Summer Courses

Maymester: May 10 – May 27

Instructor:Azhar Khan
Remote Instruction
MTWTHF | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Instructor:Jeremy Ehly
Remote Instruction
MTWTHF | 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.

An introductory course in the use of Rhinoceros as a 2D and 3D modeling software and its integration into a digital design workflow. Skills learned are 2D and 3D digital modeling, photorealistic rendering with Vray, advanced 3D modeling techniques and parametric modeling with Grasshopper Plugin. Major emphasis will be placed on arming students with a powerful digital arsenal and teaching them how to deploy it with prowess and intention.

Instructor:Melissa Felderman
Remote Instruction
MTWTHF | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Session A: June 1 – July 2

Instructor:Ali Beach
Remote Instruction
M TTH| 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.

This course will introduce concepts in visual communication and explore the fundamentals of communicating design ideas within Environmental Design through a project-based course. As the second of a three-part technology sequence in the Bachelors in Environmental Design core curriculum, students will develop an understanding of principles in graphic design, image adjustments and editing, file sizes and types, theory and application of color theory, basics in choosing typography, drafting technical drawings digitally, and compositional strategies to communicate concepts clearly to a variety of audiences.

The course will also introduce print production standards and digital representation tools used across several design industries with a focus on Environmental Design applications. Students will become acquainted with the Adobe Creative Cloud, specifically Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat Pro, and understand how to apply these tools to help communicate a design.

The historical and current context of graphic art and environmental design will be referenced throughout the course. Each student will learn important skills and techniques to apply to their career in design and build an individual approach to visual communication through a series of lectures, assignments, workshops, readings, and tutorials.

Instructor:Sarah Tabatabaie
Remote Instruction
M TTH| 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Instructors:Danielle Bilot
Remote Instruction
MTWTH

LEC: 9:25 -10:15 a.m. | LAB: 10:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

This studio exposes students to concepts and strategies inherent to the practice of landscape architecture. Designers work by perceiving, analyzing, drawing, making, and doing. Broadly defined, the design process is a way of thinking in which designers define a given design problem or objective, gather data on this problem, synthesize this data into information, and use this information to arrive at design solutions.

The basis of the design process is iteration, or successively evaluating and refining design alternatives to arrive at a final product. This course will embody how this design process applies to the field of landscape architecture. We will apply a creative, data-driven approach to a site location in Boulder, CO and create a final design rooted in sensory engagement, theory, ecological needs, and novel programming for the community.

Instructors:Shawhin Roudbari
Remote Instruction
MTTH | 1:15 - 4:15 p.m.

Instructor:Stacey Schulte
Remote Instruction
MTTH | 9:25 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.

This seminar is a 5-week conversation about urban design and human well-being. From the park bench to the layout of city systems, urban design deals with the physical form of the city at multiple scales. Building design, public spaces, transportation and access to nature all play a strong role in the day-to-day human experience. The field of Positive Psychology, or happiness research, tells us that the built environment is responsible for a great deal of human well-being.

In this course, we will draw upon this research and other social theories to evaluate the form and performance of public spaces. The course will also explore tried-and-true urban design principles, consider emerging trends, and include a special discussion on urban design in the time of COVID-19.

Session B: July 6 – August 6

Instructor:ScottVanGenderen
Remote Instruction
MTWTH

LEC: 9:25 - 10:15 a.m. | LAB: 10:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

This studio introduces ENVD students to the discipline of city and regional planning and allows them to envision the mixed-use transformation of a block in central Boulder. Students will learn the rudimentary tools of the planner: zoning, subdivision, systems, and apply them in this small-scale project. The goal is to understand how design can affect and augment urban life.

Instructor:Ping Xu
Remote Instruction
MTTH | 3:10 - 6:10 p.m.

This course focuses on training and practicing the freehand graphic techniques to improve skills of design and presentation, including 1) pencil sketch, 2) freehand drawing with a pen, 3) color appreciation and composition with pastel, 4) brush skills of Chinese painting, 5) watercolor painting, and 6) watercolor rendering. As a result, this course will help students to generate artwork to support their portfolios.

Session C: June 1 – July 23

Hybrid Instruction
MTWTHR

LEC: 9:25- 10:15 a.m. | LAB: 10:15 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Hybrid Instruction
MTWTHR

LEC: 9:25- 10:15 a.m. | LAB: 10:15 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Hybrid Instruction
MTWTHR | 9:25 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Instructor:Jeremy Ehly
Hybrid Instruction
MTWTH | 9:25 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Instructor:Jesse Van Horne
Hybrid Instruction
MTWTH | 9:25 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Confronting an environmentally degraded location as designers, students in this studio will investigate existing conditions and select a site within the larger area where they can perform a responsive design solution that will among other things, address pollution and ecological restoration. This studio seeks to elevate the standing of nature and its systems in the eyes of humanity and change the trajectory and culture of industrial growth society and looks to help spawn and accelerate a greater synthesis of the needs/desires of human culture and the needs/desires of the natural world.

Instructor:Jesse Van Horne
Hybrid Instruction
MTWTHR | 9:25 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Augmester: August 2 – August 19

Instructor:Jade Polizzi
Remote Instruction
MTWTHRF | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Instructor:Marcel de Lange
In-personInstruction
MTWTHRF | 12:30 - 3:30p.m.

Instructor:Nate Jones
Remote Instruction

In recent years, anthropology has become popular with designers of products, technologies, and built spaces as a way of learning about the users’ experience. This approach has been applied to the question of how to design office environments that encourage stronger working groups, collaboration, and productivity. What are the anthropological concepts and practices that some designers employ and how do they apply to establish greater efficiency and collaboration in the workspace?

The 3-week, Augmester course in anthropological techniques + design seeks to engage students with concepts in anthropology to assist their understanding of how humans interact socially in designed spaces to learn about the users’ experience of architectural and product design in the professional world. The class will introduce students to concepts and practices, such as fieldwork, culture, socialization, and anthropological inquiry. With these concepts in mind, we will address questions about the “human centeredness” of spaces and things, such as how to think about human behavior in the built environment, how to identify internal conflict and “unspoken boundaries” present in workspaces, and how might designers of professional places encourage greater collaboration and teamwork. The intended outcome of the course is to endow students with tools, techniques, experiences and heightened sensitivity of how the design of offices, workspaces, and the products within those spaces can impact professional behavior.