Core Topics in Architecture Design Architectural education needs are different for different regions within Pakistan Our curriculum provides a broad outline and framework of knowledge areas with a built-in flexibility.

List of core topics are as under:

• Architecture Design Studios
• History of Architecture
• Materials & Construction
• Structures for Architects
• Building  Conservation
• Energy and Environment
• Urban Design
• Landscape Design

First Year

The first year of B. Arch education at NFC-IET Department of Architecture is designed to integrate our students with a work-intensive, shared space learning environment (architecture design studio) which is the key component of any architectural pedagogy. Through individual and group projects, students are encouraged to enhance their creativity, critical thinking abilities and communication skills. The foundation and fine arts studios are further supplemented through courses in design theory linked with how design has historically been responsive towards shifts in history, culture and philosophy.

2ND& 3RD year Formative Level:

The basic design skills are further honed in the next two years of architectural education with focus on site, context, solar orientation, scale, functional relationships and design concept for small to medium scale buildings dominating the discourse in the four studios on offer. However, the prospective architects need to ground their ideas in architectural reality through a sound understanding of structures, tectonics, materials and construction details which is imparted through lecture courses that complement the architecture studios.

4th& 5th year Consolidation Level:

The later years of architectural education at NFC- IET focus on urban and philosophical issues related to the field of architecture. Identity through architecture, sense of ownership and propriety, role of traditions in the face of impending globalization, conservation/adaptive re-use of historical buildings, urban growth patterns and holistic policy making are some of the key questions that future leading professionals must seek an answer to; and the rigorous course structure connecting studios to architecture history, archeology and preservation, research, participatory design and documentation techniques ensures that our prospective graduates are best suited to take on these complex concerns and are able to present their designs and research to multiple viewers in a didactic and eloquent manner.

We at NFC-IET believe that only when an architect is able to integrate the abstract with the tangible in a harmonious manner then architecture is able to express its values to the fullest. It is with this thought in mind that we expect our graduates to envelop their responses to complex philosophical question in well-articulated buildings that are thoughtful in their relationship with the immediate urban context, the occupant/user and are clear in their utilization of structure, material, services and engineering systems.

Vision – Mission of Architecture Design

1. Pursue excellence in education and research
2. Develop curricula to meet national and economy needs
3. Develop a vivid interface between academia and industry
4. Enhance the capacity building faculty
5. Produce graduate engineers possessing:

• High professional competence
• Analytical Approach towards problem solving
• Organizational & managerial skills
• Spirit of nation building, humanistic outlook & ethical rectitude