27, 09am-03:30pm, N51-160

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 20-Jan-2012
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)

This class will use historic design data by N. G. Herrshoff (MIT class of 1870) from the Hart Nautical Collections – MIT Museum. NGH is widely considered the worlds greatest yacht designer. You will be guided in the fine art of wood carving by master shipwright and designer Harold Burnham (http://boatbuildingwithburnham.blogspot.com/)

Burnham designs by carving half-hull models in a similar way as NGH created all his famous yacht designs. A concurrent class on traditional drafting will be making lines plans of the same design. An incredible opportunity to fully experience traditional boat design. Also included is a curator led tour of the famous Hart Nautical design collections.
Web: http://boatbuildingwithburnham.blogspot.com/
Contact: Kurt Hasselbalch, N51-233A, x3-5942, kurt@mit.edu
Cosponsor: MIT Museum

I Thought I Wanted to be an Architect
Zaurie Zimmerman
Signup by: 24-Jan-2012
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)

This course will reveal a fascinating alternative career path available to those with an architectural or building-related engineering degree or experience in these fields. If a far more comprehensive role in the process of bringing buildings to life interests you, one that is exciting, rewarding, demanding and crucial to a building project's success, please come to one or both sessions.

Instructor holds BSAD and MArch degrees from MIT, is a registered architect and 25 year veteran of this profession.

Session One
Analysis of the key aspects of the roles of architect, owner and contractor in the planning, design and construction processes. Exploration of the interplay of forces in the quality/schedule/budget triangle and which elements are crucial to produce a successful projects. Introduction to development management, with a focus on sustainability, from the owner's perspective.

Session Two
Case studies of projects ranging from the mixed-use commercial development of Rowes Wharf, to projects developed on the campuses of non-profit institutions including an arts center, a technology building, a science lab, and the first building built on the Rose Kennedy Greenway demonstrating principles of successful project management.
Contact: Zaurie Zimmerman, 7-337, (781) 861-9922, zauriezim@aol.com


Zaurie Zimmerman
Session One
Analysis of the key aspects of the roles of architect, owner and contractor in the planning, design and construction processes. Exploration of the interplay of forces in the quality/schedule/budget triangle and which elements are crucial to produce a successful projects. Introduction to development management, with a focus on sustainability, from the owner's perspective.
Wed Jan 25, 02-04:00pm, 7-338


Zaurie Zimmerman
Session Two
Case studies of projects ranging from the mixed-use commercial development of Rowes Wharf, to projects developed on the campuses of non-profit institutions including an arts center, a technology building, a science lab, and the first building built on the Rose Kennedy Greenway demonstrating principles of successful project management.
Wed Feb 1, 02-04:00pm, 7-338


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