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Landscape Design I: Site Analysis and Schematic Design

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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

Schedule:

Every week on Monday, starting on 04/15/24 and ending on 06/24/24 (excluding 04/22/24, 04/29/24, 05/27/24)

Times:

06:00pm-09:00pm EDT

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Instructor:

William Thomson William Thomson

William Thomson

Will Thomson is a certified arborist and landscape designer, currently in the 2024 cohort for the Spitzer School of Architecture's Master of Landscape Architecture program. He also holds a MSc in Environmental Science from the American University of Beirut and works as a consulting arborist with AECOM. His research and work includes advocating for community gardens through the Share Shed NYC project, designing edible green infrastructure, exploring the political ecology of landscapes, and bridging rural and urban landscapes.

Location:

NYBG, Watson Room 320
2900 Southern Blvd
Bronx, NY 10458

Session Number:

244LAN401

Price:

Price Member (Incl. Materials) : $610.00
Non-Member (Incl. Materials) : $670.00

Prerequisite(s):

Landscape Design History
Graphics I

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