Courses
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Communication for Designers
\”The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings. In the end the communicator will be confronted…
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Dioramic Modes in Landscape Architecture
This seminar/workshop explores the practical and theoretical potential of the diorama as a robust set of representational operations in the design and description of landscape…
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Advanced Landscape as Digital Media: Fabricating Grounds
The course is aimed at fostering a conceptual as well as technical approach to the introduction of digital design and fabrication techniques within landscape design…
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Landscape as Animation
This elective seminar studies the work of artist Joshua Mosley, in particular his methods of representing landscape through sequential photographic animation. In conjunction with four…
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Recalibrating Infrastructure
This advanced research seminar will probe the contemporary networked metropolis, using Los Angeles and its surrounding region as a springboard. Current modes of production and…
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The Moment of the Monument
Built around two practica–involving the \”excavation\” of an existing monument and the design of a future monument–the course examines the rise and fall of the…
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North American Seacoasts and Landscapes: Discovery Period to the Present
Selected topics in the history of the North American coastal zone, including the seashore as wilderness, as industrial site, as area of recreation, and as…
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Proseminar in History, Theory and Urban Design
This research seminar addresses subjects of history, theory and human sciences related to architecture and the city for students preparing for or enrolled in doctoral…
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Changing Natural and Built Coastal Environments
Katharine Parsons, Steven Apfelbaum
This course will examine natural and anthropogenic processes affecting the coastal zone and nearshore environment. Ecological principles and their application to design and planning will…
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Preparation of Design Thesis Proposal for Master in Landscape Architecture
A weekly seminar required for MLA candidates electing to pursue a design thesis. The course intent is to define the design thesis and to frame…