        Woodard, Collin : Assignments5. Bibliography 1. Brinkley, Douglas. The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. New York: Morrow, 2006. 2. Brown, Joseph E. “New Orleans: one year after Katrina.” Urban land, 2006 Nov.-Dec., v.65, n.11-12, p.38,40-43,45. 3. Bustillo, Miguel. "THE NATION; Exodus after storm quantified; New Orleans' black population dropped 57% a year after Hurricane Katrina, analysis shows :[HOME EDITION]. " Los Angeles Times [Los Angeles, Calif.] 12 Sep. 2007,A.13. 4. CAMPAIGN 2008 / Obama says nation can't fail New Orleans / Democrat says he'd focus on city if elected president :[3 STAR , 0 Edition]. (2007, August 27). Houston Chronicle,p. 5. 5. Dyson, Michael Eric. Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster. New York: Basic Civitas, 2006. 6. "Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi Announces Grand Opening; Rebuilt After Hurricane Katrina, Hard Rock Biloxi opens its doors. " PR Newswire 6 July 2007. 7. Heath, Brad. “Gulf Coast economy rebounding after Katrina, Census estimates show; Wages increase, but mainly because so many people left.” USA Today. 2A. Aug. 29 2006. 8. Heath, Brad. “Katrina evacuees feel money pinch ; Census survey shows joblessness, poverty.” USA TODAY,p. A.1. Oct 8 2007. 9. Herman, Ken. “Make New Orleans better than it was, city leaders urge: Anniversary of Katrina brings calls to tackle poverty and racism.” National Post. A13. Aug. 30 2006.Holtzman, Anna. “Why are so many displaced residents of New Orleans being left out of the rebuilding process?” Architecture, 2006 Mar., v.95, n.3, p.72. 10. Kennedy, Shawn. “Remaking New Orleans, without losing its past.” Architectural record, 2007 June, v.195, n.6, p.85-88,226. 11. Kotkin, Joel. “KATRINA: A YEAR LATER; 500,000 haven't gone home.” LA Times. M1. Aug 20 2006.McDonald, Martha. Picking up the pieces: Post Katrina recovery.” Clem Labine's traditional building, 2006 Apr., v.19, n.2, p.16-20. 12. Lubell, Sam. “Special hurricane report [Hurricane Katrina].” Architectural record, 2006 June, v.194, n.6, p.46. 13. McQuaid, John. Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms. New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2006. 14. N.O. CityBusiness Staff. "Fair Housing center in N.O. decries 'racist' ruling. " New Orleans CityBusiness 2 Oct. 2006: 1. ABI/INFORM Dateline. 15. Nossiter, Adam. “New Orleans of Future May Stay Half Its Old Size.” NY Times. Jan 21 2007. 16. Olasky, Marvin N. The Politics of Disaster: Katrina, Big Government, and a New Strategy for Future Crises. Nashville: W Pub. Group, 2006. 17. "Poverty level changes open Louisiana Children's Health Insurance Program coverage to more children. " New Orleans CityBusiness 25 Jun 2007: 1. ABI/INFORM Dateline. 18. Powell, Lawrence N. (2007). Chasing the Blues Away. The American Scholar, 76(3), 9-13. 19. Rickeena J. Richards Contributing writer. "Nagin speaks of race's role in Katrina ; He talks to convention of black journalists. " Times - Picayune [New Orleans, La.] 19 Aug. 2006,B.01. National Newspapers (27). 20. Rosan, Richard M. “The path to rebuilding: one year after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, New Orleans still lacks a coordinated plan for action.” Urban land, 2006 Sept., v.65, n.9, p.58,60,62-63. 21. Rose, Chris. 1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2007. 22. Ruether, Rosemary Radford. "After Katrina: Poverty, Race and Environmental Degradation. " Dialog 45.2 (2006): 176-183. Research Library. 23. Russell, James S. “Building a better Gulf South.” Architectural record, 2006 June, v.194, n.6, p.112-129. 24. Russell, James S. “Can New Orleans and the Gulf Coast face the hard questions?” Architectural record, 2006 June, v.194, n.6, p.130-132,134,136,138. 25. Sharkey, Patrick. "SURVIVAL AND DEATH IN NEW ORLEANS: An Empirical Look at the Human Impact of Katrina. " Journal of Black Studies 37.4 (2007): 482-502. Research Library. 26. Sokol, David. “New architecture for Katrina-ragaged town.” Architectural record, 2006 Sept., v.194, n.9, p.29. 27. Sommers, Samuel R., Evan P. Apfelbaum, Kristin N. Dukes, Negin Toosi, Elsie J. Wang. "Race and Media Coverage of Hurricane Katrina: Analysis, Implications, and Future Research Questions. " Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy : ASAP 6.1 (2006): 39-55. Research Library. 28. Syzerhans, Douglas D. Federal Disaster Programs and Huricane Katrina. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2006. 29. Terry O'Connor. "'It's Not Our Fault' reminds us all of Nagin's promise. " New Orleans CityBusiness 4 Jun 2007: 1. ABI/INFORM Dateline. 30. Torres, Katherine. "After Disaster Strikes: Lessons Learned From the Gulf Coast. " Occupational Hazards 1 Aug. 2007: 26-29. ABI/INFORM Global. 31. Whoriskey, Peter. "Katrina Hit Blacks Harder Than Whites, Study Finds :[FINAL Edition]. " The Washington Post [Washington, D.C.] 10 May 2007,A.2. National Newspapers (27). 32. Wolf, Richard. New Orleans symbolizes U.S. war on poverty ; Katrina survivors find themselves 'waiting on the road to recovery' as aid trickles in :[FINAL Edition]. USA TODAY,p. A.13. Retrieved October 12, 2007, from National Newspapers (27) database. (Document ID: 1184791301). 