History of Interior Architecture
Duration
- One semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36
2021 teaching periods
Hawthorn
| Higher Ed. Semester 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
Nil
Corequisites
Nil
Alternative Tertiary Entry Program: Students who have passed DIA00001 are exempted from taking this unit and must select another unit in its place with advice from a Course Advice Specialist.
Aims and objectives
This unit aims to introduce important historical precedents and theoretical movements of interior architectural history. By developing skills in research, critical analysis and an historical understanding of key building, practitioners and styles, students will attain a broader understanding of their discipline.
After successfully completing this unit, students should be able to:
1. Analyse historical precedents in interior architectural history
2. Identify key ideas and developments in the history of interior architecture
3. Use a theory of spatial design to analyse a precedent project
4. Implement the research findings of an interior architectural precedent using different written and visual
representation skills
5. Evaluate the influences of historical interior architectural precedents on contemporary spaces
1. Analyse historical precedents in interior architectural history
2. Identify key ideas and developments in the history of interior architecture
3. Use a theory of spatial design to analyse a precedent project
4. Implement the research findings of an interior architectural precedent using different written and visual
representation skills
5. Evaluate the influences of historical interior architectural precedents on contemporary spaces
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Face to Face Lecture and online tutorial delivery
Assessment
Task 1: Weekly Lecture Blog Individual 40%
Task 2: Online Debate Individual 30%
Task 3: Video Exam Individual 30%
Task 2: Online Debate Individual 30%
Task 3: Video Exam Individual 30%
General skills outcomes
Students will be provided with feedback on their progress in attaining the following generic skills:
• Critical analysis and evaluation skills
• Ability to synthesise knowledge
• Problem solving skills
• Communications skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
• Critical analysis and evaluation skills
• Ability to synthesise knowledge
• Problem solving skills
• Communications skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
Content
Topics for discussion may include:
• Design research (specific to interior architecture issues)
• The relationship between theory and practice
• Interior architecture history
• Interior architecture, designers and architects (past and present).
• Design research (specific to interior architecture issues)
• The relationship between theory and practice
• Interior architecture history
• Interior architecture, designers and architects (past and present).
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Pile, J 2009) A History of Interior Design, 3rd edn, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey.
Taylor, M 2013, Interior Design: Primary and Critical Sources. Berg Publishers. Oxford and New York.
Weinthal, L 2011, Toward a New Interior: An Anthology of Interior Design Theory, Princeton Architectural Press, New York.
Taylor, M 2013, Interior Design: Primary and Critical Sources. Berg Publishers. Oxford and New York.
Weinthal, L 2011, Toward a New Interior: An Anthology of Interior Design Theory, Princeton Architectural Press, New York.