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Study Details: 15 months (full time)
MA Interior and Spatial Design takes a contemporary view of experimental spatial practice. We thrive on blurring disciplinary boundaries. Being in an art and design college creates an inspiring and creative atmosphere. You'll see a wide variety of approaches and practices.
We have expertise in experiential and sensorial aspects of what it means to inhabit space and interact with our environment. This encourages work that is not defined by project briefs or specific sites.
With a focus on research-led practice, you’ll embark on a path of academic and personal discovery. This starts with an area of individual research interest. Explorations can be with existing structures, both internally and externally. They can be with film, video, digital and analogue. Both physical and virtual space are equal forms of experience to us. We treat making, drawing, text and debate as equal and complimentary forms of expression and representation.
Outside of scheduled teaching times, you can make use of the studio and workshops for project work. Prototyping and iterating remain the best way to improve propositions and final outcomes. The course facilitates cross-disciplinary activity, and we'll support you in discovering new ways of collaborating with both internal and external practitioners. There is also scope to negotiate what your portfolio submission can be at the end of each unit. You might develop your writing, film making or other forms of practice as well as the more usual installation or design propositions.
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Graduates from MA Interior and Spatial Design have an excellent record of gaining employment in both architectural and design practices, while our other course alumni either continue their practice as fine artists, have architectural books published or make furniture.
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This unit offers an introduction to your course, the College and the University. First, you’ll present your current portfolio of work, sharing and exchanging ideas and techniques with your peers.
A series of short exercises will help you define your research interests. You’ll explore physical spaces, undertaking observational and spatial investigation. This will provide a basis for your research-led proposal. We also run activities looking at specific ways of exploring environments.
You'll learn new methods, design processes and approaches of teaching and learning. These will include the complexity of elements and global contexts that inform any project. You'll have an introduction to a broad set of socio-economic and political realities. You'll also look at climate, social and racial justice issues that pervade the occupation and design of the built environment.
You'll position your creative practice within broader social and professional contexts. Through experimentation, you'll start to focus and refine your research-led proposal. You'll produce practice-based developmental work to add to your portfolio. Alongside this you'll work on a written paper that covers the work you’ve completed during unit 1 and 2.
You'll take steps toward resolving and presenting your research and proposal developments through your practice. The aim is to communicate the work you have undertaken in a format that is appropriate to the nature of your project.
You’ll show how your practice has developed and evolved throughout the course. You'll highlight how it relates to key contextual and theoretical perspectives. You'll communicate its global and regional context. You'll demonstrate how climate, social and racial issues have been addressed.
The unit concludes with the submission of your portfolio and written research work. Past projects have included online or physical exhibitions with drawings, models, installations, video work and performance.
Note: 120 Credits must be passed before the final unit is undertaken.
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