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Opleiding: MA Interior Architecture

Learning purpose

New materials, processes and activities; changing social and employment patterns; increases in population density and a developing environmental awareness all serve to create conditions that encourage the questioning of traditional approaches to the creation of built space and provide the incentive to explore alternatives.

 

MA Interior Architecture provides a structured postgraduate programme within which to test and extend the boundaries of interior architecture by means of a major, self-initiated, research project. It offers a creative, dynamic and supportive environment within which to explore and develop new ideas in architectural design.

 

 

Target audience

This masters programme attracts graduates, practising designers and mid-career professionals from a wide range of architectural and allied disciplines.

 

Programme

The programme encourages a reflective approach to design within which a personal project will be initiated and developed. This project may take the form of creative work with an accompanying report and presentation or, alternatively, a written and illustrated dissertation. The presentation of the final outcome of your study will be limited only by your imagination and the need for contextual appropriateness.

 

Your work will be supported by regular multi-disciplinary seminars and by weekly tutorials. Stage One of the programme introduces the fundamentals of postgraduate research, the principles of which will inform the subsequent stages of the programme.

 

Full-time students attend one day a week; devoting the remaining time to self-directed study. Part time students attend one day a week over two years.

Intermediate assessments at Stages 1 and 2 are by coursework and oral presentations. Stage 3 final assessment is based on the completed project work and report or dissertation together with an oral presentation. The work is expected to exceed, in terms of depth and scope, that which would be expected at undergraduate level.

 

Foundations of Postgraduate Research (30 Credits) - Compulsory

To develop the knowledge and skills required to undertake research at postgraduate level MPhil, MA Design Research and PhD in a design discipline. To develop metacognitive strategies in a reflective approach to learning, research and design. To develop professional/academic composition and presentation skills to a postgraduate standard. To understand the context historical, philosophical, cultural of the topic and areas of study. To prepare a coherent and comprehensive project proposal in terms of scope, approach, research methodology, and standard of presentation.

Project Completion (60 Credits) - Compulsory

To articulate the principles determining the development of a design or design research project. To employ advanced skills to develop the project acknowledging interrelated perspectives. To demonstrate systematic critical reflection, identifying appropriate design research methods and communicating these to peers. To make explicit major assumptions or determinants uncovered. To understand the interrelationship between theory and practice in the application of method. To demonstrate mastery of a design or design research project

Project Development (60 Credits) - Compulsory

To extend and develop the Project Proposal by: critical reflection on the provenance and appropriateness of decisions whether deliberate or intuitive - and the methodologies employed in their creation obtaining data, refining the working brief and identifying appropriate criteria for evaluation, testing and modification of the project outcomes the use of rhetorical structures in design thinking and presentation. As part of this process the module will: develop planning and organisational skills consider design work as a constitutive part of the argument or process of investigating the validity of the hypothesis use reflective practice in the development of self-managed learning.

Project Proposal (30 Credits) - Compulsory

Aims To explore a variety of practical design working methods and approaches employed in the resolution of visual communication problems. To identify and initiate a practicable project brief in parallel with the work on research in DES 4102, and to determine the most appropriate methods, materials and resources necessary for it s successful completion. To compare and contrast ones own approach to design problems with that of current and past professional practice. To develop effective communication skills.

 

Entry Requirements

We welcome applications from graduates with a good honours degree,or equivalent qualification,in an appropriate subject.Interior Architecture,Architecture,Interior Design,Design ,although other subjects may be valid.We also consider candidates with other relevant qualifications and individuals with a minimum of three years work experience.Those without formal qualifications need to demonstrate relevant work experience and the ability to study at postgraduate level.Overseas applicants whose first language is not English should provide IELTS of 6.5 or higher Portfolio references on application

 

Extensive professional practice is considered valuable and can be taken into account as part of your entry qualification.

 

English language requirements

You must have competence in English language and we normally require Grade C GCSE or an equivalent qualification. The most common English Language requirements for international students are IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL (paper based) 575 or TOEFL (internet based) 90 with specified minimum scores for each component.

 

 

Professional perspective and employment market

Graduates go on to work withina wide range of professional design disciplines Interior Architecture, Interior Design, Television Design, Museum Design to name but four. Practitioners or academics of any discipline that demands an understanding of the relationships of form and space and of the psychological, sociological and environmental effects of design activity will benefit from the programme.

 

Middlesex has strong links with art and design employers. Our industry partners sponsor final year undergraduate students and give visiting lectures.

Our Careers Service offers you a range of support both while you're studying with us - and after you've graduated.

 

Placements

Work placements are proven to increase your success in the job market - as well as being a fantastic experience. We encourage as many students as possible to grasp this opportunity.

 

We have a dedicated Placements Service which helps you find and plan for a placement.

 

 

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