4. Architecture, Culture and Behavior This lecture was about how architecture could be used to affect behavior. He didn’t talk much about how culture played into the equation and spent most of his time talking about obesity and healthcare. He presented this information in a PowerPoint presentation, mostly providing statistics on the slides. Some important terms to know were obesity, Activity Programmed Areas, Activity Inducing Areas, transfers, and analgesic. Activity Programmed Areas does not appear to be a common term due to the fact that an internet search did not turn up any results. The lecture, however, said that they were areas specifically designed for physical activity. A couple examples included providing showers and changing facilities to promote people walking or biking to work and making activity areas central and visible to encourage people to use them. APAs are important because people who engage in physical activity are healthier and will do better work than people who do not. This reduces medical costs for employers and also reduces overturn since exercise also makes people happier. Activity Inducing Areas only brought up two results in an internet search, including one irrelevant source and an old lecture still on the COA website. The lecture defined an Activity Inducing Area to be an area designed to encourage physical activity. This includes placing staircases in easily visible and accessible places. AIAs are important because areas that make physical activity convenient are areas where people will engage in physical activity more often. If more areas were designed like this then obesity wouldn’t be such a large problem in America Obesity is defined by Wikipedia as “is a condition in which the natural energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissue of humans and other mammals, is increased to a point where it is associated with certain health conditions or increased mortality.” Obesity is dangerous because it can cause certain diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and osteoarthritis. Currently, obesity is on the rise in the United States. An obese society causes problems in all kinds of places. Many obese people can’t fit in movie theater seats, coffins, airplane bathrooms, or be lifted up onto stretchers by emergency personnel. Lack of activity due to obesity can also lower productivity and hurt the economy. How can Georgia Tech’s architecture curriculum be changed to put an emphasis on encouraging physical activity? As an Industrial Designer, how can I design products that encourage physical activity? How will increased obesity rates affect productivity in the United States? Photography This lecture was about photography and how important it is to preserve buildings even after they have been torn down. The speaker was extremely boring and didn’t do a very good job because she simply read from her notes and changed slides on her PowerPoint presentation. When a person gets up in front of others to give a presentation, notes are supposed to be used to guide the person. The presenter is not supposed to read the audience a story. She may have limited public speaking skills but I still expected better and I know many other people did as well. Some important terms to know from this lecture were industrialism, demolition, environmental remediation, industrial form, and infrastructure development. Industrialism is defined by Answers.com as “An economic and social system based on the development of large-scale industries and marked by the production of large quantities of inexpensive manufactured goods and the concentration of employment in urban factories.” The birth of industrialism came during the Industrial Revolution in the late part of the 19th and early 20th centuries and saw the rise of factories and large corporations. Industrialism is less important to the US’s economy now than it was in the early part of the century, but it still has a hold in some places like Detroit where the American auto industry is slowly drowning itself. Environmental Remediation is defined by Wikipedia as “the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment, or surface water for the general protection of human health and the environment.” Partly due to industrialization, there are a lot of areas contaminated by pollution. In order to protect the people that live near contaminated areas, as well as the environment, it is important to try to reverse the effects of pollution on the earth. If not, we may destroy the only place we have to live. Infrastructure Development is defined by Thefreedictionary.com as improving or expanding “the basic facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society, such as transportation and communications systems, water and power lines, and public institutions including schools, post offices, and prisons.” Infrastructure Development is important because the way infrastructure is built determines many environmental factors as well as the economy. Well planned infrastructure development can bring lots of business and population growth to an area, but if done poorly, it can strangle an area. How can Tech students be taught to better use photography? How can I as an Industrial Designer use photography to my advantage? What other professions can benefit from the use of photography? Palladio This lecture was about the Italian architect Andrea Palladio and how his style of architecture was so unique. The speaker had a PowerPoint presentation that had many pictures but little text. He would speak about a picture and then move on. Unfortunately, because there was almost no text to read, the speaker was hard to understand and he spoke quickly, it was very hard to gather much information from his lecture. Some important terms to know are Invention of a Type, Geometrical Keynote, and Visual Engagement. Invention of a Type refers to Palladio’s unique