Handbook

Practical Design Studio 1 sets the foundation for the practice of design thinking in the built environment with particular emphasis on research-led design inquiry as well as pursuing expansive exploration of ideas through iterative and reflective design techniques.

The design brief at the basis of the course introduces you to the key phases, processes, materials and elements of the built environment from the macro scale of landscape and architecture through to the micro scales of interiors and industrial design and the digital potential of computational design.

The course will encourage a design response that is critical, curious and inquisitive leading to design proposals that speculate on the future relationships between people and the built environment.