Certificate in Residential Drawing & Design
Residential Drawing & Design
Learn how to create complete, construction-ready residential drawing sets—the same type of drawings used to build houses on real projects. You will develop the drafting skill, drawing logic, and documentation discipline required to communicate design clearly to builders and clients. Format: 100% Online • Self-Paced Duration: 3 months (depending on your pace) Registration: GHS 200 Tuition: GHS 3000 Demonstration Software: SketchUp Pro Prerequisite: None Credential: Certificate awarded upon completion
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Course Overview
Residential drawing is more than making lines on a screen. It is the professional skill of turning an idea into drawings that can be interpreted and built correctly. In this course, you learn the language of residential construction drawings—how plans, elevations, sections, and site plans are drafted, organized, and presented as a complete drawing set.
You will work through a structured, step-by-step syllabus that builds your competence from the fundamentals of architectural drafting to full documentation. By the end, you should be able to produce a clear residential drawing package that looks professional, reads correctly, and supports real construction decisions.
Who This Course Is For
This course is designed for anyone who wants practical, real-world residential drawing skills, including:
Beginners who want to start architectural drafting properly, aspiring designers who want to learn how houses are documented for construction, students in architecture, building technology, or civil engineering who need solid documentation skills, builders and contractors who want to read, understand, and produce residential drawings with confidence, and interior designers who want to understand architectural drawings and coordinate work properly.
You do not need prior drafting experience. The course starts from the fundamentals and builds up step-by-step.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this certificate course, you will be able to produce the key drawings required for a residential project and present them as a clean documentation set:
- Floor Plans: draft readable layouts with walls, doors, windows, rooms, stairs, fixtures, and correct dimensioning principles
- Roof Plans: represent roof forms and slope logic clearly and professionally
- Elevations: draft exterior views that communicate façade composition and opening positions
- Sections: create sections that explain vertical organization—levels, stairs, roof relationship, and key heights
- Site Plans: represent the plot, building position, setbacks, access/driveway logic, and basic site features
- 3D Modeling and Rendering: generate simple 3D views and clean renders to support presentations and client communication
- Documentation Set: organize drawings into a coherent sheet layout that looks professional and can be used for real building work
Course Syllabus (4 Modules)
Module 1 — Introduction to Architectural Drafting & Design
This module introduces the fundamentals of architectural drafting and the role of drawings in the building process. Participants learn why architectural drawings exist, how they communicate design intent, and how they are used on construction sites. The module also clarifies the professional roles involved in architectural projects and how design information progresses from concept to construction documentation.
Module 2 — Introduction to Residential Architecture
Learners explore the basic principles of residential architecture, including common housing types, spatial organization, circulation, and functional zoning. The module focuses on understanding how people use residential spaces and how design decisions respond to comfort, privacy, and construction practicality. In addition, learners are introduced to how to read, understand, and interpret key residential drawings, including floor plans, roof plans, sections, elevations, and site plans. This foundational skill prepares them to confidently engage with architectural documents before producing their own.
Module 3 — Architectural Modeling & Visualization Using SketchUp Pro
This module introduces learners to architectural modeling using SketchUp as a design and visualization tool. They learn how to translate architectural ideas into accurate and structured 3D models while maintaining proper scale, proportions, and spatial relationships. The module also covers essential tools, materials, scenes, camera views, and rendering fundamentals to produce clean, professional visual outputs for design communication and presentation.
Module 4 — Residential Teaching Projects (Single-Storey & Two-Storey Homes)
This module is the core practical learning component of the course. Learners work on two guided projects—a single-storey house and a two-storey house—through which all essential residential drafting and design skills are applied in a structured and progressive manner.
The following elements are taught and applied in sequence within the projects:
- 3D Modeling & Rendering
- Documentation and Sheet Layout
- Floor Plan Drawing
- Roof Plan Drawing
- Elevation Drawing
- Section Drawing
- Site Plan Drawing
Learners develop a complete understanding of how all drawings relate to one another within a real residential project workflow, from modeling to full architectural documentation. They are then assigned a comprehensive residential design project based on a realistic architectural brief reflecting typical site conditions, client requirements, and functional needs, allowing the application of the full set of skills developed throughout the course.
Tuition, Registration, and Payment
Tuition: GHS 3000
Registration: Participants who wish to begin the course but are not yet ready to pay the full tuition or half of the tuition may enroll by paying a registration fee of GHS 200.
The registration fee grants initial access to course materials up to Module 2. Tuition payment is required to continue beyond that level.
Participants may also begin the course by paying half of the tuition first and complete the remaining half later as they progress through the course.
The registration fee is separate from the tuition fee and is not deductible from the total tuition amount.
Participants who are ready to pay the full tuition or half of the tuition at the time of enrollment do not need to pay the registration fee, as their enrollment is automatically confirmed through the tuition payment.
Payment methods include:
- Visa / MasterCard
- PayPal
- International debit cards
- Mobile Money
- Bank transfers
Refund policy: Tuition fees and registration fees are non-refundable.
Certification
Upon successful completion of this course, participants are awarded a Certificate in Residential Drawing & Design, confirming the development of practical skills in residential architectural drawing and documentation, including the preparation of floor plans, roof plans, elevations, sections, site plans, and basic presentation drawings used in residential building projects. The course introduces the structure and logic of architectural drawings and provides a strong foundation for understanding how buildings are represented clearly and consistently for construction purposes.
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