Showing 70 courses for the subject Interior Architecture
Studio-based projects introduce concepts and processes used in human environments. These concepts and processes are examined in relation to the physical, social and cultural contexts in which designers operate.
Design Processes / Ngā Tukanga
SARC112
Studio-based projects explore how abstract concepts of formal and spatial composition can be used to create habitable places. Discipline-specific modules introduce concepts and processes which are particular to architecture, interior architecture and...
An introduction to fundamental structural and constructional principles for designed environments, with particular emphasis on establishing an understanding of the mutual dependencies between design intentions, structural performance and construction...
An introduction to the fundamental principles of environmentally-sensitive design, with respect to both interior and exterior designed environments (and their interactions).
The definitions and macro contexts of sustainability, emphasising the roles, responsibilities and opportunities for professionals in the designed and built environment. The course covers climate and microclimate, resources, materials production, envi...
Introduction to the major historical and theoretical influences shaping the contemporary built environment.
Introduction to Design Communication / He Tīmatanga Kōrero mō Te Mahi Ngātahi i Te Ao Whakarākei
SARC161
Studio-based projects introduce principles, media and techniques used in the representation of three-dimensional design concepts. The studio component emphasises conventions for describing formal and spatial subjects in scaled drawings, physical mode...
Studio-based projects explore principles, media and techniques used in the representation of two and three-dimensional design concepts. Students are introduced to the communication conventions of architecture, building science, interior architecture ...
Studio-based design projects introducing basic issues and vocabularies in designing interior places, their communication in a variety of media, and issues of body and space.
This course explores the notion of 'Urban Interior' to consider how interior architects might practice in the context of the city - in critical consideration of its complex social, spatial, environmental, political and atmospheric conditions and qual...
Studio-based survey of concepts, processes and materials used in the furniture industry and their creative application in the design of furniture and furnished environments.
This course examines architectural photography as a medium of communication within architectural discourse. Emphasising formal literacy in photographic analysis and image-making, students will explore photography as both a means of 'seeing' and as a ...
Studio-based design projects focused on mātauranga Māori, including kaupapa, histories and Māori design strategies. This course will connect into the three design-focussed disciplines in Architecture – Landscape Architecture, Interior Architecture an...
Buildings are studied as assemblages of distinct yet interrelated systems. Students explore basic materials and methods of construction, gaining insight to structural and other performance outcomes. Construction is discussed as a dimension in the ove...
The course covers methods of achieving building environmental conditions that relate to the requirements of building users. The course covers climatic analysis and specifications of the environmental performance of buildings, together with the therma...
Basic principles of design to ensure the safety of people in buildings during a fire. The implications for building form, layout and interiors on escape route design, statutory requirements, and alternative solutions as means of compliance.
The philosophical, conceptual and contextual basis of sustainable and regenerative design. Content includes material on the ecological and environmental challenges to society in the present and future; resource stewardship and the effective utilisati...
Study of the interaction between human behaviour and the design of the physical environment related to age, gender, culture and occupation. Content scopes across physiological, psychological, social and cultural aspects and activity patterns.
The historical, social and economic development of construction methods, materials and systems. The impact, relevance and importance of the scientific, industrial and information technology revolutions. Trends in the international development of buil...
The development of interior architecture resulting from social and cultural environments, including the historical relationship to other built environment disciplines.
An introduction to building conservation with emphasis on New Zealand's architectural heritage. The course introduces systems of assessment, interpretation, management, and documentation of culturally significant buildings. Attention is given to issu...
Drawing and Modelling for Interior Architecture / Te Whakatinanatanga o ngā Mahi Whakaniko Whare
INTA261
Studio-based course in the application of drawing and digital media to the design and representation of interior space and form. Includes freehand orthographic and perspective drawing, computer graphics and reprographic technologies and modelling.
Studio-based course introduces and develops the representation of design concepts of projects, with a focus on drawing and modelling by means of analogue and digital media. Emphasis is placed on developing effective graphic communication techniques f...
This course examines concepts of building cost planning and its theory and application in New Zealand. An overview of the principles of estimation, the standard method of measurement, schedules of quantities, elemental analysis, IT cost estimation an...
This course examines architectural photography as a medium of communication within architectural discourse. Emphasising formal literacy in photographic analysis and image-making, students will explore photography as both a means of 'seeing' and as a ...
Special Topic / Kaupapa Motuhake
SARC282
This course will explore principles of build and un-build solar architecture. Students will be taught to operate at the leading edge if theoretical and philosophical thninking in the field and will explore and employ critical thinking and innovative ...
Special Topic / Kaupapa Motuhake
SARC283
Introduction to the study of human behaviour as it relates to the built environment. The course introduces basic psychological theory and research to help architects and building scientists develop a sophisticated understanding of people and behaviou...
Special Topic / Kaupapa Motuhake
SARC285
Special Topic / Kaupapa Motuhake
SARC286
Prison Architecture: Buildings, Policy and Representation / Ngā Mahi Waihanga Whare Herehere
SARC302
This course examines built and non-built aspects of prisons including architectural history (e.g., planning and interior environmental qualities), policy, and cultural images of prisons. International examples will be drawn on. Particular attention w...
Studio-based course exploring the design potential of surface, materials, colour, light, pattern and artefacts in interior space with an emphasis on human habitation.
Studio-based studies of advanced concepts, processes and materials used in the exhibition field. Students will undertake exhibition design projects.
