Critically appraise accepted knowledge of the wider arts and culture and their relationship to interior architecture.

learning outcomes:
Knowledge & Understanding:
KU 1. Critically appraise accepted knowledge of the wider arts and culture and their relationship to interior architecture.
KU 2. Articulate a developed personal framework of information and references towards an articulated viewpoint with authority.
KU 3. Articulate independent ideas and intent through an authoritative appropriation of language and media with analysis and
evaluation.
Intellectual / Professional Skills & Abilities:
IPSA 1.Evidence advanced research and analytical skills with consideration of the influences of the artistic and cultural context within
an articulated viewpoint.
Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity):
PVA 1. Manage and appraise your working practices within deadlines and a self-determined structure with logic and authority.
assessment criteria:
Outline Proposal (>1000 words)
Theory Paper (4000 words)
formative
100%
assignment submission:
Outline Proposal (>1000 words)

Theorising the Interior
Transversality
“A critical action, interested not only in describing occurrences, but also
in tackling (explaining, understanding and fostering) processes;
resonating with a global framework in mutation”.i
Interior Architecture
year 3
KA6014 Theorising Interior Architecture
tutor: paul ring
Tuesday 15:00 – 16:00 (lecture)
16:00 – 17:00 (seminar)
Synopsis
Developing from historical and theoretical principles studied in the previous
years, this level 6 module provides a more interrogative approach to the
influences on interior architecture. This is in the form of a detailed critical
examination of key histories, ideologies and figures that inform contemporary
interior architecture. More broadly, the lecture programme discusses
adaptation, the interior and their relationship with arts and culture.
You will analyse, question and test ideas and theories, and develop a
comprehension of pluralism in the processes and diversity of art and design
influences on interior architecture.
The module will be taught through lectures, seminars, directed and
independent learning, and encourages you to develop an inquisitive and
analytical approach to interior architectural theory. You will develop skills in the
analysis of evidence, which will aid the formulation of judgements, founded on
knowledge of theory as well as on personal observation and experience.
This module enables you to develop skills of independent learning through
research and critical thinking. You will be introduced to a diet of critical texts,
theories, and concepts, both historic and contemporary. There will be
opportunity for discourse, debate, evaluation, and synthesis of ideas within the
formulation of a theory paper on a subject of your choice.
Research, investigation, and appraisal will be developed via attendance and
reflection on lectures, the establishment of a topic and the production of a
formative Outline Proposal (A4; >1000 words) and a summative Theory
Paper (4000 words).
Brief
You are asked to investigate and develop interests within theories, conditions and
approaches to adaptation, re-use, interior architecture, and the arts, and develop
a body of work that is both exploratory and critical within these fields.
The provided lecture series will introduce and discuss a range of topical conditions
within the broader fields, which will act as a catalyst for the production of a theory
paper. You may consider thinking, theory and philosophy that are beyond the
subject as a mechanism for exploration and discourse.
“An open gaze that is aimed at fostering, not so much the re-descriptive
application of models or methodologies, but the crossing of diverse and
heterogeneous experiences and investigations”.ii
GAUSA, M. (2003)
It is important to begin reading and develop a programme of study that uses the
lecture programme and reading lists as a primer, appose to the sole provider, of
work. Expand upon lectures by documenting associated reading and reflection.
Make use of exhibitions, lecture programmes and talks available locally and online
and within other appropriate institutions to broaden your gaze.
Submission guidance
Submission 1_ Outline Proposal (A4; >1000 words)
[Formative assessment] (2 parts)
1.1 by 23:00 Tuesday 02.11.2021
Submit a proposed title (or up to 3 possible titles) that you wish to
consider enquiry into, using the Proposed Title form on elp.
Feedback will help you to confirm the proposed area of study through
drafted feedback and discussion.
1.2 by 23:00 Tuesday 23.11.2021
Submit an A4 outline proposal of your intended topic to Turnitin*. Using the
provided Outline Topic Form on elp, your outline should include …
− Your name
− Working Title of the Proposal
− Initial paragraph outlining the papers intention (up to 500 words)
− Chapters Titles in structural order – include a written synopsis of
each chapter (up to 500 words in total)
− Key bibliography
− Key images
This will help give an overview of your intentions, allow possibility for
collaborations with your peers and to confirm your proposals suitability.
Submission 2_ Theory Paper (4000 Words)
[Summative Assessment]
by 23:00 Tuesday 11.01.2021 _ FINAL SUBMISSION
Submit a digital copy of your theory paper as PDF to Turnitin* This is the formal
submission of the work.
Consider your agreed topic and produce a 4000-word theory paper. Your paper
must have…
− Front cover / title page
− Contents page
− Chapters
− Bibliography (use Harvard referencing method)**
− List of illustrations (All images must be referenced in the text)
− Font must be legible and no smaller than 10pt
Use InDesign to set out the layout of your Theory Paper, as though it was to be
made available to the public. For the end of year exhibition and portfolio, you are
advised to printed hard copy of your Theory Paper.
This should be professionally bound and presented and not as loose or stapled
paper.
The format of the document is up to you; consider an appropriate visual
language and layout to suit the nature of the work.
Further Guidance
Lecture programme
Key issues and ideas relevant to the subject are explored and can be used
as the basis for further enquiry. There will be a focus on histories, ideas, and
theories, including case studies and approaches to building alteration and
reuse. Lecture notes should be documented within a Journal for your future
reference.
Key texts
Each week, directed reading will support the lecture programme (available
via the modules reading list), to be read, documented, and critiqued within
the weekly Reading Reflections Seminars. You should also develop your
own additional reading.
Seminar discussions
Supporting the submission of work, some of the seminars will be structured
to aid your enquiries, decision making and the completion of work.
Bibliography + reading
Develop further reading, be it as a consequence of a given lecture or
personal endeavour to support your chosen topic. Develop your own
bibliography and document this within your journal.
Further activities
Attend lectures, exhibitions events and online talks to support your enquiry.
Assessment & Feedback
Module assessment criteria 20 credits
Outline Proposal formative
Theory Paper 20 credits (100%)
Theory Paper | Structure 4 credits 20%
Theory Paper | Content 16 credits 80%
You will receive FORMATIVE Assessment and Feedback on your Outline Proposal
and in seminar sessions. This will be verbal feedback in seminars and individual
tutorial discussion and as annotation to your submitted formative work.
You will receive SUMMATIVE Assessment and Feedback on your Theory Paper
as 100% of the module. This feedback will be in written form via the modules
Feedback proforma.
Your Theory Paper will be assessed by applying the (1) Module Learning
Outcomes to (2) the Level 6 Assessment Criteria and in alignment with (3) the
University Assessment Regulations. Your (4) Feedback will demonstrate how
your submission is assessed and will offer guidance on how your work could have
been improved upon as well as evidencing its successes.
1. Module learning Outcomes
As outlined on the front page and below, the work you submit will evidence
your learning within the following domains:
Knowledge & Understanding:
KU1. Critically appraise accepted knowledge of the wider arts and culture
and their relationship to interior architecture.
KU2. Articulate a developed personal framework of information and
references towards an articulated viewpoint with authority.
KU3. Articulate independent ideas and intent through an authoritative
appropriation of language and media with analysis and evaluation.
Intellectual / Professional Skills & Abilities:
IPSA1. Evidence advanced research and analytical skills with consideration
of the influences of the artistic and cultural context within an
articulated viewpoint.
Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics,
Curiosity):
PVA1. Manage and appraise your working practices within deadlines and
a self-determined structure with logic and authority.