Principles and Elements of Design
X412.1 (4 semester units in Architecture)
This beginning studio course provides an opportunity for you to explore and develop your creativity. You learn the principles–balance, harmony, rhythm, emphasis, contrast, and proportion–that are the foundation of good design, and you learn how these principles interact with the elements of scale, form, color, and texture. Offered only on a pass/no pass basis.
Note: Section 1 is geared toward landscape architecture students.
Click below for sections, start dates, locations, instructors,
and to enroll.
Wed. May 28, San Francisco
CARLISLE BECKER, MLA, has been self-employed for 40 years, including 18 years as an educator. His experience includes four years as an elected local official active in regional planning, as well as project-related experience with churches, cemeteries, parks, commercial/industrial facilities, woodland revegetation, aquatic habitat restoration, erosion control, and landscape management.
- 15 meetings
- May 28 to Aug. 27: Wed., 6-10 pm
- San Francisco: Room 215, South of Market Center, 95 Third St.
- $725 (EDP 024141)
Enroll
Textbook(s) for this course:
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Author: Edwin A. Abbott
Publisher: Dover
ISBN: 978-0486272634
AND
Passing Strange and Wonderful: Aesthetics, Nature and Culture
Author: Yi-Fu Tuan
Publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc
ISBN: 1568360673
AND
The Fabulous Fibonacci Numbers
Author: Alfred S. Posamentier, Ingmar Lehmann
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1591024757
AND
The Image of the City
Author: The Image of the City
Publisher: MIT
ISBN: 262620014
Mon. June 2, San Francisco
IVAN TZVETIN, Dipl.Arch. (Bulgaria), AIA, is an independent design consultant and, formerly, was a principal at Anshen and Allen Architects. He is also a winner of three international design competitions.
- 15 meetings
- June 2 to Aug. 25: Mon., 1-5 pm; also
July 12: Sat., 8:30 am-12:30 pm
Aug. 2: Sat., 1-5 pm
- San Francisco: Room 204, South of Market Center, 95 Third St.
- $725 (EDP 014498)
Enroll
Textbook(s) for this course:
A Pattern Language
Author: Christopher Alexander
Publisher: Oxford University
ISBN: 0-19-501919-9
AND
Architecture: Form, Space, and Order
Author: Francis D.K. Ching
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 0-471-28616-8
Thurs. June 5, San Francisco
IVAN TZVETIN, Dipl.Arch. (Bulgaria), AIA, is an independent design consultant and, formerly, was a principal at Anshen and Allen Architects. He is also a winner of three international design competitions.
- 15 meetings
- June 5 to Aug. 28: Thurs., 6-10 pm; also
July 12: Sat., 1-5 pm
Aug. 2: Sat., 8:30 am-12:30 pm
- San Francisco: Room 205, South of Market Center, 95 Third St.
- $725 (EDP 014506)
Enroll
Textbook(s) for this course:
A Pattern Language
Author: Christopher Alexander
Publisher: Oxford University
ISBN: 0-19-501919-9
AND
Architecture: Form, Space, and Order
Author: Francis D.K. Ching
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 0-471-28616-8
Sections closed for enrollment
Thurs. Jan. 10, San Francisco
TIFFANY LEICHTER, B. Arch., is an associate and designer at Kahn Design Associates, an award-winning architecture and interior design firm in Berkeley. Since graduating from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Leichter has focused on the intersection of architecture, interior design, and use of new and innovative materials. Her work includes cafe and restaurant design, office interiors, and custom homes with complex kitchens and baths, with other creative pursuits including garment and pattern making and textile arts.
- 15 meetings
- Jan. 10 to April 17: Thurs., 6-10 pm
- San Francisco: Room 209, South of Market Center, 95 Third St.
- $725 (EDP 013961)
Sat. Jan. 12, San Francisco
CARLISLE BECKER, MLA, has been self-employed for 40 years, including 18 years as an educator. His experience includes four years as an elected local official active in regional planning, as well as project-related experience with churches, cemeteries, parks, commercial/industrial facilities, woodland revegetation, aquatic habitat restoration, erosion control, and landscape management.Revised class schedule in red.
- 15 meetings
- Jan. 12 to May 17: Sat., 9 am-1 pm (no meetings Jan. 19, Feb. 16, and March 22)
- San Francisco: Room 215, South of Market Center, 95 Third St.
- $725 (EDP 023291)
Wed. Jan. 16, San Francisco
IVAN TZVETIN, Dipl.Arch. (Bulgaria), AIA, is an independent design consultant and, formerly, was a principal at Anshen and Allen Architects. He is also a winner of three international design competitions.
- 17 meetings
- Jan. 16 to May 14: Wed., 1:30-5 pm (no meeting April 23)
- San Francisco: Room 215, South of Market Center, 95 Third St.
- $725 (EDP 013979)
Courses begin every month. A new edition of our catalog is published
three times a year in early April, July and December.