Interior Architecture BA Honours

Course content

What will you study on the BA Interior Architecture?

Learning on the course is based on a sequence of 'integrated design projects', in which you are asked to apply and demonstrate various aspects of your learning, as well as your individual creativity and originality, to specified design tasks. Projects are supplemented by a variety of lecture, seminar and workshop sessions to provide specialist skills and knowledge. Your ideas and proposals will be tested and explored in regular tutorials and reviews, in which critical evaluation, guidance and feedback is provided, and from which you will be expected to develop and improve your work.

The curriculum focuses on six core learning strands which are developed progressively throughout all years of the course.

• Design Thinking and Processes — How designers research, analyse and make decisions, and how the design of interiors is initiated, conceptualized, developed, sanctioned, and realised
• Materiality and Technics — How and from what interiors are constructed, assembled and operate technically and technologically
• Environment and Performance — How environmental and sustainability issues and post-occupancy performance and adaptability are addressed in the design, construction and use of interiors
• Contextual and Critical Analysis — How contextual factors frame, inform and constrain the design of interiors, and their analysis and interpretation
• Communication and Media — How the design of interiors is represented and communicated across a range of media and techniques
• Reflective and Professional Practice — How reflective practice is applied in design, and how professional skills are employed in design practice.

Modules

The module aims to introduce concepts of design thinking and the processes and practice of brief-led design. You will examine materials and technologies for the construction and operation of building interiors and identify environmental and performance issues in the construction and use of building interiors. You will explore the communication and representation of design in a range of media as well as establish the contextual and critical basis of design and its analysis and interpretation. This module will also introduce approaches to reflective and professional design practice.

Building on prior learning, this module aims to refine concepts of design thinking and the processes and practice of brief-led design. You will explore materials and technologies for the construction and operation of building interiors and will investigate environmental and performance issues in the construction and use of building interiors. You will develop the contextual and critical basis of design and its analysis and interpretation as well exploring further the communication and representation of design in a range of media. This module also aims to develop your approaches to reflective and professional design practice.

Building on prior learning, this module aims to extend concepts of design thinking and the processes and practice of brief-led design. You will develop the use of materials and technologies for the construction and operation of building interiors an examine environmental and performance issues in the construction and use of building interiors. You will refine the contextual and critical basis of design and its analysis and interpretation as well as develop further the communication and representation of design in a range of media. This module also aims to broaden your approaches to reflective and professional design practice.

Building on prior learning, this module aims to further extend concepts of design thinking and the processes and practice of brief-led design. You will develop the use of materials and technologies for the construction and operation of architectural interiors and examine further environmental and performance issues in the construction and use of architectural interiors. You will further refine the contextual and critical basis of design and its analysis and interpretation as well as further develop the communication and representation of design in a range of media. This module also aims to extend your personal approaches to reflective and professional design practice.

Building on prior learning, this module aims to utilise employment experience to provide an insight into the work, methods and operation of a professional design practice. You will enable the skills and knowledge acquired during the academic programme to be applied and related to personal and professional practice. This module will provide an opportunity for you to advance professional knowledge and skills in the context of a professional design practice working on real projects.

Building on prior learning, this module aims to utilise employment experience to provide an insight into the work, methods and operation of a professional design practice. You will enable the skills and knowledge acquired during the academic programme to be applied and related to personal and professional practice. This module will provide an opportunity to advance your professional knowledge and skills in the context of a professional design practice working on real projects.

Building on prior learning, this module aims to encourage articulation of the contextual and critical basis of design and its analysis and interpretation. You will evaluate concepts of design thinking and the processes and practice of brief-led design. You will further extend your use of materials and technologies for the construction and operation of architectural interiors and will examine further environmental and performance issues in the construction and use of architectural interiors. You will further develop the communication and representation of architectural interiors in a range of media as well as enhancing and refining your personal approaches to reflective and professional design practice.

Building on prior learning, this module aims to reinforce the use of materials and technologies for the architectural construction and operation of interiors. You will critically review concepts of design thinking and the processes and practice of brief-led design and will embed environmental and performance issues in the architectural construction and use of interiors. You will be able to strengthen your contextual and critical basis of design and its analysis and interpretation as well as synthesise the communication and representation of architectural interiors in a range of media. This module also aims to consolidate your personal approaches to reflective and professional design practice.

Building on prior learning and professional practice experience, this module aims to reinforce the use of materials and technologies for the architectural construction and operation of interiors. You will critically review concepts of design thinking and the processes and practice of brief-led design and embed environmental and performance issues in the architectural construction and use of interiors. You will be able to strengthen your contextual and critical basis of design and its analysis and interpretation as well as synthesise the communication and representation of architectural interiors in a range of media. This module also aims to consolidate your personal approaches to reflective and professional design practice.

You can find more information about this course in the programme specification. Optional modules are usually available at levels 5 and 6, although optional modules are not offered on every course. Where optional modules are available, you will be asked to make your choice during the previous academic year. If we have insufficient numbers of students interested in an optional module, or there are staffing changes which affect the teaching, it may not be offered. If an optional module will not run, we will advise you after the module selection period when numbers are confirmed, or at the earliest time that the programme team make the decision not to run the module, and help you choose an alternative module.