2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Architecture and Building Engineering Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
Theory of Architectural Design I
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Ryo Murata / Shin-Ichi Okuyama / Yoshiharu Tsukamoto / Taisuke Yamazaki / Taishin Shiozaki / Fuminori Nousaku / Kaori Kato / Tran Yen Khang Nguyen
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ARC.D445
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1-2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
With the help of modern software solutions, Architects and Engineers can make even better choices, quickly realize errors in their designs and easily communicate with other stakeholders in a project. This design course will teach the BIM software in the design workflow and give students opportunities to learn, collaborate with team members in real-time and explore the real-life usage of BIM software. What is BIM and how do you use it? What are the benefits? How is it different from CAD? Why should students learn about BIM? How is it used in real-world multidisciplinary collaboration projects? All these questions, and many more, will be answered during the course.
Course description and aims
1. Ability to use and understand the BIM software at an intermediate level
2. Ability to use Teamwork environment to collaborate with your team
3. Ability to incorporate BIM software into the design process
4. Learn to work efficiently using various digital tools
5. Ability to present the project using BIMx
Keywords
Architecture design, BIM, BIM workflow, digital tools, teamwork
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This course consists of lectures, activities, practices and assignments. Two individual assignment and group assignment will be given throughout the intensive course.
The materials and recorded of each class are posted online.
All assignments require online submission.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Lecture 1, Practice 1 | What is BIM, BIM software basic operation, 1st Assignment |
| Class 2 | Lecture 2, Practice 2 | BIM process and collaboration, BIM software documentation, BIMx, 2nd assignment |
| Class 3 | Lecture 3, Practice 3, Make team for final assignment | Multidisciplinary BIM, BIM software presentation, visualization, Final Assignment |
| Class 4 | Lecture 4, Practice 4 | BIM output and benefits, BIM software advance tools, Group discussion |
| Class 5 | No lecture, Practice 5 | Final Assignment consultation |
| Class 6 | Lecture 5, Final Presentation | Case studies in professional environment |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Nothing
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Nothing
Evaluation methods and criteria
Final assignment (60%), others assignment (40%)
Related courses
- Nothing
Prerequisites
Nothing
Other
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximated 90 minutes review the lectures and practice instructions and another 90 minutes to complete the homework assignment for each class. The final group assignment will require students to work intensively with their group members to prepare for the final presentation.