Units
Interior Design 2
Unit code: DTB201
Contact hours: 4 per week
Credit points: 12
Information about fees and unit costs
This unit introduces the student to design in three dimensional spaces of relevance to the practice of interior design and with a particular emphasis on the socio-cultural relations between people and the environment. The unit aims to foster an understanding of design not only as a language of exploration and communication but also as an activity addressing person-environment interaction in a certain way. Topics covered in the context of projects for the unit include: Introduction to characteristics of design problems; Methods to generate and test design proposals; Creativity and innovation relative to contextuality; Presentation methods, techniques and materials used to generate and communicate design ideas; Relevant design history.
Availability
| Semester | Available |
|---|---|
| 2013 Semester 2 | Yes |
Sample subject outline - Semester 2 2012
Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.
Rationale
This unit introduces you to spatial design in three dimensions. Three-dimensional design specifically relates to the principles of interior design and architecture. DTB201 builds on the elementary principles of two-dimensional design introduced in DTB101 Interior Design 1 and together they form the foundation for subsequent interior design units.
Aims
The aim of this unit is to foster an understanding of design not only as a language, but also, as a spatial design activity through which you visualise your designs in three dimensions and appreciate how designs will be experienced.
Objectives
By the completion of this unit you should be able to demonstrate the following discipline specific capabilities at beginning level:
1. knowledge of basic elements and principles of 3D design
2. apply design principles to 3D design tasks
3. formulate graphical representation and communication of ideas effectively, both individually and collaboratively in work practices.
Content
Topics covered in this unit include:
- Design elements and principles in relation to three dimensional design
- Design methods and skills
- Three dimensional visualisation
- Communication of abstract and/or notional ideas
- Relevant design history
- Environmental issues and sustainability
Approaches to Teaching and Learning
Teaching Mode: Hours per week: 4
Lecture: 1 hour
Studio/Tutorial: 3 hours
Learning Approaches:
The unit will involve you in lectures, tutorials, site visits, studio exercises and on integrated project. Strategies to be adopted in teaching the unit and promoting your learning include: externalisation and explicit imagining, representing and testing of ideas and proposals for projects and exercises; and the involvement of you in practical exercises which encourage the integration of theory and practice and self evaluation and reflection.
Assessment
Assessment will be based on the projects introduced within the studio context.
Assessment criteria and grading standards will be established at the beginning of the project and with provision for student comment. The criteria will be circulated as part of the project information and you will be encouraged to use the assessment criteria as constraints for testing your decisions.
Individual projects will be assessed independently but will contribute to the final grade of the unit.
Assessment name:
Design Analysis
Description:
Weekly design tasks + written analysis.
Relates to objectives:
1, 2, 3
Weight:
30%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Group with Individual Component
Due date:
Mid Semester
Assessment name:
Design
Description:
Design project based on film.
Relates to objectives:
1, 2, 3
Weight:
40%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
End of Semester
Assessment name:
Workbook
Description:
Compilation of work competed in the studio, including reflections of learning.
Relates to objectives:
2, 3
Weight:
30%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
End of Semester
Academic Honesty
QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.
A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.
Resource materials
No Set Text
A list of recommended and required readings will be handed out in class at the beginning of the semester.
On-Line: QUT Blackboard unit site
Additional Costs:
Costs for this unit relate to the normal costs incurred in the generation and presentation of a design project.
Risk assessment statement
You will undertake lectures and/or tutorials in the traditional classrooms and lecture theatres. As such, there are no extraordinary workplace health and safety issues associated with these components of the unit, however, you may be required to undertake lecturer-led and individual site visits to construction sites. Prior to these site visits, you are required to attend a construction safety induction session and obtain a safety induction card. This safety induction session introduces you to the relevant workplace health and safety requirements of Queensland construction sites. A safety induction course is provided by the Faculty in the first week of the first semester. If you do not have, or cannot produce a safety induction card, you will not be allowed to undertake the site visits.
Health & Safety Inductions
Students are required to complete, if haven't already previously completed, the following Inductions / Certificates
1. General Safety Induction (completed online)
2. J-Block Workshop
Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Last modified: 30-May-2012
