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Minutes: Feb 1st 2012
Agenda//
/Lead Representative Updates
Meeting with Rick:
Tech Talk: Feb. 6th
Nothing on Lounge yet
Metal Laser Cutter: Heinz is working on quoting work.
$500 donation appreciated
Interested in Student Project Fund
- Exchange / Qualifying Students
Transition / difficulties
Housing information
Printing system, basic logistics we take for granted
“Guide to Cambridge” has been updated & sent out to these students
Putting together a summary of logistical details
/ Professor Lectures
- Meeting with Don Thursday: suggestions / notes to pass along
Lola, Maya, Beesley, John McMinn(?) – Practice based as well
Book Launches
Studio Nights – Not lunchtime
Allow Professors to pitch their own lectures…? Should be driven by their personal interests
/Initiatives
- Undergraduate Design Development Team (Student Lounge)
Sign ups to be organized: Contact Amir & Nicole – figure details.
- Student Mentorship: List
List is together: will be posted online & presented to class
- WASA Blog: Contributors
Look into other schools: Bartlett, MIT ect…
‘Administrator’ – Meeting RE: WASA’s web presence + publication + SWAG + Bodkin
Post reading – week: Thursday March 1st.
6pm
- Co-op Database
No updates
- WAC Publication
Met with Rick: come up with content before searching for funds.
- Metal Laser Cutter Update
Mentorship paired w/ tutorials
Metal Cutter being shipped, arriving soon & ventilation cost increases total towards $20 000
Inquiry on welding: Necessary, but different connection methods are available (pop rivets ect…)
Once laser cutter is in, Phillip to Present
Bodkin to organize WASA $500 Cheque
/Student Project Fund
- Update from Steph: prelim research
Cannot just be WASA: Need an external body
Update next week
Still in discussion: funds are not available, will become available after thorough discussion & consideration.
Time must be considered: money delivered only during academic terms.
Proof of commitment necessary
/Internal House
Overhead lights in studio (3A) Flicker.
Passed along to maintenance.
-Library
-ACM: Let them know what we want to have.
Mice
-Workshop
-Student Lounge
-CASA
/WEEF
-Previous funding to be used
- WEEF Applications are open: Close Feb. 17th
Draft proposal for next week.
/Events etc.
-Ski Trip
Posters & Advertisements – fill the bus.
Tickets to be sold before & after reading week.
-Canstruction
Next meeting Feb. 10th: finalize ideas, organize practice cans.
-Coffee House
New date to be announced Feb 10th too busy.
-Archineering: Engineers to Walshees March 1st
Waiting to hear from main campus.
Can organize specials with Walshees: music ect…
/WASA Contacts
Dave still compiling list – Internal mostly finished
External list to be compiled, ex presidents ect…
Update contacts on school website.
Sean is now FEDS chair, weekly updates from now on.
APPLY FOR O-WEEK!
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Minutes: Jan 25th, 2012
// Lead Representative Updates
Student Lounge w/SWAG – Rick to talk to main campus
Lecture series is happening, no roster
Pecha Kucha - Professor Lectures, organized by SWAG - being planned
Tech Stream talk on Feb. 6 - Vision 2015 by end of the week for review.
PD funding went through, online courses will hopefully be in place for first years.
Online courses taken during co-op terms. Mandatory.
North House is being constructed @ 'rare' site
// Budget Updates
Slight adjustments, confirmed laser cutting funding.
Student project fund
Adjust expenses & numbers
Added Gym Equipment
Less money carried over.
$1500 for student lounge - ballpark (SWAG needs to figure out costs & what other funding can be acquired)
Unanimous Vote - Budget Passed
// Meeting with SWAG
-Student Lounge
Design Team Required - learning opportunity for 1B Class
-Faculty Events
Masters students on same page with WASA: more faculty involvement
Petchekucha
-Future Event Co-ordination
-WASA Blog + SWAG/Master's Blog
Combine both / Coordinate
Buy a shared domain & combine - Waterloo Students Blog
Log-in for WASA & SWAG minutes
Video Cameras from ACM:
Thesis & Lectures could be added to Vimeo channel: great resource
// Initiatives
-Fabrication Tutorials
Talk w/ Don & Mark - Coordinate with 1B studio: 1 member of each studio group to attend tutorial w/3A students.
Work in Rhino / export to CAD to use laser cutter.
At least initiate a few people w/ laser cutter.
