LARCH 155Skills Lab I: Hand & Digital Graphics

2 credits · Landscape Architecture · Penn State

Landscape Architecture Skills Lab 1 is the skills lab that runs concurrently with the first design studio in the undergraduate Landscape Architecture curriculum. This skills lab introduces students to the fundamentals of visual communication in landscape architecture with a primary focus on 2D and 3D rastor and vector drawing. Spatial design composition is developed through experiencing a variety of approaches to visual communication. Students explore design ideas through sketching in plan, section and perspective and by modeling their ideas in three dimensions. Students are introduced to skills from hand drawing to digital visualization techniques, as well as board and page layouts and effective implementation of photographs in design communication.