The course will invite four rising stars in the field of landscape architecture to deliver four different design workshops. The invited designers will bring cutting-edge knowledge and approach from the pioneering design studios to the class.  The workshop aims to let students learn the critical design philosophy, methods, and approaches adopted by influential design studios.  Moreover, the course aims to let students build up professional networks and initiate their career plan by communicating with and following successful role models.

Unlike a conventional design studio, the workshop is expected to be more intense, but we aim to let students finish majority of the work within the three-day workshop rather than letting them have a large portion of work needs to be completed in the final weeks.  The workshop may include a wide variety of activities, such as on-site investigations, seminars, discussions (brainstorms), working model making, sketch and collage making, quick rendering of conceptual drawings, etc. The activities will be specified by the invited instructor to fit their unique topic, objectives, and methods.