LARC 640: Graduate Studio I

Tour of PSC green roof, Chem-Nuke bioretention, Clark Hall bio and conservation landscape, and the Iribe Center

Course description: Principles and techniques of design as applied to shaping the landscape developing concepts in visual thinking, environmental awareness, and design intervention through studio exercises and projects.

Learning outcomes:

The goal of this course is to encourage students’ individual design creativity and to augment this with some basic design principles. The objectives of this course are for students:

1. to understand landscape architecture as a design process that leads to a product.
2. to learn how to develop and apply strong design concepts and imagery.
3. to understand the formation of human scale space and spatial connections.
4. to understand to opportunities and constraints of using landforms, structures, and plants in design of the landscape.
5. to learn how to produces office quality visual, oral, and written presentations.