Course summary

Interior Design is where architecture, design, and artistic spatial practices meet. It involves the thoughtful remodelling and recycling of existing buildings, sites, and environments. This allows us to establish dynamic new uses and longer, sustainable lives. It involves the creative arrangement of materials, objects and surfaces. By doing this, Interior Design allows us to transform our spatial experience. This course allows you to investigate the potential of interior settings. This will cover their cultural, ecological and future potential to provoke new interior practice. On the back of this, you can develop a distinctive voice and position as a future interior practitioner. You will learn to identify problems on various sites, audiences and contexts to frame and resolve spatial problems. You will develop sophisticated visual, spatial, digital and making skills. You will also participate in CAD sessions, lectures, digital fabrication and making by hand supported by expert makers. This will allow you to advance and expand your spatial practice. You will be able to work on projects of varying scales, sites and complexities. You will be able to approach various creative or technical challenges. You will complete this course in one academic year. You will study 180 credits across three trimesters. This is unique to this course as most other institutions require you to undertake an MDes in 240 credits. You will build your industry and research knowledge through Interior, shared and optional modules. You will also apply research methods to specific sites. The course is split into three parts. In the first part, you will investigate the broader cultural dimensions of interiors done through various studio projects. These will be aligned to an international network in response to cultural, social and/or political issues. In the second part, you'll explore the interrelationships between interiors and ecologies. This will build on insights and skills from the previous core module. You will work with external partners, projects and sites. You will also participate in an international workshop in the EU. In the third part, you will focus on a final Interior project. This will challenge conventional boundaries to establish a spatial provocation through your work. You will rigorously research this in a self-directed brief. It will also require site visits and audience engagement. This will contextualise your work. This part also includes participation in an Industry Round Table event.