Institutions & Courses Design and Arts College of New Zealand Courses
Diploma in Architectural Design
This course is available at the following Design and Arts College of New Zealand campuses:
Christchurch - Canterbury
QUALIFICATION, DURATION, NQF EQUIVALENT LEVEL AND INTAKES
Diploma of Architectural Design and Technology - 3 Academic Years, Level 7, January
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
NCEA Level 2 (High School Year 12) with Level 3 (High School Year 13) Physics or Science, and Graphics or Art or equivalent.
English language entry requirements, IELTS 6.0 or equivalent.
INDIVIDUAL COURSE COMPONENTS
Design studio, environmental design, architectural drawing, digital communication/computer aided design and documentation, presentation techniques, construction, laws and regulations, business studies, urban design, history of architecture, theory of architecture, critical studies, drawing and presentation, architectural drawing, professional practice, internship experience.
COURSE SUMMARY
Along with the study and practice of freehand and perspective drawing techniques, Architectural Design students learn architectural draughting, working with relevant national and international standards in the presentation of detailed working construction documents. Familiarity with industry standard computers is gained in the digital communication component. This digital imaging component also gives the students the chance to apply their draughting, design and presentation skills digitally and enables them to explore 3D modelling, computer rendering and the production of digital drawings.
