Overview

The aim of this unit is to develop students' design thinking and skills using creative design tools. The unit requires students to explore conceptual, metaphorical and technological aspects of interior architecture. Students will learn to design an interior architectural project from a design brief and apply spatial, sensory and ethical dimensions and experiences to accommodate current and future needs. Students will learn to refine an interior architectural project through the consideration of site and historical context, circulation, light, views etc., and communicate these design ideas using visual and oral presentations.

Requisites

Prerequisites
DIA10005 Interior Architecture Communication
DIA10006 Interior Architecture Studio 1 - Space, Form & Human Occupation

AND

DIA10006 Interior Architecture Studio 1 - Space, Form & Human Occupation

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
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
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:

  • Integrate site information and research to create a design proposal
  • Create a variety of design possibilities for a given situation that reflect the relationships between design theory, practices and visual communication in interior architecture
  • Develop design that directly addresses the experience of the senses including sound, light, and movement in space
  • Create an interior architectural project from a brief that reflects a clear design process and the selection of appropriate communication tools

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Studio
3.00 12 weeks 36
Specified Activities
Various
9.50 12 weeks 114
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Assessment 1Individual/Group 30% 1,2 
Assessment 2Individual 30% 1,2,3 
Assessment 3Individual 40% 1,2,3,4 

Content

  • Graphics communication skills (plans, sections, elevations, axonometric and other like projections)
  • Design methodologies and generation of design ideas
  • Design terminology and appropriate application
  • Verbal and two-dimensional graphic presentation
  • Additive and subtractive forms
  • Spatial planning and dynamics
  • Orientation and context
  • Materiality, aesthetics and senses in design
  • Place and place-making

Study resources

Reading materials

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