Design Like An Architect

Name: Design Like An Architect
Rating: 4.4 (516 reviews)

The basics of architecture and architectural design

Created byGarry Miley

Last updated 6/2021

English

What you'll learn

The complete basics of architecture and architectural design.

Course content

1 section • 6 lectures • 1h 21m total length

Introduction to step by step course in architectural design5:43
Students will be introduced to a complete guide to the technique of architectural design.
Lines and Shading12:24
On completion, students will be able to draw building plans and sections to a professional freehand standard and apply color, textures and shade to a building section just like an architect.
Section10:50
Students will be introduced to the simplest, most effective technique to design buildings architecturally: that is, the development of the building section. The technique will be explained with varied examples and simple follow along exercises.
The Site14:06
In this tutorial students will complete a basic site analysis to a professional standard and use their analysis to develop a concept for their architectural design.
The Plan23:01
Students will learn a complete and comprehensive technique for designing building plans just as architects do using a fool-proof grid technique. The technique will be explained through multiple examples and easy to follow exercises.
Complete Sketch Design15:47
The course is completed with tutorials on how to design effective building elevations and how to draw a convincing site plan.

Requirements

None

Description

Using a unique method, in this course you’ll learn the professional way to draw architectural drawings with a pencil; a foolproof technique for designing architectural space using the building section; a system for analysing a site; a method for drawing a site plan; and a way of organising clear floor plans using a grid.

You’ll follow along as I design a small pottery studio right from the earliest concepts through to completed plans, sections and elevations. The design project is located on a real site on a lake shore in Ireland. Each new step in the design process is introduced in clear, easy to follow stages and there are some simple tasks to complete which are guaranteed to develop your skills.

No prior experience or skills are required except an ability to use either a metric or imperial scale rule. You’ll need some A4 or 8½ x 11 paper, an HB pencil and a handful of colored pencils.

This course is heavily focused on a particular technique in architectural design: the use of the building section to develop ideas about space.

There are six tutorials in total. Each is short, sharp and to the point. The presentation is brisk and lively. No time is wasted.

The course is ideal for students in their first year of architecture school or for those considering taking architecture in college.

Who this course is for:

Architects, architecture students, architectural design students or people thinking about taking architecture