In response to the new trends in the development of architecture, the teaching philosophy of "design as life" is proposed, integrating daily community behaviors into the "Community +" architectural design 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 the relevant courses. The teaching plan incorporates community behaviors into spatial design, conducting teaching activities in 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.