Bamboo Bicycle Frame Making Workshop
David Wang, Founder of Bamboo Bicycles Beijing
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/04
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None!
Fee: $40.00
for bamboo
Workshop Overview
In the workshop everyone will make a up to four bamboo bicycle frames and participate in a discusison about how the experience of building a bicycle and the bamboo bicycle itself might be used in different contexts.
The workshop is broken down into three super fun stages: 1) Prepare and design your frame, 2) build the frame, 3) a ideation workshop on ideas for bamboo bicycles.
Please note that we have a maximum of 8 people for each workshop, but will build only 4 frames in each workshop. So, it might be best to do this with a friend so you can share the frame!
What is a bamboo bicycle?
At its core a bamboo bicycle is just another bicycle. However, we believe it’s special because making a bamboo frame is an accessible and fun experience regardless of ones skill level. In addition to this bamboo frames are: 1) light (~1.7kg); 2) vibration dampening; and 3) simply beautiful. The first bamboo bicycles was made in the 1890s, and in the past 10 years more and more people have been exploring how to use this material to make unique and personalized bicycles.
About the instructor
The course instructor, David Wang, has taught over 200 people to make their own bamboo bicycles in 2-day workshops in Beijing (Bamboo Bicycles Beijing). After arriving at MIT as a student in Urban Studies, David is excited to work across the MIT community to explore the potential of bamboo bicycles as method for building community and empowering young people.
Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD International Design Center, Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: David Wang, 310-895-8280, DWANG8@MIT.EDU
| Jan/11 | Mon | 01:00PM-06:00PM | IDC (N52 3rd fl) |
| Jan/12 | Tue | 01:00PM-06:00PM | IDC (N52 3rd fl) |
| Jan/13 | Wed | 01:00PM-06:00PM | IDC (N52 3rd fl) |
| Jan/14 | Thu | 01:00PM-06:00PM | IDC (N52 3rd fl) |
| Jan/15 | Fri | 09:00AM-05:00PM | IDC (N52 3rd fl) |
Workshop 1- This workshop will be extended across the whole week. The first day will be preparation and esign. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th days will be building the frames. Participants of this workshop can also elect to sign-up for the Bike Mechanics in the following week to install components on their bamboo frames.
4 OF 8 SPOTS WILL BE RESERVED FOR SUTD STUDENTS.
(Please do not sign up for both workshops!)
David Wang - Founder of Bamboo Bicycles Beijing, Max Feldstein-Nixon - Assistant, Candy Yang - Assistant
| Jan/22 | Fri | 01:00PM-05:00PM | 9-451 |
| Jan/23 | Sat | 09:00AM-07:00PM | IDC (N52 3rd fl) |
| Jan/24 | Sun | 09:00AM-07:00PM | IDC (N52 3rd fl) |
| Jan/25 | Mon | 11:00AM-05:00PM | 9-451 |
This a second workshop in which we will make 4 bamboo bike frames. It will consist of a preparation day, two intensive build days, and a final wrap up and ideation day.
Please note that the workshop is not inclusive of components (wheels, pedals, seat, etc) to install on the bike frame but we're more than happy to help you find them and install them!
(Please DO NOT sign up for both workshop sessions!)
David Wang - Founder of Bamboo Bicycles Beijing, Max Feldstein-Nixon - Assistant, Candy Yang - Assistant
Developing internally consistent plans for reducing energy subsidies
Carlos de la Torre, Research Fellow, DUSP
| Jan/29 | Fri | 12:00PM-01:30PM | E62-250 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Prereq: None
A recent study of the IMF published in May 2015 estimated fossil fuel subsidies (including below market prices and untaxed negative indirect impacts) at over 5% of World GDP. Taking as reference the case of fossil fuel subsidies in Malaysia, this activity will (1) review the architecture of one or more energy subsidies (fuel prices, tax incentives in fossil fuels, or both time allowing); (2) develop alternative future architectures based on an envisioned state; (3) select a future architecture more closely aligned with the envisioned state based on a common agreed criteria; and (4) develop an implementation plan for the selected architecture. During this 1.5 hour session, the activity will use lectures and exercises developed in groups to go through the steps outlined above.
This activity has had the support of the Malaysia Sustainable Cities Program (MSCP) at DUSP and the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative in preparing and disseminationg this effort.
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning, Sloan School of Management
Contact: Carlos De La Torre Salcedo, 9-338, 617 253-4510, CDLT@MIT.EDU
DUSPviz: Code your First Web Site -- Introduction to HTML/CSS/Javascript
Mike Foster
| Jan/26 | Tue | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 9-251 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 participants
This session is designed for beginning web site developers that are starting from scratch. The session will take beginning coders through all the steps, ranging from downloading a text editor to write your code in, setting up an HTML template, to using CSS to style your page, to loading jQuery to add interactivity. The end result will be a basic portfolio webpage you can use to showcase work and projects.
RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1y31FvKwnklzAfoA6WdQXthTbn_6K61CkvOmGEbwi0ys/viewform
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: Mike Foster, mjfoster@mit.edu
DUSPviz: Create a Research Poster -- Intermediate Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop/InDesign
Mike Foster
| Jan/12 | Tue | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 9-251 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 participants
Research Posters can be valuable in showcasing your project work and providing quick summaries of vast and large research projects. This session will walk through basics of creating a poster and focus on using the various features and beginner to intermediate level skills of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign used in conjunction with one another. The concepts of poster design will be manifested through learning the tools of the software.
RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lpmyLyj0zfwuQxNKEuaZKGSctX726bHCr8KyKSKl6jo/viewform
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: Mike Foster, mjfoster@mit.edu
DUSPviz: IMapping with Leaflet JS - Intro to Web Mapping
Mike Foster
| Jan/28 | Thu | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 9-251 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 participants
The web is becoming the prominent way readers interact with maps and spatial data, with rich, informative visualizations and interactive maps becoming a common way to display data and showcase information. This short session is designed to introduce web mapping with Leaflet, a popular open source Javascript mapping library. It will take beginners through converting and uploading a dataset, accessing the Leaflet library, mapping the dataset, and adding basic interaction, such as popups.
RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lG9wPIs4F37p7v4tRyPt1wI3xO9YUxV9Hg_UxB2l1c0/viewform
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: Mike Foster, mjfoster@mit.edu
DUSPviz: Nine Habits of Effective Designers
Mike Foster
| Jan/14 | Thu | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 9-251 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 participants
This short session is designed to introduce some basic principles that beginning designers can follow. The principles are developed to serve a broad level, and help those designing posters, graphic logos and infographics, maps, and page layout. Among the principles include choosing colors, properly balancing items on your page, and staying on 'The Grid'. No previous experience required.
RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1z0Q2wZxIeX_LVb067dI786wNQ4FcyUEE0G3pjN3vVkA/viewform
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: Mike Foster, mjfoster@mit.edu
Intro to Hoop Dance
Angie Tung
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Join us for a 3-week Beginner Hoop Dance class series. Learn the basics and beyond! We will explore fundamental components to hooping on and off the body. Class is designed for new hoopers and experienced beginners. If you have never hula hooped in your life, we’ll set you up with the proper tools to get started. Experienced beginners will received variations to familiar movements and tricks plus tips on how to drill and improve your technique. Hoop dance is a movement form that incorporates technique, flow and creative exploration of a traditional circus prop. Come join us -- expect to be challenged and have tons of fun!
Hoops will be provided, wear comfortable form-fitting clothes. Any non-members will need to purchase Day Passes to access the Zesiger Mac Court.
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: Angie Tung, 4-8473, yanchi@mit.edu
| Jan/07 | Thu | 06:00PM-07:00PM | Zesiger MAC COURT |
| Jan/14 | Thu | 06:00PM-07:00PM | Zesiger MAC COURT |
| Jan/21 | Thu | 06:00PM-07:00PM | Zesiger MAC COURT |
Angie Tung
Physical Computing, Prototyping, Cities, and Selves: A Day-long Hackathon
Arlene Ducao
| Jan/11 | Mon | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 9-451 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/16
Limited to 16 participants
How can urban planners take advantage of the connected technologies that are starting to transform individual data to massively larger scales in time and space? From smartphones to wearables, from social media to quantified self, the aggregation and geo-location of data is becoming a major part of urban studies and planning.
In this workshop, we'll look at how we can design and deploy with some of the most common components for prototyping-- microcontrollers, sensors, and phones-- that collect urban data. The workshop should give students the physical computing resources they need to deploy their own small data collection networks.
Recommended experience: Interest in electronics and sensors. Experience in building simple circuits is preferred but not required.
Recommended equipment: Your favorite microcontroller, your laptop, and a cable to connect the two. If you're not sure what to bring, an Arduino Uno is a good starting point.
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: Arlene Ducao, arlduc@mit.edu
Planners Read The Gorgias
Ezra Glenn
| Jan/12 | Tue | 01:30PM-04:00PM | 7-338, books provided |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/05
What is the role of oratory and power in a democratic society? Is it worse to do wrong or to be wronged? What is the difference between knowledge and true belief? Why is it important for both the accused and their judges to meet naked in court? (And what do all of these questions have to do with becoming an urban planner?) Come explore these themes with us in a participatory -- possibly dramatic -- reading of Plato's "Gorgias," a Socratic dialog written in 380 BC that is as relevant today as when it was written. Books provided; Greek food included; togas optional.
Note: this is mostly an opportunity to actually read this wonderful and thought-provoking book with others, not a lecture; come prepared to read and take part, and we'll see how far we get.
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: Ezra Glenn, 7-337, x3-2024, eglenn@mit.edu
Planning, Funding, and Implementing Transportation Projects in the Real World (or How It Really Works)
Eric Plosky, Kate Fichter
| Jan/20 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 9-450 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
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 currently working in the field.
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: Ezra Glenn, 7-337, x3-2024, eglenn@mit.edu
Urban Planning Film Series
Ezra Glenn
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
For IAP, the department's ongoing Urban Planning Film Series continues with three excellent documentaries about housing, home, and community. Come to one or come to all!
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: Ezra Glenn, 7-337, 617 253-2024, EGLENN@MIT.EDU
| Jan/13 | Wed | 07:00PM-09:15PM | 66-110 |
Desperate, broken men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local pastor risks everything to help them. Winner, Special Jury Award for Intuitive Filmmaking: Documentary, 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
"Might bring tears to your eyes\ldots a blue-collar meditation on the meaning of community and the imperative of compassion.''---Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times.
Ezra Glenn
| Jan/20 | Wed | 07:00PM-10:30PM | 66-110 |
This cinema-verite documentary captures daily life at the Ida B. Wells public housing development in Chicago. The film illustrates some of the experiences of people living in conditions of extreme poverty, including the work of the tenants council, street life, the role of police, job training, drug education, teenage mothers, dysfunctional families, elderly residents, nursery school, and after school teenage programs.
Ezra Glenn
| Jan/27 | Wed | 07:00PM-09:30PM | 66-110 |
Herman Wallace may be the longest-serving prisoner in solitary confinement in the United States---he's spent more than 40 years in a 6-by-9-foot cell in Louisiana. Imprisoned in 1967 for a robbery he admits, he was subsequently sentenced to life for a killing he vehemently denies. Herman's House is a moving account of the remarkable expression his struggle found in an unusual project proposed by artist Jackie Sumell.
Ezra Glenn
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