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BA (Hons) Interior Design Environment Architectures
The BA (Hons) Interior Design Environment Architectures course engages with the development of built form making use of precedent and prototype, and engaging with current critical agendas. It will deal with singularity, duality and multiplicities of purpose. The course’s curriculum will question existing and emergent precedent in built form and its construction.
The course prepares you to take a position in the field of architecture and its allied professions, and aims to provide you with the knowledge and skills appropriate to a range of career outcomes in interior design and architecture. You will be encouraged to develop your individual creative ability and support this with the development of a high level of technical skills.
Level 1
In level 1, the course deals with the design process and the underpinning skills and theory.
You will study the following subject areas:
contextual studies: theory and context; opportunities, trends and ideas; professional context; communication and visualisation; communication and representation; specialist study 1; specialist study 2 with computation and parametrics; and specialist study 3: dual use environment.
Level 2
In level 2, the experience shifts towards interpretation and the application of the skills acquired in level 1 in the creative process.
At level 2 you will study the following subject areas:
contextual studies: debate and polemic; contextual studies: dissertation preparation; marketing strategy; advertising and promotions; artefact and element in environment design; urban environment theory and practice; urban environment / computation 2; market factors; and rehabilitation and reuse.
Level 3
In level 3, you will develop individual, independent lines of enquiry focused on architectural / interior design. This allows you to build on the practical and theoretical elements in levels 1 and 2 through the medium of an agreed self-initiated project.
At level 3 you will study the following subject areas:
contextual studies: dissertation; enterprise and entrepreneurship – making it happen; major project report; negotiated brief; portfolio development; and major project.
Programme Specification
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Contextual studies, and enterprise and entrepreneurship
The adaptability necessary to succeed as a design or media specialist comes not only from deep disciplinary knowledge. Graduates also need a breadth of knowledge and skills which some commentators have referred to as being ‘T-Shaped’. These additional skills include the ability to work with and increasingly work across disciplines, entrepreneurial attitudes and a knowledge of the business contexts in which they will operate. All undergraduate Ravensbourne programmes incorporate curriculum and learning activities designed to develop these skills in our students. Cross-disciplinary collaborative projects offer students the opportunity to work in teams with other disciplines.
The course structure draws on the creative synergies and frictions of the different disciplines at Ravensbourne and provides physical and intellectual opportunities for students to meet, learn and work together with students from different disciplines.
Students study subject specialist units, shared units and core units. Subject specialist units focus on subject specialist methodologies, technologies and processes and offer project-based learning that simulates contemporary professional practice.
Shared units are units which bring together courses in analogous specialist subject areas and allow students to gain skills common across these specialist subject areas, or to develop skills complimentary to those of the other specialisms and to work together on collaborative projects in the kinds of interdisciplinary teams common in industry. They therefore begin to introduce students to the real world context of specialism, a world where inevitably specialists work in inter-disciplinary teams.
Core units provide fundamental knowledge, skills and contexts which we believe are necessary for all the creative professionals who graduate from Ravensbourne and set students up with a model of the types of knowledge they will need continuously to update throughout their careers. Core units equip students with the ideation, visualisation and communication skills required in the creative process characteristic of design and media industries and common across our disciplines. They also provide the conceptual skills, theoretical frameworks and professional contexts necessary for students to position their work and develop their professional identity. Additionally, they ensure that students gain the promotional, marketing and enterprise skills necessary to make success happen in the real world.
Three years full-time
Ravensbourne’s BA (Hons) Interior Design Environment Architectures course is available as a full time three-year course.
Assessment
You will be continually assessed through preparation of written and project work. Assessment in the final year is through dissertation and portfolio.
Learning and support
You will learn through a mixture of problem-based learning, design studio tutoring and traditional teaching. Our innovative approach to learning puts architecture into a wider professional context that places technology and the environment alongside clients needs. You will be guided by professionally qualified and experienced teaching staff and visiting speakers from industry.
Laptops
You are required to own or have access to a laptop from the beginning of your studies. Laptops are an essential tool to support personalised learning and give you access, when and where you want it, to many of the creative tools and educational resources you will encounter during your studies.
Laptops are used extensively in all of our courses. You will need one to access our network, and to research, communicate and collaborate during your studies.
Career prospects
As an IDEAs graduate, you could be involved in design, rehabilitation and extension of existing buildings, the creation of new built environments or the design of interactive virtual spaces. There are many different interior architectural specialties and you could find yourself involved in urban consultancy, workplace design, housing research, retail planning or community development.
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See life as a student
“I came to Ravensbourne as it had been recommended to me as the place to develop my skills. No other university offered such strong links to the outside world – I believed I could be learning real skills from real professionals.
“Studying the IDEAs course means you learn how to design the interior, exterior, furniture, graphics, and photography, as well…
Duration
Three years full-time
Entry requirements
Students will normally be expected to possess five GCSEs (grade C or above) or equivalent (including English and Mathematics) and also to hold at least one of the following or equivalent UK or international qualification:
• 2 A levels (grades A-C) or 4 AS levels (grades A-C)
• 2 vocational A level (grades A-C)
• Level 3 Foundation Diploma or National Diploma
• Advanced Diploma (grades A-C)
• International Baccalaureate (28 points or above)
Progression
Successful completion of this course provides the opportunity to progress onto the MA Environment Design programme at Ravensbourne.
How to Apply
UCAS code: W250 (3 year route)
Institution: RAVEN RO6
Term starts
September 2012
Fees
£8,300 per year
Validated by
City University London
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