Undergraduate Course: Interior Design 2A: Medium spaces project (ARCH08056)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course focuses on the challenges of designing an interior intervention into an existing building over multiple floors. |
| Course description |
Using an existing medium-size multi-storey space, students will be asked to analyse, and redesign this space for a new function. They will be expected to establish a brief in order to respond to the potential clients needs.
Students will prepare scheme design proposals in sketch and exploratory model form for discussion. During this iterative process they will prepare final proposals in drawing form, to scale, for submission.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | If this course is Core to your programme, you will automatically be enrolled.
This course requires additional costs to be met by the Student.
Travel and Accommodation: There are required travel costs associated with course-related field-trips and site visits.
Students will be expected to support the cost of local travel by public transport for required visits.
Equipment and software: Most equipment and software required will be provided by the School, but student will be expected to provide some specialist equipment including a personal laptop (capable of running Adobe Suite) which is required to engage fully with all courses from Year one.
Materials: Students will be expected to fund the purchase of general art and design materials, such as sketchbooks, paper and pens. Students will be expected to fund purchase of some specialist materials required by their course (e.g. drawing and modelmaking equipment and materials, such as scale ruler, scalpel, cutting rule, tape and glues, card & paper). You will find a detailed equipment and materials list published for each course on Learn. Course Organisers will support you in meeting intended learning outcomes while keeping material costs to a minimum, encouraging sustainable, responsible sourcing through Free Use Hub but students will be expected to fund optional material costs as necessary for their own project work.
Printing: Students are expected to fund occasional printing of A4-A3 prints for interim reviews, tutorials & presentations.
To fully participate in this course students are recommended to budget a minimum of £20-30.00 (this does not include purchase of laptop or software). |
| Additional Costs | Basic model making materials (cardboard, glue etc) and general A3 printing approximately £20 max |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 2,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 12,
External Visit Hours 2,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
174 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% weighting consisting of:
Digital portfolio containing research sketch book blog, development drawings and models and final scheme design scale drawing set with interior visuals.
All three Learning Outcomes are equally weighted in the assessment of components |
| Feedback |
Formative feedback and Assessment:
Group tutorials will include verbal and/or written and drawn feedback from peers and staff on a weekly basis.
Mid-semester, students will submit a self-evaluation form, and be given written formative feedback on their formative submission and work to date.
Summative Feedback and Assessment:
At the end of the course students will submit a final edited portfolio of work and a self-evaluation form, and be given written feedback and grades on their work submitted. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Investigate and demonstrate the use of an appropriate range of practical, material and theoretical research methods in relation to the building and its existing and proposed use.
- Develop and evaluate core interior architectural design theories and applications in relation to the new use of the building, and its relationship with the existing building.
- Present knowledge, skills and understanding of the design solution in a graphically coherent way.
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Reading List
Ann Ross, Jonathan Hetreed, Charlotte Baden-Powell, Architects Pocket Book, Routledge, 4th Edition, 2011
Francis D.K. Ching, Corky Binggeli, Interior Design Illustrated, John Wiley & Sons, 3rd Edition, 2012
Fred Scott, On Altering Architecture, Routledge, 2008 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Simple space surveying, drawing to scale, interviewing, developing briefs, preparation of presentation drawings and models |
| Keywords | Surveying,scale drawing,developing of brief,identifying precedents,problem solving |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Rachel Simmonds
Tel: 0131 221 6130
Email: Rachel.Simmonds@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr John Ethcuit
Tel:
Email: jethcuit@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
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