Manchester School of Architecture

Architectural education combines drawing, model making, test modelling, photography, film making, sketching, experimentation, computer presentations, analysis and written work which all requires a lot of equipment. The following list details the materials you may need as recommended by the course leader. Highlighted in bold are the essentials.

Portable Drawing Board | Portfolio // A2 | Mechanical Pencil // 0.35mm // 0.50mm Pencil Leads | Drawing Pens // 0.25mm // 0.35mm // 0.7mm | Ink // Various Colours | Metric Scale Rule // 300mm // 1:10 // 1:20 // 1:50 // 1:100 // 1:200 | Adjustable Set Square // 300mm | Sketching Pencils | Sketchbooks // A3 // A4 // A5 | Notebook // Files | Roll of Tracing Paper | Cartridge Paper | Model Making Grey Card | Scrap Card | Model Making Glue | Drawing Tube // A1 | Cutting Mat // A2 | Steel Rule // 1000mm // 300mm | Scalpel // Blades | Tape Measure