The presentation will cover both the research and consultancy activities of Professor Malcolm Cook, of Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK . This will cover the work he has undertaken during his time spent working with architects on low energy building design, with a particular focus on natural ventilation and passive cooling strategies, and the role computer simulation can play in this design process. Malcolm will talk about the simulation techniques employed, as well as the innovative passive design principles that have led to some of the UK’s most energy efficient buildings.

Boston Public Library Pays Tribute to Visionary Designer with
“Palaces for the People”
Exhibition about Rafael Guastavino presented in partnership with MIT

BOSTON – September 5, 2012 – The exhibition Palaces for the People: Guastavino and America’s Great Public Spaces will open at the Boston Public Library’s Central Library in Copley Square on Friday, September 28, and run through February 24, 2013.

The German American Chamber of Commerce and MIT present dasHAUS, a traveling pavilion of home construction technology. Erected on campus at 219 Vassar Street, the pavilion will host events through June 27. Building Technology Professors John Fernandez and Christoph Reinhart will speak at the event.

For more information, visit: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/dashaus-comes-to-cambridge-0618.html

Professor John Ochsendorf conducted a two-day design-build vaulting workshop at the University of Utah supported by the McMurrin Visiting Professorship. The workshop was co-taught by Mallory Taub (Berkeley), Kent Diebolt (Vertical Access), and Benjamin Ibarra Sevilla (Minnesota). One of the students attending, David Polk, posted about the experience on his blog, Doodles Designs and Daydreams.