        Kriedler, Ryan : AssignmentsEdit Kreidler, Ryan : Assignments here.Ryan Kreidler – 902257004 1060 – Hyun Kyung Lee November 26, 2007 Cudda Wudda Shudda: An Essay on 'Fifth Street So, before I can answer the question on the progression of 5th street, I need to know what exactly a street is, More particularly, an urban street. Obviously a street is the physical pavement with which pedestrians are able to transport in their vehicles, but it is more in depth than this. A street includes the sidewalk that we walk on. It includes the buildings that surround either sides of the street. The landscaping throughout the street, sidewalks, and building is also very important. The main thing that makes up a street is the interaction of these elements. How well do they support each other? How is the perpendicular flow from road to landscape to sidewalk to building, as well as the parallel flow down the length of the street? It is important that the road works well with usability as well as aesthetics. You do not want to have a road that functions very well but does not have looks to attract people. You also do not want a good looking road that has many use problems. Each street should have a certain purpose as well. What do you want this street to convey? Should it strictly be a means for transportation of goods and people? Should it be a walk able living environment? This depends a lot on what kind of buildings you have in the area. If you strictly have industrial building, it is not important to utilize the street in any way other than for transportation. If you have a strictly commercial environment, you may want to incorporate good walking conditions and landscaping to draw people into these shops. If it is mostly living environments, such as apartments, you want to make it seem especially walk able and safe. The particular street we will be analyzing is 5th street. 5th street is a commercial strip that merges with living environment s as well as campus areas. Ferst Street turns into what is known as 5th street right around Russ Chandler stadium and Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity house. Then the street continues down through campus, across Techwood Drive, the 5th Street Bridge, over Spring Street, and dead ends into The Biltmore on W. Peachtree. Many improvements have been made on this road lately. The roads are currently being repaved, and the sidewalks are being redone. The ballpark has been worked on as well as some housing on the road. About a year ago the new Klaus advanced computing building was put in and the 5th Street Bridge was completely redone and widened. In addition to the bridge, the main area of focus was probably Tech Square, as this is what really connects the school to the city. This area was completely undeveloped and over the past years has been constructed into a welcoming area that transitions students off campus and into the city. Here are some before and after pictures that clearly display the great accomplishments of the developers in this area. Shops and many restaurants have been added, for example, Ray’s, Moe’s, Starbucks, and Marble Slab Creamery. Two of the major elements of Tech square are the Barnes and Noble Bookstore and the Georgia Tech Hotel and conference Center. Midtown alliance, Tech square developers, D.O.T., and Georgia Tech Campus planners have all been involved in communicating with architects and engineers of all backgrounds to make 5th street what it is today. The road may only be about a half of a mile long but there are many different subdivisions of territory on it. There is campus area, walking area, public spaces, and commercial area. The campus side of Tech has definitely been worked on over the past several years. The advanced computing building known as Klaus, located on the very end of 5th street, has been made available for use this semester. The building is both functional and aesthetically pleasing. It features a parking deck underneath, and a staircase running all the way through it for pedestrian traffic. It has glass panes on the outside which really provide a more modern look than a lot of the plain brick buildings on campus. The other educational zone on this street is located at the opposite end, near the Biltmore. This is known as the Management Building. The management building features similar aesthetics as the Klaus building and is also very functional. In 2007 the Ferris-Goldsmith Trading Floor will open featuring many advanced computers and stock information on the wall. This is just one of the many features these buildings have. Both of these buildings show the future look of Georgia Tech as shown in the pictures below, incorporating brick and glass for a future modern look. Glass provides sunlight to the building as well as connecting the college to the outside world. The commercial area has overcome a lot of change in the past years. The area known as Technology Square has to be the biggest advancement to come to 5th Street. The plans for it were announced in 2000 and it was open to the public in 2003. It features shops such as American Apparel, Phone stores, and of course, Barnes and Noble Bookstore. You can dine at Restaurants including Moe’s Southwest Grill, Ray’s Pizza, Tin Drum, Ribs and Blues, and St. Charles Deli. These things really provide a welcoming environment to students coming into the city. I myself often like to go into Tech square to eat lunch at Moe’s, or bring a date to Ray’s. I am currently writing this paper at the Starbucks attached to the Barnes and Noble Bookstore. I am not the only one either. I have seen many people reading here, and girls getting their nails done at the Nail, Talk n’ Tan. This is exactly what the developers were looking for when they designed this area. The final main addition to the square is the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center. This