Landscape Design I: Site Analysis and Schematic Design

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Note the "Location" of each session, as we have in-person and online options. Price differences may apply. Confirmation emails contain specific class instructions.
Turning a vision into a plan is the designer's first challenge. Analyze landscapes, formulate the requirements of a design project and then translate them into schematic design solutions. Take part in class discussions and critiques, and present projects. Extensive out-of-class design homework required.

Required Text
Residential Landscape Architecture, 5th Edition
Booth and Hiss
Prentice Hall
ISBN-13 978-0136126973

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Schedule:	8 Saturdays, Onsite: 10/4, 10/18 10/25, & 11/1; Online: 11/8, 11/15, 11/22 & 12/6, 10am-1pm
Times:	10:00am-01:00pm EDT
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Meeting Date Start Time End Time Saturday, October 4, 2025 10:00am 01:00pm Saturday, October 18, 2025 10:00am 01:00pm Saturday, October 25, 2025 10:00am 01:00pm Saturday, November 1, 2025 10:00am 01:00pm Saturday, November 8, 2025 10:00am 01:00pm Saturday, November 15, 2025 10:00am 01:00pm Saturday, November 22, 2025 10:00am 01:00pm Saturday, December 6, 2025 10:00am 01:00pm Meeting Date Start Time End Time Saturday, October 4, 2025 10:00am 01:00pm Saturday, October 18, 2025 10:00am 01:00pm Saturday, October 25, 2025 10:00am 01:00pm Saturday, November 1, 2025 10:00am 01:00pm Saturday, November 8, 2025 10:00am 01:00pm Saturday, November 15, 2025 10:00am 01:00pm Saturday, November 22, 2025 10:00am 01:00pm Saturday, December 6, 2025 10:00am 01:00pm
Instructor:	Damon Arrington Damon Arrington Damon Arrington Damon Arrington is a Landscape Urbanist who focuses on crisis landscapes and their subsequent effect on the people that inhabit them, he is dedicated to exposing environmental injustice. Damon obtained a Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture from The City College of New York where he was a scholar for the J. Max Bond Center for Inclusion and Equity. His notable Landscape Architecture projects in NYC include The Hills on Governors Island, Jamaica Bay Restoration Project and park spaces for The New York Housing Authority. His work bridges science and architecture with art and community. Damon is owner of Verru Design, a landscape design firm in Brooklyn, NY which focuses on research and community as a way to generate design thought. Visit his website at verrudesign.com
Location:	Some sessions meet online & some at NYBG, Watson Room 305 2900 Southern Blvd Bronx, NY 10458
Session Number:	262LAN401ABL
Price:	Price Member (Incl. Materials) : $633.00 Non-Member (Incl. Materials) : $704.00
Prerequisite(s):	Landscape Design History Graphics I

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