Interior Fundamentals 1
UndergraduateCUR-BIA2002023
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Improve your knowledge of local and international design history. Apply professional industry standards to your work. Plan your designs to scale. Jump from ergonomic theory to material applications and consider how both impact interior architecture
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Interior Fundamentals 1
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge of basic construction systems
- assess and apply knowledge of industry drawing conventions and standards through documentation drawings
- identify and integrate relevant industry standards and regulations to interior design problems
- formulate and execute an appropriate approach to a design solution that responds to industry standards.
- Anthropometrics and Ergonomics
- Standard Sizes of Elements
- Introduction to Codes and Standards
- Spatial Arrangement
- Structure - Details, Materials, Joints and Connection
- Cross Referencing
- Documentation Packages
This subject was previously known as Interior Architecture Functional Fundamentals.
An introduction to fundamental aspects of interior architecture practice including building standards and codes, documentation drawings, and basic principles of construction and detailing. Floors, walls and ceilings are investigated as interior construction systems. Aspects of compliance to building codes are introduced to inform universally accessible solutions to interior environments and appropriate approaches to vertical circulation. Computer aided drawing is introduced to form the communication tool for much of the assessment content.
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- Documentation Exercise (30%)
- Universal Access Case Study (30%)
- Stair Case Study (40%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-AIA-DEG-2023 - Bachelor of Applied Science (Interior Architecture)
Elective
- CUR-FAST-DEG-2023 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
one of
CUR-BIA110 (Not currently available)
- CUR-BAS140-Architecture and Interior Architecture Design Studio 1 - Small Structures
and one of
CUR-BIA130 (Not currently available)
- CUR-BAS145-Architecture and Interior Architecture Methods 1B - Digital Literacy
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Audio video equipment required
- Software requirements - Software purchase required
- Other requirements - Access to the internet. Admission to degree required.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Applied Science (Interior Architecture)
UndergraduateCUR-AIA-DEG
Fast track your Curtin on campus study
UndergraduateCUR-FAST-DEG