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+ 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

9/21/10 8:49 AMGmail - Questions Regarding Cornell University Sustainable Design Site Survey Trip

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Barry Beagen <bbeagen@gmail.com>

Questions Regarding Cornell University Sustainable DesignSite Survey TripJames Urdang <james@educationafrica.org> Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 6:40 AMTo: 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 LinzThembelihle Crèche – Graz UniversityEmmanuel Day-care Centre – Technical University of ViennaTeddy Bear crèche – University of LinzOlifantsvlei 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 DirectorLinda Gould with Play-with-a-Purpose (Education Africa ECD support)

Wednesday

Morning meet withJohannesburg City CouncilBasil ReadSite visit

From Wednesday afternoon through to Friday then you can make the programme in away that will help yourpreparations. I will also arrange a meeting with TC Design our local architects where you may have questions forthem. It is also extremely easy for us to be flexible in the programme from Wednesday Afternoon onwards; as theabove will send you in the direction you want to go.

Wageng will collect you from the OR Tambo on Sunday 10th October and we will make the necessary arrangementfor you to get back to the OR Tambo on Saturday 16th October for your flight.

All the best

James

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

CONTENTIOUS TOPICS!

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.

IF INTERESTED, i will gladly conduct a discussion or lecture.

e-mail MEEE!