DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS RELOCATION PAGE

 

LATEST PLANS AND PICTURES

In this section are the latest plans, drawings and photos relating to the relocation.

• Photos of renovations in progress. Thanks to Bill Forrest for this glimpse of the current state of our new home, with two weeks to go. (November 26, 2009)

• Notice of Project, Sidney Smith Hall, Interior Renovations on the Ground, First and Fourth Floors (September 29, 2009) (2.5 MB)

• Office assignments for St. George faculty (376 KB). These assignments are for the second half of the academic year 2009Ð2010 (JanuaryÐJuly).

• Here are the revised layouts for the Graduate rooms 4061 and 571. We'll have 25 stations in room 4061 and 14 stations in room 571, for a total of 39 stations (originally - 40 stations). To this option we will have space for couches, lockers or filing cabinets (September 29, 2009).

  • Room 4065 (108 KB)
  • Room 571 (76 KB)
  • Conceptual drawings of student desks (416 KB) Their final form depends on the budget.

• Ground floor labs

  • Ground floor plan (revised August 31, 2009) (252 KB)
  • Theoretical Linguistics Lab (September 10, 2009) (72 KB)
  • LVC Lab (September 10, 2009) (52 KB)

• Drawings showing data ports and power (September 9, 2009)

  • Admin area (168 KB)
  • Lounge and 4th floor grad student room (96 KB)
  • Ground floor computer, editorial, and grad rooms (60 KB)

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THE DEPARTMENTAL SPACE COMMITTEE

As of now the Space Committee remains the same as it was. If you have questions, comments, or concerns please convey them to a member of the committee:

• Faculty: Elan Dresher (C), Elizabeth Cowper, Elaine Gold, Alana Johns, Keren Rice, Sali Tagliamonte

• Grad students: Sarah Clarke, Liisa Duncan

• Undergrad: Annat Koren

• Staff: William Forrest, Mary Hsu

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DOCUMENTS

Here are some documents relevant to our relocation to Sidney Smith:

• Following our brief meeting on Thursday, August 27, I sent a summary of what we concluded to Adrienne De Francesco, Assistant Dean and Director , Office of Infrastructure Planning , Faculty of Arts and Science. Here are her latest replies, sent August 28. Please note the query about design features and the limits on our ability to tour the new site (up to the second week in September). Download pdf (96 KB)

• Here are some notes on a meeting I had with Adrienne De Francesco on August 6. Highlights: she found better space for us on the ground floor, and she reacted favourably to some suggestions for modifications of our 4th floor space. The new plans for the fourth and ground floors are posted below . Download pdf (28 KB)

• Here is the 30 June response from Adrienne De Francesco to the Department's response below. I replied to her queries. Download pdf (36 KB)

• Here is our June 21 response to the space plan. Thanks to Elaine for writing the basic draft, and to members of the Committee for comments. Download pdf (172 KB)

• Download pdf of Elaine's summary of our June 2 meeting with Adrienne De Francesco and Vice-Dean Rob Baker. (60 KB)

• Download pdf of Elaine's notes on what will and won't fit into the new space. (76 KB) Thanks very much to Elaine for her excellent work in the meetings and in preparing these very useful summaries.

• Thanks to Bill for preparing the following summary of what our classroom has been used for: Download pdf of classroom usage (24 KB)

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MAPS AND DRAWINGS

The Latest Proposal

Here are the maps of the space in the latest proposal from FAS:

• Download pdf of Sidney Smith 4th floor proposed space (September 3, 2009; very slightly revised from August 6 map, note the double doors on the lounge) (316 KB)

• Download pdf of Sidney Smith 4th floor proposed space (August 6, 2009; compare with July 6 4th floor map below) (316 KB)

• Download pdf of plan of Sidney Smith ground floor showing space assigned to Linguistics (August 31, 2009; revision of August 6 ground floor map below) (252 KB)

• Download pdf of larger-scale map of Sidney Smith ground floor showing the section containing the Linguistics space (July 31, 2009) (248 KB)

Earlier Proposals

• Download pdf of plan of Sidney Smith ground floor showing space assigned to Linguistics (August 6, 2009; compare with June 2009 ground floor map below) (220 KB)

• Download pdf of Sidney Smith 4th floor proposed space (July 6, 2009) (321 KB)

• Download pdf of earlier plan of Sidney Smith 4th floor proposed space (June 2009) (321 KB)

• Download pdf of Sidney Smith ground floor proposed space (June 2009) (220 KB)

Our Own Maps

Thanks very much to Elizabeth and Daniel for the various plans and drawings they have created to help us in our evaluation of the space proposals.

Here are two maps by Daniel showing the old and new space at the same scale, for purposes of comparison:

• Download pdf of room-by-room comparisons (196 KB)

• Download pdf of floor-by-floor comparisons. (396 KB)
  

 
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A VIDEO ABOUT SHORT-NOTICE RELOCATION

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Last revised November 26, 2009