Architecture Design and Communications (ARCH 1000) includes two components: COMPONENT A (Design 1) and COMPONENT B (Communications 1).

COMPONENT A: Design 1 is undertaken in the context of Design Studio programs. You are introduced to architecture as the spatial construction of relationships through the act of proposing and revising design. Through this process, an understanding of spatial relationships is formed, challenging you to realize not only formal relationships, but also architectural ones. Design Studios aim to develop, apply and test your architectural design skills.

This entails:
developing an introductory understanding of a selected range of technical, theoretical, historical and professional issues.
the ability to integrate this understanding into your design proposals.
the application of the communication techniques necessary to demonstrate this.

COMPONENT B: Communications 1 introduces you to a range of skills and techniques commonly used by designers to gather, explore & represent architectural ideas through a variety of communication techniques.