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Cal Poly News

• No Hearst Lecture this week
• NAAB Visiting Team visit: 2.12.11-2.17.11
  • During the 2011 Winter quarter, a Visiting Team of the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) will be on campus to review the Architecture Department as part of the 2010 Procedures for Accreditation.
  • http://www.arch.calpoly.edu/current/naab.html
• Royce Chow is having a baby!  Or at least his wife is.
  • Support Shop Technician Royce Chow will be taking a 6-week leave and we have arranged to have Bart Alford “ fill in “ while Royce is away. As a part of the extended CAED family, Bart was our former Support Shop Supervisor and we are very pleased he is able to return and assist us as a retired annuitant during this time.
  • Open Shop Hours Beginning January 24th
    • Student Project Access:
    • Mondays 1pm-4pm
    • Tuesdays 9am-9pm
    • Wednesday 9am-9pm
    • Thursdays 9am-9pm
    • Fridays 9am-4pm
    • Saturdays 11am-7pm
  • Exceptions due to staffing:
    • Wednesday, February 2nd: 9am-4pm
    • Thursday, February 3rd: 9am-4pm
    • Saturday, February 5th: closed
    • Tuesday February 8th: 9am-4pm
• LA Metro Program – fourth year NEW
  • Prof. Stephen Phillips will be conducting a two quarter long fourth year design studio during Winter and Spring quarter 2012.For additional information, please visit the off-campus LA Metro Program web page (to be uploaded 1.19.11)
• Cal Poly to Help Build New Haiti Built Environment Resource Center
  • http://calpolynews.calpoly.edu/news_releases/2011/January/haiti.html

General News

• New design competitions!
  • http://www.deathbyarchitecture.com/
• Architect Frank Gehry Named Judge Widney Professor at USC
  • http://www.architectmagazine.com/architect-newswire/gehry-named-usc-professor.aspx?cid=ARCH110119003
  • http://archinect.com/news/article.php?id=103943_0_24_0_C
  • Frank Gehry is a USC alumni??
  • Tim declares a ban on all Frank Gehry news

• What is the value of AIA membership?
  • http://forum.aia.org/2011/01/17/what-is-the-value-of-aia-membership/
• Twenty-five Year Award Bestowed on John Hancock Tower in Boston
  • http://www.aia.org/practicing/AIAB087077
• Clark Manus, FAIA, 2011 AIA President
  • “Inaugural Address Inspires Design Visions of the Future that Rest on the AIA’s Historic Past”
  • http://www.aia.org/practicing/AIAB087080
• Ikea Goes Solar
  • http://architect-media.com/portal/wts/cemc6Fa-A72baCn8meFF2ya-yuoj0c
  • http://articles.dailypilot.com/2011-01-13/news/tn-dpt-0114-ikea-20110113_1_solar-panels-solar-energy-technology-clean-energy
  • Sweden-based furniture store Ikea has applied for a permit to install solar panels on its store in Costa Mesa, Calif., one of seven stores in the state where they plan to do so. Mona Shadia reports that it will be the largest commercial photovoltaic rooftop system in the city

• Andy Houghtelin
• Ashten Chatham
• Derek A. McFarland
• جلال احمدى (Jalal Ahmadi)

• Vellum Competition 7, Oct. 28-30th
  • http://www.arch.calpoly.edu/exhibitions/vellum/vellum-10.html
• Vellum Competition Jury
  • TimKobe (8inc) http://www.eightinc.com/
  • Mark Horton (MHA) http://www.mh-a.com/
  • TJ Esser (Studio 2G)
  • Colin Sprnkle (Vulpine Design Works)
• Vellum Competition Sponsorship
  • http://www.arch.calpoly.edu/exhibitions/vellum/vellum-10.html
  • Platinum Level: $350
  • Gold Level: $250
  • Silver Level: $150
  • Recession Level: at the donor’s level of comfort
  • http://www.arch.calpoly.edu/exhibitions/vellum/documents/vellum-sponsorship-2010.pdf
• Visual Acoustics: Film about Julius Shulman
  • CAED Berg Gallery on Friday, October 8th, 2010 at 6:00pm
  • CAED Berg Gallery 10/9/10 at 6PM
  • http://www.arch.calpoly.edu/current/documents/Shulman-film-10.09.10.pdf

