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Architectural Planning 1 BLDC 2000

Building Construction Course

Course details

Introduces basic planning issues encountered in building and site design with emphasis on residential projects. Covers the influences of site conditions on building orientation, interior layout, and exterior form. Focus is on planning strategies for achieving good spatial and functional relationships in a dwelling.

Prerequisite(s)

Credits

3.0

Cost

$557.80 - $571.11 See individual course offerings below for actual costs.

Course offerings

Spring/Summer 2023

Below is one offering of BLDC 2000 for the Spring/Summer 2023 term.

CRN 55259

Duration

Wed Apr 12 - Wed Jun 28 (12 weeks)

  • 12 weeks
  • CRN 55259
  • $557.80
Class meeting times
Dates Days Times Locations
Apr 12 - Jun 28 Wed 18:45 - 21:45 Burnaby NE01 Rm. 329
Instructor

Franco Tessari

Course outline

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Cost

$557.80

Status

In Progress

This course offering is in progress. Please check this page for other currently available offerings, subscribe to receive email updates or contact us with your comments or questions.

Fall 2023

Below is one offering of BLDC 2000 for the Fall 2023 term.

CRN 33256

Duration

Wed Sep 06 - Wed Nov 22 (12 weeks)

  • 12 weeks
  • CRN 33256
  • $571.11
Class meeting times
Dates Days Times Locations
Sep 06 - Nov 22 Wed 18:45 - 21:45 Burnaby NE01 Rm. 329
Instructor

TBD

Course outline

Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.

Cost

$571.11

Important information
  1. This course is eligible for students to receive funding through the StrongerBC Future Skills Grant at www.bcit.ca/financial-aid/strongerbc-future-skills-grant/. Students will register for the course themselves, and then apply for the StrongerBC Future Skills Grant to cover payment (if eligible).
Status

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, the student will be better able to:

  • Apply the 'design process' as an approach to developing thoughtful, creative and responsible solutions to practical site and building design problems.
  • Generate design solutions that regard influences, requirements, and constraints as design opportunities rather than design limitations.
  • Identify, analyze, and evaluate the factors from the natural and built environments that must be considered and understood when formulating design options.
  • Propose design solutions that respond to the influences and changing patterns of the built environment and that reflects the interrelationship of context, site and building.
  • Produce a workable design solution to a residential planning problem.
  • Illustrate design solution of orthographic and axonometric drawings, using various techniques.

Effective as of Fall 2003

Related Programs

Architectural Planning 1 (BLDC 2000) is offered as a part of the following programs:

School of Construction and the Environment

  1. Architectural and Building Technology
    Certificate Part-time
  2. Building Construction Technology
    Associate Certificate Part-time
  3. Building Design and Architectural CAD
    Associate Certificate Part-time

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