type of architecture. He was influenced heavily by the Greek and Roman tradition of architecture but developed his own proportions and unique style. It is important because his style influenced many architects after him and has left its own special footprint on the landscape. Geometrical Keynote refers to the unique geometric proportions of Palladio’s architectural style. He had a set of proportions he used that were based on geometry and musical theory that give each one of his buildings a similar yet singular appearance. Palladio’s Geometrical Keynote is important because it has influenced a large number or successive architects and his proportions are used in a good number of current buildings today. Visual Engagement refers to how the eye sees Palladio’s creations. They are built on what appears to be several different planes on the façade and have a certain capturing grandness on the interior. The appearance of a building is important because humans interact with most buildings with sight as their only sense. Following Palladio’s style, many architects have created buildings that have similar proportions and his style is even being copied hundreds of years later. How can Palladio’s style of architecture be taught to students at Tech? As an Industrial Designer, do Palladio’s proportions have application to my work? What other professions other than Architecture can benefit from Palladio’s work? 3. Disability Design and Research 1. In this presentation, the speaker focused on the development of assistive technology and its application to people with disabilities. He started by defining "disability" and "assistive technology" before explaining how assistive technology could be used. He then explained what the Center for AT and Environmental Access did, and where its research applied. The most important terms to know from this lecture were "disability," "assistive technology," and "STEM," while the most important concept was the way feasibility, viability, and usability have to be balanced against each other. 2. Disability: Before the lecture I mostly thought about disabilities in the physical sense. People with missing legs or a deformed arm clearly had a disability. I also thought of disabilities were a mental issue as well. People with Downs Syndrome had disabilities. I didn't really think much about people with minor disabilities as being disabled. It's not that I was ignorant. I knew that people with Aspergers Syndrome had a disability or people who wore glasses had a disability. It's just that when the word "disability" was said, I didn't really think of the less obvious ones. As I explored the meaning of a disability, it helped me associate other disabilities with the word disability. As the speaker said, a disability is any mental or physical impairment that affects major life functions such as communication, ambulation, or self care. Assistive Technology: Assistive technology can be defined as anything that helps improve function. I discovered that it is important for AT to have a universal design appeal, but much of it is useless without a disability. If you can see 20/20, you have no use for glasses and if your legs work just fine you have no use for a wheelchair. Some categories of AT are anatomical devices, mobility devices, and hearing devices. Assistive technology has a huge impact on society. Vast numbers of people benefit from glasses or contact lenses. AT designed for people with disabilities has also trickled down Reaganomics style into more common use. Voice recognition is a good example of this. Research in AT eventually impacts many more people than just those with disabilities. STEM: STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. This is a general grouping of fields that are all interlinked. They are very important because they are very important for a nation to be able to compete in the world market. Liberal arts are all well and good but a country needs to develop its STEM fields to be relevant. Without scientists, engineers, and mathematicians, countries will fall further and further behind the countries that develop STEM. Falling behind or getting ahead will affect the country's economy and therefore the lives of the individual citizens. 3. 1. How can Georgia Tech make itself relevant in the field of Disability Design and Research? 2. How can STEM fields work together to improve the United States' development of Assistive Technology? 3. What can an industrial designer do to help Disability Design and Research? 4. How does the development of Assistive Technology affect the economy? AEC Industry 1. In this presentation the speaker focused on the construction industry. He started out by explaining what the different sectors of the construction industry were and then started to explain ten aspects of the construction industry that were problematic. He then went into a brief history of construction, and then talked about the industry today and how people were trying to change it. He then talked about barriers to change in the construction industry. Some important terms to know were "residential," "infrastructure," "non-residential," "fragmentation," and "vertical integration." 