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Landscape Design 1: Site Design Basics

ARCH X 471.1A

Explore form and the importance of scale in landscape architectural design. These skills and insights are applied culminating in a study of a small, site-scale school garden.

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Fall
Winter
Hybrid
Starting at $1,019.00
As few as 11 weeks
4.0
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What you can learn.

  • Build upon drawing, seeing, and measuring skills
  • Create an informed design idea
  • Study and analyze a site
  • Develop a design process
  • Graphically and orally present designs

About this course:

This course explores basic design elements, principles, and issues relevant to landscape architecture. Projects emphasize abstract 3D space and form; the basics of site design: conceptual design, imagery, and symbolism; and basic issues of proportion, scale, and composition.
Prerequisites
ARCH X 472 Introduction to the Landscape Design Professions and ARCH X 472.4D Design Graphics I: Drafting and Drawing of the Built Environment.

Winter 2025 Schedule

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Wednesday, Saturday
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Instructor: Steven Chavez
402837
Fee:
$1,019.00
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Location: Field Trip , Remote Classroom
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Notes

Attendance at in-person meetings is mandatory per the LATC credentialing of this program.
Required in person meetings: Saturday, January 11; February 22 Macgowan Hall Courtyard, UCLA campus. 
No class meeting Wed. Feb 19
This hybrid section is made up of In Person and Live Online instruction.
International Students: This hybrid section is not considered in person for immigration purposes.
Internet access required. Materials required.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after January 14, 2025
Course Requirements
Book: Foundations of Landscape Architecture: Integrating Form and Space Using the Language of Site Design by Norman Booth
©2011 Wiley
ISBN 0470635053
Book: Form and Fabric in Landscape Architecture: A Visual Introduction
ISBN 978-0415246385
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Lecture
Wed Jan 8, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Off-Site
Sat Jan 11, 2025
1:30PM PT - 4:30PM PT
Field Trip
Lecture
Wed Jan 15, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed Jan 22, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed Jan 29, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed Feb 5, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed Feb 12, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Off-Site
Sat Feb 22, 2025
1:30PM PT - 4:30PM PT
Field Trip
Lecture
Wed Feb 26, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed Mar 5, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed Mar 12, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed Mar 19, 2025
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom

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This course applies towards the following certificates & specializations…

Landscape Architecture
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