[Editors] MIT SA+P News: April 2015

Tue Apr 7 15:30:16 EDT 2015

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[http://holyurl.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/JoanJonasred.png] <http://listart.mit.edu/exhibitions/joan-jonas-selected-films-and-videos-1972-2005> Joan Jonas at the List Visual Arts Center <http://listart.mit.edu/exhibitions/joan-jonas-selected-films-and-videos-1972-2005>

[http://holyurl.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/AlfredN.png] <http://kabinetarchitektury.cz/architektura-zmocnujici-se-prostoru-alfred-neumann-zivot-a-dilo-kabinet-architektury-ostrava/> Rafi Segal’s Exhibit on Alfred Neumann<http://kabinetarchitektury.cz/architektura-zmocnujici-se-prostoru-alfred-neumann-zivot-a-dilo-kabinet-architektury-ostrava/>

[http://holyurl.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Kneaps.jpg] <http://sap.mit.edu/news/gyorgy-kepes-display-tate-liverpool> Gyorgy Kepes at Tate Liverpool<http://sap.mit.edu/news/gyorgy-kepes-display-tate-liverpool>

[http://holyurl.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/TmHyde.jpg]<http://sap.mit.edu/article/standard/introducing-two-new-professors> New Professor Timothy Hyde<http://sap.mit.edu/article/standard/introducing-two-new-professors>

[http://holyurl.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/NewProfessor.jpg]<http://sap.mit.edu/article/standard/introducing-two-new-professors> New Professor Iyad Rahwan<http://sap.mit.edu/article/standard/introducing-two-new-professors>

SA+P NEWS: April 2015

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QUOTES OF NOTE

The moment we generate a choice between beauty and utility is the moment we compromise our calling as designers.

  *   Neri Oxman,<http://www.media.mit.edu/people/neri> whose work aims to ‘unify computation, digital fabrication and the material itself as inseparable and harmonized dimensions’; Oxman has received the Emerging Voices Award<http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=7930#.VRVg6mZbY1Y> from The Architecture League of New York. The Architect’s Newspaper<http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=7930#.VRVg6mZbY1Y>, March 26.

There will be no more important issue in the world – not energy, not oil, not water.

  *   Phillip Clay <http://dusp.mit.edu/faculty/phillip-clay> speaking at the African Higher Education Summit in Dakar about Africa’s most precious resource - talent; ‘if it is developed and deployed it will be more valuable than all the minerals in the ground,’ he said. University World News<http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20150318134042272&query=phillip+clay>, March 20.

Kepes must have found it quite alienating to be the first artist on the staff at MIT.

  *   Stephanie Straine<https://www.linkedin.com/pub/stephanie-straine/71/363/644>, curator of a show on Gyorgy Kepes at the Tate Liverpool in England, talking about the founder of SA+P’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies<http://act.mit.edu/about-act/history/#CAVS-h3>; ‘the scientists there wouldn’t necessarily have wanted to work with him, but he was determined to find areas of overlap and collaboration.’ Which he did. New York Times<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/19/arts/artsspecial/gyorgy-kepes-wizard-of-light-and-motion-comes-back-into-focus.html?_r=0>, March 18.

[It] brings together a particular type of personality.

  *   Robert Crauderueff<https://www.linkedin.com/pub/robert-crauderueff/16/902/259> (MCP’11) talking about operating his business<http://crauderueffassociates.com/> from a co-working space in Manhattan; ‘I’ve found a community of individuals who each have some sort of unique take on how to contribute to the world that does not fit into the traditional corporate structure,’ he said. The Atlantic<http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/02/as-coworking-spaces-scale-can-they-keep-their-communal-vibe/385653/>, February 27.

How do we talk about that?

  *   Caleb Harper<http://mitcityfarm.media.mit.edu/team/> questioning whether consumers will embrace produce grown in the sort of vertical farms he’s developing as part of the City Science Initiative<http://mitcityfarm.media.mit.edu/>; ‘people are incredibly skeptical of science and technology in food,’ he said. ‘Will people accept or understand it, and ultimately will they buy it?’ Huffington Post<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/11/vertical-farm-industry_n_6818402.html>, March 12.

NEW FEATURES ONLINE

Introducing Two New Professors<http://sap.mit.edu/article/standard/introducing-two-new-professors>
Experts in Architectural History and Collective Intelligence

The Future of Suburbia<http://sap.mit.edu/article/standard/future-suburbia>
A Workshop and Design Charrette at the Center for Advanced Urbanism

Joan Jonas: Selected Films and Videos, 1972-2005<http://sap.mit.edu/article/standard/joan-jonas-selected-films-and-videos-1972-2005>
An Exhibit to Complement Her US Pavilion in Venice

Photographing Places<http://sap.mit.edu/article/standard/photographing-places>
The Photographers of Places Journal, 1987 - 2009

SELECTED PRESS CLIPS

Full Listing available here<http://sap.mit.edu/press-clips>.