2. Infrastructure: Infrastructure can have different meanings for different fields, but in construction, it is things like roads, bridges, airports, and sewer systems. Basically infrastructure is the structure that the rest of a community grows over. Infrastructure is very important to society. Without roads, bridges, and airports, commerce is all but impossible. Waste management makes living in places like cities possible. Without it, people would dump their waste in the streets and that would make things very unpleasant. Without a solid infrastructure, societies can not flourish. Fragmentation: Fragmentation refers to the absence of connections between different groups. When applied to society at large, fragmentation can be seen in situations like racial and socio-economic divides. In construction, fragmentation refers to the way that the different groups involved in construction don't work together well. This can have a huge effect on society. If everybody would just play nicely with each other then construction projects would take much less time. Since they insist on acting like children however, construction goes very slowly and inefficiently. Inefficiency costs everybody money and slows development. This problem is being addressed by some people seeking to integrate the construction process. Vertical Integration: Vertical Integration is the process of unifying suppliers and buyers under one company. A widget company may decide to buy a parts supplier and a distribution system to help cut costs. This would allow them to lower prices without cutting profit margins or widget build-quality. The construction industry isn't very vertically integrated. It would be much more efficient for the construction firm to own its own materials companies and a design firm but since the segments of the construction industry don't play well with others, they don't vertically integrate and therefore costs remain high. Vertical integration would lower costs and speed up delivery times which would benefit the economy. The lack of vertical integration doesn't help at all. 3. 1. How can the university curriculum be altered to help eliminate fragmentation in the construction industry? 2. What kind of careers can be used in the construction industry? 3. What place does an industrial designer have in the construction industry, if any? 4. How would society benefit from the construction industry integrating itself? GIS 1. In this lecture the speaker began by explaining what GIS is. He then explained to us what technologies were used. He then went onto discuss in more detail how GIS helped with urban planning as well as other aspects of urban planning. Some important terms to know from this lecture were "GIS," "Remote Sensing," "GPS," "urban planning,"and "social venerability." 2. GIS: GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems. GIS takes maps and then links them with information from a database. This information can then be used to analyze current situations, project future conditions, find solutions to problems and take stock of current conditions. GIS data is very important when planning cities and new technology is providing more and more information to planners. This information is important to know because if affects the decisions made by planners about their city. Problems can be corrected before they occur and future development can be tailored to projected conditions. These kinds of decisions affect all the people in the city as well as people outside the city and usually affects it for the better. Urban Planning: Urban Planning is the process of deciding how land in a city is to be used. Urban planners decide whether to build roads, expand roads, zoning, approval of buildings for construction, and many more aspects of the city. Urban planning is very important to people living in slums because often urban planners are responsible for the resources used to try and develop slums. Anybody who lives in, uses, or drives through a city benefits from proper urban planning. Poor planning can seriously hurt the economy of the area and more indirectly, the lives of the people in and around the city Remote Sensing: Remote Sensing is the use of a device or devices to record information about an area or object without necessitating physical contact. This can include radar images, photographs from planes, and satellite imaging, as well as many others. Remote sensing is becoming more and more advanced as technology progresses. With better remote sensing comes more information about the world around us. With more information, people are able to make better decisions. When persons in power make the right decisions, it benefits those under the jurisdiction of the person in power. Specifically in urban planning, planners are able to get better information about the land they have to plan and the people living there which helps them plan the city better. A well designed city will attract business which boosts the economy and improves the lives of those connected to the city. 3 1. Can Georgia Tech equip its students with at least some basic knowledge of urban planning? 2. Can education in urban planning be combined with architecture or building construction? 3. How does an architect interact with city planners? 4. How can GIS information be better utilized to benefit Atlanta? 2. Classical Design 1. In this lecture, the speakers were all students earning their MS in Classical Design. They all spoke about the different ways that classical architecture techniques could be applied to their individual jobs. Each one did this by giving a PowerPoint presentation outlining what each job entailed and then explaining how classical or traditional architecture was used in what they did. Some important terms from this lecture were classical architecture, traditional architecture, and proportion. 