San Francisco, United States

Summer Plants and Applications

Course Type: Classroom
School/Trainer: UC Berkeley Extension [All Courses]
Training Centers: Berkeley, San Francisco, Redwood City, Oakland, United States

Get an introduction to approximately 125 species of trees, shrubs, and ground covers in this field-trip course. You examine in detail visual characteristics, nomenclature, nurturing requirements, and design application for these species. You learn to recognize the plants in several stages of maturity and to develop a plant palette to prepare basic planting plans. Wear walking shoes. Site locati......
 

Get an orientation to landscape architecture as one of the environmental design professions in this survey, a beginning course in the Certificate Program in Landscape Architecture. Lectures and field trips explore the history of landscape architecture; the central ideas of the profession; the role of the designer in the problem-solving process; and the nature, modes, and scope of current landsc......
 

Learn the fundamentals of bathroom layout and design in this course, focusing on the practicality and overall aesthetics of the space. Learn to apply the process for selecting and using materials and plumbing fixtures that are appropriate. Through hands-on projects you gain experience in producing everything from initial concepts to working drawings....
 

When students have completed this course, they will be able to take a simple two-dimensional blueprint and convert it into a photo-realistic 3-D rendering with simplistic walk-through animation. Using a 3-D model of AutoCAD and/or 3DS MAX, students will be taught how to assign textures, materials, and light to make spaces become alive. This course is well-suited to professional architects and i......
 

This one-day course will present the rich architectural legacy created by one of the Bay Area’s most innovative architects, Bernard Maybeck. Maybeck acted as a mentor for an entire generation of California architects, including Julia Morgan and William Wurster. A slide lecture on his work is given in the morning and after a brown-bag lunch, there is a guided tour of some of his buildings i......
 

Explore and develop your creativity in this beginning studio course. You learn the principles—balance, harmony, rhythm, emphasis, contrast, and proportion—that are the foundation of good design, and how these principles interact with the elements of scale, form, color, and texture...
 

This course covers the basic principles and tools of Revit Architecture 2009. Students are introduced to integrated project delivery building and building information modeling, as well as its uses for parametric building and documentation. Key concepts to be covered include: user interface, families and parameters, worksharing, detailing, and schedules. You will have immediate application of th......
 

Interior design is a field that blends creative expression with practical application. Gain an understanding of the profession, its history, and its related specialties and disciplines. Slide-illustrated lectures and discussions help you develop an awareness of the basic principles of design and aesthetics by studying the work of past and present designers and architects. This course is fundame......
 

Learn the basic commands used for AutoCAD in this five-week course. This class is ideal for those who have never used a computer-aided drawing program or for those who would like to have an introduction to the tools that are used to create drawings in AutoCAD Design Studio. These computer skills are vital to the practice of interior design...
 

Facilities management encompasses a broad set of specialized activities. This course acquaints you with the concept of planning as a process that involves the integration of design, facility technologies, and business management principles for the purposes of identifying, documenting, and meeting organizational needs. You are exposed to the range of skills required, including architectural desi......
 

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