MIT Professional Education and Center for Real Estate announce new Certificate Programs<http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/mit-professional-education-and-center-real-estate-new-certificate-real-estate-finance-0302> (MIT News)The Professional Certificate in Real Estate Finance and Development program, comprised of five courses and taught by world-renowned MIT faculty, will be offered June 8-19 in Cambridge. It is open to professionals from around the world and provides an opportunity to obtain insights and skills in real estate development and investment strategies, and other key factors driving real estate markets.

style = "color:#DE610F;"MIT’s List receives $200,000 gift<http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2015/03/10/helen-frankenthaler-foundation-gives-mit-list-visual-arts-center-support-joan-jonas-project-venice-biennale/dAKebMy3lBhCP9ba4bJa1H/story.html> (The Boston Globe) The MIT List Visual Arts Center has received a gift of $200K from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation in support of SA+P’s Joan Jonas’s presentation for the US Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale; in 1966, Frankenthaler represented the US at the 33d Venice Biennale (along with Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jules Olitski.)

Should We Be Wary of Algorithms?<http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=388518887> (NPR) SA+P’s Kevin Slavin talks about the Age of Algorithms – a time when we’re creating mathematical models of such complexity they’re far beyond what any human could ever hope to understand.

Interview: Nader Tehrani<http://sectioncut.com/collections/nader-tehrani/> (Section Cut) Nader Tehrani speaks about NADAAA’s current work and previous work at Office dA as a means of discussing ornament, structure and typology. The lecture weaves impeccable representation and narrative with captivating tectonic and theoretical arguments – as to be expected.

Mobile Technologies to Visualize the City<http://spectrum.mit.edu/articles/mobile-technologies-to-visualize-the-city/> (Spectrum) Data-driven storytelling is the journalistic wave of the future. MIT Assistant Professor Sarah Williams, director of the Civic Data Design Lab, is at the forefront of the movement.

NEWS FLASHES

Gyorgy Kepes<http://www.amazon.com/Gyorgy-Kepes-The-Years-1945-1977/dp/0262610272>, founder of SA+P’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies<http://act.mit.edu/about-act/history/>, is the subject of an exhibit at Tate Liverpool<http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition-display/gyorgy-kepes> in northern England through May 31, devoted to a decade of his work, from his arrival in the US until 1947, when he was teaching at MIT; his work at MIT is to be explored in another exhibition in Liverpool, ‘The New Landscape’, opening on April 15 at the Exhibition Research Center at Liverpool John Moores University.

Fadi Masoud<http://dusp.mit.edu/faculty/fadi-masoud> is featured in an exhibition titled Emerging Landscape<http://arch.iit.edu/life/dialogues-on-urbanization-emerging-landscapes> at the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture; Masoud’s project for "The Jordan Valley: A Vision for Integrated Agrarian Urbanism" was selected as one of eleven speculative and eleven built projects by landscape architects and urbanists from around the world.

Rafi Segal<http://architecture.mit.edu/faculty/rafi-segal> has curated the first-ever exhibition on the Czech architect Alfred Neumann, opening at Gallery of Fine Art (Kabinet architektury) in Ostrava on April 2. Focusing on Neumann’s major design projects in Israel from the 1960s, Space Packing Architecture:The Life and Work of Alfred Neumann<http://kabinetarchitektury.cz/architektura-zmocnujici-se-prostoru-alfred-neumann-zivot-a-dilo-kabinet-architektury-ostrava/> explores Neumann’s vision for a new kind of modern architecture. The exhibition team included Yonatan Cohen, Ariel Noyman, Caroline Murphy and Grigori Enikolopov, all of MIT.

The Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative<http://www.we-aggregate.org/people/aggregate> – whose members include eight from SA+P’s History, Theory and Criticism program – has been recognized as one of the 2015 Game Changers<http://www.metropolismag.com/January-2015/Game-Changers-2015-Aggregate/> by Metropolis Magazine. The SA+P members are professors Arindam Dutta<http://architecture.mit.edu/faculty/arindam-dutta> and Timothy Hyde<http://architecture.mit.edu/faculty/timothy-hyde>, and alumni Lucia Allais<http://soa.princeton.edu/content/lucia-allais> (PhD’08), Zeynep Celik Alexander<http://artarchitecturehistory.org/and-yet-another-example-blog-post/> (PhD’07), Ed Eigen<http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/ed-eigen.html> (PhD’00), Pamela Karimi<http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/faculty/karimipamela/> (PhD’09), M. Ijlal Muzaffar<https://www.risd.edu/academics/havc/faculty/Ijlal-Muzaffar/> (PhD’07) and Michael Osman<http://www.aud.ucla.edu/faculty/michael_osman_16.html> (PhD’08).

