[Editors] SA+P NEWS: May 2014

Wed May 7 08:11:36 EDT 2014

[SA+P MIT School of Architecture + Planning]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNcQ2x_D4OUFUrt1hOEY6wfS>

[http://sap.mit.edu/content/dean/img/2014/chicagomayor.jpg]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNc70xqszpR0yr-p1BQF6W3SakvdacBeBw1RWPGnOT7Lz4tQwvX3k9BuFrXpYAyJ3PeP16qHli1iaNTw3SGDM_k7YVAFyc73Zw6fpm7KgLLQuQnlFLmPolK1oDMfL2kWEvVdDYvkPYWPybJuoGKbjegy> Rahm Emanuel at the Center for Advanced Urbanism<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNc70xqszpR0yr-p1BQF6W3SakvdacBeBw1RWPGnOT7Lz4tQwvX3k9BuFrXpYAyJ3PeP16qHli1iaNTw3SGDM_k7YVAFyc73Zw6fpm7KgLLQuQnlFLmPolK1oDMfL2kWEvVdDYvkPYWPybJuoGKbjegy>

[http://sap.mit.edu/content/dean/img/2014/citymaps.jpg] <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNevYSOURgNSlX-iNuLeLVZq9WSTE0pPNm75Xb_0ibAvxvlEz3e9jhwaj_bzefGUgL-kUcMciQcOA5t9S3SCzg1TLDB0XPyhFIFQgyRlhCowc6H2p74QQ--94k3owFk_rYk=> Mapping Nairobi’s Public Transit with Mobile and GPS Units<http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/feb/19/cities-motion-how-we-mapped-matatus-nairobi>

[http://sap.mit.edu/content/dean/img/2014/joanjonas1.jpg]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNcAnyADMYbpdUsI_zqmCNu7qf1d2qxhvGYqB2jtNWG04eQZH0gDdmTzvmES5m6QIo9wV64SbKFKyhsR6xiawm0oY1wQNSPf7o_OxG9VY6hlS43w7iUm06zu06NmSSiY5C7GmvKjEM5hvLdVYSPMa8b5bXtQgVRL7tTJiFca0ezL7UNIn7HTwotrBZ57YBCazqF-zyeNal6RUMaRz1e-RrBlOEl_Uo85IrmZh9cZLqY33bfWlsc-Tx-n> Joan Jonas to Represent US at Venice Biennale<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNcAnyADMYbpdUsI_zqmCNu7qf1d2qxhvGYqB2jtNWG04eQZH0gDdmTzvmES5m6QIo9wV64SbKFKyhsR6xiawm0oY1wQNSPf7o_OxG9VY6hlS43w7iUm06zu06NmSSiY5C7GmvKjEM5hvLdVYSPMa8b5bXtQgVRL7tTJiFca0ezL7UNIn7HTwotrBZ57YBCazqF-zyeNal6RUMaRz1e-RrBlOEl_Uo85IrmZh9cZLqY33bfWlsc-Tx-n>

[http://sap.mit.edu/content/dean/img/2014/Maps.jpg]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNe8m8Z8uv3OqwiUPb2-caSfvF6o-w3tMSnMVkLM4tDN-Owp_CvTNsODAparr9jDwUvFntAvFmJGkxdwVaEm7nY8fSWL2g6ppwwTIzbcfi_e4UTz8Clb_G_9zfrLD8hdOhVkxDyQLVWhRJ7L21rFJU67yV15P0t7d39_9895Rt4-cUJ8f9WBqWnU> Maps for the Modern World<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNe8m8Z8uv3OqwiUPb2-caSfvF6o-w3tMSnMVkLM4tDN-Owp_CvTNsODAparr9jDwUvFntAvFmJGkxdwVaEm7nY8fSWL2g6ppwwTIzbcfi_e4UTz8Clb_G_9zfrLD8hdOhVkxDyQLVWhRJ7L21rFJU67yV15P0t7d39_9895Rt4-cUJ8f9WBqWnU>

[http://sap.mit.edu/content/dean/img/2014/kennedysnty.jpg]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNdtjPSWIKXjvKicJ2eBz018yuK7e7QHnxM=> Sheila Kennedy Speaks at NYT Cities for Tomorrow Conference<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNdtjPSWIKXjvKicJ2eBz018yJXO5_ZeBziDxPMJxB52Cw==>

