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The CED Professional Development Workshop Series offers applied-skills training to students in the College of Environmental Design. The workshops are designed to help meet the demands of the ever-expanding interdisciplinary field of environmental design through the introduction of new computer technologies and software, the development of leadership and presentation skills, and the explanation of new professional standards, regulations, and policies. Page Links
This four-hour workshop is designed for students with working knowledge of Rhinoceros 4.0 who are looking to build upon their skills and workflow. The first half of the course will focus on alternate methods surface modeling and editing. The second half will explore importing and exporting possibilities of Rhino files for three-dimensional visualization and cursory tutorials of Rhino plug-ins. Patrick Lynch received his B.S. in architecture from the University of Minnesota and his M.Arch. with distinction and M.S. in design research from the University of Michigan. At the University of Michigan, he was the Emil Lorch Scholar and was awarded a graduate thesis prize for his work Cite Sited. He has previously worked for Perkins+Will and taught, as a student, in both graduate and undergraduate courses. Currently, he is a lecturer at UC Berkeley and works for Guthrie + Buresh Architects.
The Intermediate SketchUp course is for planning, architecture, or landscape architecture students who have been using SketchUp on their own and who would like to improve their SketchUp skills and learn new techniques to make their models easier to work with. The course will begin with Best Practices — going over the basics of components, layers, importing CAD and images, and exporting with layout. The second portion of the course will focus on modeling topography, learning the basics of building and editing a topo model from a survey, importing topography from Google Maps, and exporting topo lines from an edited model. The third portion of the class will be an open question-and-answer period. Students are encouraged to email the instructor, Chris Sensenig ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ), with direct questions about their models one week before the class. Questions may include, Can I do this in SketchUp? and, Why is my model running so slow? If appropriate, please include your model in the email with the question so the instructor will have time to analyze the model prior to the class. Christopher Sensenig is an urban designer at Van Meter Williams Pollack, LLP, in San Francisco. He received his M.C.P. and M.Arch. from UC Berkeley and B.A. in architecture from Washington University in St. Louis. Christopher has worked on the HOPE SF Potrero Terrace and Annex redevelopment, the Schlage Lock: Visitacion Valley Master Plan, and TOD planning throughout the Bay Area.
Learn how to use the SlideTab Surface Creation system developed by Chris K. Palmer to create paper and plastic 3D forms. This technology works great for realizing meshes from thin sheets of material. It also avoids the negative accumulated error common with the classic glue-and-tab method of construction. Instead, the edges have enough freedom to adjust towards the perfect position. The workshop will kick off in 214 Wurster Hall and include instruction on the use of a Rhino plug-in, and will conclude in the CADCAM lab, where we will cut and build our modeled forms using the laser cutters. Chris Palmer is a fine artist who has specialized in traditional and modern geometric art, textile design, traditional ornament, and folding. After four years of teaching digital fabrication in schools of architecture in Chicago (IIT) and at the University of Colorado at Boulder, he now works with Rob Bell in a design/build studio in San Francisco and is the CADCAM manager at UC Berkeley.
The Intermediate Adobe Suite course is for students who have been using Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign on their own and would like to improve their knowledge of each program and ability to move between the programs in the suite. The course will begin with an overview of best practices of file organization and manipulation of imported images from Autocad, GIS, and photographs, as well as an overview of the best uses of each program. The second portion of the course will focus on illustrating a design proposal for street improvements using diagrams created from GIS information and collaging street perspectives. The remainder of the course will then focus on laying out the proposal in InDesign in addition to a question and answer period. Participants are encouraged to email the instructor Kim Suczynski at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with direct questions one week before the class. Questions may include, How do I make a diagram in Illustrator using GIS information? and, Why is Photoshop running slow? Kim Suczynski, LEED-AP, is a designer at Pyatok Architects in Oakland. Kim is a founding member and designer with Recess, an interdisciplinary design collaborative in Oakland. She received her M.C.P. and M.Arch. from UC Berkeley and B.S. in architecture from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Kim has worked at Gensler and at Asian Neighborhood Design in San Francisco, and at Young+Wright Architectural in Buffalo, New York.
Upon completion of this workshop, students will have learned advanced techniques for joining together hardwoods for furniture or sculptural applications using select hand tools and floor machines. The unique characteristics of wood and its applications will be discussed in detail. The two-day workshop will emphasize both general shop-safety policies and equipment-specific safety concerns. Students will see demonstrations highlighting the full capabilities of woodshop tools in the making of strong, decorative joints. Participants will spend a portion of the first day learning about various joint types and creating samples. The second day will focus on the fabrication and construction of a custom, high-quality picture frame utilizing splined-miter joints that students can take home with them. Ample hands-on fabrication time will be provided. Matt Wolpe-Senior graduated from Evergreen State College in 2005 with an emphasis in urban studies. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City to work for an architecture firm that specialized in refugee housing made out of recycled shipping pallets. From there, Matt went on to work with a variety of non-profits whose goals were to link design, community, and education. These included the Center for Urban Pedagogy, the Riverside Park Fund, and a post-Katrina design/build trip with Designcorps that provided experimental relief structures to refugees from the hurricane. In the summer of 2008, Matt apprenticed at Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Vermont, where he studied woodworking, natural building, sustainable design, and carpentry. Currently, Matt is a senior mechanician for furniture and carpentry at the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley, teaches woodworking at The Crucible in Oakland, and is the co-founder of Just Fine Design Build. The class is open to CED students who have completed shop orientation.
Upon completion of this workshop, students will gain an understanding of the basic operations of the 3-Axis Vertical Index Mill and the LeBlonde Machine Lathe through the fabrication of a brass and aluminum ball-peen hammer they will fabricate, assemble, and take home. This one-day workshop will emphasize both general shop-safety policies and equipment-specific safety concerns. Students will learn the various parts and functions of the machines, as well as basic operations including facing, profiling, turning, drilling, parting, and center drilling. Ample hands-on fabrication time will be provided. Class is open to CED students who have completed shop orientation.
Note: All fees are subject to change. * First- and second-year graduate students paying Professional Degree Supplemental Tuition in the M.Arch., M.C.P., M.L.A., M.L.A.-E.P., and M.U.D. programs at the College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley, may register for two workshops per semester using the discount code provided during registration. Please note that a UC Berkeley student ID number is required for each student who registers with the discount code. All workshop registrations are processed through Acteva. First- and second-year CED graduate students paying Professional Degree Supplemental Tuition may register for free using the discount code provided on Acteva. Register now. Rules and Regulations
Contact Erica Mohar at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it if you have any questions. Refunds and Cancellations Registrations are transferable but not refundable. Transfer requests must be made by the attendee or credit-card holder in writing four days prior to the workshop. Email Erica Mohar at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to request a transfer. Requests must include the name of the attendee and the Acteva transaction number. Students who wish to cancel a reservation must do so no fewer than four days prior to a workshop. Email Erica Mohar at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to cancel a reservation. Failure on the part of a student to cancel a reservation on time will result in the forfeiture of one of the student's two free admissions to the workshop series. |
