Interior Architecture

Interior Architecture at UNSW is positioned as a research-led creative practice which focuses on the design and agency of the inhabited interiors of the built environment, from the scale of the room to the scale of the city, from permanent to temporary spaces.
Our agenda is to imagine, debate and test the contemporary interior as a key agent in the production of the built environment. We consider the interior as a dynamic and open-ended conceptual space through which the human scale and experiences inherent in the private and public spaces of our urban environments can be interrogated and projected.
Through a focus on material and spatial assembly, agency and affect, we foster an agile and critical approach to design enquiry, underpinned by an informed appreciation of the environmental, cultural and historic contexts of interior architecture and design. We value an expansive approach in the speculation and projection of the contemporary interior, underpinned by rigour and creative risk taking.
Our goal is to produce industry leaders with the ethical, collaborative and creative skills that will allow them to effectively respond to the multi-disciplinary, global demands inherent in the reshaping of our future interiorscapes

Year 1

Semester 1

• INTA2101 Design Practice 1: Enquire (12 UOC)
• INTA2171 Int Technics 1: Assemblage (6 UOC)
• INTA3121 Critical Persp 1: Interiority (6 UOC)

Semester 2

• INTA2102 Design Practice 2: Articulate (12 UOC)
• INTA2172 Int Technics 2: Materiality (6 UOC)
• INTA3122 Critical Persp 2: Dwelling (6 UOC)

Year 2

Semester 1

• INTA2201 Design Practice 3: Translate (12 UOC)
• INTA3222 Critical Persp 3: Consumption (6 UOC)
• INTA3271 Int Technics 3: Detail (6 UOC)

Semester 2

• INTA2202 Design Practice 4: Experiment (12 UOC)
• INTA3272 Int Technics 4: Systems (6 UOC)
• INTA3322 Critical Persp 4: Identity (6 UOC)

Year 3

Semester 1

• INTA2301 Design Practice 5: Narrate (12 UOC)

• General Education (6UOC)
• Interdisciplinary Learning Course* (6 UOC)

Semester 2

• INTA2302 Design Practice 6: Speculate (12 UOC)

• General Education (6UOC)
• Interdisciplinary Learning Course* (6 UOC)

Year 4

Semester 1

• INTA2401 Design Practice 7: Propose (12 UOC)

• Open Elective (6UOC)
• BE Elective (6UOC)

Semester 2

• INTA2402 Design Practice 8: Resolve (12 UOC)

• BE Elective (6UOC)
• Open Elective (6UOC)

NOTE: The 12UOC of Interdisciplinary Learning Courses can be undertaken at any stage from the end of Year 2 to the end of Year 4 including summer sessions.

Additionally, students are not required to undertake the other elective and general educaton requirements in the exact order as indicated in the above program structure. This structure provides a suggested order for the completion of these elective and general education requirements, however a student can choose to do them in a different sequence. For example, a student may choose to complete a Select Elective in S1 of Yr 3 and undertake the 6 UOC of general education in Yr 4.

A list of 2015 Interdisciplinary Learning Courses is below:

Summer Semester:

• BEIL0017 Business Start Up (6 UOC)
• BEIL6000 Issues in Urbanism (6 UOC)
• BEIL6003 Cinematic Space (6 UOC)
• BEIL6007 International Study Tour (6 UOC)
• BEIL6008 International Design Studio (6 UOC)

Semester 1:

• BEIL0001 Graphic Design for Built Env (6 UOC)
• BEIL0004 Design Competitions and Bids (6 UOC)
• BEIL0005 People, Place and Design (6 UOC)
• BEIL0007 Sustainable Design Thinking (6 UOC)
• BEIL0010 Creating Value for Built Env (6 UOC)
• BEIL0011 Healthy Planning (6 UOC)
• BEIL0013 Architectural Photography (6 UOC)
• BEIL0016 Renewing the Urban Environment (6 UOC)
• BEIL6002 Urban and Regional Planning (6 UOC)
• BEIL6005 Art, Architecture and Design (6 UOC)

Semester 2:

• BEIL0001 Graphic Design for Built Env (6 UOC)
• BEIL0003 BE Annual Design Competition (6 UOC)
• BEIL0005 People, Place and Design (6 UOC)
• BEIL0006 BE OutThere Elective (6 UOC)
• BEIL0008 Vision to Reality (6 UOC)
• BEIL0009 Exhibition Design (6 UOC)
• BEIL0013 Architectural Photography (6 UOC)
• BEIL0014 Digital Making (6 UOC)
• BEIL0015 Digital Design Foundations (6 UOC)
• BEIL6001 International Planning (6 UOC)
• BEIL6004 Masterpieces of Architecture (6 UOC)
• BEIL6006 Heritage Planning (6 UOC)

Students are required to choose 2 courses from the suite of Built Environment Interdisciplinary courses to complete a minimum of 12uoc of BEIL courses.

• High school degree
• IELTS Academic version only 6.5 overall (min. 6.0 in each subtest)
• TOEFL Internet-based Test (iBT) 90 overall (min.23 in writing, 22 in reading, listening and speaking)
• TOEFL Paper-based Test  (PBT) 577 overall (min. 5.0 in TWE)