Mapping

This is not directly related to studio, but This American Life has an episode on Mapping this week.

Kepler

The Course syllabus and assignments have been uploaded to our Kepler site in the Course Documents section.

OASIS

Open Accessible Space Information System for NYC- here
They also have a neighborhood tree survey here

Reading for this week

The reading to replace the lecture summary for this week will be "Notes on a Provisional Architecture" by Kevin S. Alter. It can be found HERE, go to Articles

Library Resources

If you're looking for more historical information, some great resouces in the library are the New York series book by Robert AM Stern. It starts with New York 1880 and goes on to New York 2000. If you're looking for information on our neighborhood in these earlier eras, look for it as Lower East Side. It wasn't Chinatown until later.

Another great one is A History of Housing in New York City, by Richard Plunz, especially for those interested in housing and how the fabric of the city has changed over time.

Both can be found in the NJIT Architecture Library.

Extra links

Hey guys, take a look when you have time of something that Columbia University students were doing.
Columbia


Also I found a really neat site on the zoning laws in NYC, and from there you can find other documents about new urban planning in lower manhattan.
zoning in nyc

Anatomy Project Final Requirements

Louis Kahn, Yale University Art Gallery

Each group is expected to have at least three 30x40 boards on Thursday, September 20.

One board, descriptive 2d drawings to scale, background information and key images of the building.

Two boards should include the following:

Structural Documentation
- Major structural components and materials in building.
- Show how floor and roof slabs attach to the super structure
- Show how facade ties into structure

Mechanical Documentation
- Define types of mechanical system providing heating and cooling
- Locate fresh air intakes and relationship to facade
- Locate all ducting as well as chillers, coolers, air handling units, and hot water heaters

Facade Documentation
- Detail and describe major form, materials, apertures and thresholds
- Detail any integration with structure and mechanical systems

Circulation, Section, and Spatial Documentation
- Define major vertical and horizontal circulation systems
- Define programmatic zones
- Define relation to street, neighborhood

Wherever possible, these analytical drawings should be in 3d instead of 2d.