SUM + AUT 23 Courses (all count towards Urban Ecological Design Minor)
Also available on our Courses page: https://larch.be.uw.edu/students/courses/
Summer 2023
L Arch 300: Introduction to Landscape Architecture Studio
Vincent Javet, Rich Desanto
6 credits, A&H
MWF 1:10 – 5:10 PM
SLN: 11891
Questions? contact Jennie Li, jencyli@uw.edu
This is the only prerequisite course required to apply to the BLA Major
This studio provides an introduction into the methods and practice of integrating landscape architectural design into urban environments. This is a heavily collaborative class in which students work closely with instructors and one another to discuss, observe, and design local environments. You will have a portfolio of works ready for the BLA application by the end of this course.
Autumn 2023
NOTE: L Arch 300 will be offered in Winter quarter instead of Autumn to better line up with the BLA application cycle.
L Arch 212: Designing the Future
Keith Harris
3 credits, A&H/SSc
MWF 1:00 – 2:20 PM
SLN: 17159
Questions? contact Jennie Li, jencyli@uw.edu
How do landscape architects and other designers shape our cities, our lives, and our futures? Through fieldwork, hand-on activities, research, and discussion, this course explores innovative and interdisciplinary design thinking and practice that addresses critical human issues from the local to the global scale.
L Arch 341: Site Design and Planning
Eric Higbee
3 credits, A&H
TTh 11:30–12:50
SLN : 17163
“Site design and planning is the art and science shaping the places we live and work. Its aim is foundationally moral and aesthetic: to enhance everyday life.”
L Arch 352: History of Landscape Architecture
Elizabeth Umbanhowar
5 credits A&H/SSc+Writing
TTh 1:30–3:20
SLN: 17164
Landscape architecture is more than the study of private gardens. Landscape histories bear witness to the diverse experiences, ideas, and people that, through time, have shaped space and place both exalted and everyday. Learning to “read” landscape and its histories offers important skills to challenge the legacies of colonialism and oppression, interrogate our present-day environmental crises, and navigate uncertain futures. In this survey course we critically examine the writing, production, and performance of global landscapes and their narratives from the Paleolithic to the mid-19th century.
L Arch 498A: Sensory Design: An Interdisciplinary Seminar
Amy Wagenfeld, PhD, OTR/L, SCEM, EDAC, FAOTA, Affiliate Faculty (Landscape Architecture)
3 credits
Tu 6-8:50 pm
SLN: 17181
This seminar is designed to provide students with an overview of the eight sensory systems and their role in design. Providing future design professionals with a footing in the importance of the sensory systems and their relevance to built environments enriches design decisions by giving students a better understanding of how the sensory systems guide our daily lives, resulting in more thoughtful, adaptive, and inclusive designs. With increased interest in designing for individuals with neurodiversity this seminar is timely and important.
Weekly small group assignments culminating in a final major project as well as information sharing, guest lectures, and experiential learning will factor significantly into the course structure.