Danika Cooper
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
- Education
- Master of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
- Master in Design Studies, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
- Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, Washington University, St Louis
- Biography
Danika Cooper is a landscape designer, urbanist, and researcher. Her work focuses on giving expression to underrepresented materials and methods in the practice, theory, and representation of landscape architecture. Her current research explores the relationship between water management and weather patterns in the world's deserts. At UC Berkeley, her work strives to highlight and strengthen connections between practice, research, and teaching. Previously she was the 2015-2016 Designer-in-Residence teaching fellow at the University of Illinois, Department of Landscape Architecture.
- Courses Taught
LA 234 Introduction to Drawing for Landscape Architects [Fa 2018]
LA 189 Contemporary Approaches to Visualization in Landscape Architecture [Fa 2016, Fa 2017]
LA 202 Drawing the Desert [Sp 2017]
LA 252B MLA / MLA-EP Thesis Prep [Fa 2017, Fa 2018]
LA 254 Towards a Resilient Arid Future [Sp 2018]