Course Title: Interior Design Studio 1

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Interior Design Studio 1

Credit Points: 24.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

ARCH1093

City Campus

Undergraduate

315H Architecture & Design

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2006,
Sem 1 2007,
Sem 1 2008,
Sem 1 2009,
Sem 1 2011,
Sem 1 2012,
Sem 1 2013

ARCH1093

City Campus

Undergraduate

320H Architecture & Urban Design

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2014,
Sem 1 2015,
Sem 1 2016,
Sem 1 2017,
Sem 1 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 1 2021,
Sem 1 2022,
Sem 1 2024

Course Coordinator: Ying-Lan Dann

Course Coordinator Phone: Contact via email

Course Coordinator Email: ying-lan.dann@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 100.8.02

Course Coordinator Availability: Contact via email


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None


Course Description

This course will introduce you to various skills, ideas and contexts related to interior design practice. You will be encouraged to develop your conceptual thinking and communication techniques through experimentation and exploration. 


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

In this course you will develop the following program learning outcomes:

  • Work in diverse contexts and be able to identify and address complex design problems with initiative and advanced knowledge to produce innovative interior design outcomes. 
  • Conceptualize and engage in research through design as part of the creative process to open the potential for new understandings, experimentation and innovation. 
  • Communicate your ideas and designs verbally, visually and textually through a range of media to your peers as well as professional, academic and public audiences. 
  • Reflect, analyse, synthesize, critique and evaluate your own work as well that of your peers and apply your knowledge and skills with initiative and insight in professional practice and/or scholarship. 
  • Engage in research with an enhanced appreciation and understanding of theoretical, environmental, social, historical, cultural and technical contexts in relation to the activity of interior design and be able to engage and extend this knowledge through the practice of design. 
  • Use technology as an intrinsic part of the design process and have the ability to identify relevant techniques, skills, materials and technologies for specific designs. 
  • Understand and value your individual abilities and way of working as an interior designer; to initiate independent strategies together with the ability to plan and time manage projects; to develop a personal work ethic based on initiative and self-motivation. 


Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: 

1. Demonstrate conceptual thinking   

2. Use an investigative approach to design  

3. Demonstrate design research and process 

4. Demonstrate a range of communication techniques 


Overview of Learning Activities

You will participate in a range of learning activities which will contribute to the building of a diversity of approaches to design practice in a number of different scenarios. In-class activities will include lectures, presentations, group and individual tutorials, group discussions, peer-to-peer critiques, student presentations and studio workshops. Other activities may include excursions to exhibitions and site visits.


Overview of Learning Resources

You will identify the learning resources specific to your own interests in conjunction with your tutors. These may include readings, critical study of precedents, and further refinement of the communication, workshop, and other skills that you have acquired in the previous levels of the course. RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.

It is advisable that you have a personal computer of an appropriate specification.

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

Detailed references and ongoing updated information will be made available to students in the myRMIT Canvas site

References

Detailed references and ongoing updated information will be made available to students in the myRMIT Canvas site


Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes. 

Assessment Tasks

Assessment 1 - Design Exploration - 40%  
Linked Course Learning Outcomes: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4  

Assessment 2 - Design Exploration - 40%  
Linked Course Learning Outcomes: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4  

Assessment 3 – Reflective document - 20%  
Linked Course Learning Outcomes: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4  

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks. 

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more. 

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.