The course ARCH 1001 is undertaken in the context of lower pool design studio program and is the first of the 4 vertically integrated lower pool design studios. The design studios aim to develop, apply and test your architectural design skills. This entails:

*Your developing an understanding of a selected range of technical, theoretical, historical, environmental and professional issues.
*Your ability to integrate this understanding into design proposals.
*Your application of the communication techniques necessary to demonstrate this.

Studio programs for design level ARCH 1001 require you to formally locate your work in the appropriate historical, theoretical, or technical context and will include an appropriate program of seminars, lectures and tutorials to support this. Each studio develops a tailored study program to suit the particular studio theme.