Places Journal<https://placesjournal.org/>, the environmental design journal founded in 1983 by architecture faculty at MIT and UC/Berkeley, has launched a ‘Reading Lists’ tool to encourage readers to share topical lists of articles and books in their areas of expertise. Public lists are archived here<https://placesjournal.org/reading-lists/> and readers can also save private lists of stories they’ve read or wish to read, build annotated bibliographies or share syllabi with colleagues and students. The effort is part of the journal’s continuing commitment to public scholarship and innovative practice.

Erioseto Hendranata<https://plus.google.com/113873855543594901135/posts> (MArch’14), known as Seto, was the recipient, we have just learned, of the SOM Foundation 2014 SOM Prize<http://www.somfoundation.som.com/fellows-2014>. Seto traveled to regions on three continents in carrying out his winning research proposal on the notion of ‘Risk and Crises in the field of architecture and landscape as a natural or man-made event or process which impacts both the society and the territory it inhabits’.

Bumjin Kim<http://bumjinkim.com/> (MArch’14) has won first place in ARCHmedium’s Lisbon<http://en.archmedium.com/Competitions.php> Open Room competition for his project ‘Urban Platform<http://www.archdaily.com/611966/urban-platform-wins-first-in-lisbon-open-room-competition/>’, co-authored with Minyoung Kim of Columbia University; one of 67 teams to enter the competition’s ‘Young Architects’ category, the team developed a modular urban intervention for Lisbon, Portugal,<http://www.archdaily.com/tag/portugal/> with the intention of providing a more flexible space for the city’s urban center.

Les Klein<http://www.quadrangle.ca/our-practice/our-people/principals/les-klein/> (SB’72, Architecture, MArch’74), founding partner of Quadrangle<http://www.quadrangle.ca/>, has been named recipient of the prestigious OAA Award<https://www.oaa.on.ca/the%20oaa/awards> by the Ontario Association of Architects; he is being honored with the Order of Da Vinci for his leadership within the profession and the community at large.

Nayana Mawilmada<http://www.nation.lk/edition/business-tbl/item/38735-new-heads-at-uda.html> (MCP’00) has been named Director General of the Sri Lanka Urban Development Authority (UDA). He is an Urban Development Specialist with extensive experience in planning, facilitating and managing large-scale urban development, real estate and infrastructure projects across 15 countries.

Micah Silver<http://nophones.org/> (SMACT’13) has a new book coming out with Inventory Press, Figures in Air<http://www.inventorypress.com/product/figures-in-air>, exploring the impact of sound on human behavior and social space; Silver’s installation and performance work has been produced by Mass MoCA, Issue Project Room, Palais de Tokyo in Paris, and OK Zentrum, among other venues in the US and internationally.

EXHIBITS

Katrin Sigurdardottir: Drawing Apart<https://listart.mit.edu/exhibitions/katr%C3%ADn-sigurdard%C3%B3ttir-drawing-apart>
Through April 12, 2015, List Visual Arts Center.

Building Discourse<http://sap.mit.edu/exhibit/wolk-gallery/building-discourse>
Through April 17, 2015, Wolk Gallery.

EVENTS

Many of our regular lecture series are in various stages of planning. Our full online calendar is always available here<http://sap.mit.edu/calendar>.

April 8

Research Seminar- John Duca with Federal Reserve Bank Dallas<http://sap.mit.edu/event/research-seminar-john-duca-federal-reserve-bank-dallas>
12:00pm, 9-357

Thought Leader Speaker Series: Making Sense of Housing Recovery<http://sap.mit.edu/event/thought-leader-speaker-series>
6:00pm, 9-354

April 9

Graduate Students Meet up at the List<http://sap.mit.edu/sap/event/gsc-thursday-list-0>
5:30pm, E-15

Conversation with Renee Green: "Joan Jonas, Selected Films and Videos, 1972-2005"<http://sap.mit.edu/sap/lecture/conversation-renee-green-joan-jonas-selected-films-and-videos-1972-2005>
5:30pm, E15-070

Architecture Lecture Series: Elizabeth Diller<http://sap.mit.edu/architecture/lecture/architecture-lecture-series-elizabeth-diller>
6:00pm, 10-250