Studio-based design projects introducing design theory and application in relation to socio-cultural systems of perceiving and understanding interior spaces.
Furniture Design, Construction and Technologies / Ngā Tikanga me ngā Tukanga Waihanga Taputapu Whare
SARC312
Studio-based studies of advanced concepts, processes and materials used in the furniture industry.
Studio-based contemporary design issues focused on mātauranga Māori. Introduction to design as a research-led activity and as a research methodology. This course will connect the three disciplines of Landscape Architecture, Interior Architecture and ...
This course critically explores concepts and practices which have influenced the production of space, form and meaning in Aotearoa New Zealand cities. Current urban issues and their relationship to historical and contemporary political, socio-cultura...
Specialised study of materials and technologies applicable to interior fit-out and fittings, including techniques, processes, fabrication, documentation and specification.
Construction / Te Mahi Waihanga
SARC321
Medium-scale building construction with relevant building materials, key elements, construction technologies, construction sequences and building processes.
Study of colour, pattern and lighting concepts and technologies and their meaning, role and creative applications.
This course examines built and non-built aspects of prisons including architectural history (e.g., planning and interior environmental qualities), policy, and cultural images of prisons, including film, digital and heritage representations of prisons...
This course explores sustainable and regenerative design principles and applications across a range of designed and built environments. Emphasis is on operation at the leading edge of theoretical and philosophical thinking in the field and to explore...
Introduction to the history, theory and practice of urban design. Conceptual tools and practices for analyzing, designing and implementing change in the built environment of cities.
Introduction to issues relating to designed and built environments of the Pacific region. Examination of contemporary conditions within a wider spatial and historical framework. In addition to a central focus on the settlement of Aotearoa/New Zealand...
Examines paradigm shifts in architectural thinking. Course material emphasises enduring examples of great architecture which reflect the prevailing social and cultural standards of their respective periods.
This course introduces the why, what and how of heritage conservation. Historic and contemporary approaches to heritage conservation are discussed with recent case studies (including building visits) used as vehicles for the discussion. The purpose a...
The theory, practice and current technologies of project management from implementation through to delivery, including project constraints, cost planning and control, critical path, consultation, administration and quality control.
Management and procurement/development, examining the theories and ideas that underpin planning, organising, directing and controlling the use of resources over time. Topics include the principles of management, organisational development, basic fina...
Computer applications as aids to visualisation and information management.
Means of compliance with the New Zealand Building Code, building on technical knowledge gained in other courses. Means of compliance are: Acceptable Solutions, Verification Methods and Certification, and Performance Based Design.
Drawing / He Tuhituhi
SARC365
Studio-based course covering creative and interpretive aspects of drawing with an emphasis on developing analytical and critical interrogation through manual graphic processes and across a range of subjects, media types and applied subjects. Discusse...
A cross-cultural design exploration of designed spaces and sites with special emphasis on understanding why and how they are uniquely formed by the historical and cultural contexts they are part of and the design inspiration that can be derived from ...
The course will explain and underline the decisive role of the cities in order to read the ambitious international sustainability and particularly climate protection goals. The main challenges, hurdles, scope of action and practical approaches in sus...
This course investigates key theoretical standpoints in the rapidly changing field of digital design and computation. It covers a broad range of design practices and processes that engage with various tools that are now critical to the production of ...
This course studies the imaginative power of landscape by analysing the art made in Aotearoa during the time people have been living on these islands. It will interpret what it is to be here through images, forms and narratives of imagination. The co...
This course examines ways that business contributes to architecture and design enterprises. It also reviews a range of ways that creative strategic design-thinking contributes to various business enterprises. The course will look at how this is appli...
Intensive workshop based parametric design course focuses on investigation of programming logic and parametric modelling methods in architecture.
Investigate the future of retail design relevant to the 21st century, including research concepts underlying ethical branding, products and scripting of customer journeys. Develop a design proposal for the composition and atmosphere of retail space p...
This course is a supervised programme of research and study on selected themes. Independent Study Projects are available under exceptional circumstances and must be approved by the Head of School.
Application of psychological theory, principles and research to the study of human interaction with the built environment across a range of settings. This course focuses on how to improve usability, health, well-being and work performance in relation...
Studio-based advanced design project founded on research specific to interior architecture.
Studio-based capstone project that explores complex contemporary issues in the field of interior architecture. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking and design decision making on cultural considerations, design brief development, aesthetic and form...
This studio-based course explores advanced materials and technologies for their potential to inform advanced forms of interior architecture design proposals. Students will develop details from an INTA design project through this course.
The exploration of significant modes and sites of theory and criticism specific to interior architecture, including critical reflection on how interiors are described, interpreted, evaluated and culturally considered.
Ideas and issues surrounding house and home will be presented across a broad range of disciplines ranging from technical aspects to theoretical, with the idea that the accommodation of intra-related disciplines reaches most complexity in the design o...
An analytical cross-cultural design exploration of designed spaces and sites with special emphasis on critical understanding of why and how they are uniquely formed by the historical and cultural contexts they are part of and the design inspiration t...
Studio-based independent design by research project. With the approval of academic staff, and under supervision, students undertake a major research-based investigation that makes an original contribution to the theory and practice of interior archit...
This is a studio-based independent research by design project. With the approval of academic staff, and under supervision, students undertake a major research-based investigation that makes an original contribution to the theory and practice of archi...
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