BA (Hons) Interior Architecture with Foundation Bachelor's degree at Westminster

Introduces basic creative skills of observational drawing, photography, collage and montage. Taught in the context of a creative enquiry-based project exploring and developing critical responses to urban places and their inhabitation. Sketchbook study walks and exhibition visits introduce you to the design and cultural life of the city.

Studio and fabrication lab-based module introducing basic practical and creative skills of making, fabrication and architectural drawing. Taught in the context of a project exploring and developing creative responses to a material or technical challenge. Sketchbook study walks and exhibition visits introduce you to the range of technologies, materials and construction methods in the built environment.

Studio-based module introducing basic architectural drawing and model-making. Taught in the context of a creative enquiry-based project exploring and developing critical responses to an architectural space. There are sketchbook study visits to a range of building interiors and exhibitions.

Studio-based module that is the culmination of the Foundation, drawing on the practical and creative skills learned through the year. Focus is a creative enquiry-based project exploring and developing propositional responses to a brief informed by relevant interests from the field of urban, spatial or technical design. Sketchbook study visits to buildings and exhibitions provide contextual ideas and knowledge for the project work. An end-of-year exhibition showcases the range of project work ach

Critical thinking is fundamental to our ability to progress in an increasingly complex and changing world. It is an essential skill across a range of academic and practice-based disciplines. Helps you understand the importance and function of critical thinking both at university and beyond. By working in partnership with academic staff and peers, you will explore how critical thinking aligns with disciplinary practices, shapes scholarly knowledge, and addresses inequalities. Through problem-posi

Introduces you to the key academic, professional, and personal skills essential for success at university. Encourages good practices in writing, presentation, and time management, while fostering reflection to help you build confidence as you transition to higher education. Open to all students enrolled in courses delivered through Westminster Foundation Pathways. Emphasises the importance of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), using methodologies that prioritise equality, d

Provides you with a basic vocabulary for studying the history of architecture from pre-history to the present day, and across the globe. Architecture is considered as a material cultural practice responsive to specific historical and geographic circumstances. Introduces you to basic study skills for the analysis of architecture that are core to this and subsequent Cultural Context modules.

Starting from the scale of the building and moving to its interior components, offers an introduction to materials, technologies, making, and communication practices when working with the interior. By investigating existing sites, typical building constructions and through experimentation with traditional and contemporary model making technologies, you develop an understanding of key structural and environmental principles and their role in design. Material types and properties, their selection

Introduces underlying concepts and principles associated with the subject of Interior Architecture. You will learn fundamental processes, skills and techniques relevant to conceive, develop, resolve, and communicate spatial design proposals. Supports a range of activities and tasks to familiarise you with the use of analogue representation and physical modelling, and introduces you to the use of graphic design, CAD software and digital fabrication.

Introduces the various phases of the design process through a small scale project in an existing building. You'll learn how design strategies and proposals are informed by context as well as by human, aesthetic, environmental and technical requirements. Supports a range of activities and tasks to familiarise you with how design proposals are conceived, developed and resolved. Introduces you to the use of 3D modelling software and the Faculty's Fabrication Laboratory. Contains live projects, task

Introduces contemporary issues in architecture and urbanism as well as developing your essay-writing and research skills through a series of workshops, seminars and lectures. Offers a bridge between CC1 and CC3, helping you develop critical skills and undertake independent research in preparation for your third-year dissertation. Cross-disciplinary content draws from interior architecture, planning, environmental design, cultural studies and heritage. You'll consider practice and theory from dif

Offers you the opportunity to study in detail how temporary and permanent exhibitions are designed and curated. Primarily covers the re-evaluation of existing interior spaces, space planning and the analysis and thematic organisation of collections, together with the process of researching and editing content. Specialist workshops deal with the creative interpretation of specific design briefs and the articulation of creative design responses. Considers the inter-relatedness of exhibition design

Explores how design interventions can participate in culture and the contexts in which you are embedded. You will learn to survey and map sites, to make clear spatial diagrams for strategies for altering existing buildings, to convey qualitative aspects of projects through mixed media representations, and to develop designs according to human use and inhabitation. Supports a range of activities to advance understanding of iterative processes of making study models and representations as well as

Explores how you can alter, adapt and/or extend buildings and what role details can play in this. You will learn to research precedents, diagnose host buildings, mock up details using appropriate materials, and further explore and represent your proposals' construction and spatial properties. Supports a range of activities and tasks to advance understanding of fabrication processes, site research, representation, and practice.

You will study the relationship between space, time, and movement through the exploration of time-based media, including film, video, digital animation, and/or interactive forms. You will be introduced to current and emerging digital technologies, and use design narrative and storytelling to animate spaces, culminating in the presentation of an individual work or series of works to a specific audience.

Designed to support you in methodically researching and writing-up a topic of interest to yourself that has been formulated in ongoing dialogue with the module tutor(s) and that demonstrates a current understanding of some specialist area in depth. Aims to produce thoughtful, imaginative and argumentative texts relating to architectural culture, theory and design and that consciously use pictorial material as well as written words to present ideas and to structure an argument.

Prepares you for your transition from academia to practice. You'll learn about the current professional context and develop a critical awareness of your work in relation to your future career aspirations. You'll also be introduced to procurement processes, the legal, ethical, social, and business context of practice, and the role of the designer and client within project teams.

The module consists of two parts. The Design Project introduces design themes and contextual issues that provide a broad framework for the Thesis Project. These support the development of design proposals.