Interior and Spatial Design

Description

Chelsea's vibrant environment will provide you with opportunities to uncover overlapping concerns between the different disciplines taught. And youll develop your creativity in territory crossing diverse disciplines such as architecture, interiors, furniture, installation and site-specific practice.

The wide-ranging theory programme will encourage your individual enquiry and debate, and deepen your understanding of design issues. Not only that, but by taking part in external competitions, live projects and a series of lively evening lectures, youll develop your professional practice.

Youll explore a wide range of techniques in drawing, computer-aided design, model-making and fabrication that youll use to test how ideas are communicated. While we focus on the interior on this course, you can also expect to explore architectural concerns.

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline 15 January 2014 Tuition fee Not specified Start date October 2015 Duration full-time 36 months Partnership Erasmus Mundus Languages Take an IELTS test

• English

Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Full-time Intensity Flexible

Course Content

Year 1

In the first year you will develop an understanding of the context in which we work, the processes by which we design and the language that we employ to communicate ideas. You will be introduced to the course, workshop and computer facilities and drawing exercises. You investigate characteristics of site and context through a sequence of design projects. You also look at the notion of spatial organisation and sequential space, and explore multi-media techniques to present your designs. A lecture and seminar programme investigates the vocabulary of architecture and design.

Year 2

During the second year you are encouraged to develop your own theoretical position, and to test how this might influence your proposals at both a strategic and detailed level. Live projects replicate professional practice conditions, and you will engage in the use of computing to generate digital 3D models of your design proposals. You will be asked to design of a site-specific piece of 'architectural furniture' and a complex 'spatial sequence' using 2D and 3D CAD techniques. Professional practice and construction issues are taught through analysis of buildings by photographic and drawing surveys, and instruction is given into how briefs for building programmes are assessed, developed and interpreted. There is further study of the theoretical context of design.

Year 3

In the final year you will choose a studio group to work with, each with its own tutors with distinct ways of developing design proposals. You will develop a final design project within the remit of the particular studio culture, which involves developing your own design language and agendas. You must also identify a topic for individual research and produce a thesis on the subject.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

take an IELTS test. More About IELTS

Requirements

Entry to BA Interior And Spatial is highly competitive.

We select students based on the quality of your application, looking primarily at your portfolio of work and personal statement. Most successful applicants will have completed a Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (FAD). We will exceptionally consider applications from A Level or equivalent candidates presenting a portfolio which is of equivalent standard to those produced by students on Foundation (FAD) courses.

Applicants are normally expected to have achieved, or be expected to achieve, either:

• Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
• A pass in 1 GCE A level
• Passes at GCSE level in 3 subjects (grade C or above)

or

• BTEC Extended Diploma or NVQ Level 3
• Passes at GCSE level in 3 subjects (grade C or above)

or

• UAL Level 3 Pre-University Diploma and Extended Diploma in Art and Design
• Passes at GCSE level in 4 subjects (grade C or above)

In exceptional circumstances applicants may be considered if they present a portfolio of equivalent standard to a one-year Foundation course in art and design and have achieved, or expect to achieve:

• Passes in 2 GCE A Levels
• Passes at GCSE level in 3 subjects (grade C or above).

We also accept applications from students with equivalent international qualifications; e.g. International Baccalaureate or equivalent national school leaving or university entrance qualifications where a portfolio of equivalent standard to that produced by students studying on a FAD programme may be evidenced.

Applicants whose first language is not English must show proof of IELTS level 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each of the four skills. All information regarding acceptable tests, scores and exemptions from testing can be found here: English Language Requirements

International Applicants

We welcome applications from international students and will be pleased to help with the application process. To receive advice and help with your application you are invited to contact one of the University's local representatives in your own country or one of our International Student Advisors in London.
http://www.chelsea.arts.ac.uk/international/

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Chelsea College of Art and Design.

Funding

At the University of the Arts London, the annual tuition fee for 2013/14 is £9,000. You can apply for a loan to cover some or all of this amount. If you have previously attended a degree, FdA, HND or similar course your entitlement to help with tuition fees and any other support will be affected. More information can be found here but you may also need to contact a Student Adviser for advice.

Accreditation

BA (Honors degree)