About the ProgrAm Design fills our world and permeates our every-

day existence. Small objects, media, furniture, buildings, the city: nearly every-

thing we use, live in, and touch has been designed. Who designs these things?

How do they do it? How do they see the world around them and change it?

SCI-Arc has developed Design Immersion Days (DID) to introduce high school

students to these issues in a brief but broad curriculum.

Rising Juniors and Seniors will be offered the opportunity to explore careers

in architecture and design or simply satisfy deep curiosities about how

products, buildings, and environments are designed and made. This is done

by working side by side with other students and those who have devoted

their lives to reshaping the world around us.

About SCI-ArC SCI-Arc is a center of innovation and one of the nation’s

few independent not-for-profit architecture schools, offering undergraduate

and graduate programs. We are dedicated to educating architects who will

imagine and shape the future. Located in a quarter-mile long former freight

depot in the Arts District in downtown Los Angeles, SCI-Arc is distinguished by

its vibrant studio culture and emphasis on process.

SCI-ArCDeSIgn ImmerSIon DAyS | Summer ProgrAm

A four-week summer program offering high school students an opportunity to explore careers in architecture and design. Apply online at sciarc.edu.

Summer 2012 June 25 – JuLy 21

CurriCulum

immErSiON

Architecture and design live and breathe in both the classroom and the

world. DID is dedicated to immersing the student in these realms. Through

a series of lectures given by esteemed Los Angeles-based designers and

field trips exploring the city of Los Angeles, students will be exposed to

examples of design and modes of production at all scales. In the classroom

and in the city, students will be introduced to fundamental ways of seeing,

thinking, and doing that are essential for anyone interested in pursuing a

degree and/or career in architecture or design.

ViSuAliZATiON

DID’s Visual Studies program emphasizes the doing by introducing

students to a range of basic skills essential to exploring, discovering,

and describing design work. The coursework covers freehand sketching,

mechanical drafting, computer drawing, physical model making, and

computer-based 3D modeling. Students are introduced to processes and

work flows that will allow them to move freely between physical and

virtual realms.

DESiGN

DID’s Design Lab helps students explore further the things they are

encouraged to “see” in the world. It is also an approach to the creative

process, as well as a design education. In Design Lab, students create

projects that they discuss with SCI-Arc faculty in a process of one-on-one

feedback. Students also present their work to juries of faculty and peers

in a process of discussion-based group feedback, preparing them for the

design school environment.

DOCumENTATiON

For anyone interested in any field of design or creative production, a

portfolio is essential. Every student applying to architecture or design

school is required to submit one. The culmination of this program is

a one-day comprehensive portfolio workshop, which is designed to

introduce beginning design students to the concepts, techniques, and

strategies necessary to complete a successful design portfolio.

Southern California Institute of Architecture

960 E. 3rd Street, Los Angeles CA 90013

PrOGrAm SEquENCE

WeekS 1– 3

Monday

9am–10am: Lecture

10am–12pm: Field Trip

12pm–1pm: Lunch

1pm–5pm: Field Trip

Tuesday – Friday

9am–12pm: Visual Studies / Design Lab

12pm–1pm: Lunch

1pm –5pm: Visual Studies / Design Lab

Week 4

Monday

9am–10am: Lecture

10am–12pm: Field Trip

12pm–1pm: Lunch

1pm–5pm: Field Trip

Tuesday –Thursday

9am–12pm: Visual Studies / Design Lab

12pm–1pm: Lunch

1pm–5pm: Visual Studies / Design Lab

Friday

9am–12pm: Mount Exhibit

12pm–1pm: Lunch

1pm–5pm: Final Review

Saturday

9am–12pm: Portfolio Workshop

12pm–1pm: Lunch

1pm–4pm: Portfolio Workshop

6pm–8pm: Reception / Exhibit / Open House

PrOGrAm iNfOrmATiON

DATeS

Summer 2012 Session:

Monday, June 25–Saturday, July 21, 2012

COST

$3,000 Tuition

+$250 (lunch, field trips, materials fee)

$3,250 Total

A $200 enrollment deposit is required upon

acceptance in order to secure a place in the class.

Tuition may be waived for students whose family

income requires scholarship to attend. Financial

forms for scholarship application can be found on

the SCI-Arc Online Application page.

APPLYING

Online applications will be available starting

January 1, 2012.

Early application is recommended to secure a

place in the program.

APPLICATION MATeRIALS

$25 Application Fee

Application Form

(Form and instructions available online

at sciarc.edu)

If you have any questions, please contact our

Admissions Office at admissions@sciarc.edu

or call us at 213.356.5320.

Design Immersion Days was launched with seed

funding from The Ahmanson Foundation and the

Bowling Family Foundation.

Skill SET ACquirED

SeeING

Freehand Sketching, Photography

ThINkING

Critical Thinking, Analytical Thinking, Non-Linear

Thinking, Problem Solving, Verbal Presentation

DOING (by hand and computer)

Design Drawing, Design Modeling, Graphic

Presentation, Portfolio Layout and Design

AbOuT SCi-ArC

SCI-Arc is a center of innovation and one of

the nation’s few independent not-for-profit

architecture schools, offering undergraduate

and graduate programs. We are dedicated to

educating architects who will imagine and shape

the future. Located in a quarter-mile long former

freight depot in the Arts District in downtown

Los Angeles, SCI-Arc is distinguished by its vibrant

studio culture and emphasis on process.

SuMMeR 2012JuNE 25 – JuLy 21

A four-week summer program for high school students at the Southern

California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles. Apply online at sciarc.edu.

Program Coordinator Darin Johnstone

SCI-Arc Director Eric Owen Moss

Director of Academic Affairs Hsinming Fung

undergraduate Program Chair John Enright

DeSIGN FILLS OuR WORLD and permeates our

everyday existence. Small objects, media, furniture,

buildings, the city: nearly everything we use, live in,

and touch has been designed. Who designs these

things? How do they do it? How do they see the world

around them and change it? SCI-Arc has developed

Design Immersion Days (DID) to introduce high

school students to these issues in a brief but broad

curriculum. Rising Juniors and Seniors will be offered

the opportunity to explore careers in architecture

and design or simply satisfy deep curiosities about

how products, buildings, and environments are

designed and made. This is done by working side

by side with other students and those who have

devoted their lives to reshaping the world around us.