To learn how to visually represent the experience of a specific place for the class Visualizing the Environment, a group of 12 first-year Landscape Architecture students walked a little over a mile, from the Dana Building through downtown Ann Arbor, stopping along the way to sketch for one minute. They then returned to each point they had sketched to look at a particular aspect of the area. Student Stephanie Austin, looked at lighting at night; creating a series of sketches and photos (a few of which are pictured, left) helped her develop a visual vocabulary for representing a specific site, she said. Visualizing the Environment was taught by landscape architect and lecturer Andrea Urbiel Goldner.

The students presented their work on Wednesday morning in an exhibit open to the SNRE community. "They've made a lot of good work," Urbiel Goldner said.