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This project-based course gives students a foundational understanding of architecture, developing skills in creative thinking, visual communication and a fluency with the architectural design process. Students will explore the fundamentals of architectural design through studio projects that focus on technical drafting, measurement and spatial reasoning, scale and proportion, structural engineering and 3D modeling. The course will investigate the ways people interact with space and the many factors that can influence a final architectural design.
The Architecture course will enable the student to:
- Acquire and develop technical drawing skills to express, communicate and present ideas graphically.
- Learning reasoning and problem-solving techniques in approaching solutions to architectural design problems.
- Draw a compact residential space and floor plans that include proper room layout, utilizing architectural symbols, dimensions notes and schedules, whilst considering environmental and sustainable solutions.
- Produce various computer-aided architectural drawings.
The course assessment is purely based on performance tasks and deliverables that are self-assessed, peer-assessed and teacher-assessed. There are a number of formative activities throughout the semester that students receive regular feedback on, which ultimately leads up to a final semester project. A final grade will be determined at the end of the semester.