Diploma In Design (Landscape & Architecture)

Course details

This course is about the study of the constructed external environment – that is, landscape and architecture. The scope of landscape and architecture is presented as a single integrated discipline, devoted to help you understand the relation of human, people and space and the environmental forces that change our landscapes. This comprehensive course integrates theory, application of knowledge and project practices that is relevant to live-application, enabling you to develop design sensitivity, built feasibility and environmental awareness.

Learning Outcomes

• Be able to manage human and environmental forces that change our constructed external environment
• Acquire strategies to integrate theory and application of knowledge relevant to the landscape industry
• Demonstrate aesthetic sensitivity and environmental awareness

COURSE MODULES

• ACR1000 Language Arts
• ACR2000 Singapore Arts Scene
• ACR3000 Career Skills
• VAF1001 Drawing Fundamentals
• VAF1011 2D Fundamentals
• VAF1021 3D Fundamentals
• VAF1031 Creative Thinking
• VAF1041 Introduction to Visual Arts
• VAF1051 Arts In Practice
• DTD1201 Visual Presentation
• DTD1202 Form and Structure
• DTD1203 Technical Drawing
• DTD1204 Design Process
• DTD1205 Design Theory and History
• DTD2131 Landscape Architecture Studio 
• DTD2132 Horticulture and Landscape Studies
• DTD2130 Construction Studies
• DTD2100 Design and Culture
• DTD2103 Basic Computer Visualisation
• DTD2102 3D Visualisation
• DTD2231 Landscape Architecture Studio
• DTD2232 Horticulture and Landscape Studies
• DTD2230 Construction Studies
• DTD3131 Design Studio (Landscape and Architecture)
• DTD3130 Horticulture & Landscape Studies 
• DTD3100 Design Portfolio
• DTD3101 Design Report 
• DTD3231 Major Project (Landscape and Architecture)
• DTD3230 Construction Studies
• DTD3200 Studio Visualisation
• DTD3201 Design Report
• DTD1001 Metalsmithing*
• DTD1002 Ceramics*
• DTD1003 Sculpture*
• DTD2133 Landscape Studies (Town Planning)*
• DTD2233 Landscape Studies (Public Sculpture)*
• DTD2143 Interior Studies (Creative Lighting)*
• DTD2243 Interior Studies (Conservation Studies)*
• DTD2111 Object Design Studio
• DTD2112 Jewellery Design Studio
• DTD2121 Furniture Design Studio
• DTD2122 Spatial Design Studio
• DTD2141 Interior Design Studio 
• DTD2142 Exhibition Design Studio
• DTD2211 Object Design Studio
• DTD2212 Jewellery Design Studio
• DTD2221 Furniture Design Studio
• DTD2222 Spatial Design Studio
• DTD2241 Interior Design Studio
• DTD2242 Exhibition Design Studio 
• DTD2010 Gemmology*
• DTD2040 Visual Merchandising*
• DTD2041 Stage and Set Design*
• DTD2042 Sustainable Design*
• DTD2000 Entrepreneurship for Designers*
• DTD2001 Industry Project*
• DTD2002 Industrial Attachment (160 Hours)*
• DTD2003 Overseas Immersion*
• DTD2202 3D Animation*
• DTD2101 3D Modelling*
• DTD2201 Advanced 3D Modelling*

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

NAFA hopes to attract applicants with the potential to become excellent arts practitioners. Applicants are selected by merit, based on the following criteria:

• Potential in Artistic Talent and Creativity
• Educational Qualification
• Language Proficiency
• Special Factor in recognition of the applicants’ achievements relevant to the course

Selection is competitive and is subject to the availability of places. However, the Academy may give consideration to talented applicants who excel in Artistic Talent and Creativity, but have not fully met the educational qualifications stated.

• Potential in Artistic Talent and Creativity
• Educational Qualifications - Singapore
• Educational Qualifications - International
• Language Proficiency
• Special Factor
• Age Requirement
• Module Exemption
• Applicants with Special Educational Needs

POTENTIAL CAREERS

• 3D Visualiser
• Architectural Assistant
• Environment Designer
• Landscape Designer
• Landscape Technician
• Lighting Designer
• Project Coordinator
• Space Planner
• Urban Planning Assistant