Word: designators
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...Alford said. “It was just two years ago that people were fighting over the establishment of the Women’s Center.” Another intern at the Women’s Center, Nikki A. Johnson, a student at the Graduate School of Design, said the event was a “very low-key and friendly way of inviting a lot of different people into the space.” “It helps people to see that we put on a whole range of events, some more serious than others...
...Palestrant, the transformation lingered long after the designers packed up their pencils. Two years later, he has more than 75 employees and likens the design experience to "shooting an aircraft off an aircraft carrier--taking someone from zero to 200 m.p.h. in less than a second...
...traditionalism isn’t the answer, though, we’ve got to be careful of too-hopeful radicalism as well. Down the road at MIT, Simmons Hall, an award-winning building which opened in 2002, was designed with deliberately contorted spaces to force students to interact. Architects and critics love the design for its innovative and playful use of space...
...like a hotel, not a home.” In this case, even when they may know better, the experts must let the laypeople win. At Harvard, the College did an outstanding job at renovating Hilles Library into a student center that’s a model of beautiful design. But they misjudged the puerility of students who won’t walk ten minutes out of their way to come visit it. One can accuse these students of an unfair laziness. But in the end, the success of space is ultimately decided by a democracy of its users...
...month, the dean outlined plans to add administrative positions, increase the power of the divisional deans, and institute a year-long slowdown on Faculty hiring to allow for further planning. With the administration growing, Zipser—who in her current post helped Senior Vice Provost Evelynn M. Hammonds design and analyze a University-wide faculty survey focused on gender and ethnicity—pledged to be a voice for professors. “The most important thing for me to do when I get there is to really listen to the Faculty and to understand what their needs...