Archive for ‘Construction’
On-site at Avenues 5/8 – 5/16
Construction on our Chelsea campus continues to yield visible daily changes. Here are a few pictures taken on-site over the last week to give you an idea of our most recent progress. More...
CATEGORY: Campus
Tags: Construction
On-Site at Avenues, 5/1 – 5/7
Construction on our Chelsea campus continues to yield visible daily changes. Here are a few pictures taken on-site over the last week to give you an idea of our most recent progress. More...
Tags: Construction
On-Site at Avenues, 4/14 – 4/20
Construction on our Chelsea campus has reached the point where visible, identifiable rooms and features are emerging every day. Here are a few pictures taken on-site over the last week to give you an idea of our most recent progress. More...
Tags: Construction
On-Site at Avenues
Construction on our Chelsea campus has reached the point where visible, identifiable rooms and features are emerging every day. Here are a few pictures taken on-site last week to give you an idea of our most recent progress. More...
Tags: Construction
Time Elapsed
The beauty of time-lapse photography is that it shows us different ways of seeing and thinking. Here's how. A video camera shoots 30 frames each second, which we perceive as realistic motion. When we create time-lapse photography, we compress time by shooting one frame each minute. This means More...
Tags: Construction, Time-lapse, Video
Update on Construction
We are at the most exciting phase of our construction project, when, after two years of design and construction, the end is in sight. The heavy work is now behind us—demolition, installation of major structural features like three 10-story fire stairs, HVAC, More...
Tags: Construction
Video Spotlight No. 11
Construction on our Chelsea campus is making tremendous progress. As most of the big structural changes are behind us, we are making sure the finer details will be finished and tested More...
Tags: Construction, Time-lapse, Video
Video Spotlight No. 7
One of our goals at Avenues is to be both energy efficient and adept at teaching our students to be aware of their environmental footprint. In designing the school we have partnered with Project Frog to turn the raw data we collect on our energy usage into a graphic form that students can understand and manipulate. Take a look at this innovative way for students to learn about and participate in energy management. More...
Tags: Construction, Video
Construction Enters a New Phase
Since our last construction slideshow the building has made enormous leaps forward. Take a look at where we are now. More...
Tags: Construction
Time Flies
The early time-lapse photographers were a bunch of anti-social pioneers. They camped out in mountain fields waiting for flowers to pop out of the ground, open and bloom. The tools of their trade were patience, a willingness to be alone for long stretches of time, a library of books to keep them company, a specialized movie camera, sleeping bag, some food and a tent. Without computers to tell them how often to take a picture, More...
CATEGORY: School 2.0
Tags: Construction, Math, Technology, Time-lapse, Video