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Offered Course List | Spring 2008 Graduate Courses LD ARCH 24 One hour of seminar per week. The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. LD ARCH 102 Two hours of lecture and six hours of studio per week. PREREQUISITES: 101 or consent of instructor. This studio stresses the shaping and coordination of ideas from initial concept to complete design product. A product(s) of intermediate scale and complexity (such as a garden, small park, plaza, or campus courtyard) will be developed in detail including the selection of planting, selection of construction materials, and topographic design. Lecture modules on selected professional topics are integrated into this course. LD ARCH 102 SEC 1 This studio builds on the work completed in LA 101 and continues to address the challenges in defining and making landscape space. The design problems require students to address a specific set of site conditions in conjunction with a defined program to enhance the use and activities of the site. Each studio problem will require a negotiation between spatially abstract ideas, program elements, the parameters of site, and on the ground built form. As students work through each studio problem they will move from a site scale defined by acres to the detail scale defined by inches and explore the relationship between materials and spatial definition. Aspects of sustainable site design and brownfield regeneration will be explored. LD ARCH 102 SEC 2 LA102 is the second course in a
sequence of studios taken by undergraduate landscape architecture
students at the College of Environmental Design. In the first year of
the landscape architectural studio sequence, students begin to learn
how to manipulate the three key formal elements available to the
landscape designer - the land (topography), architectural form (walls,
pavements, small structural objects and furnishings) and vegetation.
Building on the topographical manipulation skills developed in LA 101
this studio will focus on architectural form and vegetation, particular
how these elements are understood in relationship to varied
topographical conditions. The studio is a hands-on experience where
students will produce drawings, models and other artifacts to convey
design solutions for the projects assigned. It will be in the studio,
through design proposals, that the student will assimilate the
knowledge and skills acquired through other courses. Goals and Objectives LD ARCH 112 Two hours of lecture and six hours of fieldwork per week. This course is an introduction to the identification and recognition, as well as design applications and uses, of plants in the landscape. Through lectures, assignments, and fieldwork, the course provides class participants with an appreciation of the importance of vertical vegetation as a design element. Students will be introduced to a variety of built projects and plants commonly used in Bay Area landscapes. Extended Course Description Prerequisites Evaluation Format Reading LD ARCH 120 Two hours of lecture and two hours of studio per week. PREREQUISITES: 102 or consent of instructor. Technical, graphic and computational exercises, and studio problems in topographic site design and the shaping of the site for surface drainage. Extended Course Description LA 120 builds on the critical thinking and technical skills introduced in LA 101, continuing the exploration of ideas, materials, and processes involving earthwork and water. The exercises and research will help develop grading-related skills and knowledge required to professionally practice landscape architecture. The course gives a foundation of basic concepts and skills, with more complex exercises as the course progresses. Short assignments will be given for each technical skill presented in class. Classes will include a review of the previous assignment, a brief lecture introducing new material, and project discussion or desk crits. Readings will be assigned when relevant. Case study research and presentations may be required. In addition, the course will introduce typical site drainage structures and methods, road alignment concepts, the organization of typical contract documents and specifications, and digital representation of such documents. A few short field trips will be taken to illustrate the topics, including walking tours on campus and trips to grading-related projects (completed or under construction). Equipment Grading Policy Required Text Optional Texts LD ARCH 121 Three hours of lecture and one and one half hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: 101, ARCH 100A, or consent of instructor. This course introduces the visual and physical characteristics of landscape construction materials including, but not limited to, stone, brick, concrete, metal, asphalt, and wood. Additionally, lectures cover the production and availability of these materials, any existing evaluations on their sustainability, and their potential impact on the immediate environment. Students also learn to utilize standard sources of information on building materials and the terminology typically utilized when choosing and specifying construction materials. They become familiar with dimensional standards for landscape structures, including pavements, stairs, furnishings, retaining walls, freestanding walls, fences, decks, and small overhead structures. LD ARCH 121 SEC 1 A complete understanding of materials and construction methods is one of the most important tools a designer possesses, and is critical to the successful making of a place. This course will examine materials used in landscape construction, typical on-site and off-site construction methods and introduce the methods of detailing. Methods of locating materials, including recycled and re-used materials will be emphasized Materials covered will include stone, brick, metals, concrete, asphalt, wood and various specialty products such as outdoor fabric, plastics and glass. The course will include the material selection and detailing for paving, walls, steps, railings, arbors, fences, decks, fountains and furnishings. Particular attention will be given to the appropriate use of these materials with regard to their durability, aesthetic quality and environmental impact. Assignments will include: a field notebook of measured sketches of built construction details, measured drafted drawings of existing landscape elements and a final project that includes either a hands-on construction project or a written report on a construction detail, material, or method. LD ARCH 121 SEC 2 A complete understanding of materials and construction methods is one of the most important tools a designer possesses, and is critical to the successful making of a place. This course will examine materials used in landscape construction, typical on-site and off-site construction methods and introduce the methods of detailing. Methods of locating materials, including recycled and re-used materials will be emphasized Materials covered will include stone, brick, metals, concrete, asphalt, wood and various specialty products such as outdoor fabric, plastics and glass. The course will include the material selection and detailing for paving, walls, steps, railings, arbors, fences, decks, fountains and furnishings. Particular attention will be given to the appropriate use of these materials with regard to their durability, aesthetic quality and environmental