Starr Forum: Science & Innovation Diplomacy<http://sap.mit.edu/event/starr-forum-science-innovation-diplomacy>
6:00pm, 54-100

April 11

Scaling Development Ventures Conference: Bridging Innovation & Impact<http://sap.mit.edu/event/scaling-development-ventures-conference-bridging-innovation-impact>
8:30am, 10-250

Courtney Klemens: Slow Art Day<http://sap.mit.edu/sap/lecture/slow-art-day>
12:00am, E-15

April 13

Architecture Lecture Series: Joel Loveland<http://sap.mit.edu/architecture/lecture/architecture-lecture-series-joel-loveland>
12:30pm, 7-429

Architecture Lecture Series: Robin Schuldenfrei<http://sap.mit.edu/architecture/lecture/architecture-lecture-series-robin-schuldenfrei>
6:00pm, 7-429

Art, Culture and Technology Lecture: CLAIRE PENTECOST, "The quick and the dirty"<http://sap.mit.edu/architecture/lecture/art-culture-and-technology-lecture-claire-pentecost-quick-and-dirty>
7:00pm, E15-070

April 14

Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty's Trek Across the Pacific<http://sap.mit.edu/event/rescheduled-pink-globalization-hello-kittys-trek-across-pacific>
5:00pm, E40-496

April 15

Nation Builder: John Quincy Adams and the Grand Strategy of the Republic<http://sap.mit.edu/event/nation-builder-john-quincy-adams-and-grand-strategy-republic>
12:00pm, E40-496

April 16

DUSPCareers: EPP Alumni/ae Career Forum<http://sap.mit.edu/planning/event/duspcareers-epp-alumniae-career-forum>
6:00pm, TBD

April 17

Architecture Lecture Series: Sara Hendren, "Function and Friction: Rethinking Design, Disability, and Assistive Technology"<http://sap.mit.edu/architecture/lecture/architecture-lecture-series-sara-hendren-function-and-friction-rethinking>
5:30pm, 7-429

April 20

Financial Health for members of the MIT community<http://sap.mit.edu/event/financial-health-members-mit-community>
5:15pm, E40-496

April 22

Thought Leader Speaker Series<http://sap.mit.edu/event/thought-leader-speaker-series-0>
6:00pm, 9-354

April 23

Architecture Lecture Series: Karl Willis<http://sap.mit.edu/architecture/lecture/architecture-lecture-series-karl-willis>
6:00pm, 7-429

Screening: Immigrant America<http://sap.mit.edu/event/screening-immigrant-america>
6:00pm, 32-155

April 24

Architecture & CAST Symposium: Active Matter Summit, Programming Materials to Sense, Transform, and Self-Assemble<http://sap.mit.edu/architecture/lecture/architecture-cast-symposium-active-matter-summit-programming-materials-sense>
9:00am

April 25

Architecture & CAST Symposium: Active Matter Summit, Programming Materials to Sense, Transform, and Self-Assemble<http://sap.mit.edu/architecture/lecture/architecture-cast-symposium-active-matter-summit-programming-materials-sense>
9:00am

April 25

Glass Structures Lateral Studio with Diablo Glass School<http://sap.mit.edu/event/glass-structures-lateral-studio-diablo-glass-school>
12:30pm

April 27

Culture and Identity: The Architecture of Jewish Holy Spaces in Isfahan, Iran<http://sap.mit.edu/architecture/lecture/aga-khan-program-islamic-architecture-lecture-culture-and-identity-architecture>
6:00pm, 3-133

Art, Culture and Technology Lecture: Michael Rakowitz<http://sap.mit.edu/architecture/lecture/art-culture-and-technology-lecture-michael-rakowitz>
7:00pm, E15-070

April 28

Understanding Global Innovation Economies: A Guide for MIT Students Working Abroad<http://sap.mit.edu/event/understanding-global-innovation-economies-guide-mit-students-working-abroad>
7:00pm, 76-156

Migration, National Security, and New forms of Policing: Dubai and Abu Dhabi<http://sap.mit.edu/event/migration-national-security-and-new-forms-policing-dubai-and-abu-dhabi>
4:30pm, E40-464

April 29

Hrant Dink Memorial Lecture on Human Rights: Forced Migration and Human Rights: Can we maintain the promise of protection?<http://sap.mit.edu/event/hrant-dink-memorial-lecture-human-rights-forced-migration-and-human-rights-can-we-maintain>
4:30pm, E51-115: Wong Auditorium

April 30

Architecture Lecture Series: Finbarr Barry Flood <http://sap.mit.edu/architecture/lecture/architecture-lecture-series-finbarr-barry-flood>
6:00pm, 7-429

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