Week long orientation to the School community, the City and the study of design one week prior to the start of Winter Session Term 1. Credit will be granted for only one of ENDS 101 or DES 101. Pass/Fail. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Techniques applicable to analytic and technical drawing used in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design with focus primarily on analog drawing techniques. Open to all UBC students regardless of prior experience. Credit will be granted for only one of ENDS 110 or DES 110.
Survey of the visual, cultural, ecological and spatial literacies in architectural and urban design.
Design thinking through the analysis of architecture, landscape architecture and urban design and through hands-on design projects. This course is open to all UBC students, regardless of prior experience. Credit will granted for only one of ENDS 231 or DES 200. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Design within the context of various analytical lenses including ecological, climatic, social, political, cultural and historical influences. Prerequisite: One of DES 110, VISA 180. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Essential processes and methods for thinking in three-dimensional spatial terms. Prerequisite: A score of 60% or higher in DES 201. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Techniques in architectural drawing, two-dimensional representation, three-dimensional representation and general visual literacy. Credit will be granted for only one of ENDS 320, ARCH 515 or DES 211. Prerequisite: One of DES 110, VISA 180. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Advanced techniques in architectural representation and discourse in digital representation and digital making. Credit will be granted for only one of ARCH 437, ARCH 517 or DES 212. Prerequisite: DES 211. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
The unfolding architecture and urbanism of Metro Vancouver. Using Vancouver as a laboratory to examine the historical transformation of the built environment, and how this has affected particular activities, land uses, and social groups within the region. Open enrolment course. Credit will be granted for only one of ENDS 220 or DES 220.
Interactions between human and natural urban systems using local and international examples of successful sustainable community designs. This course is open to all UBC students, regardless of prior experience. Credit will be granted for only one of ENDS 221 or DES 230. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Analysis and planning of relatively complex sites, emphasizing storm water management design. Credit will be given for only one of DES 231, LARC 440, or LARC 540. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
An investigation of building materials and associated design objectives, environmental conditions, historical context, regulatory controls, and economic constraints. Credit will be granted for only one of DES 232 or ARCH 411. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Design at the architectural scale through the medium of program and site. Prerequisite: A score of 60% or higher in DES 202. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Vancouver as a laboratory for design at the architectural and urban scale with a focused view into how design is implicated in the social, political, and environmental transformation of the city. Prerequisite: A score of 60% or higher in DES 301. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
A broad historical introduction to architectural and landscape architectural design within the context of politics, economics and culture. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
History of architecture in the pre-1900 time period. Technological, political, social, and economic changes that have influenced architecture and related fields. Credit will be granted for only one of DES 321, ARCH 404 or ARCH 504. Prerequisite: DES 320. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
History of architecture in the post-1900 time period. Technological, political, social, and economic changes which have influenced architecture and related fields. Credit will be granted for only one of DES 322, ARCH 405 or ARCH 505. Prerequisite: DES 320. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Landscapes from medieval times to the present studied synchronically across design elements as well as chronologically with the development of several key historical concepts. Prerequisite: DES 320. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Basic structural systems in the built world including wood, steel, concrete, composite systems and essential structural logics of soil retention systems and drainage. Prerequisite: All of DES 231, DES 232. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Supervised, technical work- integrated learning experience in a public or private organization for a minimum of three months. Formal co-op assignments required. Restricted to undergraduate students meeting the requirements of the Bachelor of Design and the Co-operative Education Program. Prerequisite: APSC 107. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Direct hands-on confrontation with the realities of design and construction, engaging in both conventional and unconventional building processes. Prerequisite: DES 302.
Relationships between communities and environment, urban infrastructure and ecological systems. Prerequisite: A score of 60% or higher in DES 302. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
A design project engaged with an international context and site. Emphasis placed on mapping, interpretation of the international context as well as methods of construction, notions of program, and policies, regulations and codes that relate to the site. Prerequisite: A score of 60% or higher in DES 401. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Final design project in the Honours Option with an independently conceived methodology allowing a student the opportunity to pursue his/her own set of interests and concerns. Prerequisite: A sessional average of 80% or better in each of years 2 and 3 and a grade of 80% or better in each of DES 201, 202, 301, 302 and DES 401. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Introduction to a broad range of theories in architecture and design as they relate to the built environment. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
A history of the planning, landscape architecture and urban design of cities, and of how ideas have influenced the design of the city. Prerequisite: One of DES 321, DES 322, DES 323. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Relationships between, and integration of, the natural environment and the physical form, spatial structure, and infrastructure of livability of cities. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Supervised, technical work- integrated learning experience in a public or private organization for a minimum of three months. Formal co-op assignments required. Restricted to undergraduate students meeting the requirements of the Bachelor of Design and the Co-operative Education Program. Prerequisite: DES 341. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Supervised, technical work- integrated learning experience in a public or private organization for a minimum of three months. Formal co-op assignments required. Restricted to undergraduate students meeting the requirements of the Bachelor of Design and the Co-operative Education Program. Prerequisite: DES 442. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Supervised, technical work- integrated learning experience in a public or private organization for a minimum of three months. Formal co-op assignments required. Restricted to undergraduate students meeting the requirements of the Bachelor of Design and the Co-operative Education Program. Prerequisite: DES 443. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Core business skills, building on students' design capabilities to pursue ethical and sustainable design-based business goals. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Processes, procedures, ethics and quality expectations of advanced research. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Pass/fail. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Pass/fail. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.