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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Fine and Applied Arts

This course focuses on project design at various scales, utilizing problems of a wide range of complexity and subject matter. These include, but are not limited to, rural, community, and urban problems, housing, recreation, and natural areas. It emphasizes problem analysis and generation of innovative design alternatives. The student selects from several sections depending on specific interests.

2011 Workshop Topics

Between Matter and Experience (instructor: David Hays)
Lake Bloomington Watershed and Wetland Design (instructor: Dave Kovacic)
Cultural Landscapes (instructor: Amita Sinha)
That Place by the Thing (instructor: Stephen Sears)
Ecological Design (instructor: Jinki Kim)
Multi-Functional Landscapes (instructor: Sarah Taylor Lovell)

2010 Workshop Topics

San Tome Design (instructor: Laura Lawson and Rebecca Ginsburg)
Round Barn Design (instructor: Stephen Sears)
Govardhan Hill Planning and Heritage Preservation (instructor: Amita Sinha)
Landscape and Human Health (instructor: William Sullivan)
Considering Distant Effects (instructor: James Urban)

2009 Workshop Topics

East St. Louis Design Workshop (instructor: Laura Lawson)
Green Roof Design (instructor: David Kovacic, in collaboration with Conservation Design Forum)
Natural History (instructor: David Hays, in collaboration with Martin Holland, Landscape Architecture)

2008 Workshop Topics

DIGITAL MEDIA AND THE HYPERNARRATIVE LANDSCAPE l RE-IMAGinING 'xxxSITExxx' (instructor: Stephen Sears)
Green Design for the University of Illinois Convention Center and Signature Buiding (instrutor: David Kovacic, in collaboration with Conservation Design Forum)
East Central Illinois Hindu Temple Landscape (instructor: Amita Sinha)
Memorials and the Landscape (instructor: Martin Holland)

2007 Workshop Topics

Design for the Visually Impaired (instructor: Vincent Bellafiore)
Green Neighborhood Design Studio (instructor: James Wescoat, in collaboration with visiting practitioner Dan Purciarello)
Performing Space (instructor: David Hays, in collaboration with Professor Tere O'Conner, Dance)
Sustainable South Farm Workshop (instructor: David Kovacic, in collaboration with Conservation Design Forum)

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