2. SITE SURVEY
UPDATE
PIN-UPS + PRESENTATION
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
3. NEED TO DELEGATE FOR SITE SURVEY:
+ base map of Cosmo City and surrounds
+ 1 full size, preferably portable and can be rolled-up
+ 4 full size, (adequate transparency) can be written on or take notes on
+ 4 full size that has road names + services (if figure ground. awesome)
+ locations of nearby cities / crucial services - hospitals, malls, etc.
+ location of educational facilities - schools / pre-schools / institutions
+ location of EA facilities - addresses and maps
+ Look into building and zoning code applicable to site visit
4. Questions Regarding Cornell University Sustainable Design
Site Survey Trip
James Urdang <james@educationafrica.org> Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 6:40 AM
To: Karen Chi-Chi Lin <kcl52@cornell.edu>
Cc: Dara Perl <dmp229@cornell.edu>, Jesse McElwain <jesse.mcelwain@verizon.net>, Michael Jiang
<mxj2@cornell.edu>, Barry Beagen <bb379@cornell.edu>, Linda Gould <linda@educationafrica.org>,
danlfisher@earthlink.net
Dear Karen
For the first two & half days your itinerary should be as follows:-
Monday
(With Wageng Monageng)
Visit the following Social Architecture projects in Gauteng:-
Tebogo Home – University of Linz
Thembelihle Crèche – Graz University
Emmanuel Day-care Centre – Technical University of Vienna
Teddy Bear crèche – University of Linz
Olifantsvlei Grade R facility – University of Innsbruck
Tuesday -
Junior Early Learning Centre (North West Province)– Nottingham University (with Wageng Monageng)
Mid afternoon meet at Education Africa offices:-
Linda Gould, Operations Director and James Urdang, Executive Director
Linda Gould with Play-with-a-Purpose (Education Africa ECD support)
Wednesday
Morning meet with
Johannesburg City Council
Basil Read
Site visit
From Wednesday afternoon through to Friday then you can make the programme in away that will help your
preparations. I will also arrange a meeting with TC Design our local architects where you may have questions for
them. It is also extremely easy for us to be flexible in the programme from Wednesday Afternoon onwards; as the
above will send you in the direction you want to go.
5. NEWS!
+ NEED TO FINALIZE FINAL MEETING TIMES FOR LEADERSHIP
+ KEEPING UP TO DATE - important for cross sub-team discussions
+ COMMENTS ON RESEARCH TEAMS!!!
+ BSA GRANT SUBMITTED (please read it off of DropBox)
Administrative > BSA Grant 2011 > BSA File 3
10. For architects, this means rethinking typologies and waste/energy cycles and
thinking beyond buildings to fields of technology and local fabrication—to
drive ecological and economic sustainability by building active architecture—a
project of open source architecture robots—that input Africa’s environmental
wealth and output not only shelter but also energy, food, water, Internet ac-
cess and information about how to make and market designed products from
raw material.
