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Studio L1: Environmental Design

X116 (2 semester units in Landscape Architecture)

A requirement in the Certificate Program in Landscape Architecture

This course provides an introduction to site-specific design projects, with emphasis on both small- and large-scale projects. Through lectures, discussions, a series of exercises, and studio critiques, students receive an introduction to basic design vocabulary, approaches, and concepts of spatial order, scale, complexity, perception, and visual thinking.

Prerequisites: Principles and Elements of Design X412.1; Landscape Graphics I X15; Landscape Graphics II X17; one course in plant materials and applications; and Gardens, Parks, and Urban Open Spaces I (X416) and II (X418).

There are currently no sections open for enrollment.

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Thurs. Sept. 3, San Francisco

VERA GATES, B.S., LEED AP, is a licensed landscape architect. Her design firm, Arterra, specializes in sustainable residential landscape design. She earned her degree in Environmental Design from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

• 15 meetings
• Sept. 3 to Dec. 17: Thurs., 6:30-9:30 pm (no meeting Nov. 26)
• San Francisco: Room 215, Art and Design Center, 95 Third St.
• $685 (EDP 011858)

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