Worthwhile moving tutorials to 2A/3B Terms
Gauge interest in 3A class to attend tutorial as well
-Metal Laser Cutter
Costs:
Phillip $15000
Heinz $20000
Welding: somehow build a welding 'hut' / bench outside
Estimate $5000 total
WEEF? Discount / Used to save money
Cost of material: 30"x30" Cold Rolled Steel is $35 - not too expensive
Set up a local partnership with metal shop for scrap
-Student Mentorship
Work in laser cutting - those who are strong with laser cutter to aid 1B students who wish to laser cut
Tuesday night to assemble list - ready for next week
-Co-op Database + Fair (Feb 6th)
Questionnaire e-mailed out & 12-15 people signed up for booths
Database falls together with finished questionnaires
-WAC Publication
Meeting with Rick, working on getting funding.
-WASA Blog
Discussed earlier: combine with SWAG possibly & re-format to combine WASA component & public side of student work
Faculty interviews / articles
Could eventually fold into the publication
-Tutorials
Already set up on main campus
The more people that show interest in this, the more accessible becomes
Link to go up on WASA Blog
// Student Project Fund
How do people apply? How much?
Each application needs to be evaluated individually
Use WEEF guidelines as a starting point for criteria
Steph to do prelim research for next week
WASA must be as transparent as possible here
// WEEF
-Ideas for proposals received?
Higher quality video cameras
SWAG interested: record thesis defenses - in talks with ACM
ACM's budget: WASA shouldn't feed into costs if it's not necessary
Video – capable DSLRs are an option
Laser cutter will be a large proposal: ask for a smaller amount for multiple terms
Video cameras more likely: all students use it ect...
Previous WEEF funding still to be used (lights)
//SLEF
- Proposals to go through SWAG once Student Lounge is approved by House @ main campus
// Events etc.
-Canstruction (meeting Thursday *5:30pm)
Meeting details Canstruction, signup.
In student lounge
-Arch-Eng Events (Semi Formal - March 17, EngPlay - March 15-17)
VP Finance ENGSOC contacted to coordinate Eng Play & Archineering
Busses to be coordinated for Architecture students
Eng Play - Want us to bus in on 15th: day of reviews. Probably not happening. Still to coordinate Archineering: invite Engineers to Walshees
March 1st
-Coffee House
Grand House
Weekend of March 16th / 17th?
-Ski Trip
March 3rd / 4th?
Mount St. Louis Moonstone (2 1/2h drive)
$45 / person + $30 rental
1 Bus: 47 people + Space for equipment
Get a sign up list out
Sell tickets: people to pay as they sign up
// WASA Contacts
- Internal and External Contacts still to be compiled
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Life in 3D @ Waterloo Architecture studio
hi its me
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Minutes: Jan 18th
WASA Minutes for January 18th, 2012
AGENDA
// Elected Roles
Lead Reps: Samuel
Maddi
Steph
Chairs: Dave Holborn
Jake Read
Treasurers Miguel Enkerlin
Patrick Harvey
WEEF Caelin
Milos
CO-OP Devon
Miriam
// Budget
Projected budget was available at meeting or by email through Miguel.
About $8700 + Money in the safe.
/ Standard Items
Election Pizza, Events
Workshop
Publication to help start up
Deadline / Review Food
Awards Banquet $1000
500 to Laser Cutter to aid: moral and financial support.
20 to Ryan
Archineering
/ WASA Endowment Fund
Money for students to pursue competitions / installations
Come up to my room, Nuit Blanche ect...
Need to set up rules / system. Cannot legally be 'endowment fund'.
WASA Student Support Fund? FEDS says we shouldn't be carrying excess.
$4000 surplus at the end of term is not good.
Budget Additions:
/ Lounge
Student Lounge // WASA will have to allocate funding
SLEF-fund: Apply to Student Life Endowment Fund for Lounge.
/ Laser Cutter
$500 Down?
Bodkin has the report from Beesley
/ Gym Equipment
/ Laser Cutter + Student Lounge
/ Community Lounge is happening - cannot use the room for Gym
/ TEDx ?
/ TV for Upcoming events: Calendar + Upcoming events
// Lead Representatives Update
/ 3A: Iggy & Devon academic liasons
/ Meeting with Rick
Arriscraft Lecture Series returns later in the term
Faculty Lecture Series - Rick Approves, in talks with Don Mckay
Vision 2015: Delayed but Rick is finishing proposal for Architecture School - opportunity for student input
Transition from undergrad - grad
Cultural History Electives - Eastern history, specific eras ect...
(BCON & ENVIRO & VISCOM) Technology & Green Design Stream: Student input req'd, what outcomes do we want?
Need to organize a way to gather feedback.
Professional Development - Soft skills in office environments.
Developing portfolios, website design, writing, researching & editing.
Room here for student feedback.
We are one of the only departments to not do PD courses
We'll keep you posted RE: Meetings with Rick.
// Initiatives
/ Fab Tutorials
Heinz asks 3A's to get the ball rolling on Laser Cutter Supervision
Who is interested in 1B? Who is willing to run a tutorial?