SA+P NEWS: May 2014

Heads up:

This summer, SA+P is offering a few short courses for professional development:

Beyond Smart Cities<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNckQ4oFhKqYvIRTAb0iCWXYhGBdxS-DYN-Q3mClU3PD7odBhbRlY5hiE9TyV6srCwHFpRGIL5RruFrfGJZBIx4Rl7r4Xru32ps_9cSX5UxfE2kycElQV1Hn> (June 16-18; Kent Larson and Ryan Chin)

Social TV: Content, Communication and Communities<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNckQ4oFhKqYvIRTAb0iCWXYhGBdxS-DYN-Q3mClU3PD7odBhbRlY5hiE9TyV6srCwHFpRGIL5RruN8fa6aOEoChBNL_VdMmssLffCuFxsk14485Tl1jicrO3WVrXORYJqR2Ldyf4AKz7g1-XB-GBnqINV7C-MFx1rE=> (July 14-18; V. Michael Bove and Marie-Jose Montpetit)

Advances in Imaging: Emerging Devices and Visual Mining<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNckQ4oFhKqYvIRTAb0iCWXYhGBdxS-DYN-Q3mClU3PD7odBhbRlY5hiE9TyV6srCwHFpRGIL5RruK7aVZVWJ03u4vkWo0ftmzguX3Tt5WyM8NTx-fpqyLDa> (August 4-7; Ramesh Raskar)

The Center for Real Estate<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNfk4bDN-ioDJdc0EdzEUSEYeMDNoOT-DuQ=> is also offering nine two- and three-day courses for real estate practitioners<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNfk4bDN-ioDJdc0EdzEUSEYZrTdDEV-DIkCZl7p4VbHEizwcJvFVKczDWTsV1YbQgo=> at all levels. All MIT alums receive a 15% discount; all alums of SA+P receive a special discount of 25%. (Use code AACRE for the 25% discount when registering.) Registration deadline is two weeks prior to the course unless otherwise stated and/or the course reaches maximum enrollment.

Look here for more information on summer short courses.<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNckQ4oFhKqYvIRTAb0iCWXYhGBdxS-DYN-Q3mClU3PD7odBhbRlY5hiE9TyV6srCwHYVqKPmtCPNk1nXeS5KbKs>

Now to the news of the month…

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Scott Campbell
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MIT School of Architecture + Planning
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QUOTES OF NOTE

Don’t Ask. Do.

  *   Joi Ito<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNfGianeqrzMnnW3v9QSUSNojLR0dQrGp8f7UeN3oEHYvA3Myt4h3m7k> quoted in a review of his recent TEDTalk; the blogger lists six things he learned from the talk – six things he thinks you should know too. It’s an interesting list. GeekDad<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNdNLput-0HVZv-pXoNEdwwaTX5GfWE1Ut5KoIbwqmsNdDE5n6Ff7ZPhjcp3DK63JY_aUyV0C4wWg0xIZIj8joXE>, April 16.

There’s almost no land for redevelopment.

  *   Brent Ryan<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNet3ESmN5Z9QetvYccPbgntBx6PwDapAIJfnbYF7n_QKnZSKgxsN0CC> talking about ‘the tremendous paradox of Detroit’, where the glut of vacant houses, empty land and absentee property owners have created an unnavigable web of land titles, effectively nixing large-scale projects before ground can be broken. The Guardian<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNevYSOURgNSlX-iNuLeLVZq9WSTE0pPNm75Xb_0ibAvxvlEz3e9jhwaSLeX0Z4GjTz9KGmz2zSAYqOJ-_7YFr4_AfMb8ue76q5aaH8YMFmhUgGQ_FKEJNqzSyWeZMrw2T9_vkUs9tyGl4qsFhGGMCVgT07eP7Y7rwCoEOlqE052FQ==>, April 3.

Science needs to talk to the money.

