Design Skills

Learn the tools that turn ideas into visible work.

CYDS teaches practical design skills through projects, not lectures alone.

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Core Skills

Sketching and Observation

Practice drawing spaces, noticing movement, mapping problems, and explaining what you see.

3D Modeling

Use beginner-friendly tools such as SketchUp to model buildings, parks, streets, and public spaces.

Physical Model-Making

Build scale models with accessible materials and learn how models communicate design decisions.

Urban Planning Basics

Explore accessibility, safety, sustainability, transit, density, and public-space design.

Presentation

Learn to explain a design problem, your process, your tradeoffs, and your final proposal.

Documentation

Capture process photos, diagrams, feedback, and reflection so a project can become portfolio material.

Start With One Project

You do not need to be "good at design" before joining. CYDS is where you practice.

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