Architecture and Interior Design
Introduction to Architecture Homeschool Course
Course Format
Course format: This is a remote course where the Student watches video lecture lessons via a Dropbox link emailed to the Parent. Parent administers the Lesson(s) (video link) to the Student to watch. Review Questions, Essay topics, and a suggested Activity are provided with each lesson. All items are Parent administered/graded and no further support (email or other) is provided by the Tutor (except technical issues with access to videos). Nothing is submitted to the Tutor for review.
Course length: The complete Introduction to Architecture Course is comprised of 17 Lessons (course lecture videos less than an hour each). This A-la-carte offering allows any quantity of Lessons to be taken in any order desired.
Lessons are numbered 1-17 but there is no requirement to complete all 17 and there is no requirement to take them in sequential order (although helpful). The A-la-carte offering allows Students to pick-and-choose Lessons.
This course is completed in an at-your-own-pace format and is fully customizable.
Lesson List
Registration: Lessons may be taken at any time during the calendar year. This is an A-la-Carte offering (one-Lesson-at-a-time).
Lessons: $10/ea
Discounts:
4+ lessons: $9 ea
All 17 lessons: $145
Sibling discount 10%
Payment: Full payment for each Lesson is due at time of registration for the Lesson. Refunds are not provided.
Payment via Zelle is preferred. Venmo and PayPal incur a 4% fee.
*NOTE: Not a Step Up provider. Receipts are not provided.*
Lesson Content
Lesson Content: Lessons include technical lecture (video), Review Questions, Essay, and a suggested Activity.
- Lectures: MP4 video files are viewed via link on Dropbox. Approximately 45-minute narrated lecture with a variety of short animations scattered throughout the lectures.
- Review Questions: Each Lesson includes 3-5 Review Questions (PDF in Welcome email) for the Parent to administer if desired. The answers are in the body of the Welcome email.
- Essay: Each Lesson includes an essay topic at the end of the lecture. Essays are optional and only required at the Parents discretion, and with metrics established by the parent (typed, written, sources cited, etc). This option provides students an opportunity to incorporate research, and writing skills into this curriculum while also diving deeper into the realm of architecture and construction.
- Activity: Each Lesson includes a suggested activity which can mostly be accomplished at home with few standard household supplies. A printer is helpful but not required. Supply list is included in the Welcome email.
Grading Suggestion: Lesson Review Questions, Essays, and Activities all provide opportunities for evaluation and documentation of the course. Utilizing all three as grading opportunities, the Parent can determine the final grade using any adjustment or metrics they determine appropriate for their child.
About AID Consultants LLC
AID Consultants LLC, was founded in 2017 after realizing there was a need in the residential market to assist homeowners on their renovation project concepts. Owners often knew something needed to change, but didn't know where to begin. That is where AID Consultants LLC comes to the AID!
We specialize in creating a Schematic Design Concept for the Owner.
Owners may opt to handle the work on their own, hire their own subs, or even take the Concept to a Prime Contractor who can then produce a bid for construction.
Owner, Registered Architect (AR93497) and Interior Designer (ID5155), Melissa Busch, has over 20 years of experience in all phases of a project (design and construction) in the Residential, Light Commercial, Industrial, and Government markets.
Whether we provide a simple consultation to discuss a project, or provide a Schematic Design Concept, we are ready to share our experience. We work together to provide Owners with tailored solutions that meets their unique design needs so that the Owners can then move forward with the project in confidence.
As a result of Covid, Mrs. Busch was introduced to the world of homeschooling and while navigating the options for her own children, was inspired to create and offer an Introduction to Architecture Course for Middle-High school students. This course is offered at a local co-operative as well as a-la-carte video downloads for parent-administered homeschool curriculum.
Design Consultations
Need help with a design project?
We exist to help clients get over the initial "where do I begin?" question when considering a renovation project. Clients will benefit from on-site consultations, design concepts, and 3D visualizations of their project to help them move forward with confidence and success.
1-Verbal Consultation
$80
Receive a 1-hour in-person verbal consultation at your project's site to discuss your project and answer your questions pertaining to: scope, size, desires, requirements, potential options, finishes, cost considerations, schedule, products, management options, etc.
*trip charges may apply
*20% deposit at reservation, balance due at visit.
2-Schematic Design
$400
Receive up to ten (10) 3D images of new design w/ furniture and finishes:
1-Client requests Consultation (10% due).
2-AID Consultants spends up to 4 hours with client at project location as we build the 3D computer model together. Client will have a Schematic Design and receive the Draft Version (.JPG images) by the end of the visit. (70% due)
3- AID Consultants sends Final Version of higher-image renderings (.JPG images) to the client. (Balance Due)
*trip charges may apply
*Additional Images $5/ea
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2(a)-Schematic Design (VIRTUAL)
$400
Receive up to ten (10) 3D .JPG images of new design w/ furniture and finishes:
1- Client provides project info: photos, room dimensions, function requirements, furniture, décor/finish preferences. (20% deposit)
2- AID Consultants sends Draft Version of 3D graphics to Client. (20% due)
3- Client provides feedback on Draft Version.
4- AID Consultants sends Final Version. (Balance due)
*Additional Images $5/ea
*Revisions to 3D Model at $100 per revision (includes original images with updates)
3-Design Concept
$200
Receive a PDF file of your project's Design Concept.
As an add-on service to Package 2, this Package provides floor plan(s) with dimensions and notations as well as the original 3D images.
Ways to Pay
Zelle
PayPal
Zelle
Zelle bank-to-bank transfers are preferred as it eliminates 3-party vendor fees.
PayPal
PayPal
PayPal
PayPal payments will incur a 4% vendor fee.