  *   Amy Glasmeier<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNet3ESmN5Z9QetvYccPbgntBx6PwDapAILSL5X593xPObV6TOqfAekGJlQGTVjwyxY=>, in an essay co-authored with Diana Liverman<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNdpIGfAH6iHUlosEVcBM7iIcScRwNGnC6TsmjYesK6CiqC1A3zhuM8UWB_ESC0fwFc=>, discussing the need for more research into the socioeconomic consequences of climate change, using data from the private sector; ‘the science community has been ignoring this research at their peril,’ they write, ‘and at the planet's peril: money talks.’ The Atlantic<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNevYSOURgNSlTu0ADQm4n0BRzJ4ym93GKX9WwHliKwotgU-kmdHJXJgYWIpf2LrFLyCsY_B9sN5E83cHE9QjWfkg4cpySvxpRoUcDwWMIp8leeDFcpjYq8vHsltpci9wX7nQD42MYOOBh7rextaWEB6FBqqPBwfJsc=>, April 22.

Toward what ends?

  *   Jim Wescoat<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNet3ESmN5Z9QetvYccPbgntBx6PwDapAILBo0_WRaruYFfOSbgqoIpe0AvLUZ9wvDA=> referring to the common claim that Infrastructure is a means to an end; speaking at a recent conference on infrastructure<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNcQMR3ewqZSD2bgd1rokIPaS4CXZqPGIQWkgtZ2a8uafZiB_sDkeCgjv458YqP9IJY=>, sponsored by SA+P’s Center for Advanced Urbanism<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNcQMR3ewqZSDycP9r1xvudx>, Wescoat urged the audience to ask: ‘What are the aims of infrastructure?’ MIT News<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNc70xqszpR0yr-p1BQF6W3SakvdacBeBw1RWPGnOT7Lz4tQwvX3k9BuFrXpYAyJ3PeP16qHli1iaNTw3SGDM_k7YVAFyc73Zw6fpm7KgLLQuQnlFLmPolK1oDMfL2kWEvVdDYvkPYWPybJuoGKbjegy>, April 14.

When it opened it was called the Mona Lisa of subway stations.

  *   John Ochsendorf<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNeyWSyba7XJFV2x9Lxbn8MoxCaGYDYMx2lYuitFmuYPRWaR5ybqL8KKzsu4OknWWwhQqONWeJF2dA==> talking about Manhattan’s City Hall subway station<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNeu5cx0kodMvAoKVh6MKlqqgUKtpsTvo9js1N-jDZsU0g7TbLaIUauuKcQTDpOPbyQ_DhknKlozyO7opO-XHh0mwQKDNOoCIcY=>, a brilliant example of ‘thin-tile vaulting’ by the Guastavino family, shuttered for seventy years; at the opening of his exhibit on the Guastavinos’ work<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNcungxey67ZVp8UQ86M9ritF9oAbBeUQveRY7hEmcJPUWi9TvoG763SYBbGXh3G7npkbmJl_w0dN43mIzidq20g>, he led an underground tour of the station, reported here on video. CBS News<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNdcRI3WPAfWF-9uDtSXr3Q61f2Qw2sj6XV90-uwi0OjGhqK2HEmG8DU1v2iYY-Ndq-J8a46HMbj3xZV7NRGfHZHMR1aU5nfdz0NoFof41jA4MSpfgPahYiR>, April 12.

I just feel incredibly happy for her.

  *   Paul Ha<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNc70xqszpR0yr-p1BQF6W3SakvdacBeBw2JKaSSb6zUwGWb8oznYQd0yAzg_vOiSnhrzgQo4U70LblobWfKgHlD>, director of MIT’s List Visual Arts Center<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNdOB-Jv1RBAhohFC--0uxSowYea_LwZJuk=>, talking about the news that SA+P professor emerita Joan Jonas<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNe81jsP5L9tKWLXASo8-bePj-7f_yBks0kLZEtk9JL_a4YeGKJX5Daiohephf30WdhbbksK1fkYAA==> will represent the US at the 56th Venice Biennale; he will curate the show with Ute Meta Bauer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNc0hRgMH9NmsyjPAHJ-0Eq_eiV2ixWmBwhsmyfYeBhhzRqNCsKBeKZZya8w5MIIaCBPqgy8rC09I9bw7uzlxO7L4pM4VATWIxj04Oshz_UchHwm6AEqd7WR>, previous director of SA+P’s Art, Culture and Technology Program<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNe81jsP5L9tKase_JBMhtke>. Boston Globe<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNcAnyADMYbpdUsI_zqmCNu7qf1d2qxhvGYqB2jtNWG04eQZH0gDdmTzvmES5m6QIo9wV64SbKFKyvrA_cVxFiCccRyEYBKbEocmghxA6p4FCWKQPvu-VOYIcq-agqKbgZFhMFGDKMV2d18nziapd69hSHGwl8ctt3hjgtnnhZEqCHesJooUhdNPeBume7-PqdmqBbNkoeXIsY_MA-2I2Ls2hIECecZLEEHQ5H8DB64zkQ==>, April 15.

