Elements of Architectural Design
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The first term design studio enrolls students with diverse academic backgrounds; this is understood to be one of the great strengths of graduate level architectural education. The required studio is an introduction to a discipline that is both extremely specific in its practical application and material resolution, and quite broad in its inevitable engagement with the borders of other political and cultural discourses. The curriculum of the term is comprised of four design projects at different scales. These projects focus on conceptual development, design synthesis, principles of typology, organization and representation. Requirements and modes of representation vary both among the projects, and within the design process of individual problems. It is intended that a range of approaches, increasing in complexity throughout the term, acquaint the student with the fundamental conventions of architectural design, and the extent to which these conventions themselves hold the keys to meaningful invention.
Prerequisite: ARCH 502.
See examples of work from this course: http://www.sala.ubc.ca/category/tags/arch-500