UCLA

UCLA A.UD Summer 2012

JumpStart, WorkShops, Teen ArchStudio

UCLA Architecture & Urban Design is pleased to present some exciting new components to our Summer offerings that will continue to engage students in rigorous and innovative design. UCLA A.UD Summer Programs will provide unique opportunities for college students, professionals, and high school students to explore architecture and design with cutting-edge designers and practitioners, to learn and use the most dynamic software, work with fellow colleagues from a wide range of backgrounds, and to experience summer in Los Angeles on the UCLA campus. 

JumpStart: June 25 -  August 3, 2012
Open to prospective and current undergraduate and graduate students and working professionals.

WorkShops: August 6 – August 31
Open to all individuals interested in learning and furthering developing digital design skills.

Teen ArchStudio: July 23 – August 3
Open to current high school students.
 
JumpStart
Six-week program exploring architectural education for individuals contemplating careers in architecture, design and related fields. The program is structured around the experience of a design studio typically offered within the curricula of graduate programs. Intensive design exercises using the latest computer aided techniques in 3D modeling lead to complex and sophisticated architectural projects that ultimately conform a robust basis for applications to graduate programs.

Courses include:

  • Architectural Design Studio: Focused on developing design skills using contemporary processes of production. Projects enhance the relationship between building and human scales, deeply rooted in a current social and cultural environment.
  • Introduction to Representation: Develop digital modeling and drawing skills subsequently deployed in design projects.
  • History of Architecture and Urban Design: (Optional) Survey of architectural and urban history from baroque to contemporary moment that covers significant buildings, spaces, artifacts, and theories of modernism. 

Class activities include:

  • create brief yet rigorous and sophisticated projects 
  • learn the latest techniques on digital design
  • engage in demonstrations using digital and analog techniques 
  • participate in group and one-on-one instruction led by architects and designers
  • participate in group reviews and critiques and present your projects to guest designers, critics, and instructors
  • access to UCLA’s Arts and Architecture Library

Field trips of significant architectural and design sites in Los Angels take place each week. Important local architects and critics who explore the central significance of Los Angeles for the future of American architecture and urbanism provide presentations within our weekly

Lecture Series. Previous guests include: Neil Denari, Hitoshi Abe, Greg Lynn, Benjamin Ball, Gaston Nogues, Heather Roberge,; Kivi Sotamaa, Kevin Daily, and  Hadrian Predock.

A Portfolio Workshop and Career Symposium exposes students to the latest developments in the discipline as well as information to assist  them to strengthen their portfolios for application to graduate programs.

An Exhibition of student work takes place on the final day  of the program in the Perloff Hall Gallery. Family members and friends are invited to observe the final review and attend the exhibition opening reception.

The UCLA A.UD SUMMER JumpStart program is open to prospective and current undergraduate and graduate students, and working professionals. This program is an intensive, full-time summer architecture experience. Before enrolling in the program, you should be fully aware of the time commitment and course workload inherent in a program of this nature. 

This program can carry 8 or 13 quarter units of UC credit. 

Please note that ARCH&UD 10B is no longer a program requirement.Students will have the option to select two tracks for the program during the registration process. Students interested in combining JumpStart with ARCH&UD 10B may select the [ARCH&UD 10B, 102, 103] track. Students that do not want ARCH&UD 10B, may select [ARCH&UD 102, 103] track. The program schedule allows for both components to run simultaneously.
 
8 unit track:
     • Introduction to Architectural Design (ARCH&UD 103, 6 units).
     • Introduction to Representation (ARCH&UD 102, 2 units).
 
13 unit track:
     • Introduction to Architectural Design (ARCH&UD 103, 6 units).
     • Introduction to Representation (ARCH&UD 102, 2 units).
     • History of Architecture and Urban Design--Baroque to the Contemporary Moment (ARCH&UD 10B, 5 units).
 
This program is designed to be an intensive, full-time summer architecture experience. Before enrolling in the program, you should be fully aware of the time commitment and course workload inherent in a program of this nature.