NEW FEATURES ONLINE

Hands Across the Sea<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNcQ2x_D4OUFUo4h7aFe3ORqHrg5nvXTQ40bvqwK-7AHafPJEzfdTb-o4UxSFx-vwseGaRfy7bUZ_w==>
An Invention That Could Radically Alter Remote Design Collaboration

Ochsendorf Named MacVicar Fellow<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNcQ2x_D4OUFUo4h7aFe3ORqHrg5nvXTQ40bvqwK-7AHafPJEzfdTb-oDDHA0HTC8SFfxK7X7Q8VkA==>
Honored for Exceptional Mentoring, Teaching and Innovation

A New Approach to Development in Latin America<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNcQ2x_D4OUFUo4h7aFe3ORqHrg5nvXTQ40bvqwK-7AHafPJEzfdTb-ogExUwjvlg4nYknVr_2coQw==>
Affordable Housing Meets Social Consciousness

NEWS FLASHES

Sheila Kennedy<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNeyWSyba7XJFV2x9Lxbn8MoxCaGYDYMx2lYuitFmuYPRXo320PeifoWh6h_8TPeVPw9DI-HqDX7zA==> has won a Jury Award<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoS2QryYPXrkOJgurHtIGvsXXNu8WVGS_QvKCOQoPwJgv5uxFnFco0VK5RlydM6YUg5jS73XZnV5lV0kTksRXrkg==> in the Architizer A+ Design Competition for SOFT House<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNcXCPwxXe5Ite3e3Pkw43lu7Pe203yMLtjTl4N1dBKJU0NfRkbw_0jB>, a set of live/work row house units that model a new approach to low carbon construction and an ecologically responsive lifestyle; Matthew Mazzotta<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNe81jsP5L9tKWLXASo8-bePj-7f_yBks0lHXefsCBOF0YjE0EudXnIP53f-EYP0H-TWS82al_qu6JUL1nKqOYYz> (SMVisS'09) also won a Jury Award<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoS2QryYPXrkOJgurHtIGvsXXNu8WVGS_QvKCOQoPwJgv5uxFnFco0VK5RlydM6YUg5jS73XZnV5lN_u0t2lZt5Q==> for his clever a href="http://vimeo.com/70386286">Open House, a public art project in the shape of a house that transforms into a free 100-seat open air theater for the public.

Kevin Brooks<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNdBjSOqan35vI2o1kShgzSEmDDpQHV_CCss7NRYTSOglRwWbNatR3mi> (PhD’99, Media Arts and Sciences), an expert in computational narrative who honed his skills as a storyteller and juggler, passed away March 28 after a battle with pancreatic cancer; during his years with the Media Lab he released his first CD, Kiss of Summer, and co-authored a book with Whitney Quesenberry, Storytelling for User Experience: Crafting Stories for Better Design. Remembrances can be left here.<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNd_F8uwZ2t_gQzqF8kVWfAeOXmuhxjRRrk=>

Marcelo Coelho<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNd262_MN2T6wSQ23zy-nXVYW_Ic3s8FN0s=> (SM’08, PhD’13, Media Arts and Sciences), working with Brazilian artist Vik Muniz, has helped etch images of castles onto individual grains of sand<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNd7XpKmHD_uMSApaqUUKBg7amk_Zfo6dPgAYEDe8-HqNJ9gOyz5R6qGB-Zr0sMNW7KaXkjVzK4pW8Xd5PMRaZBbriOMMPVX7iqEygYX5tiOq2GXVRspsIpMwoplAkkYNwY=>, a canvas just a half millimeter long, using a focused ion beam and scanning electron microscope; the images are later blown up as four-feet-wide macro photos, which describe the elaborate detail in high quality.

