#1 LA559 S18

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Fan Lan

MLA, 1st year

i. What prior experience with digital technology have you had?  List software and levels of proficiency

I studied in landscape architecture for 5 years. During my undergraduate study, I engaged almost all those basic digital technology. I am good at digital plan drawing by using AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator (4/5). I could use limited functions in Indesign (2/5), ArcGIS (2/5), Google Earth Pro (2/5)，Lumion Pro (3/5). I  used all these softwares for earlier design works.

ii. Describe your comfort level with computing generally, and with the software programs:

I am at the entry level on Rhino, but I have not used it for years. 

I know limited about computing and nothing about Rhino-Grasshopper and Processing programming environment.

iii.  What are your goals and expectations for this course?

   First, I aim to learn some useful and fast processing methods from this course to find and deal with the base map for design use. Besides, I am interested in the parametric design by using rhino and its plugin, grasshopper. I hope to learn programming from this class and to get elementary level by learning some basic rules of processing or python language for future using. Last but not least, I am also fascinated to use GIS for landscape theme analyses and researches. I hope to learn some analytical methods by using GIS as the aiding.