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Landscape Design 3: Advanced Site Design

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ARCH X 471.2

Applying site inventory and analysis with a site program, students create their design process and concept development using real sites in interesting urban and semi-urban environments. Use of computer modeling programs is highly encouraged.

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Typically Available
Spring
Summer
Duration
As few as 11 weeks
Units
5.0
Current Formats
Hybrid
Cost
Starting at $1,269.00

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What you can learn.

Apply formal organizational techniques covered in Design 1 and 2
Develop design processes using diagrams through drawings, photographs, and models
Review and critique of existing conditions leading to site specific responses
Develop an understanding of how program statements can build in complexity
Using context analysis, program analysis, and each individual's intuition, show how the development of a basic idea, organizing principals and diagrams guides your project
Explore the vertical dimension by encouraging designing in section and using three dimensional drawings

About This Course

This course introduces the student to the landscape architectural design process, emphasizing site inventory, analysis, program, design process and concept development. Projects are mid- to large-scale sites you can actually visit, such as civic plazas, freeway capping projects, downtown urban redevelopment, etc. The design program for each project is defined by the instructor. Presentation graphics are both hand-drawn and/or physically built. Students also use computer modeling, rendering, 3D modeling, InDesign, Sketchup and Photoshop. Final presentation products utilize hand graphics with blended use of CAD and 3D modeling as background support only.
Prerequisites
ARCH X 471.1A Landscape Design 1: Site Design Basics; ARCH X 471.1B Landscape Design 2: Site Design; ARCH X 472.4F Design Graphics 3: Digital Rendering and Presentation Drawings. Working knowledge of a 3-D modeling or design software program.  Certificate student in the Landscape Architecture certificate program.

Spring 2026 Schedule

Date
Details
Format
 
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Sunday, Monday, Saturday
Instructor:
Francisco Behr
REG#
407307
Fee:
$1,269.00
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Required in-person site visits on Saturday, May 3 (Thousand Oaks, CA); Sunday, May 4 (Newport Beach, CA) & April 7 
This hybrid section is made up of Live Online and In-person instruction
No class meeting on May 26, June 2
Optional class meeting on April 5, May 26
Internet access required.

Deadline
Refunds only available from February 02, 2026 to April 12, 2026
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Lecture
Mon Mar 30, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Mon Apr 6, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Off-Site
Sat Apr 11, 2026
9:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
Field Trip
Off-Site
Sun Apr 12, 2026
9:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
Field Trip
Lecture
Mon Apr 13, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Mon Apr 20, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Mon Apr 27, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Mon May 4, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Mon May 11, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Mon May 18, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Mon Jun 1, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Mon Jun 8, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom

This course applies toward the following programs

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Landscape Architecture

certificate

Landscape Architecture

certificate Whether you want to design a national park, or a modest, water-efficient backyard, landscape architecture can give you the skills and abilities to change the places you live, work, and play for the better. The profession of landscape architecture is a multidisciplinary field that weaves together design, environmental systems, sustainability, construction knowledge—as well as land and water conservation—to influence place making, and to create designed outdoor living spaces.

Whether you want to design a national park, or a modest, water-efficient backyard, landscape architecture can give you the skills and abilities to change the places you live, work, and play for the better. The profession of landscape architecture is a multidisciplinary field that weaves together design, environmental systems, sustainability, construction knowledge—as well as land and water conservation—to influence place making, and to create designed outdoor living spaces.

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