Paul Lukez<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNejieJ5I9DXuRtX8sNz1Pe9ksCRr92wHB68L7JN2Xh-YJNmqLPg7o_L> (MArch’85) has been awarded the prestigious MIPIM / Architectural Review Award<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNf-bFoXu6kjIY3l1uQIbExYCTX6qRDFNskCVPQH7oN4QXyqqIMYENnB> for his firm’s ‘Shaoxing Paojiang Two Lakes Area Master Plan’, receiving the best ‘Big Urban Future Project Award’ of 2014. Architectural Review<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNe8m8Z8uv3Oq4R3PRzfiwdrsCxN_IY3OkmdBVkXfADSzg==> is one of the premier international architectural journals, based out of London; MIPIM<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNf-bFoXu6kjIWyzMc6RXuZw> is one of the largest international property and real estate trade organizations.

Fred Merrill<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNfW2ot6OCbUGtd5PAaIix4XmDfOnEvchteVMdNloNDtk4WQ3axYvEXg7FdrvjdOZY1qqGNGU8VhdcmrQ2QMJudM> (SM’80, Architecture, MCP’80), a planning principal at Sasaki, was recently elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners, one of the planning profession's highest honors.

David Sengeh<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNfGianeqrzMnnW3v9QSUSNojLR0dQrGp8dGt4fnwSwQaQsnsJJMo4Qv> has been named the graduate winner of the $15K Lemelson-MIT National Collegiate Student Prize Competition’s ‘Cure it’ Category<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNckQ4oFhKqYvIRTAb0iCWXYoUIV8oxJbSegKPxQ51VujSQmvZnRmNiCZxe506YDyc3lsewOXNSRQQa4MOzeOKyH>, for students working on technology-based inventions to improve healthcare. Sengeh grew up in the midst of Sierra Leone’s eleven-year civil war, during which rebels routinely chopped off the limbs of civilians to terrorize them; he has developed customized prosthetic interfaces using magnetic resonance imaging and 3D printing.

SELECTED PRESS CLIPS

Full Listing available here.<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNcQ2x_D4OUFUo4h7aFe3ORq3f0f5rjD8GXF26frF97Ydm0S7FrBkd2YKZWsL_JfbJY=>

Six Sustainable Ideas for the Cities of Tomorrow<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNdiPME4w0K8ldiDirnspzHYc25sSj4eBu_0Lplln3h1d-2BzNSbIecVpUOQycBDqYPviU-ZTtUc0x9APBgGspxBYxK9WJpuTt4=> (Sourceable) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) director and principal research scientist Kent Larson, Green Cities’ first keynote speaker, discussing the centre’s research and new inventions designed for future cities that place a focus on people.

Daguerre's American Legacy<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNcQEHjjw4whAhButWuben4ZYknOnDLvk9if-G7-3G3mr-6SruJH3d6lSZN3W3t88X42BEtEm1ABBHXkS-eaYflKCDylplIsXSU=> (Cool Hunting) Following two highly acclaimed runs at museums in greater-Paris, photo-historian William B. Becker's collection of daguerreotypes—the first widespread photographic process involving imagery cast upon a highly polished silver surface—is about to make its American debut at the MIT Museum's Kurtz Gallery for Photography.

Hiding in 172M Cab Rides: A New Frontier for the ‘Sharing Economy’<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNd34xInevkkXPcZg50G02wgZfR1JBo4DbhDDxeyhR-qiOzwbXGQffN50k5eyKmcOGOb99jYvAuy55b30v4l6hyuNg24djnADEkDSFJdc50scPJIWCL2YIqQp2phfkNU56Ke5RrVV9exVDGmVuvKYCUzkYT6WRY-YIk=> (Xconomy) By analyzing a year’s worth of New York City cab rides, MIT’s Sensable City Lab was able to see just how many taxis passed by another passenger who was headed in the same direction at the same time.

Five questions with Shawn Hurley of Skanska<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNeWpNx56Knib46Zh1yOEDMhjANPBrKLCjcW1vma29Vmk7rkygGAzSGYLZZyDV4HZA_VZeuvi1kRnu40JOgpuahbnBjEsXVyKYaUIw-Suh-sfZVNstyNpN6w5FwrE4LZr3fOoGQal8KNTmBOB6OS7D1i> (Boston Business Journal) Shawn Hurley is Skanska’s Boston regional manager responsible for finding and managing new investment opportunities as well as coordinating the company’s development projects. Today, Hurley is overseeing construction of a 350-unit apartment building on the southeast corner of Seaport Boulevard and Boston Wharf Road as well as the development of the first office tower in Seaport Square.