• For Those Near, the Miserable Hum of Clean Energy
  • http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/business/energy-environment/06noise.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss
  • Shout out to Teagan for our mutual love for wind farms
• First Green Lights For Large-Scale Solar on U.S. Land
  • http://www.fastcompany.com/1693233/tessera-chevron-get-first-green-lights-for-utility-scale-solar-on-public-us-land
  • These two California-based projects are the first utility-scale solar installations on federal lands to get the go-ahead from the Bureau of Land Management.
• White House to install rooftop solar panels
  • http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20018542-54.html
  • this is the third try at solar power for the executive mansion. President Jimmy Carter installed panels in 1979 that were removed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986. President George W. Bush deployed three solar systems on the White House grounds in 2003
• ‘Priceless’ bronze letters pried off Unity Temple
  • http://triblocal.com/oak-park-river-forest/2010/10/04/priceless-bronze-letters-pried-off-unity-temple/
  • bronze letters reading “For the worship of God and the service of man” met guests at both entrance
• Sleeping Giants: 12 Sky-High Abandoned Buildings
  • http://weburbanist.com/2010/10/04/sleeping-giants-12-sky-high-abandoned-buildings/
  • These 12 abandonments are among the tallest in the world and many bear historical significance for their respective cities, from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro. Some are incomplete, others are in bankruptcy-induced limbo and a lucky few will soon get a new lease on life, but all of these dormant developments currently stand silent, empty and dripping with decay.
• Developer still lack tenants as it build region’s tallest building
  • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/01/AR2010100106621.html
  • no tenants signed for the 580,000-square-foot building planned to begin erecting Oct. 14th
• Park51 Mosque: Ground Zero for a New Architecture?
  • http://www.architectmagazine.com/blogs/postdetails.aspx?BlogId=beyondbuildingsblog&postId=97948
  • Contraversey aside, will it be a good building?
• Is Northwestern trying to make Prentice Hospital disappear even before they try to destroy it?
  • http://arcchicago.blogspot.com/2010/10/is-northwestern-trying-to-make-prentice.html
  • He’s not allowed to take a picture of the building?
  • http://newcity.com/2010/07/20/architecture-capital-what-well-lose-if-we-lose-our-mid-century-modern-buildings/
• Another honor for Daley, this one from the Urban Land Institute
  • http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2010/10/another-honor-for-daley-this-one-from-the-urban-land-institute.html
  • follow up from past show
• AutoCAD WS is now in the App Store for iPad and iPhone
  • http://www.9to5mac.com/28702/autocad-ws-is-now-in-the-app-store-for-ipad-and-iphone

Cal Poly Schedule:

• March 12 Last day of classes
• March 15-19 Final Exam Week
• March 23-28 Academic Holiday

• Cal Poly Architecture Reception, Irvine, CA
  • Date: Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
  • Location: LPA Irvine: 5161 California Avenue, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92617. Phone (946) 261-1001
  • RSVP: Architecture Department, architecture@calpoly.edu, or (805) 756-1316.
• LPA Irvine web page: http://www.lpainc.com/
  • Dr. Alfred Jacoby, Director of the Dessau Bauhaus, will be speaking at 6:00 p.m. on the history of the Bauhaus.
  • Cal Poly Architecture Department’s annual AIA Alumni Reception!
  • Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010
  • Location: Miami, Florida (details TBA)
  • RSVP online at: http://www.arch.calpoly.edu/alumni/index.html
• Department Head’s image gallery
  • http://gallery.me.com/henridehahn
• Scaling up Solar Power
  • http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/24582/
  • Applied materials makes the equipment needed to produce the biggest solar panels in the world.
  • Explaining how solar units the size of garage doors are made. These large panels could help improve the economics of solar production and are more efficient than smaller panels with one of the highest yields in the industry (about 500 watts each). They also require fewer junction boxes and less cabling.
  • Goal of Applied Materials is to try and lower the cost of production to $1 per watt by the year’s end.
• Earthquake Rebuilding with Recycled Tires
  • http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/02/earthquake-rebuilding-with-recycled-tire-logs.php
  • Using ‘logs’ made of recycled tires have been successful in civil engineering projects such as sea walls, highway barriers, and erosion control.
  • Material show potential for use in structures needed to resist blasts and other types of impacts, or applications requiring environmental and physical stresses without deterioration.
  • Interesting breakdown of what happens to recycled tires.
  • 300 million tires are disposed of in 2006!!
• Why Chile is Better Than Haiti at Handling Earthquakes
  • http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1968576,00.html
  • Comparisons between the two countries recent earthquakes, the impacts, damage and casualties are vastly different.
  • MAJOR POINT: The government in Chile forces builders to adhere to rigorous codes. In recent decades Chile has mandated earthquake-proofing for new structures. Materials such as rubber and counterweight features have been incorporated into designs allowing buildings to bend and sway rather than break.
  • As efforts move forward to rebuild Haiti there are reasons to demand adherence to a set of building regulation free from past government corruption and bribery.
  • While the two countries are worlds apart (in GDP and government policy), there are things that can be learned as we move forward with aid to both.
• The Pei Master
  • http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/feb/28/im-pei-architecture-interview
  • He’s one of the world’s greatest architects, whose stunning buildings have sparked both wonder and controversy.
  • IM Pei, now in his 90s, talks to Johnathan Glancey.
  • Great article.
• How’s the Environment doing? Ask the Buildings
  • http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/02/25/eco.design.tech/index.html
  • Getting a ‘status update’ from intelligent building or structure isn’t so far fetched according to some designers.
  • Interesting ideas of including public involvement in understanding energy useage and offering incentives rewarding good behavior and collective responsibility.
  • Some question the “smarts of smart design”. Think about a park bench that dumps off people that have outstayed their welcome or a trash can the throws unapproved garbage back at you.
  • We talk about ways to make buildings more responsive to user activities in an effort to educate and change behavior.
• Thanks to all our Facebook fans!
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• They also mentioned us last December which makes them extra cool!