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Catalog Description

Advanced topics in media and interpretation, such as freehand drawing, measured drawings, aspects of computer graphics, geographic information systems, and photography. Six laboratory hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.

Prerequisite

Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser. Course participants are expected to have a demonstrable facility with drawing, image processing and physical modeling. There is a substantial independent laboratory component to this course.

Course Description

This course enables students to master the digital techniques of modeling and visualization particular to the discipline of landscape architecture. Participants will employ varying methods of internal and external representations that augment design investigation, proposal, and presentation. Lectures, demonstrations, and student projects will focus on the digital translation of spatial experience, including the complex phenomena encountered in living, dynamic systems.

Over the course of the semester the class will focus on the conditions of 2D, 3D, and 4D digital representation. There will be required weekly skill based assignments. Participants will engage in a semester long project that seeks a balance between skill development and design inquiry. The project will seek to illuminate a particular landscape condition through the application of digital and information technologies. The project will be reviewed by a jury three times over the course of the semester, culminating in the final presentation during exam period.

The course will meet once a week for a combined lecture and lab session. In addition to regular class meetings, weekly skills workshops will be offered, aimed at developing digital literacy. Class size will be limited by the computing facilities available at the School of Architecture.

Pedagogic Objectives

1. To provide a computing environment that focuses primarily on the representation of the complex phenomena particular to the discipline of landscape architecture.
2. To employ the various modeling and information technologies available to landscape architects for design inquiry and presentation.
3. To augment existing computing skills in preparation for advanced study and the application of digital design technologies in the studio environment.

Time Commitment

6- 12 hours per week outside of scheduled class meetings.