BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design
DURATION
3 up to 6 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
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Introduction
‘’Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, examinations may be replaced by an alternative form of assessment during the academic year 2021/2022. Please refer to the Programme Specification on these pages for further details.’’
Why choose this course?
- Interior Architecture and Design students have participated in live projects with a number of commercial partners including Letchworth Garden City urban regeneration, Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen, Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange, The Forum Hertfordshire, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, and St Albans Museums.
- The degree focuses on working with existing buildings and spaces and exploring different possibilities for habitation.
- The Interior Architecture and Design degree pursue a progressive and holistic teaching approach as we consider the design process as something non-linear or sequential (i.e. research first, design later).
- Graduates from the course are eligible for associate membership to professional institutions such as The British Interior Design Association, The Society of British Interior Design, and The Chartered Society of Designers.
What's the course about?
This course specialises in the design and production of immersive, innovative, and surprising interior spaces. There’s great emphasis on the understanding and use of materials as you explore surface design and detailing. Throughout the course you’ll work with existing buildings and conditions, producing refit, refurbishment, retrofit, re-use, and place-making designs. As you progress you’ll develop expertise in producing impressive drawings, images, and models, as you not only design functional, contemporary, and innovative interiors, but – above all else – create immersive atmospheres.
Your main campus is College Lane
This is where the creative arts, science, and health-related subjects are based. This means you’ll share the campus with future nurses, scientists, artists, and more. You can use the common rooms to relax with friends, work out in the 24-hour gym or have a drink in our on-campus pub or cafes. We also have restaurants for you to eat in or grab something on the go. Our Learning Resources Centres are open 24/7, which means you can study whenever suits you best. Want to pop over to the other campus? You can take the free shuttle bus or walk there in just 15 minutes.
This course includes the options of:
- Work placement
- Study abroad
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Curriculum
What will I study?
Lectures, Workshops, Seminars, Field Trips, Group and Individual Tutorials, Critiques, Live Pitches with Clients/ Industry Panels.
The Interior Architecture and Design degree will develop your knowledge, skills, and techniques of Interior Architecture and Design, to broaden and deepen your understanding of and competency in Interior Architecture and Design. Students are encouraged to engage with some key contemporary issues and learn to develop their design exploration and experimentation, to be more self-directed in their design processes, and to produce coherent and more complex design resolutions.
This degree will introduce students to thinking about the "interior" as a space of intersecting environments within an urban realm. Interior Architecture is explored as the engagement with and adaptation and transformation of the existing built fabric across both inside and outside spaces, generating ideas from a critical engagement with occupation, material form, site context and culture.
You will develop proficiency in a wide range of communication and technical skills from hand drawings, physical model making, CAD drawings, and knowledge of structure, construction, materials, and detailing. Learn how to observe, analyse, represent and communicate the qualities of existing spaces, adapt and improve existing building fabrics. In addition, Critical and Cultural Studies modules offer the opportunity for students to acquire the theoretical and historic knowledge of the discipline while exploring particular contemporary issues in depth.
Level 4
- Design Skills 1 II 30 Credits II Compulsory
- Introduction to Technology II 30 Credits II Compulsory
- C&CS L4 History and Theory – Introduction II 30 Credits II Compulsory
- Design Studio 1 (IAD) II 30 Credits II Compulsory
Level 5
- C&CS L5 History and Theory - People, Buildings and Cities II 30 Credits II Compulsory
- Advanced Technology II 30 Credits II Compulsory
- Design Studio 2 (IAD) II 30 Credits II Compulsory
- Design Skills 2 (IAD) II 30 Credits II Compulsory
- Professional Work Experience 15: Design II 15 Credits II Optional
- Professional Work Experience 30: Design II 30 Credits II Optional
Level 6
- Year Abroad II 0 Credits II Compulsory
- C&CS L6 Degree Essay: Dissertation II 30 Credits II Compulsory
- Advanced Design Skills II 30 Credits II Compulsory
- Final Project (IAD) II 60 Credits II Compulsory
- Sandwich Year (Creative Arts) II 0 Credits II Optional
Study abroad
An opportunity for an amazing experience, which will help make you stand out from the crowd. With more and more companies working internationally, the experience of living in another country can make a great impression on future employers.
This course offers you the opportunity to enhance your study and CV with a sandwich year abroad. The University has partnerships with over 150 universities around the world, including the USA, Canada, Asia, Africa, Australia, South America, and closer to home in Europe.
If you study abroad between your second and third year of study, you’ll pay no tuition fee to the partner university and no tuition fee to us either. We’ll ask you to make your decision in your second year, so there is plenty of time to think about it.
Work placement
Graduate with invaluable work experience alongside your degree and stand out from the crowd.
This course offers you the opportunity to enhance your study and CV with a work placement sandwich year. It’s a chance to explore career possibilities, make valuable contacts and gain sought-after professional skills.
Our dedicated Careers and Employment team are here to help guide you through the process.
If you take up a work placement between your second and third year of study, at the University of Hertfordshire you’ll pay no tuition fee for this year. We’ll ask you to make your decision in your second year, so there is plenty of time to think about it.
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Career Opportunities
What's next for my career?
Students will foster transferable skills which will enable them to respond to current and future career challenges. Create opportunities for live projects and work placements in the industry. This degree equips students with career development skills to work professionally in the disciplines related to interior architecture and design and contribute creatively in a variety of roles, working independently and as part of multidisciplinary design teams.
Interior architects and designers can work on new construction projects or within existing buildings, as an individual practitioner or entrepreneur, within an architectural or interior design company, or as part of a multi-disciplinary design consultancy. They may also move into areas such as retail design and display, production design for stage, film, or television, exhibition design, event design, the styling of photo shoots, or virtual environments, interactive design, and game design. They may work on small-scale domestic schemes for individual clients, or be involved in large corporate identity and branding projects. The Interior Architecture and Design programme enables students to explore the design possibilities of these different areas, develop their own position as a designer, and help them achieve their personal and career development plans.
You’ll be well equipped for a job in the creative industries, whether you choose to specialise in interior architecture and design or move into a more multidisciplinary role. Many graduates have been offered jobs from leading companies, such as Foster + Partners. You’ll also be eligible for membership in several professional institutions.