CURRICULUM

The UCLA A.UD SUMMER JumpStart program is open to prospective and current undergraduate and graduate students, and working professionals. This program is an intensive, full-time summer architecture experience. Before enrolling in the program, you should be fully aware of the time commitment and course workload inherent in a program of this nature. 

Introduction to Architectural Design Studio (ARCH&UD 103, 6 units)
This course will introduce students to basic architectural design principles and problem solving. Students will learn to control point, line, surface and volume to shape spaces for human use. Visual analysis will be introduced as a tool for discussing and understanding organization. Students will learn techniques of repetition, variation, order, scale and rhythm. Students will use case study analysis to uncover disciplinary issues within a design problem and then produce an individual solution to the problem. The coursework will consist of two exercises. The design problems will grow in complexity and include the design of a seating element and a roof structure for an existing courtyard. The first assignment will focus on the material morphology and the transformation from analog material to a tectonic organization of an object, the second exercise on the spatial morphology, leading from conceptual diagrams to a spatial organization. Students will learn to address conceptual concerns with material solutions documented in two and three dimensions. Emphasis will be placed on physical modeling and measured orthographic and axonometric drawings. 

Assignment 1: Body Language 
This introductory project will reference our bodies as sites of investigation upon which we will design and construct a wearable garment. The project will focus on one method of working the intricate relationship between three-dimensional physical modeling and two-dimensional drawn representations. We will begin with the construction of a physical model, which will then be dissected, analyzed, and refined within the flat space of two-dimensional orthographic drawings. In short, use modeling as a method of generative production; use drawings as a way of developing, communicating, and projecting on your design intent. 

Assignment 2: PLAYTIME: An Event Pavilion for Cinespia
This project asks to design an event pavilion for the summer screening series Cinespia located in Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Proposal for this project will create a more definitive form and organization for this event by developing specific seating opportunities, covered canopy areas, and vendor booths.  

Introduction to Representation (ARCH&UD 102, 2 units)
This course will introduce students to techniques of spatial representation as it relates to architectural design. Students will learn how to communicate using two- and three-dimensional drawings and models. Two-dimensional drawing techniques will include orthographic projection and parallel projection. Three-dimensional modeling will be introduced as an extension of these regulating projection systems, enforcing rigorous construction of complex and curvilinear forms. All drawing will be executed in a digital environment, primarily using Rhinoceros 3D, or “Rhino.” Rhino is a software package that can accommodate both two- and three-dimensional work, as well as providing an introduction to the commands and capacities of other industry standard modeling and drawing environments including AutoCAD, Maya, and 3D Studio.

History of Architecture and Urban Design: Baroque to Contemporary Moment (ARCH&UD 10B, 5 units) (Optional) Survey of architectural and urban history from baroque to contemporary moment that covers significant buildings, spaces, artifacts, and theories of modernism. Architecture performs as reflection of cultural, sociopolitical, philosophical, and technological transformations in world history. Stylistic genres, applied terminology, seminal texts, and alternative historiographies that apply to design of built domain that ranges in scale from details to cities. While canon of Western tradition remains overall focus, weekly thematic categories provide variety of conduits for addressing architecture and urban design in global context.

Field Trips
Students will have the opportunity to explore the architecture of Los Angeles' diverse communities through field trips. Tours are guided by current UCLA Architecture and Urban Design Ph.D. and  graduate students including visits to landmark buildings such as Caltrans, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Eames House, Schindler’s House, Getty Center, Griffith Observatory and the architectural offices of: Morphosis (Thom Mayne), Hodgetts + Fung,  Greg Lynn Form, and  Mark Mack Architects.

Portfolio Workshop and Career Symposium
A one-day intensive session exposes students to convening an application to graduate programs as well as the specifics to  the discipline’s different career paths within architecture and design. 

Faculty members from our M.Arch. I program are invited to explore their expectations of the process of reviewing portfolios and statements of purpose, while current UCLA Architecture and Design graduate students offer tips and their personal experiences on their journey of applying to graduate programs.

Local architects and designers present and discuss how their unique practices work and their trajectories from graduate school to current practice.

