Architectural Science - BArchSc (Hons)

What to include in your portfolio:

1) Creative pieces

Between 12 and 14 examples of your own creative work that highlights and demonstrates the range and variety of your creative interests and abilities through different media. Please carefully select and format your work to show it in the best way possible. For three-dimensional work, include several photographs to show the work from different angles. The assessment committee is not keen to see architectural scaled plans and detailed drawings, etc. These should at most form only a small part of the portfolio. You should focus on showing your creativity in other ways. For each piece, please include the title, the medium/media, the date executed, the size of the original piece and a one-line description. Images of your creative process, in addition to the final work, are required.

2) Home exercise

Section Sensation
An architectural section is a magical thing! It reveals hidden (and sometimes surprising) spaces, layers, materials and relationships. We cut sections everyday — think of cutting a sandwich in half, or an orange, or an onion. Depending on what is cut, a section might show a large void in the middle, like a kettle, or a solid core, as in an avocado, or the intricate inner workings and interrelations of parts, like a typewriter, power tool or tree.

Exercise:
Choose an object and draw its section. Document this exercise with 3 images: 

1. The section drawing itself
2. A photograph of the object
3. A third image that you create adding context to the work
4. Document your process, showing a series of sketches and developmental imagery

Things to consider:

• The object should not be a building, but rather something that you can easily access and spend time understanding through drawing. 
• You do not need to actually cut the object in half, but rather imagine its section through careful observation.
• Each image should be made with care and creativity. The artistic medium is up to you.
• Other things you may consider: intricacy, scale, orientation, materiality, texture, relations of solid to void, light and shadow, inside and outside, context and purpose, relationships to the ground or surface supporting the object, and the elements of surprise, delight, and detail.

3) Writing sample

Write a short statement (up to 150 words) that describes:

1. The object you chose for the home exercise, and why.
2. What the section reveals. 
3. Your intentions in creating the third image, which may suggest larger interests about architecture.

We're looking for thoughtful and clear reflections on the work presented.

Compiling your portfolio:

The entirety of your portfolio should be submitted as one .pdf file. Please ensure you upload your portfolio contents correctly and completely, as multiple submissions won't be considered.

Please include the home exercise in your portfolio, clearly labelled HOME EXERCISE. The writing sample should be an additional page at the end of these images. You may use several pages to show your images. The home exercise/photos and writing sample don't count as part of the 12 to 14 projects in your portfolio.

 Please do not include your name within your portfolio, on the cover or on any individual component. Do not submit a resume/CV. Please submit only the required portfolio pieces. You must include your TMU Student Number in the portfolio.

Applicants are reminded that non-academic work may be assessed by the selection committee prior to TMU receiving your interim or final grades. Regardless of how your non-academic work is evaluated by the selection committee, TMU’s academic admission standards will be maintained and will ultimately determine your admission into our program. The selection committee’s evaluation of non-academic work is final. Due to the volume of applications, re-evaluation/re-assessment of the non-academic work isn't possible.

If you're applying for readmission or reinstatement, you're not required to submit non-academic requirements.

 You must inform the program department of your intentions by February 1, 2027, or 10 business days from your application submission date (whichever comes later).