Interior Architecture - 3255
Program Summary
Faculty: Built Environment
Contact: Built Environment
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Typical Duration: 4 Years
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC Per Semester: 3
Max UOC Per Semester: 27
Min UOC For Award: 192
UAC Code: 423003
International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements
Award(s):
Bachelor of Interior Architecture (Major)
Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions
Program Description
Our agenda is to imagine, debate and test the contemporary interior as a key agent in the production of the built environment. We consider the interior as a dynamic and open-ended conceptual space through which the human scale and experiences inherent in the private and public spaces of our urban environments can be interrogated and projected.
Through a focus on material and spatial assembly, agency and affect, we foster an agile and critical approach to design enquiry, underpinned by an informed appreciation of the environmental, cultural and historic contexts of interior architecture and design. We value an expansive approach in the speculation and projection of the contemporary interior, underpinned by rigour and creative risk taking.
Our goal is to produce industry leaders with the ethical, collaborative and creative skills that will allow them to effectively respond to the multi-disciplinary, global demands inherent in the reshaping of our future interiorscapes.
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
Scholars who are:
• understanding of the material and spatial assembly, agency and affect of interior environments
• understanding of the discipline of Interior Architecture in its environmental, cultural, historical and interdisciplinary context
• capable of independent and collaborative research-led design enquiry underpinned by rigorous analysis, critique and reflection
• able to apply their knowledge and skills to solving design problems
• ethical design practitioners
• capable of effective communication
Leaders who are:
• enterprising, innovative and creative
• capable of initiating as well as embracing change
• collaborative team workers
Professionals who are:
• capable of independent, self-directed practice
• capable of lifelong learning
Global Citizens who are:
• capable of applying the discipline of Interior Architecture in local, national and international contexts
• culturally aware and capable of respecting diversity and acting in socially just/responsible ways
• capable of environmental responsibility
Program Structure
Semester 1
Semester 1
- General Education (6 UOC)
Semester 1
- INTA2301 Branded Interiorscapes (12 UOC)
- General Education (6UOC)
- Interdisciplinary Learning Course* (6 UOC)
- Interdisciplinary Learning Course* (6 UOC)
Semester 1
- Open Elective (6 UOC)
- BE Elective (6UOC)
- Open Elective (6 UOC)
- BE Elective (6UOC)
Additionally, students are not required to undertake the other elective and general educaton requirments in the exact order as indicated in the above program structure. This structure provides a suggested order for the completion of these elective and general education requirements, however a student can choose to do them in a different sequence. For example, a student may choose to complete an FBE elective in S1 of Yr 3 and undertake the 6 UOC of general education in Yr 4.
An indicative list of Interdisciplinary Learning Courses is below:
- BENV0006 BE OutThere Elective (6 UOC)
- BENV1221 People, Place & Design (6 UOC)
- BENV2140 Japan:Journey,Drawing & Design (6 UOC)
- BENV2305 Graphic Design for Architects (6 UOC)
- BENV2930 Living Architecture (6 UOC)
- BENV2937 Urban and Regional Design (6 UOC)
- BENV2943 Heritage Planning (6 UOC)
- BENV2949 Healthy Planning (6 UOC)
- BENV6701 International Planning (6 UOC)
- BENV6722 Cinematic Space (6 UOC)
- IDES4372 Ind Desgn Mang and Practice (6 UOC)
Embedding Interdisciplinary Education within programs is part of a wider Faculty curriculum development and program review process, it is the intent that the list of interdisciplinary learning courses will be expanded as new interdisciplinary courses are developed.
Honours
Academic Rules
2. To fulfil these requirements, students must complete:
- 144 units of core courses, being all those prescribed in the Faculty regulations for this program
- 12 units of BE Electives (see below)
- 12 units of Interdisciplinary Learning Courses (as listed above)
- 12 units of Open (free) Electives, selected in accordance with the Faculty regulations for undergraduate study in the Faculty of the Built Environment (see below)
- 12 units of General Education courses in accordance with University requirements -Refer to: General Education
4. General Education courses may not be taken before a student enters Year 2 of the Program.
Fees
Professional Recognition
The BIA program at UNSW is also a member of IDEA (Interior Design/Interior Architecture Educators Association) representing all 4 year university degree programs in the discipline in the region.
Area(s) of Specialisation