Course Details

1. Identify the importance of manipulating a variety of construction materials in installing, designing and harmonizing construction systems into particular interior spaces.
2. Schedule into the program of study, problems that will stretch the designer and produce design solutions of professional standard.
3. Experiment with various design methods, both technically and culturally
4. Evaluate the significance of visual and oral presentation of ideas/concepts and final work.
5. Develop abilities in balancing the type of a problem to produce a mixture of visual notation to client presentation and production prototypes of professional standard.
6. Develop important skills in research methods to produce a written presentation along with research through design.
7. Encourage students to develop verbal and non-verbal communication skills.

The course unit is designed to enhance and expand the understanding of design issues. It incorporates the acquired knowledge; skills and learning experience to prepare the students solve functional and aesthetic problems in living and working environments

Research Methodology / Studio Work: Students must complete an individual project where each sets his/hers own brief. The course emphasis is a journey through a conceptual theme, which concentrates on the development of design, from domestic to public use and from internal to external 

Presentation Skills: Development of presentation skills in order to orally communicate ideas and research findings. Participation in group discussions and debates surrounding given theme of the project.

Translating 2D ideas into 3D spaces through model making exercises: Giving great attention to model making techniques and great attention to photographic techniques when introduced to concept, scale and manipulation through model photography 

Final Presentation: Students participate in final presentations where ideas are discussed from the initial research stage, through to concepts and final design outcomes.

No specific textbook required

• Visual contemporary references in the form of magazines are required: Domus, Wallpaper, Ottagono, Mark, Icon, Frame, Interni, Damn
• References should also include websites with suggestions of: www.worldarchitecturenews.com www.designboom.com www.arcspace.com
• Visual contemporary references in the form of online magazines www.dezeen.com, www.yatzer.com, www.dexigner.com, www.mocoloco.com
• Interior design of the 20th century, Thames and Hudson, Anne Massey (2001)
• Minus 40: the new generation of international architecture, Skira (2002)
• Bauhaus, Taschen, Magdalena Droste (1998)
• Architecture today, Rizzoli Publications, james steele, (1997)
• Building a new millennium, Philip Jodidio, Tashen (1999)
• Architecture after Modernism, Diane Ghirardo, Thames and Hudson 2006
• Minimalism, a Historical Consideration, Feierabend 2003

The taught part of the course is delivered by means of illustrated lectures conducted with the help of computer presentations.

Lectures are supplemented with extended project briefings, practical workshops, exercises, group critiques and individual tutorials.

During student centred practical work, students are encouraged to develop personal research, realization and manipulation in project work through the creative use of computer/digital based skills and hand skills such as photography, illustration and print. Electronic image/type via Apple Macintosh or PC hardware and software can lead to alternative and unique visual solutions. The outcome is always enriched through visual research and reading.