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ARCHITECTURE
PROGRAM
A 2-year program primarily intended as a transfer program for students
who want to pursue a professional (B Arch) degree in architecture.
At the conclusion of the program, students will be eligible to apply
for advanced placement in a local university for completion of a degree
in architecture. Admission and advanced placement is subject to portfolio
review at the destination school. Alternatively, after completion
of this program, students in California may also enter the architecture
profession directly through the internship process. Paid internships
are available for qualified students after the first year of the program.
In the first year, architecture and design are understood as the embodiment
of design principles and ideas. Students first undertake a series
of inter-related studio projects to identify and visualize certain
ordering principles and ideas. These principles and ideas are then
interpreted in systematic abstract constructions. The next series
of studio projects require students to be able to use ordering ideas
to accomplish fundamental spatial qualities such as open, closed and
sequential spaces. From the first day of class, students are treated
as professional designers, and are asked to engage in design discourse,
and to participate in studio culture. Although listed as separate
courses, rigorous classes teaching drawing, model making, and computer
skills are taught as part of the studio experience.
Projects in the second year address the relationship between idea,
structure, function, and form. These projects require students to
use organizational ideas and systems to create constructions that
form the basis for a series of spaces intended for habitation and
use, and deal with architectural aspects such as spatial definition
and sequence, transition areas, intersections, and human scale relationships.
The conditions, principles, ideas and issues that are considered in
the decision making process are applied to architectural problem solving.
The development of personal architectural language is stressed. Architectural
design as the embodiment of principles and ideas is continually stressed.
Students are introduced to the notion that the creation of an architectural
spatial / organizational idea can have a correspondence to an underlying
social or ideological viewpoint. Although listed as separate courses,
continued development in drawing, model making, and computer skills
are all taught as part of the studio experience.
SEMESTER 1 |
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| Basic Design / Perception and Principles |
| Arch 101 A |
Conceptual Design |
3 units |
| Arch 101 B |
Basic Architectural Drawing 1 |
3 units |
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General Education / Electives* |
6 units
(At WLAC) |
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| SEMESTER 2 |
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| Design Process |
| Arch 102 A |
Basic Architectural Design 1 |
3 units |
| Arch 102 B |
Basic Architectural Drawing 2 |
3 units |
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General Education / Electives |
6 units
(At WLAC) |
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| SEMESTER 3 |
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| Intermediate Architectural Design
and Communication 1 |
| Arch 201 A |
Intermediate Architectural Design 1 |
3 units |
| Arch 201 B |
Intermediate Architectural Drawing 1 / Computer Applications |
3 units |
| Arch 48 |
History of Architecture 1 |
3 units (At WLAC) |
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General Education / Electives |
3 units (At WLAC) |
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| SEMESTER 4 |
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| Intermediate Architectural Design
and Communication 2 |
| Arch 202 A |
Intermediate Architectural Design 1 |
3 units |
| Arch 202 B |
Intermediate Architectural Drawing 2 / Computer Applications |
3 units |
| Arch 203 |
Portfolio Development |
0 units |
| Arch 49 |
History of Architecture |
3 units (At WLAC) |
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General Education / Electives |
3 units (At WLAC) |
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| *See LAIAD faculty to determine
which courses should be taken |
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GRADUATE
SCHOOL PREPARATION PROGRAM
Preparation for Master of Architecture
Degree Programs
The 1 year Grad Prep program intended for students with bachelors
degrees in other fields who wish to apply to a Master of Architecture
program. The program focuses on the development of conceptual design
skills and the assembly of a professional-quality portfolio. The goal
of this program is not only to facilitate admission to leading Master
of Architecture programs, but also to enable the student to take a
leading position within these programs. The program is appropriate
for students with no design background as well as students with design
experience.
LAIAD faculty members have taught in graduate programs of architecture
and have served on graduate admissions committees at several different
universities. The content of this program is quite similar to that
found in the first year of leading Master of Architecture programs
so that our graduates can then apply to these programs with well suited
portfolios and design abilities. In their portfolios, successful students
will be able to demonstrate conceptual design skills, basic model
making and drawing skills, and a beginning expertise with 2D and 3D
computer applications. In addition to successful application to M
Arch programs of their choice, many of our graduates have received
substantial scholarships.
From the first day of class, students are treated as professional
designers, and are asked to engage in design discourse, and to participate
in studio culture. Although listed as separate courses, rigorous classes
teaching drawing, model making, and computer skills are taught as
part of the studio experience.
