School of Architecture and Planning

Thursday's Class, Assignments, Volunteers, and Evaluations. Oh, my!

Hello esteemed scholars,

A few reminders/notes for you:

1. Thursday's Class. Reminder that we will be starting early on THURSDAY, our final class. We will meet at 9:00am in our usual classroom. Feel free to bring as much coffee as needed.

2. Assignment 2 submissions. There is a link on Stellar for you to upload your assignments. Also bring a printed copy with you to class (just in case!!).

3. We're still looking for just a few more volunteers to present their findings on Thursday. Earn my and the classes' admiration for work you've done anyway. And earn a gold star* (and participation points). Email me if you're interested.

4. Course evaluations. You've gotten tons of emails from up and down the MIT ladder. This is a reminder from the lowest rung. There's a link in the left-hand navigation bar on our Stellar site for your reference.

Thank you, everyone and good luck with your last week of classes this term!!

Much love,
tony
your "lowest rung on the ladder" ta

*While supplies last.

Announced on 04 December 2010  9:12  p.m. by Anthony Vanky

Assignment 2 & Student Presentations

Hi Class...

How sad, this is one of my last emails to you! I wanted to remind you that Assignment 2 is due on December 9 before 9:30am to the link on Stellar.

Secondly, as Dennis noted in class, we're again looking for volunteers to present their findings in a brief 10 minute presentation (that can be culled from your paper). You all saw how easy and awesome the presentations were last time and we're looking for a few recruits who wouldn't mind presenting. Remember, as last time, participation counts toward your final grade and this is worth at least a gold star.

If you're interested, please email me!

Hooray and congrats on a great term.

Regards,
tony
ta

Announced on 03 December 2010  5:49  p.m. by Anthony Vanky

Subject Evaluations

Hi all,

If you haven't been bombarded already, subject evaluations go live tomorrow just before class. From Tues, Nov 30, 9am through Mon, Dec 13, 9am, you can evaluate this and other courses using the online system found at
http://web.mit.edu/subjectevaluation .

To quote a customer service hotline, "Your insight is important to us."

Thanks,
tony
ta

Announced on 29 November 2010  2:30  p.m. by Anthony Vanky

Secure City slides posted + additional info

Hi All,
The slides from yesterday's lecture on the Secure City have been posted with the readings.

Additionally -- Alice Shay passed along the following info on the work of Nils Norman, who creates projects about defensive street furniture and has a particular fascination with the aesthetics of bollards. It's pretty interesting stuff ... you might want to take a look!

Video archive by Nils Norman of defensive street furniture:
http://vimeo.com/3199425

Book:
http://www.bookworks.org.uk/asp/detail.asp?uid=book_4C415E21-4CCB-4F6F-9ADB-FF7F8FEBB4CD⊂=pas

His website:
http://www.dismalgarden.org/

And - this just in:
Color-Coded Terror Alerts May End
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/11/24/ap_exclusive_color_coded_terror_alerts_may_end/?p1=Upbox_links

Have a happy and SAFE thanksgiving!

Announced on 24 November 2010  10:31  a.m. by Laurie Ann Zapalac

Tuesday! Tuesday!

Hello esteemed scholars,

Reminder (clarification) regarding Tuesday, November 23: There is no special evening session. There *is* class at the regular time, 9:30-11am. Enjoy your night off, but don't get into too much trouble.

Cheers,
tony
(ta's who one year older monday :) )

Announced on 18 November 2010  9:38  a.m. by Anthony Vanky