Lecture Series
Local and visiting architects, designers, and talented professionals in related fields are invited to present their work.. A Q&A session following each lecture gives students the opportunity to learn more about each guest through their own perspective

Final Review and Exhibition
The last day of the program is dedicated to reviewing the students’ work in the group demonstration format. Faculty members from different Los Angeles architecture schools are invited to contribute to the discussion of each individual student’s work, promoting a dynamic conversation that enhances architectural production at large.

An Exhibition of student work takes place on the final day of the program in the Perloff Hall Gallery. Family members and friends are invited to observe the final review and attend the exhibition opening reception.

Example of a week in JumpStart:

MONDAY
9-10am Studio Lecture  
10am-1pm 103 Intro to Architectural Design Studio  
1-2pm Lunch  
2-6pm Design Studio Lab  
TUESDAY
10am-1pm Studio Lecture  
1-2pm Lunch  
2-6pm 102 Intro to Representation  
WEDNESDAY
9-12am 103 Intro to Architectural Design Studio  
12-1:30pm Lecture Series  
1:30-2pm Lunch  
2-6pm Design Studio Lab  
THURSDAY
9-1pm 103 Intro to Architectural Design Studio  
1-2pm Lunch  
2-6pm 102 Intro to Representation  
FRIDAY
10am-1pm 10B History of Architecture and Urban Design  
1-6pm Field Trip or Portfolio Workshop and Career Symposium  
6pm Social gathering  

 

Registration:
UCLA Architecture and Urban Design Summer Programs is offered through the UCLA Summer Institutes. 

To register go to the following link: https://www.summer.ucla.edu/institutes/Register/institutes_register.cfm

Contact information:
UCLA Summer Institutes
1332 Murphy Hall
Box 951418
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1418

Tel: (310) 825-4101
Fax: (310) 825-1528

E-mail: institutes@summer.ucla.edu 

Financial Aid: 
Financial aid for Summer Institutes session participants is available to qualified UCLA students. All other students should inquire about financial aid at their home institution. For details about the financial aid application process, please visit the Financial Aid section.
http://www.summer.ucla.edu/institutes/GeneralInfo/finaid.htm

Housing:
Housing is available in the UCLA Residence Halls. You can view the various housing options and rates at the following link. You will need to obtain a UCLA Logon ID and Password in order to access the online housing application. http://www.summer.ucla.edu/institutes/Architecture/housing.htm

Tuition:
This program can carry 8 or 13 quarter units of UC credit.

Please note that ARCH&UD 10B is no longer a program requirement.
Students will have the option to select two tracks for the program during the registration process. Students interested in combining JumpStart with ARCH&UD 10B may select the [ARCH&UD 10B, 102, 103] track. Students that do not want ARCH&UD 10B, may select [ARCH&UD 102, 103] track. The program schedule allows for both components to run simultaneously.
  • Introduction to Architectural Design (ARCH&UD 103, 6 units).
  • Introduction to Representation (ARCH&UD 102, 2 units).
  • History of Architecture and Urban Design--Baroque to the Contemporary Moment (ARCH&UD 10B, 5 units).
This program is designed to be an intensive, full-time summer architecture experience. Before enrolling in the program, you should be fully aware of the time commitment and course workload inherent in a program of this nature. 
 
Program Fee (includes registration fees, course fees and excursions) < Font needs to be smaller. Also we need to specify fees for the 8 and 13 unit versions of the program:
 
8 unit track [without History of Architecture ARCH&UD 10B]
 
UC Undergrad: $3,010.00
UC Grad Students: $3,245.00

Visiting Students: $3,295.00
 
13 unit track [with History of Architecture ARCH&UD 10B]
 
UC Undergrad: $4,405.00
UC Grad Students: $4,980.00
Visiting Students: $5,030.00
 
Supply List

Please purchase all materials on the supply list before the course begins.

Check List
View a preparation check list.

