Overview

This unit introduces 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.

Requisites

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Analyse historical precedents in interior architectural history
  • Identify key ideas and developments in the history of interior architecture
  • Use a theory of spatial design to analyse a precedent project
  • Implement the research findings of an interior architectural precedent using different written and visual representation skills
  • Evaluate the influences of historical interior architectural precedents on contemporary spaces

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Class		3.00 12 weeks 36
Specified Activities
Various		2.00 12 weeks 24
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		7.50 12 weeks 90
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssessmentIndividual 30% 1,2,3,4,5 
BlogIndividual 40% 5 
ExaminationIndividual 30% 1,2,3,4 

Content

  • 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

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.