PROGRAM INFORMATION DATES Monday, June 24–Saturday, July 20, 2013 COST $3200 (Includes tuition, lunch, field trips, course materials and studio kit.) A $200 non-refundable enrollment deposit is required upon acceptance in order to secure a place in the class. APPLYING Online applications will be available starting January 1, 2013. Admission is on a rolling basis until the program start date (June 24) or until the program is filled. Early application is recommended to secure a place in the program. Late applications will be considered on a caseby-case basis.
SCHOLARSHIPS Scholarship support is available for students whose family income qualifies them to receive financial aid. To be considered for a scholarship, applicants need to fill out a separate Financial Statement & Scholarship Application, in addition to the required application materials listed below. APPLICATION MATERIALS $25 Application Fee Online application form (available at sciarc.edu) One-page statement of purpose If you have any questions, please contact our Admissions Office at admissions@sciarc.edu or call us at 213.356.5320.
ABOUT SCI-ARC SCI-Arc is a center of innovation and one of the nation’s few independent, not for profit architecture schools, offering undergraduate and graduate programs. SCI-Arc is dedicated to educating architects who will imagine and shape the future. Located in a quarter-mile long former freight depot in the Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles, the school is distinguished by its vibrant studio culture and emphasis on process. SCI-Arc values diversity and welcomes applicants who demonstrate the interest and ability necessary for the study of architecture, regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, age, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or physical abilities. Design Immersion Days is generously supported by The Green Foundation, The Bowling Family Foundation, and David Hertz, FAIA (B.Arch ’83).
Southern California Institute of Architecture 960 E. 3rd Street, Los Angeles CA 90013
SUMMER 2013 JUNE 24 – JULY 20
A four-week summer program for high school students at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles. Apply online at sciarc.edu. Program Coordinator Darin Johnstone SCI-Arc Director Eric Owen Moss Director of Academic Affairs Hsinming Fung Undergraduate Program Chair John Enright
CURRICULUM
IMMERSION Architecture and design live and breathe in both the classroom and the world. DID is dedicated to exposing students to these realms through a series of lectures given by esteemed Los Angeles-based designers and field trips exploring the city of Los Angeles. In the classroom and in the city, students are introduced to fundamental ways of seeing, thinking, and doing that are essential for anyone interested in pursuing a degree and/or career in architecture or design.
VISUALIZATION Design is doing and thinking. DID’s Visual Studies program emphasizes the doing by introducing students to a range of basic skills essential to exploring, discovering, and describing design work. The coursework covers freehand sketching, computer drawing, physical model making, and computer-based 3D modeling. Students are introduced to processes and workflows that allow them to move freely between physical and virtual realms.
DESIGN DID’s Design Lab exercises help students explore the things they are encouraged to “see” in the world. It is also an approach to the creative process and a design education. In Design Lab, students create projects that they discuss with SCI-Arc faculty in a process of one-on-one feedback. Students also present their work to juries of faculty and peers in a process of discussion-based group feedback, preparing them for the design school environment.
PORTFOLIO For anyone interested in any field of design or creative production, a portfolio is essential. Every student applying to architecture or design school is required to submit one. The culmination of the DID program is a one-day comprehensive portfolio workshop, which is designed to introduce beginning design students to the concepts, techniques, and strategies necessary to complete a successful design portfolio. After DID, students have gone on to universities such as UCLA, Cooper Union, RISD, Pratt and SCI-Arc.
SCI-ARC DESIGN IMMERSION DAYS | SUMMER PROGRAM
A four-week summer program offering high school students an opportunity to explore careers in architecture and design. Apply online at sciarc.edu.
SUMMER 2013 JUNE 24 – JULY 20 ABOUT DESIGN IMMERSION DAYS
Design fills our world and permeates our everyday existence. Small objects, media, furniture, buildings, the city: nearly everything we use, live in, and touch has been designed. Who designs these things? How do they do it? How do they see the world around them and change it? SCI-Arc has developed Design Immersion Days (DID) to introduce high school students to these issues in a brief but broad curriculum.
Rising Juniors and Seniors will be offered the opportunity to explore careers in architecture and design or simply satisfy deep curiosities about how products, buildings, and environments are designed and made. This is done by working side by side with other students and those who have devoted their lives to reshaping the world around us.
ABOUT SCI-ARC SCI-Arc is a center of innovation and one of the nation’s few independent, not for profit architecture schools, offering undergraduate and graduate programs. SCI-Arc is dedicated to educating architects who will imagine and shape the future. Located in a quarter-mile long former freight depot in the Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles, the school is distinguished by its vibrant studio culture and emphasis on process.