LA 7005

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LA 7005
LA Design Studio NYC

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog.

Redefining th lanscape and waterfront around one of Brooklyn's most architecturally iconic industrial shells, the New York Port Authority Grain Terminal will be the focus of this studio.  Located at the base of the Gowanus Canal, between Gowanus and Red Hook, the massive structure loooms over the water's edge.  Over the course of the semester you will partner with local organizations to explore the elements and components that constitute this landscape and establish strategies for the environmental inputs and outputs, land-form and terrain, infrastructures, and urban form which address the social and environmental issues facing the community.


Fees Course fee: approximately $250 for supplies.

Course Attribute (CU-CEL, CU-SBY)

Last 4 terms offered 2024SU, 2023SU, 2022SU, 2020SU

Outcomes

  • To measure and evaluate the effects of climate change in an urban environment.
  • To identify the design opportunities within the post industrial landscape.
  • Communicate and develop relationships with the local community.
  • Analyze existing urban conditions, and how design can act as an agent of change.

When Offered Summer.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Summer Special Session 2. 

  • 5 Credits Graded

  •  1232 LA 7005   STU 501

    • MTWRF
    • Jun 2 - Jul 31, 2025

    • Birkeland, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    No course fee for Summer 2025.
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

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