CourseLecturers-ARCH201-Fall2026

**Please refer to the[How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates)](https://www.mcgill.ca/hr/files/hr/apply_at_mcgill_university_-_guide_for_external_candidates_en.pdf) job aid for instructions on how to apply.** **If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at McGill University), do not apply through this Career Site. Login to your McGill Workday account and apply to this posting using the Find Jobs report (type Find Jobs in the search bar).** **The Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture,** McGill University invites applications for a **Course Lecturer position** for the **Fall 2026 term**. Instructor for Course ARCH 201 / Communication, Behavior & Architecture (U1 studio). **Description:** Introduction to design; development of design judgement and communication skills in a series of exercises addressing light, scale, space, form and colour in the built environment; introduction to techniques of oral and graphic presentation, including model making, photography, sketching and architectural drawing. The course is based in the studio and includes lectures, seminars and field trips. **Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB) Student Performance Criteria (SPC):** A1, A2, A3 **Topic and themes** : Formal systems and architectural fictions. This studio explores how systems of geometric elements, developed through drawing and modeling, can inspire projections about architectural space and its occupation by various actors, humans or not. Through a sequence of design exercises that build on each other, students learn to define and develop a generative design method through transformation rules (A1). Translate between drawings and models (digital or physical) and creatively exploit gaps in moving between formats and media (A3). Develop design skills that negotiate relations between a geometric system and contextual forces (A2). Resolve architectural form with respect to materials and construction and begin approaching