Course summary

What are interior, architectural and spatial design? How might we practice them? And what might these practices contribute to the diverse and worldwide societies and situations in which our graduates will live and work? This programme is designed to support you in establishing your own approaches and answers to these questions, helping you lay the foundations for your own path through the opportunities this field of knowledge and practice presents. In this programme, you will complete design projects that range from the design and construction of details through which we physically engage with buildings, to the master planning of their relationships with the cities that surround them. At the same time, you will use media including writing, drawing, digital modelling and physical exhibition to engage with the theoretical, historical, and cultural contexts that frame the practices of interior, architectural and spatial design. You will also engage with the rich possibilities for learning presented by elective courses on offer throughout the University of Edinburgh including languages, crafts, business, history, theory and more. Staff use their research to inform teaching and each year we work together to unlock the creative possibilities presented by a particular site, situation or institution in the city of Edinburgh, be it a local community, a historic building, or a changing organisation. In joining this programme you will also be joining Interior Lab – the wider family of staff and students involved in the programme - including professional alumni, undergraduate interior design and PhD students who will join us for talks, exhibitions and other events.