MIT Unveils The Shapeshifting Furniture Of The Future<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNeC8_uAuk-g9Z4SuDACgfIakTa8TZXPjg0yriEL_Vvcss4afcyn_lPjKcHVuvi3r_SrqRB_sPKdVPvLdCFzpsNFcAQj3ZyAdNXnSMHxccU4sAzAee2mfUmEOxn5HyOqOGN0h-7vJk61p8hxZU2zrERZ> (Fast Company) When it was first unveiled last year, the inFORM--a shapeshifting display that you can reach through and touch--was meant to be a sort of digital scrying pool through which MIT could imagine the user interfaces of the future. Currently on display at Milan's Design Week, the inFORM's successor (called, appropriately enough, the Transform) is a scrying pool too, but instead of helping us imagine the interfaces of the future, it's here to teach us what the polymorphous furniture of tomorrow will be like instead.

Construction Crunch Slows Japan Tsunami Rebuilding<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNfltiJTFPsQKabsc_XZYRqJRt4SThMFSUHPnJBksqCSx2SZmtmj1G1Wj3g07lAS3JVf4o9zCowFH-jM5YZPqk7Nhc6vYUJiHscsqJ7jaV4WoRhaYTkotevY> (ABC News) The priority placed on big infrastructure such as sea walls is slowing the rebuilding of homes and communities while failing to address the region's longer term decline as younger residents leave and the population shrinks and ages, said Shun Kanda, director of the Japan 3.11 Initiative at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

EXHIBITS

List Projects: Pauline Curnier Jardin <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNdOB-Jv1RBAhohFC--0uxSoOl3YOCfIXNCb6GhoO56bLYTBmxMoWaLhGp3YDBV-ofU=>
Through May 11, 2014, Bakalar Gallery.

Hans Scharoun: Architect and Visionary <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNcQ2x_D4OUFUo4h7aFe3ORqHrg5nvXTQ43mfTWP1TcWyWriBrx837TexYkY8dEhIrE2bTp7ba7H8JCEDUPFC3ko77bOCVRLOXU=>
Through August 15, 2014, Wolk Gallery.

ACT | Public Space? Lost & Found Exhibition<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNe81jsP5L9tKWLXASo8-bePJvR5PCkKPbUwnuInwMq-M5S2RRCJpohOQJA7YY9IssOVf4xjy-6i-4tsue4M1T0JIcytL9_ZnP_a8HIX6qw5RwSK-X6jTAqRzABPLBqds5kFahclgWp2Hg==>
Through October 30, 2014, The Media Lab.

EVENTS

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May 5
The Historiography of Contemporary Architecture in the Gulf.<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNcQ2x_D4OUFUo4h7aFe3ORq3f0f5rjD8GVBZ34MsAvityyNEWWowNjdQzb2EVxNq4ruus9ce8Fe8amSg_f4K2xKglkGAiGvX7lqQv5_ETcsfJbLbxIKZmK_wcbePJv3w-meON5E1PHZqA==>
6:30pm – 7:30 pm, 3-133

May 10
Family Day at the List: Graphic Text Workshop.<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNeOwHaORylcYOR4LdENWYiYOth-XD6m4U9QzsINPPLO03f3iod9Albh51ymP1WnK30=>
12:00pm – 4:00pm, E15

May 13
Understanding Global Innovation Economies.<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNeOwHaORylcYOR4LdENWYiYOth-XD6m4U9QzsINPPLO03f3iod9Albhx2SzPbpqV98=>
5:30pm – 7:00pm, 34-101

May 23
ReThinking Mindfulnes.<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNeOwHaORylcYOR4LdENWYiYOth-XD6m4U9QzsINPPLO03f3iod9Albhc8mNoMAj2Po=>
9:30am – 5:00pm, E51-115, Wong Auditorium

May 24
ReThinking Mindfulnes.<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014fqPx5KYUtm85gilYmhvrr-OHD24wYyLqm3nx4PM-Cz_pweTOBeOtlYvCh3HtDjoO9-rDG7FSNeOwHaORylcYOR4LdENWYiYOth-XD6m4U9QzsINPPLO03f3iod9AlbhyQ8aZJEwdqQ=>
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