Kyle Allan
 
Stage One at MSA provided various opportunities through our Studio Works 1 Course. The projects aim to establish foundational architectural knowledge. Gaining basic skills in research, critical enquiry and communication. Our coursework emphasised analogue methods, producing a series of orthogonal drawings and physical models. This hands-on approach helped to grasp the fundamentals and key principles of architectural drawing.  

The Architectural Technology 1 (AT1) a lecture-based course comprised of three parts and introduces basic principles in relation to each respective component. Environmental Design 1 introduced principles relating to thermal comfort, lighting and acoustics. Structural Design 1 introduced the basic design principles used in buildings. Principles of Building 1 provides an overview of the process of construction through exploration of materials.