Architecture
Introduction
The YDA Architecture Pathway gives students a broad and progressive understanding of architectural design. Rather than focusing on one type of project, the programme develops five fundamental areas of architectural practice, allowing students to build their skills across a range of design challenges.
Pathway Structure
The Architecture Pathway introduces students to the way architects observe, think and solve problems. Through a series of practical design challenges, students develop skills in drawing, model-making, visual communication and design thinking while building confidence, creativity and a strong portfolio.
Students progress from understanding architectural fundamentals to developing more complex design solutions. They learn to communicate ideas through conceptual drawings, plans, sections, elevations, models and presentation work, while exploring how architects respond to people, places and the built environment.
Projects become progressively more challenging as students develop their technical skills and begin to think more like professional designers.
About Portfolio Development
The Architecture Pathway introduces students to the way architects observe, think and solve problems. Through a series of practical design challenges, students develop skills in drawing, model-making, visual communication and design thinking while building confidence, creativity and a strong portfolio.
Students progress from understanding architectural fundamentals to developing more complex design solutions. They learn to communicate ideas through conceptual drawings, plans, sections, elevations, models and presentation work, while exploring how architects respond to people, places and the built environment.
Projects become progressively more challenging as students develop their technical skills and begin to think more like professional designers.
The Five Fundamentals
How spaces are organised for people, activities and purpose, including planning, zoning and the way buildings are used.
Space & Function
Shape, form, proportion, volume and geometry, and how these elements influence the character and identity of a building.
Form & Geometry
How architecture responds to landscape, climate, orientation, access, environment and the opportunities and constraints of a site.
Site & Context
Human scale, proportion, movement, accessibility, detail and the way people experience and interact with spaces.
Scale, Detail & Experience
How buildings stand and are constructed, including structural systems, materials, stability and the relationship between structure and architectural form.
Structure & Construction
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How You Progress
Available Classes
Choose the class that best matches your child's school year and experience. If you're unsure which class is the best fit, book a taster session and we'll be happy to help you decide.
Interior Design
Year 8 to 11
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Architecture
Year 8 to 11
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Drawing & Visual Communication
Year 4 to 7
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Drawing & Visual Communication
Year 8 to 11
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Drawing & Visual Communication
Year 9 to 11
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Drawing & Visual Communication
Year 6 to 8
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Architecture
Year 9 to 11
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Architecture
Year 6 to 8
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Junior Architecture
Year 6 to 8
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Fashion Design
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Portfolio Development
Year 12 to 13
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Drawing & Visual Communication
Year 9 to 13
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Drawing & Visual Communication
Year 9 to 11
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Drawing & Visual Communication
Year 9 to 11
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Fashion Design
Year 6 to 8
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GCSE Studio Time
Year 9 to 11
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Drawing & Visual Communication
Year 9 to 11
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Drawing & Visual Communication
Year 6 to 8
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Interior Design
Year 9 to 11
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Architecture
Year 9 to 11
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Interior Design
Year 6 to 8
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Architecture
Year 6 to 8
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Architecture
Year 6 to 9
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Drawing & Visual Communication
Year 6 to 9
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Game Design
Year 9 to 11
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Game Design
Year 6 to 8
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Drawing & Visual Communication
Year 9 to 11
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Drawing & Visual Communication
Year 6 to 8
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Session Information
Fees
Our classes are 90 minutes long and are charged at £28.50 per class. Fees are the same across all pathways and progression stages. We ask for a minimum of six classes to be paid for in advance, covering one six-week block, or, if joining part-way through a block, the number of classes remaining in the current six-week block.