is exceedingly important in bringing in tourists to this area. The hotel allows for many people to visit and the conference center brings many important meetings and conferences to the school. One of the important ways to tie these areas together is through walking ways and transportation roads. The road is clearly important to allow traffic into and through the area. The roads have been redone for wider lanes and introduced Tech Trolley Stops allow interaction between the campus and the outside city. The sidewalks are very critical. Not only do they welcome students to walk into and around the city but they make the environment more homely. Many urban areas do not have sidewalks. This is a clear indication of a poor environment. Sidewalks provide for safe routes for walking pedestrians which in turn creates an overall “safe-feel” to the environment. This is crucial in bringing people to the city, and supporting the street. Sidewalks go from the Klaus building to the College of Management, tying everything together, but they are not the only thing that does that. Perhaps even more important is the Landscape that goes into a street. Many different Landscape architects have been hired to produce a more environmental friendly atmosphere in the city as well as tie everything together. Something as simple as a bush on a sidewalk or small grass space between sidewalks, roads, and buildings can really liven up an atmosphere. There has been grass space and trees put in near the Klaus building, Trees have been put in place all the way down to the bridge, providing for a nice walk along the street. Trees may not seem important, but they do a lot more than please the eyes. They create a great deal of H2O, which helps clean up the air in an area that greatly needs that. Trees also provide shade to this concrete jungle of a city, Reducing the overall heat and smog in the area. The Bridge is one of the most expensive projects undergone this last year or two. The bridge has been widened, allowing for more than sidewalks. You can see how welcoming the atmosphere of the bridge is to the public below. Trees and shrubbery were put on the bridge as well and a large area of grass behind some benches. This green area creates a welcoming public space. I have often seen people laying out studying, picnicking or playing with their dogs in this green space. Something like this turns a boring urban bridge into a living breathing public environment, when driving through it; a person does not even feel like they are in the city, but in a nice suburban park. This Bridge really provides a smooth transition from campus to city life. The Tech square features a great deal of landscaping including several different patios and courtyards like the one behind the college of management and next to Moe’s. This is my favorite area to go and study or read. I have often put my I Pod on, bought a burrito and sat in the courtyard reading a book. These trees and courtyards create a nice flow from the architecture to the sidewalks to the roads. Overall when looking at where 5th street is and where it is going, I am happy. I like the use of glass, bricks, green, and concrete to turn a street into an environment that is definitely aesthetically pleasing to the eyes. It really sets nicely with the Atlanta Skyline and the Georgia Tech Campus. This area is not just good looking but it is completely functional as I use it all the time. 5th Street can be used for everyday activities whether class, eating, studying, dating, or shopping. It can also be used for Special events such as conferences. For example, my fraternity has even used Ray’s Pizza for big parties this year. It provides a social institution that people will want to go with other people. A great example to sum up the social aspect is the Nail, Talk n’ Tan. You can go get your nails done in a friendly social atmosphere. The only real problem remaining is the courtyard at the intersection of 5th and West Peachtree. The speaker in class has shown plans to create a more welcoming green courtyard, and an additional one on the opposite side. I like the sound of that and see 5th street modifications coming to an end. The only “ugly space” still left is the parking lot across from the bookstore. I feel that people should just park at the GT parking at the Hotel and Conference center so that the shops and restaurants no longer rely on this shabby looking parking lot. The lot could perhaps be turned into more shops and restaurants to compliment the opposing side. I would like a wide open park or green space. Perhaps, a place where you could play sports or a place similar to the green space on the bridge, where one can study or simply lay out, could be created here. Whatever they end up doing with it, I see a bright future for 5th street as it displays a great urban living environment where one can live, study, and grow. 11.07.07 City: Beltline; Peachtree Street Paul Moore Paul Moore discussed integrating land use and transportation decisions. He discussed this thru a series of slides. The most important point he made is what a city is and why we have transportation. He stated that cities and transport exist to maximize exchange. He really tried to stress the importance of land infrastructure and how it dictates land use. Transportation Infrastructure is an identifiable route, way or path between two or more places. Integration is is a process of combining or accumulating. VMT stands for Vehicles Miles of Transportation. This is basically the amount of miles traveled by vehicle use in a specific area. After reflecting on this, I feel transportation infrastructure is a very important topic. It seems to have shaped our landscape and built environment for quite some time now. It seems as though problems could come if the original transportation