Victoria
/ Metal Laser Cutter
Bodkin:
Petition & Met with Rick
Rick is enthusiastic, worried about cost of installation
Heinz: $15000 is optimistic
WEEF - We need to write up a proposal
WASA - $500 a 'token of support'
Running costs: $6-10 per hour. W/maintenence will cost us $15-20 per hour.
Rick will attempt to subsidize the cost.
Material will also be more expensive to purchase.
Will require an expanded metal shop: possibly more room in the shop.
Coincide with Architectural Engineering?
Unanimous vote: Move forward, find specific pricing.
/ Student Mentorship
1B & 3A Rep to take it on.
Keegan & Sammy
Simple list of skill sets & contact info.
/ Co-op Database
Compile thoughts & impressions from employers
Devon: Co-op fair - un-biased 'truth'
Feb 4th of 5th, or week later @ 8th.
Set up in loft.
Sam to develop with guidelines for information to be presented.
/ Publication
200 in the budget to help out
Look into sponsorship?
Feds / EngSoc
// Internal
/ Workshop: What can WASA do for awareness RE: people leaving mess, tools that disappear.
/ Fab: 3A after-hours supervisors.
/ Lounge: Work into budget - talk to SWAG. Samuel & Miguel to coordinate
/ WEEF: What do we want?
Come up with a list – department specific purchases should be brought up with Rick to allocate funds for more basic items.
WEEF REQIREMENTS: Educational, something that is used for many years by as many students as possible.
EG. Lighting for the play: used every year.
/ Caelin to canvas school for WEEF Suggestions
/ Should have a SLEF Proposal for Lounge
// Events - Assign people for each event
/ Ski Trip - Caelin & Morgan
/ Canstruction - Simone & Stef
/ Coffee House - Desiree & Morgan
/ Archineering - Miles & Dave & Maddi
/ T-Shirts: to sell @ open house & U @ Waterloo
// Contacts
Write your e-mails down on the mailing list!
& Compile a list of external contacts, talk to Steph
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Director Search Blog
The School of Architecture Director Nomination Committee was established by the Dean of Engineering to search for the future Director of the School of Architecture. A student blog has been created, one for grad students, one for undergrad students to collect student feedback from those currently on work terms or out of town - on strengths and weakness of the school, as well as qualities they deem important in a future Director. We encourage everyone to give feedback and speak freely. The undergraduate Blog can be accessed at : https://arcserv5.uwaterloo.ca/groups/directorsearchcommitteeundergraduate/blog/ The graduate Blog can be accessed at : https://arcserv5.uwaterloo.ca/groups/directorsearchcommitteegraduate/blog/<https://arcserv5.uwaterloo.ca/groups/directorsearchcommitteeundergraduate/blog/> You can use your student id and quest to login.
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FINALLY, a movie about architecture studio - ARCHICLUTURE
2 architects-turned-filmmakers turn the camera on the arch studio following 5 thesis students - posts on documentary, film, architecture, tech, Brooklyn, NYC.
This is a feature-length documentary that explores the role that architecture and design play in our daily lives. The film follows five architecture students through their final senior design projects in order to shed light on the critical issues impacting our built environment.
This is something to look forward in 2012. Keep up with their twitter page
Also check out this list from Archinect -
Top 10 Design Initiatives to Watch in 2012—for the public good
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Lateral Office | Arctic city on top of thousands of wooden dowels
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Dream Director?
As some or most of you may know, there has been a director nominating committee in order to decide who shall be director at the end of the current term. There are still many questions to be answered, but I ask you if you could pick any one in the world who would you pick and why??
Salute
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YES our chair got in the Come Up To My Room Exhibition! Here is a little celebratory dance.
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LIQUID HIGHWAYS
KARAN MANCHANDA + MILES GERTLER 2011
more to come. but for now, sleep!
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A work in progress. “Pop-up” topography that integrates the “pop-up” street vendors, street artists and street performers Quan Thai & Brock Benninger
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A work in progress. “Pop-up” topography that integrates the “pop-up” street vendors, street artists and street performers Quan Thai & Brock Benninger
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FALL 2011 P3 STUDIO
Remediation of Mining Landscapes… work in progress So so so so so so much work to be done…
Michael Lee + Dorothy Leung.
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Space Disco Semi Formal
On Saturday, November 19, ENG + AHS (Engineering + Applied health sciences) are hosting a Space Disco themed Semi Formal! So, dress up, suit up, OR spacesuit it up! Your choice. It is a Cross-Campus, All Ages Event. 9PM-2AM. Tickets are $10, and are for sale in the Atrium at Lunch, or Sara Radcliffe's desk in the 3B Studio. We are getting a free bus, so this $10 is for your ticket only :)
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