Instructor:
Randy Hester

Lecture (CCN: 28903) TT 3:30 – 5:00P 112 Wurster

Units: 3

The course provides a general introduction to the College of Environmental Design and its constituent departments of Architecture, City and Regional Planning, and Landscape Architecture. The overall goal is to promote an understanding of the forces that shape the human-made environment and the role-played by design professionals.
Topics focus on the creation of house form including social purpose and magic; the vocabulary to environmental design and planning; how people design; and the making of cities from aesthetic, justice, and sustainability perspectives.

Lectures will be given by a variety of speakers reflecting the College of Environmental Design faculty as well as a representative group of design practitioners. Student work will include creating a series of short projects and design exercises. A mid-term examination and a final project will be given.

Required Text:
1. Rapoport, Amos. House, Form and Culture
2. Francis, Mark and Randolph Hester. The Meaning of Gardens
3. Lynch, Kevin. The Image of the City
4. Lyndon, Donlyn and Charles Moore. Chambers for a Memory Palace
5. Course Reader