[Editors] MIT SA+P News: November 2013

[Scott R Campbell]

                                             SA+P Students Sweep Visual Arts Awards

                                             Media Lab to Put Robot in Magic Show

                                             Robert Fogelson’s New Book

                                             Paintings by Alex Lui (MCP’79) at Rotch

 	
SA+P NEWS: November 2013

On the heels of last month’s parade of faculty kudos comes another lineup:

Xavier de Souza Briggs has been appointed vice president of the Economic Opportunity and Assets program of the Ford Foundation; he will go on public service leave from MIT and start at Ford effective January 1.

Tod Machover has been named the first recipient of the inaugural Arts Advocacy Award from the Kennedy Center, given to individuals who have dramatically affected the performing arts landscape through their arts advocacy efforts.

Christoph Reinhart is one of 13 Stars of Building Science elected to the 2013 Virtual Academy of Excellence in a poll conducted by Building4change, an online knowledge hub launched in 2009 by the BRE Trust.

Ed Boyden has received two awards from the National Institutes of Health – a Pioneer Award to develop brain activity maps that could help reveal changes in brain computations occurring in brain disorders; and a Transformative Research Award to develop a nanoscale device that writes neural activities onto DNA, like a nanoscale ticker-tape machine.

Look below for more news of faculty and alums, a selection of interesting press clips and links to upcoming events and exhibits.

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QUOTES OF NOTE

Those are the cities we don’t want to live in.

Susan Silberberg talking about urban renewal efforts of the late 20th century geared to make cities look more orderly; her recent research on placemaking is focused on making sure spaces actually work for city residents. Forbes, October 23.
In most cases, you have this crazy nightmare on your hands.

Skylar Tibbits talking about the challenge of assembling 3-D printed components into their final form; his new way of doing 3–D printing, Hyperform, provides a new strategy for designing and printing large objects irrespective of a printer’s bed size. Salon.com, September 17.
I did not want to be associated with emotion; I did not want to wreck my reputation.

Rosalind Picard talking about her early effort, as a woman seeking to be taken seriously in science, to avoid gender stereotypes; soon, however, she realized that emotion is central to understanding human attention and memory and has developed an entire branch of computer science known as affective computing. Wired.co.uk, October 17.
You find yourself immersed in a symphony of effortless efficiency.

Carlo Ratti singing the praises of Singapore, his favorite ‘smart city’; ‘the moment you land at Changi airport,’ he wrote, ‘you find yourself in a ticking, responsive environment shimmering with an almost tangible digital awareness.’BBC News, September 23.
They would not.

Rebecca Disbrow (MCP’13) writing about the assumption that developers would want to build micro-units in Manhattan; her thesis research, which won the Outstanding Thesis Award for 2013 from the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, showed that development trends in Manhattan favor larger apartments. Crain’s New York Business, October 20.
 

NEWS FLASHES

Judith Layzer has been named director of the MIT Martin Family Society of Fellows for Sustainability, a program supporting multi-disciplinary research of environmental sustainability at the graduate level; Martin Fellows are dedicated to a collaborative approach to the critical issues associated with environmental sustainability.

Muntadas has a new exhibit at the Galeria Joan Prats in Barcelona, on display through November; Protocolli Veneziani I is the first phase of a project on Venice, composed of a collection of images revealing the norms that regulate life in the city, creating a framework in which inhabitants develop their respective existences.

Jason Corburn (MCP’96; PhD’02, Urban Studies and Planning) has been presented with the Global Citizen Award for his collaborative work on behalf of Kenya’s urban slum dwellers, documented in his new book, Healthy City Planning: From Neighbourhood to National Health Equity, (Routledge).

Matthew Mazzotta (SMVisS’04) has been presented with a $5K Individual Arts Award by the Santo Foundation; he was one of three artists so honored out of more than 900 applicants.

Jamie Zigelbaum (SM’08, Media Arts and Sciences) has opened a new enterprise in New York, the Jamie Zigelbaum Studio. His recent artwork Pixel was the second-highest seller at the first auction of digital art from the Phillips auction house; he was also featured in the October 20 Design Issue of T Magazine.

 

NEW FEATURES ONLINE

Azra Akšamija Recognized with Aga Khan Award
Design of Islamic Prayer Space Embodies Cross-Cultural Dialogue

In Search of Better Resource Management
Understanding the Links Between Energy, Water and Food

Xavier de Souza Briggs Appointed VP of Ford Foundation
Will Head Economic Opportunity and Assets Program

SA+P Students Sweep Visual Arts Awards
Honors for Work that Incorporates Both Old and New Technologies

 

SELECTED PRESS CLIPS

Full Listing: http://sap.mit.edu/news_events/press_clips

Boston’s new frontier of civic leaders (Boston Globe) One need only look at Boston's numerous city planning schools to find tomorrow's best thinkers.

Building is an American classic (Boston Globe) (This article is by MIT’s David Friedman.) Should the square at Rome’s Campidoglio be filled with shops? That is the company Boston City Hall keeps.

