Architectural Design 1:1

Education facts

Code: 5AR023

The students are provided with a basic orientation in architecture through experimentation, project-based learning, and theoretical reflection. In the course students explore the concepts of the human body relating to form, scale, function, and space, and the student will apply basic skills and tools, such as sketching, drawing and model-making. Students will learn to work with iterative and experimental design processes, concepts of sustainability and tools to communicate an architectural project.  The course is divided into five modules: Module 1: Introduction to Architecture, 3 credits Module 2: Composition in Design, 3 credits  Module 3: Spatial Sequences, 3 credits  Module 4: Inhabitation of Space, 4,5 credits Module 5: Documentation and Communication, 1,5 credits

Entry requirements

General entry requirements + Mathematics 3b or 3c or Mathematics Further level 1b or 1c or Mathematics C, Science Studies 2/ or evel 2, Civics 1b or 1a1+1a2/level 1b or 1a1+1a2. Science Studies can be replaced by Chemistry 1 or level 1 + Physics 1a or 1b1+1b2 or evel 1a1+1a2 or level 1b.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Architectural Design 1:1

  Umeå University

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %