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Accelerated Intro to GIS (prerequisite) (Summer) Students are introduced to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications appropriate to landscape analysis. GIS is an increasingly important software tool for organizing digital spatial data in an accessible and logical manner for site design, recreation master planning, visual analysis, comprehensive planning, resource management and public advocacy. |
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LARCH-515: Advanced GIS/Geospatial Analysis I (Fall) This is an advanced course in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and an introductory course in GeoDesign. Students continue their studies in GIS applications and apply them to geodesign projects. GeoDesign is an increasingly important integrative design and technology based process for urban design, site design, recreation master planning, visual analysis, comprehensive planning, resource management and public advocacy. Prerequisite: GIS experience/coursework |
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LARCH-521: Environmental Policy (Fall) Environmental problems are essentially social, economic and political problems. This course initially traces the evolution of United States environmental policy, legislation and regulations, including the background and context of environmental policymaking; the substantive problems and political process of environmental movements; and contemporary environmental thought with regard to issues of sustainability and environmental justice. |
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SDN-601: Sustainable Design Methodologies (Fall) Sustainability is a cultural phenomenon that is reshaping the way architects, engineers, designers and planners conceive of the built environment. This lecture/seminar course will explore changes in culture over the years that have led to the formation and adoption of contemporary sustainable design practices, technologies and processes. Current aspects of sustainability will be explored including the impact of the LEED rating system, legislation, environmental law, corporate culture evolution, integrated design process, energy modeling and economic impacts of land development. |
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GeoDesign Studio I (Fall) GeoDesign is a planning and design process that is based on physical and biological information, references social and economic information and is holistic and interdisciplinary. In this introductory GeoDesign studio, students will form collaborative teams and work with a client/partner to solve a real urban geospatial design problem. Various GeoDesign techniques, digital technologies and scenario management tools will be introduced and applied. |
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GeoDesign Studio II (Spring) In this intermediate design studio, students will form collaborative teams and apply geospatial analysis techniques and information modeling to a more complex urban design problem. Students will work cooperatively with the community client/partner throughout the design process. Community members will be instructed how to use one or more geospatial tools in the decision-making process. |
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Geospatial Analysis II (Spring) This advance geospatial course will focus on analysis and modeling of urban structure and dynamics. Geospatial analysis and modeling have become important and indispensible tools for understanding urban infrastructure and dynamics. Exercises will include simulating and modeling urban transportation systems, analyzing and modeling urban growth, and predicting urban changes and impacts. |
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Information Modeling (Spring) Geospatial data will be used as the context basis for building information modeling (BIM), which is an integrated process for digitally exploring, defining and optimizing a project's physical and financial characteristics during design and management. The scales of building, campus, neighborhood, city and region will be studied. Principles of GeoDesign, integrated projected delivery and lean design will be discussed in relation to this process. |
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Applied Research Studio (individual or small group) (Summer) In this culminating studio, students will work individually or in small groups to on an applied research project that developed through a previous design studio, a technology course, or from an outside source. The applied research outcomes will then be utilized and tested as part of a community outreach design project. |
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GeoDesign Explorations (Summer) Extensive and high-quality geographic data sources are important for any kind of spatial analysis or application, especially in the field of urban data management. In this seminar course cutting-edge and exploratory geospatial techniques and applications will be examined. For example, robotics allows for spatial data collection within buildings but how can the technology be applied to exterior urban spaces? The theory behind gamification is that users are more likely to adopt (and actively use) an application when there is an aspect of game play associated with it. How does GeoDesign make the best use of gamification techniques/tools? |
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SDN-602: Adaptive Design (Summer) An introduction to quantitative criteria that define
adaptive responses as instrumental characteristics of design based on human
comfort, program, climate and site. Investigations will seek an understanding
of the reciprocity between competing (and often contradictory) design forces,
such as theoretical versus real, dynamic versus static, spatial and
numerical, energy gain and loss. An awareness of the function of scientific
instruments for measurements and performance assessments on buildings and
outdoor spaces on real sites with the goal of achieving human comfort will be
explored. Students will propose design interventions in accordance with their
experimental data and use simulation tools to assess ultimate performance of
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