2. Classical Architecture is a style of architecture that takes most of its cues from ancient Greek and Roman architecture. Traditional Architecture is a style of architecture that uses styling cues from the local architecture traditions and therefore is specific to each region. 3. a. Because traditional architecture varies by location and culture, how does one teach traditional architecture? b. How can classical architecture be combined with new technologies such as prefabricated housing? c. How can the materials used in classical architecture be standardized to lower the cost of production? Solar Decathlon 1. In this lecture, the speaker was a member of the Solar Decathlon team who came to talk about what the Solar Decathlon team did as well as talk about how various professions would work together in the real world. He did this by showing a PowerPoint with photos and digital representations of the Solar Decathlon house and giving a verbal presentation. Some important terms from this lecture were sustainable system, renewable energy, and solar photovoltaic cells. 2. Sustainable System is a system that is self-reliant. Solar Photovoltaic Cells are devices that turn light energy from the sun into electricity. 3. a. Does a self-sufficient house discourage the concept of community? b. Is a self-sufficient house the most efficient option or would it be better to have a large area dedicated to PV cells that is then hooked up to a group of houses? c. How can the technologies used in the Solar Decathlon be brought to the mainstream market? Digital Design and Manufacturing 1. In this lecture, the speaker was talking about digital design and its uses in the manufacturing process. He talked about the various installations that were created using digital design as well as showing pictures on a PowerPoint and some videos on the internet. Some important terms from this lecture were CAD, CAM, and Iterative Design. 2. CAD stands for Computer Aided Design and is used to describe a computer program that is used to aid drafting or modeling. Iterative Design is a process that involves taking an idea, testing it, improving it, and testing it again until the problems have been worked out and it is sent to production. 3. a. In fields such as transportation design, is a physical model even necessary or can one move straight from a digital model right to production? b. How does digital design affect the cost to bring a product to production and to what degree? c. What effect will increased digitalization and mechanization have on the workforce? 1. Atrium The installation in the atrium is a wooden structure, which upon closer inspection appears to be a manufactured wood. At first glance the installation appears to be made up of several multi-story tall pieces, however, it soon becomes apparent that each vertical piece is made up of many smaller pieces. The wood doesn't appear to have a finish applied which gives it the look of a very large model. When viewed from the front, the installation is very rectangular, but moving off to the side quickly dispels any notion that this installation is just a simple rectangular structure. Each individual vertical section has its own unique curvature. The curvature of these sections, combined with the gaps between them, cast a multitude of different shadows on the floor as well as the installation itself. Up close, the installation has some rough sections and some smoother sections but neither is slick. The students who created this installation were probably interested in the uses of manufactured wood and its uses both aesthetically and functionally. They probably wanted to figure out if they could create a piece of art that would also serve a purpose beyond pleasing the eye. When it came to designing the installation, the students probably used a very large amount of computer modeling. They probably designed the entire structure using a CAD program and then used the specifications to create several scale models, finally using what they learned from their models to perfect their design before sending it off to full-scale production. This installation brings to mind the image of a waterfall, so if I were naming it, I would name it "Cascade" because the name communicates the movement implied by the installation. Terrace The installation along the terrace is a clear plastic structure. It, like the installation in the Atrium, could be mistaken for one large piece but is really several different pieces of plastic. It feels smooth to the touch, which is also how it looks. It is very asymetrical, but there is still a certain flow to it. Being a translucent structure, the sunlight plays off of its angles and surfaces, as well as through it. It is so large that it towers over the observer feeling more massive than it really is. The students who created this installation were probably interested in using plastics to create a structure that appears to move, as well as study how the light plays off of the structure. They probably were not concerned with making it functional or useful, focusing only on making it aesthetically pleasing to an observer. What they created looks a lot like the plastic used to hold together drink cans, only twisted a little bit. At the same time it almost looks like a giant whale. If I were naming this structure, I would call it Free Willy because it looks like a whale and Free Willy was a whale. Edit Woodard, Collin : Assignments here. Installations.doc Learning to Ask Good Questions.doc Disability Design and Research.doc 1060 assignment 4.doc Link to this Page
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