Students will then develop a pavilion dedicated to the courtyard plaza in front of Perloff Hall, UCLA Architecture and Urban Design’s home on the UCLA campus. Through diagrammatic drawing and modeling they will learn how to generate codified systems in order to abstract inspiration and figuration from a seemingly abstract form to create order in the form of a simple enclosure.

They will understand how form and volume take shape through a series of deliberate operations. Students will begin by studying the ancient Japanese art form of origami. But every design has a through line – a way to describe from beginning to end the process taken to arrive at the final product. A single point could become a line in infinitely many directions, branching then again in infinitely more directions. It has been said that there is nothing more terrifying for a designer than a blank piece of paper because it is the embodiment of limitless possibilities. Taking part in group reviews and critiques while presenting projects to guest designers, critics, and instructorsįrom point to line to plane to volume – architecture takes shape – and it begins with a single sheet of paper.Participating in group and one-on-one instruction led by architects and designers.Learning drawing and modeling techniques.Creating space by designing architecture projects.

This program covers an exploratory design studio in which students will work alongside their studio instructors through several design exercises and projects.

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