impact. Assignments will include: a field notebook of measured sketches of built construction details, measured drafted drawings of existing landscape elements and a final project that includes either a hands-on construction project or a written report on a construction detail, material, or method. LD ARCH 130 Three hours of lecture per week. Survey of landscape architecture as it has evolved as an expression of people, time and place, including the garden, parks, and public open spaces. Land use planning and environmental protection. Discussion of design process and planning methods, materials, and techniques of professional practice. Extended Course Description Course Description Texts Requirements LD ARCH 132 Three hours of lecture and three and one-half hours of laboratory per week. This course introduces students to the use of computers in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design. It develops applied computing skills in Web publishing, Computer Aides Design (CAD), image scanning, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). CAD is emphasized in the first half of the semester and includes: 2D and 3D modeling, object rendering, integration of images, fly-through movies, and solar studies. The rest of the semester expands spatial design, graphics, and virtual modeling by integrating support information from geographic information systems (GIS), digital ortho-photos (DOP/DOQ), and global positioning systems (GPS). Lecture time is spent discussing problems and solutions of data: acquisition, accuracy, representation, modeling, and communication in landscape design. The lab/studio seeks innovative application of technology to medium- to large-scale landscape design problems. The focus of the lab/studio varies from semester to semester, but typical topics include garden design, park design, neighborhood design, open space design, and others. Extended Course Description This course introduces students to the use of computers in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design. Its central focus is the development of applied skills for computer-aided design (CAD) while examining the role that geographic information systems can play in the design process. This course provides students with 'hands-on' experience using and integrating the Internet, the World Wide Web, image processing, computer-aided design and geographic information systems in design. The course will emphasize 2D graphics in the first half of the semester, followed by 3D representations, rendering, 'fly-through' and solar studies in the latter half. In addition, the course introduces the student to global positioning systems, geographic information systems, surface modeling and the integration of raster images with CAD. The course consists of both a lecture and a 'hands-on' laboratory session each week. The lecture is structured as a seminar in which the instructor and students discuss problems and CAD solutions in landscape design. The laboratory provides a practical introduction to some tools for spatial data manipulation in CAD. Enrollment Prerequisites Topics Covered Assignments and Evaluation Lab Assignments: 40% References Help menus LD ARCH 136 Two hours of lecture and four hours of studio per week. Imagination is the foundation for creative expression in the landscape. This course encourages exploration and personal expression for the realization of new landscape forms. This laboratory intends to refine drawing compositional skills by fostering imagination, intuition, and creativity. The media explored will be pen and ink, watercolor, collage, and 3-dimensional construction. We will study the human figure through analytical drawings and live models. The realms of moving images, the landscape of the animated cartoon, and the sequential art of the comic will be investigated. Extended Course Description “It is a splendid thing to look at something and to admire it; to think about it and then say: I am going to draw it, and …fix it on paper.” Drawing is the foundation for creative expression in the landscape. LA 136 encourages exploration and personal expression for the realization of new landscape forms. This laboratory intends to refine drawing and compositional skills by fostering imagination, intuition and creativity. A wide variety of visual forms, such as animation, moving images, sequential art and 3-dimensional constructions will be studied. Prerequisites Required Text LD ARCH 140 Two hours of lecture and one hour of seminar per week.User-oriented approach to design. Post-occupancy evaluation as a tool for understanding use of designed open spaces. Design as a communication process. Environmental needs of vulnerable populations--children, elderly, disabled, low-income families. Personal and societal environmental values. Extended Course Description More than ever before we are faced with the need to understand what makes good sense in the public realm from the human perspective. How formal and informal landscapes can encourage or discourage use applies to all kinds of places: from urban wildlands to neighborhood mini-parks, high-style urban squares to one-day parking space plazas, community centers to third spaces, upscale shopping malls to ad hoc night markets. It goes without saying that in an increasingly “glocal” (simultaneously global and local) world, this applies to all kinds of people. LA 140 is designed as a small, exploratory seminar aimed at updating the literature, the methods, the class assignments, and design and planning application of Clare Cooper-Marcus’s seminal course. To accomplish this we will meet on 12 Wednesdays during the semester, from 12-2 pm, for lecture and discussion. Additionally we will go out into the field several times to look, record, and talk. At the end of the semester there will be a 1-day conference where students will present a site project. Three guest experts will critique your work and present their opinions on key issues to address in social factors research and application. The day will conclude with a facilitated discussion. Prerequisites Objectives LD ARCH 160 Three hours of seminar per week. PREREQUISITES: 161 or graduate standing. Survey and analysis of professional practice in landscape architecture focusing on: the context of professional practice--office structure, public, private and non-profit practice, marketing, project management and delivery; the legal parameters of practice--contracts, codes, planning regulations, project approval processes, liability; and economics--budgeting, profits, project development costs, fiscal impacts, and financing. Extended Course Description Learning Objectives Topics Covered Introduction to landscape practice Employment Licensing exam Business law Instructional Methods Requirements for Credit Successful completion of the internship is a mandatory requirement for the class. As part of this class students will be required to build and complete their school portfolio, write a short term paper, and write and present a chapter report from the business law book. Since this will be a fast paced class, full attendance is highly encouraged. LD ARCH 198 Hours to be arranged. PREREQUISITES: Consent of instructor. No more than 4 units allowed each semester. Course may be repeated for credit. Must be taken on a passed/not passed basis. LD ARCH 199 PREREQUISITES: Consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit. Must be taken on a passed/not passed basis. |