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Practical Training
School teaches you to design; the office teaches you to build, deliver and survive — and the practical-training semester is your bridge between the two. This is the internship: months inside a real architectural practice, on real projects, with real clients, budgets, drawings, contractors and deadlines. This guide helps you get the most from it. Learn how an architectural office actually works and who does what; the journey of a real project from the client's brief through concept, schematic and working drawings to tender, site and handover; how working drawings and approvals turn a design into a sanctioned, buildable instruction; how structure, services, estimation and tendering integrate; and life on site, where a drawing meets the reality of materials and labour. Above all, learn how to LEARN from your training — to be proactive, keep a sharp logbook, and turn months of work into the maturity your thesis will need. Assessed by your logbook, portfolio and viva, not a written paper.
Course byAmogh N P· Architect & interior designer
The syllabus
5 units · 5 liveBuilt from the practical-training syllabus and real office practice. All 5 units are live as full interactive lessons, each with original diagrams, a self-assessment quiz and a logbook task.
Unit 1 — Inside the Architectural Office
LiveWhat practical training is and how to get the most from it; the architectural office and how it works; the roles and the team — who does what; your role as a trainee; and the logbook and portfolio that record your learning and are assessed.
Unit 2 — The Journey of a Project
LiveThe total process a real project moves through — from the client's brief and inception, through concept, schematic and detailed design, to working drawings, tender, construction and handover; the work stages; and what a trainee does and learns at each.
Unit 3 — Working Drawings & Approvals
LiveWorking (construction) drawings — the legal, buildable instruction set, and the specifications that go with them; reading and producing them to the office standard; and the statutory approval and sanction process a project must clear before it can be built.
Unit 4 — Integration, Estimation & Tendering
LiveHow a building's structure and services are integrated and coordinated with the architecture; estimation and the bill of quantities; the tendering process that selects a contractor and a price; and how the architect coordinates the whole team.
Unit 5 — Site, Conduct & the Thesis
LiveLife on site — supervision, coordinating contractors and workmen, resolving site queries and the construction process; professional conduct and ethics in practice; and how the maturity gained in training prepares and strengthens the thesis project.
Course outcomes
What you will be able to doExplain how an architectural firm works and get the most from your training.
Describe the total process of a project, from brief to handover.
Read and produce working drawings and navigate the approval process.
Explain how structure, services, estimation and tendering integrate.
Explain site supervision, execution and professional conduct.
Document your training and carry its maturity into the thesis.
The author
Amogh N P
Architect, interior designer, and creative polymath. Studio Matrx began in his notebooks — his vision of design made honest, useful, and open to everyone. Its Academy is written and taught in his memory, and free, forever.
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The office, the project journey, working drawings, the site, and the thesis. Read the five units, study the diagrams, then test yourself.
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