AAH 480 - Seminar: Asian Garden Design

Course Units: 1

(Not offered 2013-14) This seminar explores the history and theory of public and private garden design in China and Japan, as well as the reception and reimagining of Asian gardens in the Euro-American context. In addition to reading and writing assignments, the course involves the communal construction of an Asian garden over the ten-week period. Enrollment is limited to 10, with instructor’s permission only. There are no prerequisites, though some knowledge of or background in one or more of the following is desirable: architecture, art history, carpentry/woodworking, computer-aided design, engineering, project management, studio/ applied arts. CC: LCC, HUM