SPOTLIGHT

ESLARP, in collaboration with the Community Informatics Initiative and Department of Landscape Architeture, will be supporting a Design Workshop and Seminar on Sao Tome starting this December.  This is the outcome of a collaboration has been growing for several years now between faculty and students from the University of Illinois and governmental and non-governmental organizations in São Tomé, an island nation off the coast of West Africa.

Professors Laura Lawson, Rebecca Ginsberg, and Lynne Dearborn will be the team leaders on a unique interdisiplinary design opportunity.  Participants will travel to São Tomé during winter break and work will continue throughout the spring semester.  Find out how to apply for the Design Workshop and Seminar.

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LA336-438 Spring 2009

Instructors:
Laura Lawson: ljlawson@illinois.edu
Sungkyung Lee: slee51@illinois.edu

Course Description:
This studio is committed to civic engagement as a vehicle for professional and personal development. This is a university community-learning course in which students learn about local conditions and concerns/ideals directly from residents while providing professional services to neighborhood organizations seeking to improve their communities. Students will be encouraged to develop designs that address environmental conditions, incorporate community history, satisfy residents’ needs and concerns, and offer new opportunities for future generations. To encourage student reflection on professional and personal learning, class time and assignments will incorporate discussion, writing in sketchbook/journals, and other forms of dialogue.



Course Flyer

Student's finished designs:

Sunken Garden
Lalumier Community Gardens
Virginia Park