IAR3401 Interior architecture history and theory
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
IAR3401 Interior architecture history and theory is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Caulfield. It needs ARC2401 or IAR2411 and unlocks 1 unit, leading on to 3 units in all.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Caulfield
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2021 entry.
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Requisites
Before IAR3401
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After IAR3401
1 unit list IAR3401 as a prerequisite or corequisite.
Overview
This unit provides an overview of approaches to the history and theory of interior architecture. The unit will also introduce methods for the written and visual analysis of interior architecture. The unit will investigate dialogues between history, theory and interior architectural design.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Caulfield | On campus |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the history and theories of the interior;
- 2
Develop a critical approach to the socio-economic, political and cultural contexts of selected interior architecture projects;
- 3
Identify and critique significant interior architecture projects and their contribution to contemporary interior practice;
- 4
Demonstrate a basic understanding of techniques applicable to the visual analysis of interior architecture;
- 5
Inform and integrate design processes with theories of the interior;
- 6
Understand and apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the discipline practice.
Workload and teaching
12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study, or equivalent.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Ms Charity Edwards
- Unit Coordinators
- Ms Charity Edwards
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- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 3
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
- Organisational unit
- Department of Design
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 2
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 20202021