Episteme and Techne

Come to the reception and ask architecture student Dubem Aniebonam what it all means to exercise your gray matter!

On March 4th at noon, foundation studies will hold a reception for the completion of a Design/Build project at Boundary Hall. Ms. Aniebonam created a design in her 3D Design class last winter that was chosen to be fabricated at 15 feet tall. We are very proud of Ms. Aniebonam and encourage everyone to attend and support this outstanding opportunity.

McMillan Pazdan Smith, a designated AIA Intern Friendly Firm, is a studio-based, client focused and community oriented design firm which practices within six studios with expertise in urban, campus, community, health-care, retail and K-12 planning and design. The firm represents a collaborative group of dedicated and enthusiastic design professionals who believe function, beauty, constructability and cost-effectiveness are integral attributes of good environmental design.

They are currently recruiting interns for summer 2011 for architecture and interior design.

Students should submit a letter of interest, resume, and abbreviated portfolio by March 1, 2011 for consideration. Submissions should be directed to:
Jessi Fosdick
McMillan Pazdan Smith
PO Box 8922
Greenville, SC 29604

Dear Architecture Student,

Autodesk, developer of architectural design software, needs your help. Our mission is to improve the quality of the built environment and the collaborative process by which it is created. The design and construction industry that you will soon enter is faced with both huge challenges and incredible opportunity. The industry is showing signs of dramatic change and you’ll be part of new ways to design and construct the built environment.

You are the next generation of Architects and we need your help to understand how you design, what hardware and software tools you use, and how you want to work in the future. We would like to invite you to participate in a short online survey to help us learn how to better serve your future needs.

The survey will take about 10 minutes and the data will only be used for research purposes. No names will be associated with the results of this survey.

You can click on the link below to start the survey. If you have fellow architecture students who would like to help, please forward this email on to them.

SURVEY

Thanks for your assistance,
Bob Grosso
Autodesk Software Product Manager
Bob.Grosso@Autodesk.com

MyPrint System

Summary:

* Students will begin each quarter with a $25 Virtual Credit (500 pages per quarter).
* Lab laser prints will cost $.05 per page. Plotters will not be assigned a usage fee.
* After the student’s Virtual Balance is depleted students can add funds from the SCAD
Card online using the MyPrint System (after the debit account on their SCAD card has been activated).

Balances, Funding and Pricing:

Five cents will be charged for every page printed. The printing system will
store and track two funding types/balances for every student. The first
funding source is their quarterly virtual balance, which will reset
every quarter (regardless of usage) to $25. If a student’s initial
quarterly virtual balance is depleted and they wish to continue
printing they must transfer funds from their SCAD Card account to the
printing system which is done by logging into http://myprint.scad.edu.
Funds added from their SCAD Card will be carried over from quarter to
quarter until their personal balance is depleted or the student is
deemed inactive. Students may add funds to their SCAD Card online at
any time as long as they have a “SCAD Card and Debit Account Agreement”
on record. If they do not have this agreement on record, they may fill
out the form available on the forms channel in MySCAD and send it to
the SCAD Card office.

Printing Procedures:

* Upon sending the print command students will be asked to login to the
MyPrint system. Students will log into MyPrint using their NetID (the
password used to log onto workstations), and will be informed of the
cost of the job and their current balance. Students will have the
opportunity to process the job or cancel it at this point.
* Students will automatically be logged out of MyPrint after 15 minutes, or the
increment of time selected from the pull-down menu.
* Students are responsible for any jobs printed under their login, so remember to
log out of your workstations and do not leave them logged in and
unattended.
* MyPrint can also be accessed via a shortcut by the
same name on the desktop of each workstation. This is where students
can view and manage their balances.

Refunds:

Refunds will only be issued in the event of a mechanical or physical problem
with a printer, toner, etc. Refunds must be verified by the building
manager. Proof of misprint will be required to issue any refunds.

Professor Alexis Gregory joined the editorial board for the Journal of Architectural Education.

Professor Ming Tang’s project titled ‘Heterogeneity: Math Driven Form Seeking + Fabrication’ was accepted to the ACADIA 2010 Conference project exhibition.

Additionally, Professor Tang’s research project named “Math, Particle and Field, a new way to generate architectural forms” was accepted in the SIGGRAPH 2010 Conference Poster Exhibition.

Professor Tim Woods designed a prototype for affordable housing from ISO shipping containers called CONTAINERS FOR A CAUSE: from Commodity to Humanity, that placed 5th in the SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) National Competition in May . The visuals for the competition were done by SCAD architecture student Walter Woods. The competing school was Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida. SIFE is one of the largest collegiate competitions in the country, SIFE teams from more than 400 campuses compete based on which of them had the most impact improving people’s lives.

SCAD Architecture alumnus Carolina Aragón’s public work on display in Cambridge, MA

The Cambridge Arts Council Announces Carolina Aragón, Winner of Public Art Commission for the Cambridge Street Corridor in East Cambridge

Cambridge, MA – Carolina Aragón has been selected the winner of an ideas competition for a Public Art Commission in Cambridge. Chosen from an eclectic group of proposals from ten local artists, Aragón’s “Flocks” project will be a three-month long outdoor installation of reflective, abstract, soft sculpture “birds,” suspended in large groups along the one mile stretch between Inman and Lechmere Squares. The project seeks to emphasize the historic and contemporary socio-economic diversity of Cambridge by celebrating and studying the theme of migration. The installation will occur in the spring of 2011.

