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Virtual Studio for Urban Studies |
Urban Design
Course Number. LA446 Instructor. Brad Goetz Schedule. Tuesday and Thursday1:10 pm. - 4:50 pm. Prerequisite. LA 366, Landscape Design Expression |
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Project 2 Project 3: L ight Rail / TOD study Project 4 |
Course Description. Designing the urban landscape, including precedent exploration about the overall image, materials and structure of the city and its components. Academic Objectives. During the course of this studio each of you will develop schemes that deal with the built environment in its entirety, the overall experience, image and materials of the urban landscape. Buildings (their size, shape, texture and color) as well as streets, parks, plazas and pedestrian furniture will all be examined in relation to the organization of urban spaces, collectively these are the landscape. It is possible in the studio atmosphere to realize highly innovative and visionary ideas that may become the framework for future work. All drawings, models, and other work should exhibit creativity, be innovative in approach to representation, and express a high level of craft. The studio sequence will consist of several urban design problems of differing scale and complexity. Design of Cities will be very helpful with the interpretation of principles and will benefit the quality of class discussions. Working in the studio is encouraged, your classmates are very good sources of inspiration. Evaluation. Studio attendance and participation in studio discussions will be worth 10% of your grade. Studio projects will be weighted based on the amount of time spent on them (i.e. a 1 week assignment is worth half as much as a 2 week assignment). Each project will be evaluated and receive a grade: A Distinctive professional school quality B Distinctive professional school quality with minor revisions C Distinctive professional school quality with moderate revisions D Distinctive professional school quality with major revisions F Incomprehensible or without redeeming qualities Distinction may be demonstrated by a combination of professional conduct in the studio; remarkably thorough, creative, and well justified design; master craftsmanship in making pin-up and presentation products; avoiding destructive procrastination; conducting and documenting thorough research; prolific use of the computer and sketch paper to test ideas; initiating and substantiating ideas in informed project dialogue with the instructor; exceeding the minimum requirements, and so forth. Letter grades will be granted based on the relative professional quality of the work completed as of the specified due dates. Grades will reflect an evaluation based on two issues - theory and representation. Each will be treated equally toward the final grade. Grades will be assigned based on the instructor's professional judgment, which shall be final but may be appealed as described in the current CSU General Catalog under "Academic Appeals." On-time attendance is required at all course sessions unless prior arrangements are made with the instructor. Late projects will not be accepted except under the conditions set forth in the CSU General Catalog. Policy regarding academic honesty / dishonesty. In addition to "General Policies for Landscape Architecture Courses" please refer to the University statement on academic honesty in the General Catalogue under the section "Student Rights and Responsibilities." Required References Bacon, Edmund N. Design of Cities Jacobs, Jane. The Death and Life of Great American Cities Lynch, Kevin. The Image of the City Safdie, Moshe. The City After the Automobile Sitte Camillo. The Art of Building Cities: City Building According to its Artistic Fundamentals Stumpf, Bill. The Ice Palace that Melted Away Additional Helpful References Calthorpe, Peter. The Next American Metropolis Duany, Andres & Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. Towns and Town-making Principles Halprin, Lawrence. Cities Katz, Peter. The New Urbanism Rybczynski, Witold. City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World Whyte, William H. The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces Library. Much of the information required for initial project research will materialize through reference support found by you in a library. Interpretation of relevant precedents and the applicability of principles are of great importance to the successful completion of this course, and most likely your future work. "Tradition is a stream of development: irregular, unpredictable, inevitable. Like water running downhill, it resists the "traps" of categories and formulas, as it flows over, under, around and through the temporary barriers to its course. Thus the serious and intelligent modern artist does not reject tradition; he only rejects imitation of past segments in the stream." Garrett Eckbo. |
