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LA 141 Landscape Representation
AMAECHI OKIGBO
The creative process of design and the development of the means by which design ideas and solutions can be translated into human experiences are the primary focus of this course. During the semester, students develop and translate abstract site design ideas (or concepts) into spaces and forms, utilizing the various design media and elements available to landscape architects and designers. The primary concern is with the development of proficiency in landscape delineation and rendering techniques.

 
  Yasamin Bahador-Zadeh

  Meghan McMahon

 
         
LA 201 Medium of the Landscape
MARVIN ADLEMAN
This studio is intended to broaden the student’s knowledge, skills and abilities in applying design principles and processes to site design. Students focus on organizing and forming outdoor space, siting buildings and other structures, designing vehicular and pedestrian circulation, as well as the preservation of desirable landscape character. The design process, including site inventory, site analysis and site program development followed by conceptual, schematic and final site design is emphasized in all projects.

 
  Thomas Brown
& Daniel Evans

  Taylor Korfhage-Poret
& Garrett Wasson

 
         
LA 301 Medium of the Landscape
KATHRYN GLEASON & KELLY COOK
Every site has an archaeology. Examination of how the memory of the place can be represented to reveal unanticipated opportunities for contemporary design imbued with the sense of place, or genius loci. This studio examines the theoretical proposition that a landscape is a palimpsest, but never a tabula rasa or clean slate for the designer. Students entertain a series of theoretical and representational ideas about the natural and cultural making of two sites as a basis for design. Objectives of the studio were to explore the connections between theory and practice, with theoretical and artistic ideas about representation moving to design proposals, planting plans, and design details. The process will include integration of community feedback; work with a range of specialists and artists, and processes of individual invention.

 
  Blythe Yost

  Cameron Spies

 
         
LA 501 Theory, Composition & Design
JEREMY FOSTER & LEONARD MIRIN
The focus of this studio is on the multiple ways in which we can approach, ‘see’ and ‘make sense of’ a piece of landscape. Landscape architects obviously draw in order to record and illustrate physical concepts, but what is not so frequently acknowledged is that they also draw in order to discover something, which does not yet exist. Synthetic, creative and poetic invention is the essence of design and, at the end of the day, what sets landscape architects apart from the other ‘problem-solving’ professions who address the environment. Additionally, this studio develops the student’s basic manual skills as well as his/her conceptual skills in visualization, composition and interpretation.

 
  John Baran



  Sage Ferguson



 
         
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