Dymaxion House Installation at the Henry Ford

From Wikipedia:

The Dymaxion House was developed by inventor Buckminster Fuller to address several failures he perceived with existing homebuilding techniques. Fuller designed several different versions of the house at different times, but they were factory manufactured kits, assembled on site, intended to be suitable for any site or environment and to use resources efficiently. One important design consideration was ease of shipment and assembly.

This house has been reassembled inside of the Henry Ford Museum and it is fascinating. Check it out in person if you get a chance, or see it on the museum's website.

Image courtesy of The Henry Ford.

Trulia Hindsight

Trulia Hindsight has animated maps of homes in the United States. The maps use the year the properties were built to show the growth of streets, neighborhoods and cities over time...Be sure to check out the map that documents the Decline of Detroit. Very interesting!

Where do I fit in planning?

This is an interesting project created by a group of graduate students from Ohio State University examining what aspects of planning they want address in their careers:

http://www.youtube.com/user/CityPlanningOSU

1st Fundraiser of the Year

Our first fundraiser of the year will be a bake sale...

It will take place on Wednesday, October 10

We are still determining the times for the sale, we'll keep you
posted and have more information at the next PLACE meeting
on Thursday, October 4. If you're interested in picking up a
shift or contributing some baked goods, send Kristen an
email: kristenhatfield@gmail.com

This will be a great opportunity to get to know some of your
classmates and let some people about the planning program.

About PLACE

Hi everyone,

Welcome to EMU and to a new semester. All of PLACE members are excited to get the club up and running again. We held an orientation for new students in mid-September and got a chance to meet some of you and give you an idea of who we are and what we're trying to accomplish.

Essentially, we feel that school - be it graduate or undergraduate is what you make of it. However many years it takes you to complete your education, at some point you'll be finished and on your way. While you're here why not get as much out of it as possible?

We hope (with your help) to offer a range of opportunities for professional, educational and social growth. When it's all said and done, what you learn in school is important but who you know can sometimes be just as important. Take these opportunities (and create your own) to network with your fellow students and professionals working in the field.

To wrap up, these are some of the main projects that the core PLACE group is working on:

1) Increasing the program's outreach efforts to recruit new students and increase the size of the program
2) Raising funds to supplement and increase the club's scholarship fund
3) Foster networking with each other, alumni and the planning community

These are general goals, with specific activities that need to happen to accomplish them. These activites include: registering PLACE as an official club with the university, starting up the PLACE Journal again, organizing fundraisers, regularly updating the blog and keeping members informed through emails and the web, continuing the Mentoring Program that was started last year, planning field trips and hosting guest speakers and starting an Alumni Association specific to the program.

There is obviously a limit to what a few people can do. If any of these activities sound interesting to you and like something that you would like to either organize or support, please contact any of us and we will be more than happy to work with you. We would really like for this club to be a success.

Thank you for taking the time to check out the blog. We'll see you at the meeting on Thursday, October 4!

The PLACE Club

Jenny Bruen (jbruenplanning@hotmail.com)

Jessica Corsi (jcorsi@emich.edu)

Erik Dotzauer (edotzauer@gmail.com)

Kristen Hatfield (kristenhatfield@gmail.com)