A four-week summer program for high school students at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles
Monday, June 27— Saturday, July 23, 2011 Application deadline: May 9, 2011 (rolling admissions)
SCI-Arc 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.
Immersion: Architecture and design live and breathe in both the classroom and the world. DID is dedicated to immersing the student in these realms. Through a series of lectures given by esteemed Los Angeles-based designers and field trips exploring the city of Los Angeles, students will be exposed to examples of design and modes of production at all scales. In the classroom and in the city, students will be 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.
Curriculum
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, mechanical drafting, computer drawing, physical model making, and computerbased 3D modeling. Students are introduced to processes and work flows that will allow them to move freely between physical and virtual realms. Design: Design is also thinking and doing. DID’s Design Lab exercises help students explore further the things they are encouraged to “see” in the world. DID’s Design Lab is a place where students work through assigned design projects. It is also an approach to the creative process and a design education. In Design Lab, students create projects which 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. Documentation: 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 this 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.
Skill Sets Acquired Seeing Freehand Sketching, Photography
Thinking Critical thinking, Analytical thinking, Non-Linear thinking, Problem solving, Verbal presentation
Doing (by hand and computer) Design drawing, Design modeling, Graphic presentation, Portfolio layout and design
Program Sequence Weeks 1- 3
Week 4
Monday 9am -10am: Lecture 10am -12pm: Field Trip 12pm -1pm: Lunch 1pm - 5pm: Field Trip
Monday 9am -10am: Lecture 10am -12pm: Field Trip 12pm -1pm: Lunch 1pm - 5pm: Field Trip
Tuesday - Friday 9am -12pm: Visual Studies / Design Lab 12pm -1pm: Lunch 1pm - 5pm: Visual Studies / Design Lab
Tuesday Thursday 9am -12pm: Visual Studies / Design Lab 12pm -1pm: Lunch 1pm - 5pm: Visual Studies / Design Lab
Friday 9am -12pm: Mount Exhibit 12pm -1pm: Lunch 1pm - 5pm: Final Review Saturday 9am -12pm: Portfolio Workshop 12pm -1pm: Lunch 1pm - 4pm: Portfolio Workshop 6pm - 8pm: Reception / Exhibit / Open House
Dates Summer 2011 Session: Monday, June 27— Saturday, July 23 Application Deadline: May 9 Cost $ 2,800 + $ 200 ________ $ 3,000
Tuition (lunch, field trips, materials fee) Total
A $ 200 enrollment deposit is required upon acceptance in order to secure a place in the class. Tuition may be waived for students whose family income requires scholarship to attend. Financial forms for Scholarship application can be found on the SCI-Arc Online Application page. Applying Online applications will be available starting January 1, 2011. Admission for Design Immersion Days is on a rolling basis until May 9. Early application is recommended to secure a place in the program. Later applications will be considered on a caseby-case basis. Application Materials $25 Application Fee Application form (form and instructions available online at sciarc.edu) 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. We are 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, SCI-Arc is distinguished by its vibrant studio culture and emphasis on process. Sothern California Institute of Architecture 960 E. 3rd Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 Design Immersion Days is generously supported by The Ahmanson Foundation.