i got the equipment pack, its ok. Apparently you get a 10% discount by buying all the items together in the pack but you can also get a 10% student discount at most art stores like eckersleys etc.
the pack comes with a wood t ruler thing, an adjustable set square, three pens, a pacer, two rulers, circle drawing things, geometry set with your basic compass etc, stanley knife, cutting board and eraser for 148ish.
but in my opinion the pack is missing a really good pencil (maybe one of those technicaldrawing ones)
i've been told by everyone, student and lecturers alike that textbooks are at most optional, so i'm probably not going to get them yet or at all. but i did get the BENV1411 printed course notes.
oh and my tutor for design fundamentals said we can only use boxboard for our cubes next week? but then after that we can do anything we want. i want to make mine out of resin!
well i hope you are enjoying architecture xxpanda, as much as i am