In the Winter 2025 term, ARC112H1 - Design + Engineering I will be offered as a substitute for JAV101H1. ARC112H1 is a collaboration with the foundational course in first-year engineering, where students will conduct client-driven community-based research in response to design problems. Full course descriptions are below, as is a link to an explanatory video. There are limited spaces for this opportunity.

If selected, you will be added on ACORN to ARC112H1, removed from JAV101H1 and notified via e-mail. If you are not selected, you will remain in JAV101H1.   

Students can apply to enrol into ARC112 by completing and submitting the following web form by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 2, 2024. 

Course Descriptions

JAV101H1- Design Studio I: How to design almost anything 
A studio-based introduction to the methods and processes of design. The course serves as a hands-on exploration of design issues through a series of exercises that introduce students to the conceptual underpinnings of the design process, developing their capacity to conceive, manipulate, and analyze form through a variety of representational media. 

ARC112H1 - Design + Engineering I 
ARC112: Design + Engineering I is a foundational design course that uses both architectural and engineering design processes as a context for developing skills essential to the study and practice of architecture. The course will challenge you to design, in a team-setting, detailed solutions for your client’s everyday problem. You will learn to problem-solve with detail, creativity and collaboration. In conducting background research for your project, you will practice independent learning skills.

You will be required to account for factors outside of the technical such as environmental, societal, ethical, and human factors, and in doing so you will develop a systems-thinking approach in your work. In reporting your solution, you will make use of effective written, oral, and graphical professional communication. All of this will be achieved while working on an interdisciplinary team of architecture and engineering students for the duration of the semester.

Design + Engineering is a unique course to Daniels and the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. While architects working in the profession are constantly coordinating with various engineers, it is rare for university students of these disciplines to encounter each other. This course is an early introduction to interdisciplinary design wherein communications, teamwork, and project management skills are key to developing successful design solutions.

HOW WE WORK:

Working on a team, students go through a complete design process to develop an initial workable design to meet the needs of their real-world client. Design skills are developed through experiences with both architectural and engineering design methodologies. Early on, the team spends considerable effort to understand the project context and the client’s challenges in order to clearly articulate the project requirements. The design process involves ‘storming’ numerous proposed design ideas, further developing a smaller selection of design options, and then narrowing down to a final recommended design that is fully documented. This is presented to the client using skilled communication, empirical measures of success, drawings, models (3D and physical), and other representational approaches to persuade them that the final proposed design most effectively meets their needs.   

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this course you should be able to: 

• Produce a resolved, measured and considered design meeting the scope of the project and meeting the performance requirements of the client. 

• Define functions, objectives and constraints with metrics to measure a project’s success, with appropriate documentation, in response to a client request.

• Address broader considerations in design, including the concerns of a broad range of stakeholders, the economic, environmental and social impacts of a design over its life cycle, human factors, and legal and ethical issues. 

• Follow a team process to work effectively in a team, make team decisions and produce a team created deliverable. 

Watch a MyMedia video about ARC112H1 by clicking here.