Interior Methods
UndergraduateCUR-BIA145C2020
Course information for 2020 intake
Re-examine your relationship with interior spaces. Think about how humans engage with the built environment and what impacts that might have on your approach to interior design. Develop your drawing, modelling, diagramming and photography skills.
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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 Methods
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- explore and develop techniques of observation, diagramming, documentation, drawing, photography and modelling
- use communication mediums and techniques appropriate to the discipline of Interior Architecture
- apply orthographic drawing conventions and model making techniques to communicate a design exemplar.
- Introduction to Methods of Communication
- Model-making
- Sketching
- Technical Drawing
- Photography
- Illustrating Occupation
- Presentation Drawings
This subject was previously known as Interior Architecture Methods 1.
Interior Methods introduces the student to ways in which designers communicate aspects of the built environment. Sketching, diagramming, photography, modelling and technical drawing are all introduced as tools for communicating observations of the built environment visually. Hand drawing and physical modelling techniques, fundamental skills that form the foundation of all visual communication in design, are the foci of the unit. There is a fieldwork component in this unit.
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- Investigation - Visual Diary (50%)
- Case Study (50%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
Access to hardware: webcam, speakers and microphone
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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