infrastructure is poorly designed that this could lead to a poor living environment so it is very important to design and build the roads and other transportation in the least congestive and most exchangeable way. 11.12.07 Campus Howard Wertheimer This slideshow does not work so I could not review the notes from it… 11.14.07 Town/Gown Harley Etienne Harley was discussing Universities, Neighborhood Change and Emerging Landscapes of the Knowledge Economy. The main thing he discussed was neighborhood planning, particularly his neighborhood in Philadelphia. Mr. Etienne mostly deals with qualitative research to improve planning processes and outcomes. He referred to it as “The Organization of Hope.” He defined planning as the coordination of economic, physical, political and social resources for the establishment and improvement of human settlements. Qualitative research involves an in-depth understanding of human behavior and the reasons that govern human behavior. Ethnography is the genre of writing that presents varying degrees of qualitative and quantitative descriptions of human social phenomena, based on fieldwork. Sampling Frame has the property that we can identify every single element and include any in our sample. This was a very important to be discussed. He went fairly in depth on how the planning of a campus or city area determines the outcome of that city in the future. They try to do many things including creating clean and safe streets and Fostering economic opportunity. This may include putting in a 24 hour grocery store across from freshman dorms. Some problems can occur here. In extending the campus westward they displace many houses and upset the community around them. 10.10.07 Introduction to Architecture: Program, Discipline, Profession Ellen Dunham-Jones The main point I believe she was trying to make is what she said right away, “What distinguishes work of ‘architecture’ from ‘ordinary buildings?’” This is done by recognizing why and how a building should be built, and what kind of future we are trying to shape. As Winston Churchill said, “We shape our buildings and then they shape us.” You have to define public versus private access, shape social access to social power, express cultural values, and represent the world you live in. Hierarchy is the is a system of ranking and organizing things or people. Sustainability is a characteristic of a process or state that can be maintained at a certain level indefinitely. Spatial Sequence refers to the ability to mentally manipulate 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional figures. I think this was a great lecture on architecture. She addressed why we have this job in the first place and why it is important. She relates it to just more than living and working environments but how our actual lives are shaped. Buildings relate to politics, the economy, even the pop culture of our current days. They truly reflect our culture like a mirror. I think one of the more challenging things in this field would be to perceive how society wants to be shaped and not just producing structures that reflect how things are. You couldn’t really study previous buildings, you would have to seek inspiration by different means to find something more unique and ground-breaking. 10.15.07 Introduction to Building Construction: Program, Discipline, Profession Roozbeh Kangari Dr. Roozbed Kangari represented the building construction field. Kangari really gave us a look into the process and steps involved in producing the different types of structures we see going up around us all the time. The basic steps would be: Urban Planning and Regulatory Agencies, Owner, Develop, Design, Build, and Operate. She also gave us the basic life cycle of the phases; Planning, Engineering, Arch Design, Construction, Operation Maintenance, Management, and Decommissioning. Decommissioning is a general term for a formal process to remove something from operational status. A Subcontractor is an individual or in many cases a business that signs a contract to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract. Procurement is the acquisition of goods and/or services at the best possible total cost of ownership, in the right quantity and quality, at the right time, in the right place for the direct benefit or use of governments, corporations, or individuals, generally via a contract. This lecture was very valuable for me personally. It helped me understand the basic steps that all go into producing a single building. It also had a lot of terms that I was not too familiar with beforehand. I would imagine that based off of how many steps there are and the difficulty of them, that this could cause many problems. With this many steps and people involved, I am sure that there would be many discrepancies and negotiations between all partied involved. This in turn would cause for a long process relative to time. 10.22.07 Introduction to Industrial Design: Program, Discipline, Profession Abir Mullick Abir Mullick discussed exactly what Industrial Design was as many people are not really sure. He defined it as, “the professional service of creating and developing concepts and specifications that optimize the function, value and appearance of products and systems for the mutual benefit of both user and manufacturer.” I would summarize this in mind as meaning that ID is used to find the most efficient solution for a product or system while still keeping intact with the aesthetics of the object. Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy, a species of value theory or axiology, which is the study of sensory or sensory-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste. Humanization of Technologies refers to the interaction of technology and art in relation to human use. Efficiency the ratio of the work done or energy developed by a machine, engine, etc., to the energy supplied to it, usually expressed as a percentage. This lecture was my favorite because I am leaning more towards the Industrial Design side to begin with. I haven’t actually known what the exact definition to it was until this but it is basically what I thought. I think this helped solidify my decision as to which major I want to go with. I imagine the hardest task for this would be a having a technical imagination. Not only do you have to redesign products in cutting edge ground breaking ways but you have make them technically more efficient as well. 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Public Relations Tactics, no. 12 (2005): 28. 28) United States et al., Hurricane Katrina : stopping the flood of fraud, waste, and abuse (Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2007) 29) Wayne Curtis, Road to Recovery: How Did Hurrican Katrina Affect One of America’s Greatest Trek’s (District of Columbia, September 2006) 30) Yael Allweil, Shrinking at the Knees : Like a Slow-Motion Katrina ( Massachusetts, 2007) Disability Design and Research Stephen Sprigle, CATEA He showed stats on slides to re-enforce his argument. CATEA does research and development in 4 ways to try to make equal opportunities for disabled people. The presentation summarized and defined parts of the disabled world, and said what the CATEA planned on doing about it. He defined what disability was, assistive technology (AT), and what an accesible environment was. Disability: A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of an individual, including communication, ambulation, and self-care. Assistive Technology: Any item, piece of equipment, or product system that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities. Accessible Environment: I think an accessible environment is one where disabled people can live virtually the same life as any other person. What are you planning for the immediate future for disabled people? How do ID majors help in this area? Do you feel Georgia Tech is an accessible environment? How can i get involved? AEC Industry Brian Bowen, Professor of Practice .The speaker talked about the importance of AEC integration and its effect on the design industry. He talked about the construction industry and how integration makes things more efficient and gives better quality for peoples. Some of the terms he mentioned were residential, infrastructure, and private sector. Residential:A type of land use where the predominant use is housing, and may include single family housing, multiple family housing, or mobile homes. Infrastructure: a set of interconnected structural elements that provide the framework supporting an entire structure.Private sector: a fundamental part of the economy that is both run for profit and is not controlled by the state. Would you say an ID major would have a good future in the AEC industry? Where can i research more about this? What projects are you currently working on? What changes will I be seeing soon due to AEC integration? GIS Steven French, CGIS He talked about (GIS) Geographic Information Systems. He helped us understand GIS by giving examples on how GIS can be used, and he said how I can get involved. Some important terms were lidar, infrared, and IR. Lidar: A technological aid to environmental surveys.Infrared: Heat sensing and mapping technology. IR: An information collecting system. How soon will the heat changes take place? What other discoveries have you made lately similar to the heat solution with concrete? What should i do as far as classes and research before I get involved? How will this research help me as an ID major? CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE The 1st guest speakers made an argument as to why they felt classical architecture would be a good thing to study in college. The guest speakers take turns displaying their work as well as comparing non-classical pieces to the classical pieces they work on to show the necessity of their argument. They discussed the importance of proportions as well as vernacular drawings in doing research. Vernacular means "of the place." When your are building a piece of architecture in a developed area, it is important that your building goes with the vernacular of the buildings around it. Proportions have to do with how things relate. You do not want two random windows on the side of your building that are uneven and unsymetrical with the surrounding areas. It should basically "look good" "How would Classical Architecture help me as an Industrial Designer?" "Where can I research more on Classical Architecture?" "How could your field of Classical Architecture relate to more contemporary design projects?" SOLAR DECATHLON The second guest speaker discussed his project with the Solar Decathlon. He shows slideshows of certain aspects of the project to help us understand how intense and precise undertaking something like this is. He mentioned certain key words such as market viability, energy balance, and engineering design/implementation. Market viability means how well it would do in the common market. Would a regular consumer such as myself be willing to spend the amount of money needed to purchase this product, and is it visually appealing as a real house to me? Energy Balance basically is used to determine if the input is equal to the output. Is the amount of energy being taken in by the solar panels the same as the amount that is expended by living in it? "How could I get involved in this project?'' "How could Industrial Designers help make this project even better?" "Where is research done and how do you do experiments to make sure things operate perfectly before final construction?" CNC (COMPUTER NUMERIC CONTROLLED EQUIPMENT) The final guest speaker displayed the imprtance of CNC and how it has changed things today. He