In response to the new trends in the development of architecture, the teaching philosophy of design as life is proposed and integrated into the “community +” assignments for the second-year students at South China University of Technology. This paper systematically summarizes the content and key points of the “community +” architectural design teaching, advocating an integrated teaching method that merges daily life and community observation to optimize the task formulation, teaching operations, and teaching models of relevant courses. The teaching is conducted through aspects such as daily life tracking, community space construction, local climate response, and multi-element expression, thereby establishing a distinctive “community + space” design knowledge system.