This paper compares typical architectural comprehensive studios to a design project that I have created in which the traditional design order has been reversed. The traditional process for most academic building design projects is to study a project's macro-scaled issues first and eventually focus in to the building details. Through the macro-to-micro process, the building systems, structure, and assemblages are reactionary to the building design. In this studio's reversed order, students started at the building core, designing their building around an investigation of building systems. Next, students examined building structure, construction methods, assemblages, building organization, and then finally external context. This paper demonstrates that reversing the typical design order results in designs that have a greater conceptual understanding of building systems, assemblages, and materials than traditional design method. Although the paper focuses specifically the design studios within architectural programs, I believe that the concepts of reversing our traditional order of design, designing inside (out), can be transferable to all building design professionals.