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Semester Schedule  Fall 2005 (PDF)

Urban Ecology Studio
Waste Land: Re-engineering Willets Point

Advanced Studio GSAPP Fall 2005
Laurie Hawkinson and Kate Orff (GSAPP)
w/ Professor Nickolas Themelis and Phil Simmons EEC

 SEMESTER SCHEDULE

SEPTEMBER

 

 

 

WEEK 1

 

Studio Presentation and First Studio Meeting

 

7

All-School Orientation (2:00), Studio Presentations & Lottery (4:00)

Engineers meet in Mudd 918 2:00 PM

 

F

9

First Studio Meeting: Assign Teams, Mapping Assignment 1

Engineers meet in Mudd 918 2:00 PM

LH/KO

WEEK 2

 

 

 

M

12

Field Trip to Site. Meet at Amsterdam & 116th  at 1pm

Participation of engineering team

LH/KO

W

14

Seminar in Room 114 w/ 

Prof. Themelis – IWM concepts, LH, KO, PS

2:00 PM, participation of engineering team

LH/KO
NT, PS

F

16

 Desk Crits – Mapping

KO

WEEK 3

 

Rest of semester,  engineers participate Wed., Friday afternoons, times

And places to be announced in Courseworks by Phil Simmons

 

M

19

Studio

LH

W

21

 Pin Up – Mapping and assign case studies

LH/KO/

PS

F

23

Studio  [note Alan Berger speaking in KO seminar 11-1]

KO

WEEK 4

 

 

 

M

26

Studio

LH

W (R114)

28

Pin Up engineering synthesis of issues 2-4

and Guest Speaker, Engineering Issues 4-6

LH/KO

PS

F

30

Studio: Work with Engineers to brainstorm site strategies

KO

OCTOBER

 

 

 

WEEK 5

 

Development of System Strategies

 

M

3

Studio

LH

W (R505)

5

Pin up:  Case Studies/Mapping Site Strategy

Provide executive summary handout

Present 30x 40 plots mapping, case studies

Team acts as a consultant to the studio on area of expertise”

Present preliminary ideas about Site Strategy

LH/KO
PS

F

7

Studio desk crits

KO

WEEK 6

 

Strategy Development

 

M

10

Studio

LH

W (R114)

12

EDC Guest Speaker/William Walsh   Rm 114

LH/KO

F

14

Studio

KO

WEEK 7

 

System Strategies Presentation

 

M

17

Studio

LH

W (R114)

19

Pin up: Site strategy, review/prepare for mid-term

LH/KO

F

21

Studio

KO

WEEK 8

 

Strategy and Proposal Development

 

M

24

Studio

LH

W (none)

26

Midterm: Buell East, 1:00 PM

LH/KO

F

28

Studio desk crits  [note ecologist S. Handel speaking at KO

seminar on Flushing wetlands 11-1 and will visit studio]

KO

WEEK 9

 

Program Development

 

M

31

Studio

LH

NOVEMBER

 

 

 

W (Ware)

2

Guest Speaker: Martin Stute, Wetlands and Hydrology

LH/KO

F

4

Studio

KO

WEEK 10

 

Test Case Development

 

M

7

Election Day Holiday

 

W (none)

9

Studio

LH/KO

F

11

Studio

KO

WEEK 11

 

Test Case Development

 

M

14

Studio

LH

W (505)

16

Studio-Pin up,  2:00 PM

LH/KO

F

18

Studio

KO

WEEK 12

 

Technical Review

 

M

21

Studio

LH

W (115)

23

Studio-Pin up  2:00 PM

LH/KO

F

25

Thanksgiving Holiday

 

WEEK 13

 

Final Presentation Development : System + Scenario

 

M

28

Studio

LH

W (115)

30

Studio-Pin up,  2:00 PM

LH/KO

DECEMBER

 

 

 

F

2

Studio

KO

WEEK 14

 

Final Review

 

Th (Buell East)

8

Final Review – all Day Buell East Gallery

LH/KO

 

   
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