Interior Architecture and Design - MA

20 credit points
Total contact hours: 42
Total non-contact hours:158

• This module aims to equip you with the research methodologies, language, knowledge and skills, appropriate to an interior architect, focusing on design and applied management practices.
• You’ll be exposed to a broad range of traditional and contemporary research approaches, through a series of lectures and seminars, developing your critical awareness of existing research in the field, as well as providing you with the skills to reflect on your own personal design goals and aspirations.
• As part of this module, you will complete an initial learning agreement, reflecting on your profile as an interior architect or design manager to date. This will be revisited throughout the year to chart your progression in light of developing knowledge and multidisciplinary experience.

20 credit points
Total contact hours: 98
Total non-contact hours: 102

• Through a series of lectures and tutorials, you’ll be introduced to current thinking in the fields of technology and design. This module is informed by NTU’s academic research, research within the field, professional practice and our links to industry.
• You will develop an acute awareness of the impact of culture and emerging practices on the design process, providing you with a depth of knowledge to inform your design choices.
• You’ll put your learning into practice through a series of projects and hands-on activities, applying your knowledge of frameworks, materials, technologies and research methods in a practical context.

20 credit points
Total contact hours: 42
Total non-contact hours: 158

• This module will support your existing knowledge and content will be tailored to your individual needs.
• The core purpose of the module is to introduce you to high-level methods and processes of design analysis.
• You’ll develop your ability to fully utilise communication tools, including computer-aided design and modelling, rendering and illustration, rapid prototyping, manufacturing and 3D workshops, to communicate your design ideas to a professional standard.

20 credit points
Total contact hours: 42
Total non-contact hours: 158

• Supporting your exploratory work in Design Studio 2, this project-based module aims to develop your understanding of technical communication, through the introduction of advanced software application.
• You will develop your understanding of the technical properties of material and your understanding of space, light, or any other technical area of interest that you propose.
• The projects forming this module will require you to propose innovative design solution, interfaces and/or systems within a built environment context, and promotes collaborative working, mimicking a professional studio environment.

40 credit points
Total contact hours: 98
Total non-contact hours: 302

• This module provides experience of working on one exciting, individual exploratory project, within a specialist area of your choosing.
• Multi-disciplinary in nature, and with a strong design emphasis, the module aims to develop your conceptual, developmental, aesthetic and technological skills and practice, through intensive self-led research and development.

60 credit points
Total contact hours: 105
Total non-contact hours: 495

• This module provides an opportunity to develop a design solution to a proposed built environment scheme or project. It is driven by the experiences and knowledge you will have gained in earlier modules, and is based on your chosen subject specialism.
• Self-directed, this design-based research project will challenge you to devise innovative design and technological solutions, resolving a complex design problem utilising a range of new, emerging and advanced technologies and materials.