The week of 22-26 February is filled with tutorials that I have to give for Year 2 Technology module (Daylighting analysis using 3D Studio MAX.. If you are interested, see Year 2 Bulletin Board.. there is room in the lab to get your own computer). There is time to meet with me for individual tutorials Monday afternoon and Friday. I am afraid these are the only two days. I have shifted the students that have already made an appointment to one of those days. Please check the calendar and choose a day and time to meet with me individually if you wish to do so.

- Wassim

There ARE consultancies tomorrow. Please sign up by coordinating with Adam Sharr’s students. Adam informs me that he lets the students self-organise.

I created a shared google calendar called WSADT Calendar so that we can keep deadlines and meetings synced. I could not add everyone as I still do not have email addresses for David, Nikos, and Matteusz. Please send me the email addresses and I will add you to the list of participants. Please be careful not to delete recurring events etc. I will block off dates/times that I cannot meet with you on a weekly basis.

Hi people,

I went to a showcase today for the Department of Physics in which they were demonstrating the capabilities of various pieces of equipment around the campus. Of possoble interest was the Merlin/ Condor Computer systems. Basically, Cardiff has one of the most powerful super computer’s in the UK and it is available to use should anyone be interested enough (they should probably promote it a little more). The slight catch seems to be that it is currently using the Linux operating system and the input for the systems is predominantly code. The programs that they have already at their disposal are mostly open-sourced due to licensing restrictions of the research facility. On the plus side there are people there to help, who’re very keen to incorporate research from other schools into the system. Additionally, within the next year they’re hoping to partition both the Windows and Apple Operating Systems on the Super Computer(Merlin). Condor uses the latent processing power of any idle machines on the campus. Look at http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/arcca/ for more details…

Food for thought.

1. Architecture as a translation of music (Pamphlet Architecture 16) (link)
2. Resonance: Essays on the Intersection of Music and Architecture (link)
3. Music and Architecture (Iannis Xenakis) (link)