Units
Interior Design 3
Unit code: DTB301
Contact hours: 4 per week
Credit points: 12
Information about fees and unit costs
The aim of this unit is to facilitate students to develop an applied understanding of transition, interiority and building character in relation to interior design. This will be achieved through the integration of technological, psychosocial and experiential knowledge and theory with applied design approaches. Student learning will be facilitated in an holistic approach to the design issues. Topics covered in the context of projects for the unit include: Design methodology, skills, strategies, alternative processes; Documentation ranging from the conceptual to design development; Finishes, fittings and furnishings; Relevant design history; Relevant technological, psycho-social and experiential theory; Environmental issues and sustainability.
Availability
| Semester | Available |
|---|---|
| 2013 Semester 1 | Yes |
Sample subject outline - Semester 1 2013
Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.
Rationale
This unit develops your skills in, and knowledge of interior design. It builds on the foundation units Interior Design 1 & 2. In DTB301 you will investigate the fundamental aspects of transition, interiority, and building character in relation to interior design practice and associated fields. The work in this unit forms a basis for subsequent units in interior design.
Aims
The aim of this unit is to help you to develop a critical understanding of some of the physical and psychological aspects related to design and designing.
Objectives
On completion of this unit you should be able to demonstrate:
1. an ability to define and undertake a relevant design process in order to resolve complex design problems.
2. an ability to undertake critical thinking and evaluation, and research applicable to the unit content.
3. an ability to integrate substantive content and related theories to project work.
4. an ability to represent and communicate ideas in written, oral and visual modes.
Content
Theory, introduced through lectures in the areas of technology and humanities, will be investigated in an applied manner through studio-based projects. Fundamental dimensions will be addressed within this context. Topics covered include:
- Design theory relating to the physical and psychological sense of enclosure, interiority, and transition
- Design methodology - skills; strategies; alternative processes
- Social and cultural contexts and issues including environmental aspects and sustainability
- Communication - verbal, written, and graphic
- Documentation - ranging from conceptual to design development
- Relevant design history
Approaches to Teaching and Learning
In this unit you be will involved in lectures, tutorials, site visits, studio exercises and integrated project work.
Strategies to be adopted in teaching the unit and promoting student learning include: externalization and explicit imagining, representing and testing of ideas and proposals for projects and exercises; small group discussions and critiques where you can be exposed to social and cultural diversity and its relevance in providing alternative viewpoints; involvement of students in various experiences to do with culture, the arts and society in general; and the involvement of students in practical exercises which encourage the integration of theory and practice and self evaluation and reflection.
Teaching Mode:
Hours per week: 4
Lecture: 1
Tutorial: 3
Learning Approaches:
Learning approaches will cover the following:
- Lectures and seminars
- Self-directed learning
- Team based learning
- Experiential learning
- Reflective practice
- Exposition
- Presentation
Assessment
Assessment will be based on the projects introduced within a studio context. Individual projects will be assessed independently but will contribute to the final grade of the unit.
LATE ASSIGNMENTS
An assignment submitted after the due date without an approved extension will not be marked. If you are unable to complete your assignment on time, you should submit on time whatever work you have done.
Faculty Assessment Information
To access the Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information please refer to the Blackboard site for this unit.
Assessment name:
Design 1
Description:
Refresh Body Pod - Explore a futuristic domestic prototype for a prefabricated freestanding bathroom unit for a generic living space, based on the research conducted into the philosophies/theories of an exemplar designer.
Relates to objectives:
Relates to all learning outcomes with a focus on Learning Outcome 2.
Learning Outcome 1 - 20%
Learning Outcome 2 - 40%
Learning Outcome 3 - 20%
Learning Outcome 4 - 20%
Weight:
20%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Group
Due date:
Week 5
Assessment name:
Design 2 - Part A & B
Description:
Part A - Furthering the ideas used in the Body Pod, design a Micro Hotel Room Module in an existing building, where the exemplar designer would like to stay while visiting Brisbane.
Part B - Develop the initial planning for the hotel room to provide a developed design solution for the entire Micro Hotel project, including the design of a lobby/kiosk space and a commercial facility.
Relates to objectives:
Part A & B- Relate to all learning outcomes with a focus on Learning Outcomes 3 & 4.
Learning Outcome 1 - 20%
Learning Outcome 2 - 20%
Learning Outcome 3 - 30%
Learning Outcome 4 - 30%
Weight:
60%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
Week 9 & 14
Assessment name:
Log/Wrkbook/Reflective Journal
Description:
Process workbook will include Tutorial Studio exercises, self-directed activities, Weekly Reflections and individual design process for all Design projects.
Marked with Hand-in of Design 2 Part A & Design 2 Part B.
Relates to objectives:
Relates to all learning outcomes with a focus on Learning Outcomes 1 & 2.
Learning Outcome 1 - 30%
Learning Outcome 2 - 30%
Learning Outcome 3 - 20%
Learning Outcome 4 - 20%
Weight:
20%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
Week 9 & 14
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
An appropriate list of readings and texts will be recommended. You will be encouraged to reference materials from a range of sources from which you can draw conceptual, procedural, and substantive content to inform your design development.
You will require access to QUT Blackboard and access to Cad, Photoshop and Google sketch-up software is recommended.
The following materials and equipment will be required:
Optional items that you may find useful:
Additional Costs
Costs for this unit relate to the costs incurred in the generation and presentation of the design projects.
Risk assessment statement
In this unit 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, all students 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 school in the first week of the first semester. Students who do not have, or cannot produce a safety induction card will not be allowed to undertake the site visits. QUT has a formal risk assessment process which can be used to determine the types of risks and how you should handle them.
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: 05-Oct-2012
