Studio course emphasizing the design process and principles ingenerating design ideas, concepts and plans. The course focuses on the aestheties and functionality of site-specific design.

Outcome 1
Students will become familiar with and gain confidence in the design process as a method for solving site design problems.

Outcome 2
Students will create conceptual designs through site inventory and analysis, site opportunities and constraints, program generation and diagramming.

Outcome 3
Students will be able to refine concepts to spatially-accurate, well-formed schematic designs.

Outcome 4
Students will develop graphic skills through both hand-rendering and computer generated techniques.