The Summer Institute is offered by the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design (CED)

The six-week summer programs give students the opportunity to test their enthusiasm for the material and culture of environmental design.

Programs

[IN]ARCH PROGRAM

[IN]ARCH ADV PROGRAM

[IN]CITY PROGRAM

[IN]LAND PROGRAM







[IN]ARCH PROGRAM

Program Weekly Schedule

Most students spend additional evenings and weekends in studio

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

11:00 Media Instruction Lecture Media Instruction Discussion Field Trips
12:00

1:00 Studio Studio Studio Studio

2:00

3:00

4:00

5:00

6:00


Program Description

Advances strategies for addressing site and environmental conditions

Familiarizes students with the structure of group critiques and provides feedback from
instructors and guest critics

Provides access to UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design Library and other
university resources

Introduces architectural thinking as a conceptual enterprise

Provides methods for translating concepts into physical form

Develops both digital and analog modeling and drawing skills


Program Activities
Guided field trips take students to sites of urban and architectural significance in San
Francisco

Lectures by celebrated faculty, local architects and critics provide insight on how
architecture can transform its environment both in terms of form and performance.

Past lecturers include Professor Susan Ubbelohde, an expert on daylighting, natural
ventilation, and cutting edge research to provide architectural design solutions;


Contact details

COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

230 WURSTER HALL #1820

BERKELEY, CA 94720–1820