Terri Meyer Boake, BES, BArch, MArch, LEED AP
Professor School of Architecture University of Waterloo
email: tboake@uwaterloo.ca
 

 

Arch 125:
Introduction to Environmental Design

Fall 2015:
Drivers of Change

 

Project Description :

As the Climate Change topic is heating up, this course is designed to evolve in order to bring you up to date with current initiatives in the field. Information in this area is constantly developing and changing. Rating systems are updated. New materials are developed and others abandoned due to their environmental costs. What 'drives this change'? An ongoing part of our term will involve a series of weekly "Pecha Kucha" type presentations around current hot topics. These are being drawn from a research series that has been developed by ARUP Engineering called "Drivers of Change". www.driversofchange.com

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DRIVERS OF CHANGE - instilling activism and participation

As the Climate Change topic is heating up, this course is designed to evolve in order to bring you up to date with current initiatives in the field. Information in this area is constantly developing and changing. Rating systems are updated. New materials are developed and others abandoned due to their environmental costs. What 'drives this change'? We will be creating a large "Pecha Kucha" style presentation as a class investigation of the topic. The topics themselves are being drawn from a research series that has been developed by ARUP Engineering called "Drivers of Change".

We belong to a Global Community. We need to be active participants and understand the design ramifications of our actions on the urban environment.

THIS IS WHERE WE ARE NOW....

Global Cities from squintopera on Vimeo.

THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO GO...

 

THE ASSIGNMENT:

Please follow these instructions carefully. Part of the grading will be based on how well you followed the instructions as if we have to "fix" your presentation it will be very time consuming.

1. Each person is assigned a topic. No switching allowed.

2. Prepare THREE Powerpoint slides in a 4x3 format on your topic. Here is the template. Rename the ppt! It will come with "PresentationNo-DOC-LastName.pptx" Change it to, for example, 12-DOC-Boake.pptx. This is very important so that we can track the material and combine the presentations into the order they are listed below. If you are one of the multiple last name students, please also include your first name.

3. The content of the slides MUST include your topic and category on the first slide. [CLIMATE CHANGE - ENVIRONMENTAL - THE BIG THAW] for example. Beyond that you are using the blank pages provided to convey an expanded message about your topic using both graphics and text. Do not put your names on the slides.

4. The slides will run "automated" Pecha Kucha style, so 20 seconds per slide. The template is set to automatically change at 20 seconds. No fancy transitions.

5. You must narrate the slides. So your voice for 20 seconds of intelligent narration for each slide. Please do not simply put text on the slide and read it. Make it engaging. This is media. Present as you would appreciate being presented to.

The assignment is to be uploaded to LEARN and we will combine the ppts into one larger presentation to present to the class.

 

last updated October 30, 2015 4:34 PM

  Primary Topic Sub topic   Student URL
1 Climate Change Environmental The Big Thaw Kyra Ahier link
2   Technological Climate Modeling Shahal Ahmed link
3     Decarbonization Annika Babra link
4     Sequestration Osman Bari link
5   Social Mega Droughts Jennifer Boothby link
6     Passive Design Hannah Carmichael link
7     Personal Carbon Logan Carragher link
8   Political Equity Ardy Chang link
9     Sea Level Rise Lisa Chen link
10   Economic Mitigation vs Adaptation Mei Yi Chen link
11     The Developing World Natalie Choi link
12     Business Opportunity Jonathan Clubine link
13 Energy Social Fuel Poverty Jordan D'Ascenzo link
14   Technological Micro-generation Bhadra D'Sa link
15     Hydrogen economy Charlotte Damus link
16     Photovoltaics Laura Deacon link
17   Environmental Emissions Matthew Dlugosz link
18     CO2 Storage Jacob Drung link
19     Nuclear waste Kelliann Drury link
20     Biofuels Ethan Duffey link
21     Wind farms Olivia Fetterly link
22 Urbanization Economic Agriculture Fion Fong link
23     Congestion Maxime Gordon link
24   Environmental Eco-cities Justin Govindasamy link
25     Flooding Christopher Hardy link
26     Heat Islands Tianyi Huang link
27     Urban Footprint Brooke Hudy-Yuffa link
28   Technological Techno-reliance Kimberly Huggins link
29   Social Growth Iryna Humenyuk link
30     Aspirations Rajashree Iyer link
31     Community Claudia Jaegerman link
32 Water Political Water Rights Kara-Ann Jebbink link
33   Social Water Consciousness Nilojan Jegatheeswaran link
34   Technological Water Harvesting Uarda Kellezi link
35 Waste Social Marginal Communities Jae-Wook Kim link
36   Technological Industrial symbiosis Jaewon Kim link
37     Energy Resource Rachel Lau link
38     Minimization Jiwon Lee link
39   Political Exportation Ruth Lee link
40 Convergence Environmental Nutraeuticals Jing Yao Liao link
41     Urban Informatics Chia-Nung Lim link
42     Global Monitoring Shay Linton link
43     Pathogen Promiscuity Laura Matos link
44     Biomimicry Iva Mema link
45   Technological Infinite Content Violeta Michailova link
46     Location Awareness Alshima Mohammed link
47     Artificial Intelligence Shiuli Mukerjea link
48     Precision Therapy Aamirah Nakhuda link
49     Internet of Things Yunjia Ni link
50   Social Transmedia Architecture Lorenzo Nicolini link
51     Open Innovation Emilie O'Neill link
52     Self Surveillance Yoojin Oh link
53     Collaborative Consumption Poorna Patange link
54     Health 2.0 Andy Pham link
55   Political Genetech Nicholas Puersten link
56     Cyber Crime Madeleine Reinhart link
57     Irreversible Science Severyn Romanskyy link
58     Sovereign Wealth Hannah Roorda link
59     Nano Hazards Maxwell Schramp link
60   Economic Leapfrogging Sonja Schweiger link
61     New Philanthropy Shivangy Sundarajan link
62     Coopetition Thomas Tencer link
63     User Centricity Brian Tien link
64     Health Tourism Kennedy Toivonen link
65 Food Social Convenience Truong-Tuan-Thanh Tran link
66     Ethical Food Giselle Tyrrell link
67     Hunger Padmini Unni link
68     Farmers Christina Vogiatzis link
69     Affluent Taste Karen Wang link
70   Technological Fertiliser Zhaocheng Wang link
71     Engineered Seed Kevin Watts link
72     Hydroponics Zihao Wei link
73     Leftovers Nicole Wilke link
74   Environmental Livestock Jason Wu link
75     Soil Depletion Tong Wu link
76   Economic Fast Food Outlets Nicole Yip link
77   Political Labelling Jia Zhang link
           
           

 

Evaluation:

This project is valued at 15% of your final grade.

Rubric:

Content - /20
Narration - /10
Graphic Presentation Quality - /10
Following the rules precisely - /10

 


last updated October 30, 2015 4:34 PM