ARCH71-121: Design Thinking and Visualisation

This subject aims to introduce students to design thinking through graphic medium and representation. Students will explore drawing and visualisation as a means of creative action and an aid to unlock design potential and strategies. Using a mixture of hand drawing and digital software, students will be introduced to fundamental ideation, drawing and modelling techniques through a series of skill development exercises covering graphic presentation using diagrams, storyboards, vignettes, and iterative sketching. Design assignments will allow students to explore the application of drawing and digital modelling techniques as design thinking tools to develop ideas, create technical drawings and visualise spatial imagination. Students will practise communication skills involved in organising and making presentation graphics in the form of design panel layout, portfolio, and in-class verbal presentation.