In order to improve the engineering consciousness and collaborative innovation spirit of civil construction students, engineering graphical teaching staff should pay more attention to cultivating the graphics expression, team collaboration and engineering design ability of students. Combined with the teaching situation of traditional architectural drawing and design courses, based on the CDIO education concept and its characteristics, a new teaching mode was built and different teaching methods were used at different stages. The results showed that the new system can enhance the ability of space thinking, design innovation and practice of students. It also played a good role model for deepening the engineering graphics teaching reform.