SUMMER SEMESTER 2002 CLASSES AT SFIA

July 16 and July 22 - August 29, 2002

San Francisco clases at 555 Howard Street

555 Howard is two blocks south of Market, on the west side, between 1st & 2nd streets.

San Francisco Institute of Architecture
Information Office
Box 749
Orinda, CA 94563
1-925-299-1325
SFIA@aol.com

CLASS TITLES, DATES, TIMES:

See below for enrollment form.

D-5 NANOTECH, MEGATECH, & SINGULARITY
Fred Stitt, Instructor.
3 units, $300. Credit option only. Mondays, 6:30 p.m. - 7:40 p.m.
Starts 6:30 P.M., Monday, July 22.

This course covers the latest technological achievements -- achievements that are accelerating at a historically unprecedented rate -- and explores their implications for planetary life, humanity, and architecture.

Topics include: the basics of Nanotechnology (molecular engineering); biotech variations on Nanotechnology; future construction (or biological growth) systems of buildings; brain enhancement; advanced visualization, design, and problem-solving techniques.

Students will explore methods of dealing with today's most extraordinary and possibly most important problem: how to understand, predict, and plan for a future that is inconceivable, a future where the dichotomies of concern today -- life/death, wealth/poverty, war/peace, or any physical limitations as we know them -- will no longer exist or have any meaning.

TE-1 BURNING MAN: ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION
A self-directed course mentored by Fred Stitt.
3 units. $300. Hands-on construction and/or assembly work required.

Introductory meeting at SFIA Monday, July 22, 5:30 p.m. .

Design and build shelters to be assembled at the Burning Man festival at Black Rock, Nevada, during the week prior to the Labor Day holiday (approximately Weds, August 28 through Monday, Sept. 22).

This class will be largely student-directed, according to a schedule established by the participants. The instructor will provide periodic design reviews and mentoring.

A group may decide to do a communal structure and/or students may do single structures of their own making. Structures will reflect the ingenuity and free spirit of the Burning Man festival, and should be portable and readily transported, assembled, and disassembled in difficult field conditions.

A slide show at the class organizing meeting (5:30 p.m., Monday, July 22) will review the event and the severe conditions that Burning Man shelters must endure. After that, students will work together or separately on design and construction, present to the instructor along the way, and then meet at Burning Man at Black Rock, Nevada. (Admission to the Burning Man festival is a separate cost. See www.Burningman.com for details.)

D- 27 MAKING A BOOK: SFIA WORK-STUDY PROJECT
Fred Stitt, instructor.
3 units. Free tuition in return for student labor on book project.

This course shows how to make a book for publication. The book is the story of the origins of organizing principles of design: geometrical proportion, modular unit systems, the Golden Mean, and a variety of European and Asian design systems. Much of the book's content is from our D-6 History of Architectural Design class.

Tuition is paid by providing at least 30 hours' hands-on drafting and paste-up work during the six-week work-study course period. Mondays, 7:45 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Starts Monday, July 22.

Students with graphics skills and drafting ability will earn units for work -- equivalent to $10/hour for 3-unit, $300 course credit -- for 5 or more hours' work weekly, over a six-week period.

Work includes ink drafting, photocopy, manual paste-up, and possibly scanning and Photoshop work, depending on student experience and computer resources.

You can see some of the other books previously published by Fred Stitt on Amazon.com.

An introductory meeting will be held at 7:45 p.m. on Monday, July 22.

If you're interested, please notify SFIA in advance. E-mail SFIA@aol.com for details.

D- 24 ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT: FROM UR TO GOFF
Matt Fulvio, Instructor.
3 units, $300. Credit option only. Two week schedule: Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday, July 16-17-18 and July 23-24-25, 7-9 p.m.

First meeting, 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 16.

A "hands-on" course. Start with simple, geometric patterns and organizing principles, then explore architectural ornament and its place and purpose in architecture.

Students will need a simple but good compass, straightedge, pencils, pens, and media of their choosing. Computer graphics OK too.

TE-3 HANDS-ON ECONSTRUCTION WORKSHOPS
with Daniel Liebermann, architect, and crew. Starts in Inverness July 27.
See schedule and credit options below.

Help build one of the few authentic ecological architectural complexes -- Dan Liebermann's Ridge project in Inverness.

Weekend, one-week, and two-week options: Study nature and the nature of construction, do some drafting, camp in the glorious Inverness landscape, and put in lots of hands-on labor, while learning how to build with alternative materials and construction methods.

Dan Liebermann is one of the few totally uncompromising organic/ecological architects of our time. Dan integrates design theory, nature study, and the hands-on, nuts and bolts mechanics of construction, to create an exceptional learning experience.

Option 1. Weekends. Can be taken repeatedly during the semester. Arrive Friday evening to pitch tent and get oriented. Do supervised work Saturday and Sunday, return late Sunday afternoons. Over the summer, work will include everything from foundations to framing, site clearing to roofing.

Option 2. One week: Start with weekend as in Option 1, continue through to Friday, or add 2 days, for an additional weekend. Includes instruction, visualization, and the techniques of eco building and how they differ or relate to conventional construction.

Option 3. Two-week comprehensive. The advantage of the longer workshop is seeing work start and continue through its many steps. It's like Option 2, only more of it. Some partial shelter is provided; otherwise, it's a camping environment with basic water, bath, and camp cooking facilities.

Fees:

Option 1: $120 per weekend. 1 unit SFIA credit.

Option 2: $250. One week, 2 units SFIA credit, with photo or written documentation of work and learning experience.

Option 3: $350. Two weeks, 4 units SFIA credit, with detailed photo or written documentation of work and learning experiences.

The first workshop is the opening meeting for all three options -- Saturday morning, July 27. You must be pre-enrolled to attend, and you'll be sent a map and preparation instructions.

Alternative schedule: Week-long and two-week workshops can start later according to your individual schedule, as arranged with SFIA and Daniel Liebermann.

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COURSES

__ D-5 NANOTECH, MEGATECH, & SINGULARITY
3 units, $300. Starts 7/22. $ _____

__ D-24 ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT: From Ur to Goff
3 units. $300. Starts 7/16. $ _____

__ TE-1 BURNING MAN: ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION
3 units. $300. Starts 7/22. $ _____

__ D-27 MAKING A BOOK: SFIA WORK-STUDY PROJECT
3 units. Starts 7/22. $ _____

__ TE-3 HANDS-ON ECONSTRUCTION WORKSHOPS
Start July 27.
TE-3 __ weekend, 1 unit, $120 __ 1 week, 2 units, $250 __ 2 weeks, 4 units
$350 $ _____

Tuition fully refundable up to July 22. Refunds after July 22 on a pro-rata basis for classes attended, minus $50 administration fee.

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