Why Today’s Inventors Need to Read More Science Fiction (The Atlantic) This fall, Media Lab researchers Dan Novy and Sophia Brueckner are teaching "Science Fiction to Science Fabrication," aka "Pulp to Prototype," a course that mines these "fantastic imaginings of the future" for analysis of our very real present.

Turn your bike into a hybrid: This startup wants to commercialize the ‘Copenhagen Wheel’ (Boston Business Journal) The Copenhagen Wheel is a bicycle wheel designed to ‘turn practically any bicycle into an electric hybrid.’

The Algorithms That Shape the World (HPC Wire) MIT Media Lab professor Kevin Slavin paints a picture of a world that is increasingly being shaped by algorithms.

 

EXHIBITS

Sidewalk City: Mapping the Unmapped
Through November 15, 2013, 7–338, Wolk Gallery.

Women In Design: Urban Interventions, featuring the works of Meejin Yoon and Sheila Kennedy 
Through November 15, 2013, Boston Society of Architects, 290 Congress Street Suite 200.

Landing Studio – 99 Marginal: 9 Strategies for Landing Industry in the City
Through November 24, 2013, 7–408, Keller Gallery .

After Katrina: MIT’s Department of Urban Studies + Planning Takes 
on Big Questions About Rebuilding
Through December 2013, 10–150, MIT Compton Gallery.

Chris Marker: Guillaume-en-Égypte 
Through January 5, 2014, Bakalar Gallery, MIT List Visual Arts Center.


EVENTS

Many of our regular lecture series are in various stages of planning. Our full online calendar is always available here.

November 6
Transpacific Crossings 2.0: Asian Americans Choosing Careers in Asia. 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm, 32-155

MISTI Info Session – India. 5:00, E40-496

Media Lab Conversations: Jillian York in Conversation with Ethan Zuckerman. 5:30 – 6:30 pm, Media Lab Atrium

November 7
A Second Modernism: Roundtable with Arindam Dutta, Meredith TenHoor, Hashim Sarkis; moderated by Michael Hays. 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, 7-429

Urban Films: Shift Change (2013). 6:00 – 8:00 pm, 3-133

November 8
AD Lecture: Bryan Young, "Up Up Down Down Left Right Left". 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, 35-225

November 14
Putting Science to Work for Peace. 5:30 pm, E40-496

Architecture Lecture: Merrill Elam, "On Imagination: Conversations with Architects". 5:30 – 7:30 pm, 7-429

Urban Films: Mission Hill & the Miracle of Boston (1978). 7:00 pm– 9:00 pm, 3-133

November 15
MIT-Russia Lecture Series: PUTIN 3.0: is the Putin model sustainable?. 2:00 – 3:30 pm, E40-496

MISTI Info Session – Japan. 5:30 pm, E40-496

Architecture/Computation Lecture: Jurg Lehni, "Poetic Machines, Robotic Gestures and Scenarios of Production". 5:00 – 6:30 pm, 7-429

November 18
MIT-France 101. 12:00 – 1:00 pm, E40-418

Architecture/BT Lecture: Dan Arons, "Dan Arons: Architerra’s Recent Work". 12:30 – 2:00 pm, 7-429

Participatory Practices. 6:00 – 7:15 pm, 7-429

November 19
The MIT Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar: Was the Arab Spring Just a Moment?. 4:30 – 6:30 pm, E51-376

November 20
Media Lab Conversations Series: Khalida Brohi. 3:00 – 4:30 pm, 3rd floor atrium

November 21
Architecture/Computation/Media Lab Symposium Opening Day 1: Futures Past – Design and the Machine . 4:30 – 7:00 pm, E14-6th floor

Legatum Lecture: Obstacles and Opportunities to Delivering Financial Inclusion. 5:30 – 6:30 pm, MIT Whitaker, 45 Carleton Street, Cambridge

Legatum Seed Grant Showcase. 6:30 pm– 7:30 pm,MIT Whitaker, 45 Carleton Street, Cambridge

Urban Films: King Corn (2007) . 7:00 – 9:00 pm, 3-133

November 22
Architecture/Computation/Media Lab Symposium Day 2: Futures Past – Design and the Machine. 9:15 am – 7:00 pm, E14-6th Floor

"Conservative Internationalism: Armed Diplomacy under Jefferson, Polk, Truman, and Reagan". 12:00 – 1:30 pm, Lucian Pye Conference Room

November 23
Architecture/Computation/Media Lab Symposium Day 3: Futures Past – Design and the Machine. 10:00 am – 8:00 pm, E14-6th Floor

Family Day. 10:00am – 4:00 pm, MIT List Visual Arts Center

November 25
MIT-France 101. 5:15 – 6:00 pm, E40-418

ACT Lecture | Tarek Elhaik: The Incurable-Image. 7:00 – 9:00 pm, E15-001

November 26
Architecture/HTC Lecture: Ruben Gallo, "Radioscapes: Acoustic Modernities". 5:30 – 7:30 pm, 7-429

 

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