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Jumpstart Summer Institute – Introduction to Architecture

Develop your skills to create sophisticated architectural projects

Form the basis of a robust design portfolio with intensive design exercises

JumpStart is a 4-week summer studio for individuals contemplating careers in architecture, design, and related fields. The program is open to students from all backgrounds and carries six quarters of University of California credit. To participate in JumpStart, students must hold a high school diploma (or equivalent).

This year’s program will be delivered in person. Students will be assigned to an instructor for a studio on campus, and will attend Technical Seminars, Theory Seminars, as well as group-work sessions in person.

Software and fabrication-tool tutorials will be provided each week as relevant to assignments within the Technical Seminars.

Over the course of the program, students will learn to:

  • Produce architectural representation via both orthographic and parallel projections
  • Build analog models using manual and digital fabrication tools
  • Develop digital models of existing and original designs
  • Learn to use 2-D and 3-D modeling and drawing software: Rhinoceros and Adobe Illustrator (individuals with prior modeling experience will be challenged to expand and advance their skill set through technical workshops)
  • Communicate architectural ideas effectively across formats
  • Nourish those ideas with broader cultural thematics

Fees and Payment Info

The program fee includes the unit fees for the UCLA coursework offered as part of the program and thus varies by UC student status. In addition to the program fee, students are assessed other campus and administrative fees during the summer. This is a summary of fees that commonly apply to the selected student type.

Actual tuition and fees are subject to change by the University of California. Visit the fees, payment, and financial aid section for important disclaimer, as well as more details on fees, payment instructions, and information on delinquency, refunds, and financial aid.

Program Fee
$3,610.00
Ackerman Student Union Fee
$16.20
Ackerman / Kerckhoff Seismic Fee
$37.67
Wooden Center Fee
$7.80
SPARC Fee
$27.00
Undergraduate Student Association Fee
$55.45
PLEDGE Fee
$22.84
IEI Fee
$61.00
Document Fee (incoming UCLA students only)
$50.00
Total Estimated Fees:
$3,887.96
* Fees only apply for certain student types

Meet your instructors

Julia Koerner

Associate Adjunct Professor and Director, Summer Programs

Julia Koerner is an award-winning Austrian designer, innovator, and pioneer in 3D printing, with exemplary cross-disciplinary work. Koerner has been sought after for collaborations that include 3D-printed costumes with Ruth E. Carter for Marvel’s “Black Panther” and “Wakanda Forever,” earning two Academy Awards. Prior to that, she collaborated with Iris Van Herpen and Chanel on 3D-printed Haute Couture. Furthermore, she has developed research on innovative uses of 3D printing with Swarovski, Stratasys, and Materialise. She is internationally recognized for design innovation in 3D printing and recently was awarded for her architectural design for ICON’s 3d-printed affordable housing Initiative 99.

Koerner has been a faculty member at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design since 2012 and teaches graduate design studios, building construction, and research studios. Her research studio “Fit For the Future: Sustainable 3D printed building facades” has been widely published. Since 2021, she has been the Director of UCLA AUD Summer Programs TeenArch and JumpStart.

Koerner’s work has been acquired and exhibited at institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (MET), the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Phoenix Museum of Art, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the MOMU in Antwerp, the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Museum of Applied Arts MAK Vienna, and Ars Electronica. Her designs have been featured in National Geographic magazine, Vice, Wired, Dezeen, Architectural Digest, Metropolis, and the New York Times. Her peer-reviewed architectural research has been published in Springer Construction Journal, Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design, Acadia Conference, and AAE Conference, among others. In 2019 ARCHINECT named Julia Koerner “Architecture’s Queen of 3D Fabrication”.

Koerner is the founder of JK Design and JK3D, focused on iconic, sustainable, and innovative 3D-printed architecture, installations, fashion, and home decor products. Her design work constantly embodies a beautiful organic aesthetic and leverages the unique capabilities of architectural design processes and digital fabrication to their fullest potential.

Born in Salzburg, Austria, Koerner received master’s degrees in architecture from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and the Architectural Association in London. She is based in Los Angeles and Vienna, and has previously practiced in London and New York and held academic appointments at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Lund University in Sweden and the Architectural Association Visiting Schools in France and Jordan.

She serves on the Creative Industries Council of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy of Austria as part of the “Innovation Program for the Creative Industries 2030.”

Morgane Copp

Lecturer and Associate Director, Summer Programs

Morgane Copp is a French-American architectural designer based in San Francisco & Los Angeles. She holds a BArch from the University of Nottingham and an MArch I from UCLA AUD, where she graduated with distinction. She has taught at UC Berkeley, UCLA AUD, California College of Arts (CCA), as well as served as Associate Director of the AUD Summer Programs since 2021. Copp has been a critic at UCLA AUD, USC, USD, CCA, and UC Berkeley. Her work and research explore the transformation of architectural types and images—understood both as constructed mediums and as reflections of cultural identity and value through the built form. Her current work questions the architect’s position within inherited conditions, seeking opportunities between structures and rethinking preservation as an active, transformative practice.

Copp has practiced architecture internationally in Athens, New York, Basel, San Diego, and Los Angeles, at offices including Herzog & de Meuron and Rob Wellington Quigley Architects. She has worked on a wide array of typologies and scales, ranging from high-end commercial towers to affordable housing projects in California. Copp is now Project Designer at Young & Ayata, leading projects including renovations at The MET, an Agriculture Institute in South Korea, and a Norway winery.