Lecture – Harvard GSD – NIALL G. KIRKWOOD

FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED LECTURE:
MUMBAI ELEGY? MATTERS OF DESIGN IN AN ARDUOUS LANDSCAPE
NIALL G. KIRKWOOD

Niall G. Kirkwood is Professor of Landscape Architecture and Technology at the Harvard Design School.

November 18 – 6:30pm – 7:30pm ·   Piper Auditorium, Harvard University

UBC students design pavilion for 2010 Olympics

Sarah Chung at the THEUBYSSEY.CA reports

The 24-hour design session, or 24-hour charette, consisted of interdisciplinary architecture student teams designing a rain-proof, bright, and lively pavilion to be erected in Downtown Vancouver for the 2010 Olympics. The event was held at the Lasserre Building and ended at 9am Monday morning.

“[The Olympics] are starting to get so close…this is a chance to have an effect and be involved in the Olympics, and the fact that [the pavilion] will actually be built, that’s really exciting,” said Jamie Johnson, a second-year Landscape Architecture student.

Winners will be announced on November 16 by a panel of multi-disciplinary judges.

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Firm principal returns from volunteer design charette in Nigeria

NJ.com reports

Ben Walmer, principal in the Somerville-based architectural firm, LiMN Architects, recently returned from rural Nigeria where he donated eight days of his time and professional expertise to help children and families step out of poverty

The project scope includes a 12+ acre training center with a dormitory for 20 students, a simple classroom and dining pavilion for 30 students, a production facility for tilapia farming and Hydroponic gardening, zero energy water flow-driven spiral waterwheels to move water from the river to fish tanks, a bioreactor to generate all electrical needs, and other related infrastructure.

Read more at the [SOURCE: NJ.com - LiMN Achitects principal returns from volunteer design charette in Nigeria - Somerset Reporter]

White vs Green roofs at McGill

Henry Gass of McGill Daily reports

The fight for Montreal’s environmental future has recently reached new heights, as various environmental groups in the city promote the installation of energy-efficient green and white roofs.

Green rooftops, or rooftop gardens, are becoming more and more popular in Montreal, while white rooftops, flat surfaces with a white polymeric membrane stretched across, are just starting to be introduced.

Read the full article at the [SOURCE: McGill Daily - Green, white roofs come to campus]

WPA 2.0 Student Edition Finalists Announced

WPA 2.0 (SE) finalists has announced the finalists

S1025 R_Ignite
Re-Commission – Peter Millar . Jamie Potter . Andy Wilde
The Manchester School of Architecture, UK

S1035 Aquaculture Canal_New Orleans Aquaculture Canal
Fadi Masoud – University of Toronto,
Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design

S1037 155th St Viaduct: Polytechnic High School & Transportation Center
Studio Three – Douglas Segulja
Parsons School of Constructed Environments

S1059 Fluctuating Freeway Ecologies
The Crop – Gary Garcia . Marc Yeber . Iris Tsai . Xiaoye Zhang
USC School of Architecture

S1092 urban ConAgraculture
Dale Luebbert – University of Nebraska

S1108 Cash for Clunkers = Bike Sharing for Chicago
M-Squared – Matt Moore IIT

S1141 – Topographic Infrastructure: Hollywood Freeway Central Park
YMeng – Meng Yang USC School of Architecture

MORE INFORMATION on-line soon at www.wpa2.aud.ucla.edu

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