compared the overall process to getting a working product before CNC as opposed to the process using CNC. He discussed parametric modeling and algorithmic procedures used in the process. Parametric modeling refers to the use of a computer generated 3D model as opposed to a drafted 2D representation that was used prior to CNC. Algorithmic procedures means "effective method." This is a sort of loop that is used in drafting the product and teriminates when feels sufficient. "Is this sort of thing used on all products now, or is the old method still used alot?" "How can I learn more about this method?" "Are any advances being made to improve upon this?" The Wooden Waterfall The Wooden Waterfall is a three story tall structure located in the atrium. It obviously is made of wood, although im not sure exactly what type. It seems to have been made with many treated and bent wooden pieces. You can see where the pieces are connected at about each level. You can see where each piece was pressed together and cut to form. It is actually a fairly simple shape compared to the other installation. It just sort of curves forward according to each balcony and comes out more on the right side of the second level. It has a fairly basic geometry of more straightforward lines and curves. Like the other structure, the width is proportional among each piece, however the length on each differs depending on how far out it curves. The Lighting tends to create necessary shadows which fill in the space between each piece of wood to make it really flow. It is a solid figure that does nto seem to cushion upon touch. I can not prove how sound is affected but it seems to me that the smooth surfaces on the outside help echo sounds. I think the structure was motivated by a waterfall the designer saw. He/She probably researched the general shape of waterfalls and the materials that would work well with a useable figure. I would Imagine the designer sketched many drawings of waterfalls before putting his most practical drawing on a program such as Autocad where he broke it down into individual pieces. These Individual pieces where sent to a wooden fabrication business where they were heated an tempered and cut. Then the pieces were shipped to the Architecture building where they were assembled. The piece really brings up images of Waterfalls. The curves over each balcony represent the water flowing over the rocks on the way down. And the way it curves into a bench at the bottom looks like the water crashing into a lake of carpet below. The Glass Stream The Glass Stream is located out front of the College of Architecture on the lawn. I can not tell the exact material that it is made of, but it seems to be made of some sort of a hard plastic. I would assume that it started as a creative drawing for the building to add eye candy for the College of Architecture. A designer of one of the three branches; Architecture, Building Construction, or Industrial Design designed it using a basic imaginitive sketch that was then put on to a program such as Autocad to calculate the exact working dimensions. These dimensions were then sent to some sort of a fabrication firm that deals with hard plastic materials. The pieces were made as individual pieces an then shipped here where you can tell they were assembled from the center goin out and up towards the rooftop. The Object is a free forming shape going down from the roof and falling down and around the pillar where they all meet up like the end of a small river. It has alot of connecting geometry so you cant really see any basic shapes but more like streams. The pieces are all the same proportions in width however i can not tell if they are the same length because they all curl up and around too much to sight with a definite eye measurement. Since there is only a few pieces that meet at the end and clearly more than that as it gets higher i would say that the length varies between each piece. The pieces have been composed in a very eloquent manner so that it seems as one fluid river in the right lighting rather than a bunch of fabricated hard plastic pieces. I think the Piece does not seem to fluctuate significantly under different conditions such as temperature and sound. It seems to keep its same composure when it is touched. The main noticeable difference is lighting. I noticed in the daytime it did not seem to look too intriguing. It was very dirty and bland looking. The light did not reflect well, but rather showed its impurities. The night, on the other hand, brings out the best in this piece. There is just enough lighting from the building, street lights, moon, etc. to shine off of the many facets of the Glass Stream to make it appear sort of mystical in character. I noticed after it had rained that the precipitation left sitting on the many pieces really reflected well and gave it the definite appearance of a Glass Stream. I think the piece was motivated by a designers inspiration for a water substance. It could have happened while fishing on a stream or driving over a river and realizing the beauty of the pearls in the water in the right lighting. They probably researched with many different materials and fabrication methods to come up with the right concept they were looking for. The general design for it was probably not the hard part, but rather coming up with the mst efficient methods of fabricating and putting together a work of art so it didnt look tacky but rather glorified the water feeling. It really brings to mind some small streams that flow behind my house in Kennesaw. In the Daytime it looks like dirty, nasty water, but at night the moon reflects off it so well that all you can see is tiny reflections that resemble that pearl-look that you would see in an ocean. It is simply gorgeous. Link to this Page
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