Environment: An introduction to concepts of social responsibility, environmental accountability and ecological sustainability. Implications for the urban/built and natural environments. Fundamentals of building physics, as they relate to the concepts of comfort and environmental control. Foundation: Architecture and design encompass elements of both art and science. The Foundation component of the first technology subject aims to provide students with the basic resources to undertake the quantitative side of the technology. Foundation is an introduction to (and for many students, a revision of) some physical concepts and numerical techniques fundamental to architectural technologies. Specialists in structures, environment, and construction describe the basic concepts of their fields. Foundation is basically quantitative but assumes only basic numeracy skills. Construction: Introduction to different ways of thinking about construction in relation to design practice. Investigation of the artifactual nature and materiality of buildings. Outline of construction principles and their implications for the development of construction strategies in architectural design. Introduction to building material science; sustainable resource management and life cycle energy assessment.