Interior Architecture

This module will introduce you to architectural thinking and the implications of the inter-relationships between people, the environment and place making through the development of a series of exercises of low design complexity.

This module introduces you to construction technology, systems and services by focusing on principles of structures, construction assemblies, techniques and sustainable design of domestic architecture. Within the context of the climate emergency you will explore the fundamental approaches to construction used to achieve safe, environmentally sound tectonic strategies. The module will discuss building physics and the building’s fabric, and how its environmental services and systems need to be combined to provide physiological, thermal, visual and acoustic comfort. 

You will be introduced to the canon of western architectural history and its underlying ideological assumptions. The module locates the major practices and sites of western architecture in a wide visual, cultural and ideological context and critically examines its relevance to the practicing architect today. 

This module is delivered within a studio setting in which creativity and innovation are encouraged, developed and challenged through a series of increasingly complex design exercises. The design exercises which you will encounter through the module are designed to progressively develop your appreciation of interior architecture as both experience and process. They will provide you the opportunity to explore the actions of interior architecture as the scaffolding to your future learning. The ideas and approaches which are explored and developed in this module provide an integrated and expansive context within which to develop your appreciation of interior architectural practice. 

This module introduces you to the foundational principles and integrated knowledge required for successful architectural practice, aligning with the RIBA Plan of Works. You will develop skills in design integration, environmental consciousness, construction knowledge, and professional practice, in preparation for the challenges of the architectural profession and the changing landscape of the construction industry. 

The focus for the module is to foster an appreciation of the social impact of interior architecture as activist space. You will develop an appreciation of the inter-relationships between people, the environment and society through the development of an interior design intervention of a medium level of complexity.

The module aims to develop the broad understanding of the history and theory of architecture focused on the examination of the histories of modern architecture. The field of enquiry will also be broadened by a consideration of urbanism and critical theory relevant to the histories being considered and demand a greater appreciation of the role of the architect in society.

This module enhances your prior learning and develops the opportunity to enter a national or international design competition alongside the development of a personal interior architecture design brief. Exploring interior typologies, the module aims to develop your creative potential within a future built environment context. You will extend the design brief(s) to propose innovative new approaches to interior space and extend the ideas and approaches you have explored and developed throughout the programme to date. 

The module further develops your understanding of technological innovation in architecture integrating the parallel strands of Structure and Services introduced to you in year 1 through two core themes central to Building Fabric Design: Design for Climate and Sustainability and Design for Human and Life Safety. Through these themes you will develop competencies in more advanced construction techniques, systems and assemblies for non-domestic buildings and through this you will extend and develop your technical vocabulary and grasp of building physics and building fabric design for more complex building forms.  

The multidisciplinary module allows you to engage in a multidisciplinary practice-based environment and gain an insight into industrial practice. Utilising a real-world scenario student’s work collectively and collaboratively to communicate a project solution to a panel of assessors through varying forms of media. This module is supported with a series of industrial guest speakers to offer real life practices, procedures, technologies, and communication techniques.

This module is a self-initiated design project which asks you to select an existing architectural site, to prepare an innovative brief and to develop a creative interior proposal. You will synthesise a range of theoretical, technical, cultural, spatial and professional issues, developing an integrated design scheme through a rigorous and personal design process. With a creative design proposal in place, you will present the final scheme through a package of technical and visual drawings to communicate your scheme to a range of audiences.  

This module aims to prepare you for your first year in industry by equipping you with a comprehensive understanding of the profession of architecture. You will develop an understanding of the role of the architect in society. You will learn about the management of the construction industry, the role of the architectural practice and responsibilities of each within the regulatory legal context within which architecture operates. 

This module aims to prepare you for your first year in industry by equipping you with a comprehensive understanding of the profession of architecture. You will develop an understanding of the role of the architect in society. You will learn about the management of the construction industry, the role of the architectural practice and responsibilities of each within the regulatory legal context within which architecture operates. 

This module comprises the development of tectonic rationale and detail design at a variety of scales and levels of detail and the continued formation of an iterative design methodology. It builds on the formation of technical assemblies, structural and environmental rationales and communication of detailed design solutions developed in parallel with a design task of some complexity and asks that you both build upon and challenge accepted performance and evidence-based modes of integrated design whilst seeking compliance with technical standards and regulatory frameworks for sustainability, health and life safety, and delivering a plausible and buildable project.