Relevant Coursework
Fundamentals of Drawing
Effectively translated 3D space to a 2D page.
Understood and executed the formal elements of drawing: line, shape (form), tone (value), texture, and space.
Developed an understanding of the elements of effective composition.
Considered how the creative process is rooted in formal, contextual, and conceptual concerns
Developed and refined spatial reasoning skills and visual acuity
Urban Design/Planning Courses
Green Infrastructure
Learned to identify distinguishing characteristics of different types of green infrastructure
Critically analyzed peer-reviewed publications
Developed a research proposal for a site monitoring project
Urban Planning and Environmental Systems
Gained an understanding of what urban planning consists of and common considerations that planners make.
Became familiar with how local governments approach considerations about sustainability
Examined specific relationships between social justice, environmental conditions, and economic development
Critically analyzed the tradeoffs between different planning goals associated within a chosen city (see below)
Japanese Architecture
Explored key architectural sites with the context of the Japanese built environment regarding political, social, economic, and cultural significance.
Acquire critical knowledge of the multi-dimensional issues of sustainability in East Asia.
Developed a firm grasp of the material and process of timbre-frame engineering in East Asian built environment.
Developed skills in visual, material, and iconographic analysis necessary to analyze East Asian architecture and urbanism
Land Development Engineering 2 (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Developed skills in hand drafting to confidently undertake the geometric design of roads
Gained an understanding of the design of intersections at grade, for urban streets and ancillary roading services
Designed on-street and off-street parking layouts given site constraints
Developed an understanding of the basic civil engineering drawings for road construction and earthworks