This course is a studio type class for architectural design. In this course, students will learn the process of completely designing a commercial building from the initial programming to technical design of a building. This course will focus on the key concept of sustainable design with the aims of giving students hand-on practices to develop a comprehensive design of commercial building,
Students will work both individually and as teams during the design process. Students will be introduced to a design process based on original thinking, in which they will synthesize collected information and draw conclusions based on established premises. The course will also demonstrate how to generate a number of design alternatives, and evaluate and select the most appropriate one.
The site and studio topic will be selected every year in the current urban issues and challenges.