UH Studio Design Academy
is an education platform, consisting of open Youtube tutorials, Patreon membership to support the open content (files & guides), in-depth courses listed below, and 3d files available in our shop.
Youtube
We believe in open education and our Youtube channel focuses on showing architectural design tips and techniques, mini courses, hardware for productivity, theories, and more.
At the core, UH Studio Academy is a community. You can help drive the direction by joining our Discord server.
Courses
Blender is an excellent tool for architectural design that I have been using professionally in various offices in London including HOK and Adjaye Associates. We teach how to use Blender to work faster, and more efficiently while utilising complete freedom to create provided by the software.
Parametric Design with Blender
An online live workshop teaching to use Blender for parametric architecture Design
Intro to Parametric Design with Blender
Learn how Blender can be used for Architectural and parametric design in this 1.5 hour overview of explicit modeling, subdivision, tessellations with Tissue, and Geometry Nodes
Beach Pavilion with Blender
Learn how to create a beach pavilion in Blender. Blender can be highly useful for architecture and design if you know the right tools to use.
Blender Architecture Masterclass
A 4 hour complete masterclass teaching you all the steps necessary to create, model, and present architectural concept designs in Blender by creating a practical example. Suitable for beginners.
Blender 101 Introductory Class
A 1-hour comprehensive introductory course that gets you started with Blender. Suitable for complete beginners. In association with MEAL* liveacademy.tv
Blender for Architectural Design
A 3.5 hour intermediate course that guides you from A to Zs in using Blender for architectural design - from modeling a simple context, to subdiv and non-destructive modeling of the the building mass.
Blender Advanced Massing
A 4-hour advance modeling course, suitable for experienced blender users wishing to expand their modeling knowledge. In association with MEAL* liveacademy.tv
Freecad Intro
Freecad is an open-source Nurbs sketch-based modeling platform, containing a BIM workbench. In this post, you can get started by following the videos listed in using Freecad for architectural design.
Our mission
UH Studio Design Academy’s goal is to challenge the notion of having set architectural thinking and design toolset with this basic question in mind - who actually owns your designs? We provide essential and advanced design courses that help educate architects on working with open source and other non-subscription tools. We teach both technical and design courses, showcasing how we can address questions with these new tools.
Currently we are focusing primarily on using Blender for Architectural design. Soon we will have more courses on Blender/Rhino workflows, Freecad, and graphics for architects (Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher, and Krita).
In effort to accomplish our mission, UH Studio Design Academy frequently collaborates with some of the leading architecture education platforms like Deact, Parametric Architecture’s PA Academy, Futurly, and MEAL liveacademy.tv. Collaborative courses are also listed above in the course section.
Patreon
In an effort to support our open Youtube content, we have Patreon page for supporters wishing to help promote alternative tools and workflows for architectural design. Some of the benefits include:
in-depth guides to topics discussed in our youtube videos
files created during our youtube videos
further tips, tricks, and videos related to topics discussed in youtube videos
discounts for courses and other products.
The support from Patreon directly allows us to create more educational youtube videos available to all. We thank all the Patrons that have supported us over the years.
We also post on other social media channels regularly on the same topics.
More to come soon
We are constantly thinking about new courses that improve your skills. Register on our mailing list to be one of the first to find out when a new course arrives and our Discord server. to be part of the community that can help shape new courses
FAQs
I am a complete beginner. Where should I start?
It depends on what kind of content you would like to learn about. For introductory overview, you can check out the youtube intro mini-course. For comprehensive overview on the complete architectural design process, the Architecture Masterclass would be suitable.
Which course is best for architecture students?
Depending on the form of studies, the Masterclass would be the most usable, followed by the intermediate Blender for Architecture Design course.
Are the courses suitable for professionals?
Absolutely! In fact, the courses have been designed with the skills that professionals need to learn the most in a limited amount of time. The Architecture Masterclass is the recommended starting option for professionals.
I have more questions. How can I contact you.
You contact us directly via this form or better yet, you can chat with us in our Discord community.
Blender changes fast. Do the courses reflect updates in Blender?
Yes! if there are any breaking changes, we update our courses suitable to more recent versions of Blender. When you purchase a UH Studio Academy Course, you get it forever, so any course updates will also be updated.
There are courses hosted at UH Studio Academy and courses elsewhere on partners. Which one I should get?
The courses hosted on UH Studio Academy and general and give you an excellent overview of the overall process of using Blender for Architectural Design (design, interoperability, representation). Courses hosted on other platforms are more specific and usually focus on more specific workflows like advanced subdivision modelling.
Do you have a Geometry Nodes course?
Not yet! However, the Architecture Masterclass gives a solid introduction to geometry nodes as does the Futurly course.