Materials and Detailing. Materials: Materials used within the built environment may be understood with reference to their manufacture, characteristics, ecology and the craft associated with their utilisation. The course will look at both soft and hard materials as the media of interior design. Time shall be given to the finishing aspects of materials. Detailing: The formal study of materials in lectures shall be put into practice in the studio with exercises dealing with the application and documentation of such materials within architecture and interior design. Studies shall look at detailing a small-scale building/interior with emphasis given to construction documentation. Witness to construction sites, manufacturing and various current Sydney designer works will also form part of this course.