:: Download photos: http://www.cambridgema.gov/gallery/?albumID=380&level=album

The nine other Boston-area finalists considered for the commission were: Dirk Adams, Halsey Burgund, Bea Camacho, Catherine D’Ignazio, John Ewing, Lisa Greenfield, Yuna Kim, Nick Rodrigues, and Hannah Verlin. Each of these artists developed a site-specific proposal for the Cambridge Street Corridor – a one-mile stretch of Cambridge Street, spanning from Inman Square to Lechmere, a colorful section of urban activity that spans three neighborhoods. These proposals were on display from April 1 – June 11, 2010 in the exhibition “The Cambridge Street Project” in the CAC Gallery (344 Broadway, 2nd Fl., Cambridge, Mass.).

“The Cambridge Street Project: An Ideas Exhibition” revealed a unique approach to a public art commission that permitted a group of selected artists to develop for public viewing a concept in any of the arts and design media – visual, performing, mixed media, architectural, landscape, social, etc. Residents and visitors were encouraged to review the artists’ proposals, give feedback and leave comments over the course of the exhibition. In May 2010, a selection committee composed of the original art jury and a number of Cambridge Street residents and business owners reviewed all projects and select Aragón’s project for implementation.

Important factors in the selection committee’s decision were Flocks’ potential visual impact and its ability to tie the length of the corridor together visually, combined with a strong emphasis on education and outreach, all within the underlying theme of migration that is important to the neighborhood.

Artist Carolina Aragón’s Inspiration:
Inspired by both bird and human migrations, the project seeks to create a memorable experience that celebrates the dream that fuels long and difficult migrations and the coming together of groups to create a new life. Flocks acknowledges the ongoing process of migration to Cambridge. Over 25% or approximately 26,000 Cambridge residents are foreign-born. English, Irish, German, Italian and Portuguese immigrants arrived in earlier migrations. More recent migrations have included West Indian, Latin American and Haitian residents.

A recent survey shows that the families of Cambridge Public School students speak more than 60 different languages at home. Cambridge Street is a particularly good example of the City’s diverse history, with long-standing Portuguese and Italian communities centered in Inman Square, and Yiddish, Indian, Middle Eastern and Brazilian restaurants lining the route toward Lechmere Square. It is fitting that a celebration of multiple heritages coming together is located on Cambridge Street. Flocks celebrates the City’s diverse communities and their historic and contemporary migrations.

About the Artist:
Born in Cali, Colombia, Carolina Aragón has lived and worked in Cambridge, Mass., and currently teaches architecture in Boston. Her work focuses on interior/exterior installations and paintings that explore environmental phenomena through a thorough investigation of materiality and a strong sense of craft. Carolina obtained a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Savannah College of Art and Design, and a Master in Landscape Architecture from the Harvard Design School. She migrated to the United States in 1995 and has a strong attachment to Cambridge – a place where she feels the most at home, surrounded by fellow immigrants from all over the world.

In addition to environmental phenomena, Carolina’s recent work has focused on immigration. Her pieces speak of the immigrant experience as one that begins with rupture – the breaking up from one’s original landscape and the process of re-creating a life in a new land. It is in this same spirit that Carolina continues to explore human migration as a source of inspiration for her artwork.
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Cambridge Arts Council – Nurturing the Arts in Cambridge
The Cambridge Arts Council exists to ensure that the arts remain vital for people living, working and visiting Cambridge. www.cambridgeartscouncil.org or 617-349-4380.

Cambridge Arts Council Public Art Program
In accordance with Cambridge’s Public Art Program, one percent of construction costs for capital improvements is designated to support the inclusion of integrated, site-responsive public art. Since 1979, over 180 artworks have been commissioned into the Cambridge Public Art Collection for the enjoyment of all who live, work and visit the city.

The Cambridge Arts Council is supported in part by the City of Cambridge, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, New England Foundation for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, and many individual and corporate donors.

CAC Gallery is located in the Cambridge City Hall Annex at 344 Broadway, at the corner of Broadway and Inman Street. Metered parking is available on Inman Street and Broadway.

CAC Gallery hours:
M, W: 8:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.; T, TH: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; F: 8:30 a.m. – Noon

Directions via MBTA: Take the MBTA Red Line to Central Square. At street level proceed west on Massachusetts Avenue (towards Harvard Square) to Inman Street. Turn right and proceed north for four blocks to Broadway. Turn left and walk one block to Inman Street.
CAC does not discriminate on the basis of disability. CAC will provide auxiliary aids and service, written materials in alternate formats, and reasonable modifications in policies and procedures to persons with disabilities upon request.

Uni-Systems, the leading designer and advocate of kinetic architecture, held a kinetic architecture design competition…the Grand Prize winner as selected by the judges Robert Ivy (editor of Architectural Record), author Michael Fox, and Uni-Systems founder Cyril Silberman is SCAD Architecture alumni Brian Cole Henson. Cole graduated in May with his M.Arch. You can see the announcement here, and view Cole’s winning entry here.