Grades
Program participants will earn units of credit and will be recorded on an official University of California transcript. Please note that official transcripts are not automatically sent to students. You can view more information about UCLA grading policies and how to acquire an official transcript.
http://www.summer.ucla.edu/Courses/courses.htm#GradingPolicies

 

FACULTY
This program is taught by UCLA Architecture and Urban Design faculty and recent UCLA Architecture and Urban Design graduates as well as invited Los Angeles guest architects and designers.

Past program instructors have included:

Georgina Huljich is the Director of UCLA A.UD SUMMER and design faculty in the Department where she teaches core and advanced topic studios in graduate program as well as technology seminars in the undergraduate curricula. She is the co-principal of P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S; a design research architectural practice known for its inventive approach to architecture, that fuses advanced digital techniques with an extended understanding of form, materials and tectonics.
http://www.p-a-t-t-e-r-n-s.net

Kelly Bair is principal of Bair/Dunn_Central Standard Office of Design. Bair/Dunn is driven by both the conceptualization of ideas and the making of objects and spaces that act as accomplice to those ideas. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago where she specializes in visual/technology seminars and design studios at the undergraduate and graduate level. Prior to UIC, Bair held Adjunct Faculty and Lecturer appointments at Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), UCLA, and Woodbury University.

Andrew Holder is Principal and co-founder of The LADG, a research and design firm in Hollywood, California. The firm has particular expertise in a materialist approach to design problems, exploiting the properties of pragmatic building materials to create environments and objects that are tailored to generate a specific sensory experience. 
http://theladg.com/

Todd Gannon is a registered architect and writer based in Los Angeles. He currently holds teaching appointments at SCI-Arc, UCLA, and Otis College, and was a member of the faculty at Ohio State’s Knowlton School of Architecture from 1999-2004. As series editor of Source Books in Architecture, he produced monographs on the work of Morphosis, Bernard Tschumi, UN Studio, Steven Holl, Mack Scogin/Merrill Elam, Zaha Hadid, Peter Eisenman, and on the MoMA exhibition “Light Construction.” 

Roland Snooks is a Design Director and a Founding Partner of Kokkugia. He holds a masters in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University where he studied on a Fulbright scholarship and is a graduate of RMIT University (B.Arch). Roland teaches graduate studios and seminars at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University and is the George Isaac Distinguished Fellow at the University of Southern California (USC). Roland has previously directed design studios and seminars at UCLA, SCI-Arc, Pratt Institute, RMIT, and the Victorian College of the Arts.
http://www.kokkugia.com/

Narineh Mirzaeian is an Associate at Gehry Partners in Los Angeles where she’s played a key role on numerous projects completed and under construction in California, Las Vegas, Paris and Basel.  Her work has been published in Metropolis, Interior Design, Architectural Record, Architecture, GA Document and exhibited internationally.

David Freeland is a principal at FreelandBuck in Los Angeles and adjunct faculty at Woodbury University. With over 10 years of experience in architecture, he has worked on award winning projects with a number offices in New York and Los Angeles including Michael Maltzan Architecture, Roger Sherman Architecture and Urban Design, RES4, AGPS, and Eisenman Architects. He is a graduate of University of Virginia and the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design.
http://www.freelandbuck.com/

Past guests at the weekly  lecture series  include: 

Neil Denari: Principal, NMDA Architects; Professor UCLA A.UD
http://www.nmda-inc.com/

Hitoshi Abe: Principal, Atelier Hitoshi Abe; Chair and Professor UCLA A.UD
http://www.a-slash.jp/

Greg Lynn: Principal, Greg Lynn Form, Professor UCLA A.UD
http://www.glform.com/

Heather Roberge: Principal, Murmur; Assistant Professor UCLA A.UD
http://murmur-la.com/

Kivi Sotamaa: Principal, Sotamaa; Adjunct Associate Professor UCLA A.UD
http://www.sotamaa.net/

Kevin Daily: Principal, Daly Genik; Lecturer UCLA A.UD 
http://www.dalygenik.com/

Hadrian Predock: Principal Predock Fane Architects; Lecturer UCLA A.UD 
http://www.predockfrane.com/