TheStudio 95
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Episode 95 |
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Guest: none Recorded: April 5th, 2012 Published: April 6th, 2012 |
Contents |
theStudio 095: Gold Stars
SloArch News
- New Facebook Fans: up to 191, help us reach 200!
- Sylvia Gonzales
- Mas'ud Towfighi
Cal Poly News
- Spring term just started last Monday (3/26), good luck!
- El Corral Bookstore renaming contest
- http://mustangdaily.net/cal-poly-bookstore-holds-renaming-contest/
- Deadline to enter is April 15th.
- Students can enter their name suggestions via email at renameelcorral@calpoly.edu.
- Is it “making a change simply to make a change?”
- Committee to Advise on Cal Poly Student Success Fee Spending Priorities
- http://calpolynews.calpoly.edu/news_releases/2012/March/committee.html
- “An 11-member committee, with seven student representatives comprising the majority, will advise the university on spending priorities for the recently approved Student Success Fee, Cal Poly President Jeffrey D. Armstrong announced Monday, March 26th.”
- Open House April 12th-14th
- That means … Design Village!
- “metamorphosis”
- http://designvillage.calpoly.edu/
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/179156748856859/212661362173064/
- April 13th - April 15th
- Saturday night live band
- Hearst Lecture
- Jean-Pierre Chupin, Ph.D., Research Chair on Competitions and Contemporary Practices in Architecture École d’architecture, Université de Montréal
- Friday, April 6th, 2012, at 4:00pm
- Business Rotunda (03-213)
- http://arch.calpoly.edu/news-events/hearst-lectures.html
- Only two more Hearst Lectures this year!
- Alumni Events: http://www.arch.calpoly.edu/alumni/index.html
- 1962 reunion, celebrating 50 years, 4-14-12
- Under the leaderhship of Dick Wong (B.Arch 62) the class of '62 will hold part of their 50th reunion event in 21-105A/B during Open House, Saturday, April 14, 2012. The alumni plan to have an exhibit of their drawings open to the public during the day as well as a Q&A forum with students from 4-5pm. This promises to be a very nice event and all students are welcome.
- Alumni Social, Thursday April 26th, 2012, between 5:00 -7:30pm, at Darden Architects in Fresno
- We’ll be there!
- 1962 reunion, celebrating 50 years, 4-14-12
Pop Arch
- Chrome Multi-tasking (April Fools!)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiLSiqyDf4Y
- 46 sec: “As an architect if I make a mistake it’s a matter of life and death...”
- Johnson, Donnerwetter and Associates
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiLSiqyDf4Y&feature=player_detailpage#t=45s
- https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/multitask.html
COOOOL MOW (material of the week)
- WindBelt Cheap Energy
- http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/solar-wind/4224763
- “Windbelt, is a taut membrane fitted with a pair of magnets that oscillate between metal coils. Prototypes have generated 40 milliwatts in 10-mph slivers of wind, making his device 10 to 30 times as efficient as the best microturbines.”
- Build your own!
Discussion Point
- HUGE changes in licensure requirements!
- NCARB has finished the launch of IDP 2.0, the most significant change to the program since it started! New IDP guidelines with new requirements, new work settings, and NEW GRAPHICS!!!
- The California Architects Board has done away with the CIDP requirement for licensure in California
- New California Architects Practice Act, revised and online for a nice read
- The NCARB 2012 Practice Analysis is underway
General News
- National Architecture week - April 8th - 14
- http://www.aia.org/about/AIAB093187
- “follow us on Pinterest”??? - It’s the end of the world as we know it (Tim)
Notable Quotes
- "Notable remark or comment."
- -- Person @ MP3 time code
