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ENV 2003: Environmental
Design
Spring 2001
Tuesdays & Thursdays | 8:00 - 9:40 AM | Daley Hall 113
Course Overview | Syllabus
| Class Journal | Assignments
| Professor: |
David Bainbridge
Coordinator of Environmental Studies |
| Office hours: |
Tu, Th 10-12 AM or by appointment |
| Office: |
GLS 209 |
| Phone: |
(858) 635-4616 |
| Email: |
bainbrid@usiu.edu |
This course will change
how you look at the world, how you design and shape the spaces around you,
and how you select and use tools, furniture, and buildings. It provides a
broad introduction to design, covering how we interact with the environment
around us, how to make things fit and feel better (ergonomics), materials
and methods of assembling them, and determining the ecological costs of
these decisions.
This course includes case studies, design projects
and experiments. It provides methods for determining needs, developing
research teams, and finding solutions to difficult design problems. It also
looks closely at the systems implications of design.
Although this is specifically developed as an
introductory course experienced designers and builders should find it of
interest. Most courses encourage learning what is known - this course also
encourages creativity and finding new solutions to complex problems.
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