Spring 2025
ENVDES 104 001 - LEC 001
Design Frameworks
Suchita Ghosh
Class #:20652
Units: 3
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Institute of Urban & Regional Development Programs
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
7
Enrolled: 23
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 30
Waitlist Max: 0
Open Reserved Seats:
7 reserved for Sustainable Environmental Design Majors with 3 or more Terms in Attendance
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 6 hours of outside work hours per week.
Final Exam
WED, MAY 14TH
03:00 pm - 06:00 pm
Wurster 104
Course Catalog Description
This course begins with an open-ended question (“What is design?”) and asks students to think critically about the central tenets, commonalities, and limits of design in an ever-changing complex world. A historical and theoretical overview of predominant schools of thought across all scales of design (i.e. industrialization, modernism, post-modernism, and beyond) will ground the discussions to follow. Topics related to environmental sustainability including industrial ecologies, ecological design principles, lifecycle, biomimicry, LEED and accreditation systems, and closed-loop cycles will be presented.
Class Notes
Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment in this course is restricted to students who meet the seat reservations for this course.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Reserved Seating For This Term
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats:
7 reserved for Sustainable Environmental Design Majors with 3 or more Terms in Attendance
Terms in Attendance:
Undergraduate Classifications Information
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
Guide to Open, Free, & Affordable Course Materials
Associated Sections
None