Design Studio (Principles)

Undergraduate | 2026

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Area/Catalogue
ARCH 1000
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Course ID
200796
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
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Course level
1
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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Yes
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University-wide elective course
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Single course enrolment
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Course data is interim and subject to change

Course overview

This course aims to develop students' understanding of design as an iterative process of inquiry, conceptualisation, analysis, and critique of built environments. As the first studio in the program, the course introduces students to the studio culture which underpins the creative disciplines with emphasis on Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning, and Landscape Architecture. Through a combination of making and drawing (analogue and digital), learners will be introduced to design principles including primary elements, composition of form and space, proportion and scale, ordering principles, site and topography, occupation and placemaking, precedent, and the basic representational skills to communicate design intentions. This course assumes no prior design experience. This course aligns with the program’s intent to responsibly, creatively, and proactively shape future built environments.

  • Adelaide — Our Design Laboratory
  • Design Principles And Strategies
  • Applying Design Principles And Strategies

Course learning outcomes

  • Demonstrate a creative response to a series of films screened at a film festival
  • Apply fundamental design principles (primary elements, composition of form and space, proportion and scale, ordering principles) to assessable work
  • Research, analyse and synthesise knowledge related to a specific project in the development of a design response to a brief
  • Explore creative processes and idea generation and demonstrate critical evaluation of these processes in assessable work
  • Communicate critical design thinking according to disciplinary conventions; drawings, models and graphics
  • Appraise how design can impact, interact with, and improve environments

Prerequisite(s)

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Corequisite(s)

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Antirequisite(s)

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