702-101 Architectural Design 1A

Formerly available as 702-101 Introduction to Design. Students who have completed Introduction to Design are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Students will be introduced to architectural space through readings, studio-based projects and assignments, based on such generic discourses as ' surface', where space is generated through the confrontation of a body and an expanse of material; 'box', where space is generated through extensions of the human body in all directions; and 'fields', where space is generated by the behaviour of individual units acting in groups. Projects will be designed to show common approaches to space in architecture, landscape architecture and urban design. Projects will gradually introduce techniques of spatial representation from simple paper models to orthographic drawings to more complex combinations of models and drawings.

On completion of the subject students should be able to:

• Generate design proposals for indoor and outdoor lived environments.

• Generate design proposals that respond to contemporary social and cultural requirements.

On completion of the subject students should have developed the following skills and capabilities:

• Basic skill in architectural composition.

• Synthesis of knowledge of concurrent subjects.

• Communication of design ideas verbally and graphically.

• Analysis of precedent, social issues and other relevant material.

Projects, studio tests, exercises and tutorial presentations, to the equivalent of 5000 words.