INTERIOR DESIGN COURSES
Utilizing the following course descriptions and core course competencies (determined by the existing curriculum of the Art Institute of Atlanta), I developed each of the following courses from scratch. This included textbook selection, content development, and creation of accompanying syllabus and course materials.
INT 130 ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING
In this course, students are introduced to basic drafting techniques, terminology and symbology used in design, including the use of equipment, lettering and orthographic drawing. Prerequisite for all interior design courses.
Core Course Competencies:
Identify and utilize basic drafting terminology, equipment and procedures including orthographic projection, lettering, and dimensioning
Read a basic set of residential architectural drawings
Produce a dimension plan, furniture plan, elevations, reflected ceiling plan, basic molding details, and legends/schedules
Develop drafting expression with pencil line that reproduces clearly
Using expressive pencil techniques and line weights, represent furniture, plants, materials, and interior elements in plan and elevation.
INT 170 SPACE PLANNING
This course explores the issues related to preliminary space planning, including spatial theory and human factors. Students develop skill and judgment in ordering and defining space and graphically representing their ideas through conceptual drawings and other supporting graphic material.
Core Course Competencies:
Apply elements and principles of design to the development of interior space
Utilize various proportioning and ordering systems to locate, shape, and define interior space
Utilize human dimensions and measurement as the basis for development of interior space
Identify and apply correctly basic prescriptions of the ADAAG (ANSI 117.1) and NFPA-101
Prepare matrixes, bubble diagrams, adjacency diagrams, and freehand schematic drawings which communicate and organize project information
INT 232 WORKING DRAWINGS
In this course, students are introduced to the process of producing and using a set of contract documents for interior spaces. Content includes formatting and cross-referencing drawings and how to represent details, sections, and legends.
Core Course Competencies:
Produce a basic building and wall section
Prepare basic details of architecture elements, i.e. doors, windows, stairs, etc.
Produce properly formatted and cross-referenced working drawings including dimension plan, furniture plan, elevations, reflected ceiling, power and communication plans, interior details, and legends/schedules
Create a set of drawings using a reprographic copy of a "base plan"
Explain the purpose of each page in a set of construction documents and where to locate all information regarding a job
Using technical pens on mylar, refine drafting skills to enhance drafting expression
INT 237 VISUAL PRESENTATION
In this course, students render elevations, plan and interior perspectives using a variety of media and surfaces. Techniques for the design and construction of presentation boards are also discussed.
Core Course Competencies:
Develop rendering techniques using markers, colored pencils, pen and ink, and/or graphite.
Develop well-composed renderings using the elements and principles of design.
Refine freehand sketching techniques.
Utilize various techniques for the design and construction of design development presentation.
INT 240 HISTORY OF INTERIOR DESIGN (ANCIENT-1830)
Evolution of furniture, interiors, and design theory from the ancient world to 1830. Students study major cultural, political, social, and economic factors that affect the design of material culture and the relationship of furniture and interiors to significant movements in art and architecture.
Core Course Competencies:
Identify and describe the characteristics of significant furniture styles from the ancient world through 1830
Place developments in period style within their cultural, social, and historical context
Define terminology associated with historic furniture and the decorative arts
Trace the development of the interior to 1830
Explain how culture's perception of style and taste affect evolution of design
INT 269 HUMAN FACTORS
This course explores the issues relating to how human beings interact with the built environment. Content includes theories of personal space, proxemics, anthropometrics, ergonomics and behavioral considerations that affect the planning of interior space. Students are introduced to the role that human factors play in the programming, schematic and design development phases of the design process.
Core Course Competencies:
Understanding of the relationship between human behavior and the built environment
Understanding of human factors --- proxemics, anthropometrics, ergonomics
Application of ergonomic and human factors data in the programming, schematic, and design development phases of the design process
INT 270 DESIGN PROCESS
In this course, students explore the process and methodology used in the development of interior design solutions. Content includes anthropometric and ergonomic data and their relationship to interior space. Students develop alternate design solutions and the visual and verbal vocabulary necessary to communicate design ideas.
Core Course Competencies:
Apply the principles of 2- and 3- dimensional design to the development of a design solution to an interior problem
Identify each stage of the design process
Develop conceptual, freehand sketches to record and justify creative process
Apply ergonomic and anthropometric data to the design of interior space
Develop a schematic design solution that reinforces the relationship between space planning, color, furnishings, finishes, materials, and lighting
Express the three-dimensionality of a design solution through axonometric drawing and/or models
Complete a developed schematic presentation and present your ideas in a verbal presentation
INT 273 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL
This course explores the design development phase of the residential design process. Students make the transition from thinking conceptually to fully developing a residential interior space. Course content includes space planning, color, finishes and furnishings selection, and materials and their appropriate applications to the residential environment. The changing nature of home in response to human and social behavior is discussed.
Core Course Competencies:
Develop design solution to meet changing nature of the family and the home
Assess human factors as they affect the needs of multi-generational households
Develop and carry through a design concept for an adaptive–use space used as a residence through integration of space planning, selection of FF&E, color and texture schemes and lighting
Develop a criteria for assessing the quality of furniture and differentiate between low, mid and high end products
Prepare a design development presentation which clearly reflects the design intent of the solution
INT 341 HISTORY OF INTERIOR DESIGN (1830-PRESENT)
This course traces the development of nineteenth- and twentieth-century furniture and interiors from industrialization to the present and examines the theoretical basis of the evolution of contemporary design. Discussion includes the history of the profession and contributions of individual designers.
Core Course Competencies:
Analyze the impact social, cultural and economic factors had on nineteenth- and twentieth-century stylistic development and the consumer
Differentiate between characteristics of major styles from 1830 to Present
Examine the theoretical basis of nineteenth- and twentieth-century reform movements from Arts and Crafts to the Modern Movement
Trace the development of the Interior Design profession in America
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