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ENV DES 1
PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
MARTIN

(3) Three houres of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Student will receive no credit for 1 after taking 4. Environmental awareness and environmental design. Survey of relationships between people and environments, designed, and non-designed. Emphasis on activism and sustainability. Interpretations of architecture, landscapes and urban planning, and introduction to their literature and professional practices.

ENV DES 11A
INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL REPRESENTATION AND DRAWING
HAWKINSON

(4) Three hours of lecture and twelve hours of studio per week. Prerequisites Env Des 1 or 4. Introductory studio course: theories of representation and the use of several visual means, including free hand drawing, to analyze and convey ideas regarding the environment. Contour, scale, perspective, color, tone, texture, and design.

ENV DES 11B
INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN
MCGILL

(4) Three hours of lecture, six hours of studio, and one hour of seminar per week. Prerequisites: Env Des 11A. Introduction to design concepts and conventions of graphic representation and model building as related to the study of architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, and city planning. Drawing in plan, section, elevation, axonometric, and perspective. Design projects addressing concepts of order, site analysis, scale, structure, rhythm, detail, culture, and landscape.

ENV DES 253
URBAN PLACES THESIS STUDIO
PELLEGRINI

(5) The summer thesis studio provides students with a supportive environment in which to complete their self-directed individual design thesis projects. Guidance is provided by a professional urban design practitioner who directs the studio, with participation by other practitioners and some faculty of the Graduate Group in Urban Design. Work leads to completion of the thesis design project by late summer and presentation to faculty and students during orientation week of the fall semester.