Learn design principles for creating spaces for people. You will utilize design, methodology, and space-making principles to gain fundamental knowledge and skills in environmental design, and prepare for future architecture and landscape architecture studios.

Student Project by: Jonathan T. Lee

Course Learning Outcomes

• Use a journal for freehand sketching, annotating and observing the built environment.
• Exhibit spatial visualization and communication skills through basic technical drawings – plan, section and elevation
• Exhibit spatial visualization and an understanding of site through the use of well-crafted models.
• Exhibit an understanding of scale through reference to the human body in 1/2″ and 1/8″ drawings and models.
• Identify the fundamental design principles present in relevant precedents and incorporate in design proposals
• Present a design project narratively and visually incorporating architectural drawing skills and environmental design principles