Interior Architecture and Design (With Foundation Year) - BA (Hons)

University of Bedfordshire

Interior architecture designers are experts in creating experimental, imaginative and stimulating spatial environments. On this course, you learn how to design spaces that are individual and experiential while offering ergonomic and environmentally sound functionality. You discover the latest innovations used to solve contemporary design problems, and broaden your understanding of building, structure and fabric construction, enabling you to take a design from initial research through to detail design and specification.

\ In the Foundation year, you will study three days per week. The focus will be on academic writing skills and numeracy, plus subject-specific content to fully prepare you for entry to an undergraduate degree. The course has been designed to develop your skills and to prepare you for entry onto the first year of your chosen course. It provides a balance between content related to your chosen subject and the range of wider skills required for undergraduate study. This is an integrated four-year degree, with the foundation year as a key part of the course. You will be required to pass the foundation year in order to progress to the first year of your BA (Hons) degree. This course is ideal for those who do not meet our standard entry requirements or those with a non-standard educational background. It will allow you to graduate with a full undergraduate degree in your chosen subject in four years.

* Spacious studios set in a creative environment, studying alongside students from other creative disciplines. * High-spec computers using 2D and 3D computer-aided design software including AutoCAD. * Other industry-replicating software includes Adobe Creative suite, Vectorworks and SketchUp. * 3D workshop for model making. * Video production and editing.

Interior Architecture and Design students benefit from the academic team’s professional connections with the British Institute of Interior Design (BIID); Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA); and BREEAM, the world-leading certification system for sustainably built environments. We have regular, on-going involvement with BREEAM.

Develop both

- in areas including sketching, orthographic hand drawing and 3D model making -

, using industry-relevant software such as AutoCAD, Vectorworks, SketchUp and Adobe Creative suite. Work on

for a range of environments from bars, restaurants and theatres to workplaces, retail spaces and exhibitions.

, collaborating in teams across disciplines, in a studio environment. Benefit from

: Course Leader Dawn Hesketh-Joslin is an Affiliate member of BIID and RIBA; Visiting Lecturer Anna Stanton is a BREEAM Associate. Learn to analyse and utilise real sites, and

such as Caravane Ltd in Coal Drops Yard, King’s Cross, and PSLab Lighting in Bermondsey. Final-year students

, with reference to construction, building regulations, specification and BREEAM considerations. As part of your developing professional practice unit, attend

, such as Pradumn Pamidighantam (Barr Gazetas Architects), Paula Murray (Supertonic), and Stuart Newman (Network Career Consultants). Experience

such as the Surface Design Show, Building Centre, Material Lab, Roca Gallery and Chelsea Harbour Design Centre.