LA 203
Shaping the Public Realm


Fall 2006

Instructor:
David Meyer

Lecture: (CCN: 48608) MW 2:00 – 3:00P 315D Wurster
Studio: (CCN: 48611) MW 3:00 - 6:00P 315 Wurster

Units: 5

This studio has two primary goals. The first goal is to conceptualize. Instead of being asked to solve multiple problems or address specific program requirements, students will be asked to design a landscape that embodies ideas. By utilizing design fundamentals, students will be encouraged to realize ideas through minimal moves and experimentation. Students will be encouraged to think about composition more in the terms of being experiential, rather than pictorial. Students will be encouraged to experiment, make landscapes that distinguish place and to make them memorable.

The second goal is to pursue the thoughtful execution of your ideas – taking concepts beyond collage and sketch models to discover a design’s true physicality. Models and drawings, full scale if need be, will be created to explore materials, form, scale, proportion and tectonics.

The majority of studio/teaching time will be dedicated to individual desk critiques and group pin-ups.