Introduction to Design

Catalog description

This introductory studio introduces a range of tools, skills and concepts rooted in architecture, landscape architecture and engineering to equip students with the foundation for design work in riverine and coastal environments. The course will focus on methods for understanding, analyzing, and visualizing sites at an urban-water interface, and will culminate in developing volumetric-based design ideas for holding water in this specific urbanized context. Through this immersion in design-thinking with a focus on urban-water systems, students will learn to critically see, think, and design for new futures that embrace the performative capacity of landscapes for multiple social and ecological purposes.