SEMESTER 1 |
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| Perception and Principles / Basic
Design |
| GP 101 A |
Conceptual Design |
3 units |
| GP 101 B |
Basic Architectural Drawing / Computer Applications |
3 units |
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| SEMESTER 2 |
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| Design Process |
| GP 102 A |
Basic Architectural Design 1 |
3 units |
| GP 102 B |
Basic Architectural Drawing 2 / Computer Applications |
3 units |
| Arch 203 |
Portfolio Development |
0 units |
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ADVANCED
STUDIES IN AMERICAN SPACE
A theoretical studio focusing on the exploration of American rural,
urban and suburban concepts of space-making. This program is intended
for advanced students and practicing professionals.
Drawing, model-making, and computer visualization are the media
of research and interpretation. Students will interpret their research
as conceptual architectural works. The program involves research
and visual interpretation into the ideological, economic, technological,
and political frameworks underlying the physical development of
the United States. Topics of student exploration have included the
physical and economic land-use systems used to implement the policy
of manifest destiny; the interactive effects of mapping, selling,
road-making, and the democratic vision on the development of the
American suburb; and the cosmological / mythological ideas used
by native Americans to form pueblos. There is an emphasis on uniquely
American concepts. This program is for advanced students of architecture
and practicing professionals.
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INTERIOR
DESIGN PROGRAM
A 2-year program primarily intended as a transfer program for students
who want to pursue a Bachelors degree in Interior Design, Interior
Architecture, or Environmental Design. At the conclusion of the
program, students will be eligible to apply for advanced placement
in a local university for completion of a degree in design. Admission
and advanced placement is subject to portfolio review at the destination
school. Alternatively, students may enter the interior design profession
directly through the internship process. Paid internships are available
for qualified students after the first year of the program.
The emphasis in the first year is on the principles of organization
and design. These principles apply to all design professions, and
therefore students in the Interior Design program undertake many
of the same projects as students in the architecture program. Students
are first assigned a series of inter-related studio projects to
identify and visualize certain ordering principles and ideas that
are then interpreted in systematic abstract constructions. The next
series of projects require students to be able to use ordering ideas
to accomplish fundamental spatial qualities such as open, closed
and sequential spaces. From the first day of class, students are
treated as professional designers, and are asked to engage in design
discourse, and to participate in studio culture. Although listed
as separate courses, rigorous classes teaching drawing, model making,
and computer skills are taught as part of the studio experience.
In the second year, students may focus more specifically on Interior
Architecture issues. A series of studio projects are assigned that
continue with interior-oriented concepts introduced in the first
year such as sequence, circulation, transition areas, intersections,
and human scale relationships. Interior design projects based on
specific work and leisure activities such as restaurant design,
retail design and exhibit design are assigned. Emphasis is placed
on how to develop a design concept that is based upon, and that
supports, particular activities. Materials and colors, as well as
signage, graphics and motion graphics are introduced as fundamental
design elements. Students are introduced to the concepts of programming,
space planning, and spatial definition. Material and color become
important aspects of the students’ designs. Computer applications
for design and communication are introduced.
SEMESTER 1 |
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| Basic Design / Perception and Principles |
| ID 101 A |
Conceptual Design |
3 units |
| ID 101 B |
Basic Architectural Drawing 1 |
3 units |
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General Education / Electives* |
6 units
(At WLAC) |
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| SEMESTER 2 |
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| Design Process |
| ID 102 A |
Basic Architectural Design 1 |
3 units |
| ID 102 B |
Basic Architectural Drawing 2 |
3 units |
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General Education / Electives |
6 units
(At WLAC) |
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| SEMESTER 3 |
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| Interior Design and Communication
1 |
| ID 201 A |
Interior Architectural Design 1 |
3 units |
| ID 201 B |
Intermediate Designl Drawing 1 / 2D Computer Applications |
3 units |
| Arch 48 |
History of Architecture 1 |
3 units (At WLAC) |
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General Education / Electives |
3 units (At WLAC) |
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| SEMESTER 4 |
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| Interior Design and Communication
2 |
| ID 202 A |
Interterior Design 2 |
3 units |
| ID 202 B |
Intermediate Design Drawing 2 / 3D Computer Applications |
3 units |
| Arch 203 |
Portfolio Development |
0 units |
| Arch 49 |
History of Architecture |
3 units (At WLAC) |
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General Education / Electives |
3 units (At WLAC) |
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| *See LAIAD faculty to determine
which courses should be taken |
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