DT2S33 - Interior Design in Context 2 01 Sep 2020 - 31 Aug 2026 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: DT2S33
Module Title: Interior Design in Context 2
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Games and Design
Faculty Sub Group: Design
Module Leader: Aimee Ward
Module Team: Heddus Davies, Emma Marshman
First Intended Intake: SEP 2020 Final Year of Intake: 2025
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 5
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes:
HECOS Code Weighting:

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2020
Valid To 31 Aug 2026

Module Aims

Develop the students' ability to understand and articulate the key ideas underpinning historical or contemporary architectural and Interior Design practice, with reference to specific buildings and interiors.

Explore key discourses in relation to the practice, production, consumption, or interpretation of Interior and Architectural Design.

Develop a greater appreciation for how design and society interrelate.

Expand the students’ ability to form and articulate reasoned arguments orally and in writing.

Content Summary

This module builds on the research, analysis, and communication skills established at Level 4, enabling students to understand and explain in greater depth the contexts and concepts relating to Interior Design. Students will work independently and collaboratively, in order to develop communication and project management skills.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 9
Seminar 5
Tutorial 1
Practical classes and workshops 18
External visits 2
Independent Study 100
Directed Study 52
Formative Assessment - Scheduled 4
Groupwork 9
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Demonstrate understanding of the interrelationship between Interior Design and the wider societal context with reference to specific examples.
LO2 Apply research and analysis skills to written and oral forms of work.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Presentation (Asynchronous) 1 A prepared oral presentation on an issue relating to Interior Design context(s) by a candidate before examiner(s), and possibly peers, where knowledge, technical content, ability to answer questions and presentational skills are assessed. Group presentations have a similar definition. 15 N/A 60 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Essay 1 A written composition with a specified word length which, on the basis of existing literature, proceeds to sustain a coherent argument regarding issues and approaches relative to the study of Interior Design. 0 2000 40 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Presentation (Asynchronous) 1
Essay 1

Reading List

Arnold, D. (2002) Reading Architectural History. London: Routledge.

Conrads, U. (ed.) (1970) Programmes and Manifestoes on 20th-century Architecture. London: Lund Humphries.

Davies, C. (2017) A New History of Modern Architecture. London: Laurence King.

Eskilson, S. (2018) The Age of Glass: A cultural history of glass in modern and contemporary architecture. New York: Bloomsbury.

Frampton, K. (2015) A Genealogy of Modern Architecture: Comparative critical analysis of built form. Zurich: Lars Mu¨ller Publishers.

Friedman, A. T. (2006) Women and the Making of the Modern House: A social and architectural history. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Gorman-Murray, A. and Cook, M. (eds.) (2018) Queering the Interior. London: Bloomsbury.

Heynen, H. and Baydar, G. (2005) Negotiating Domesticity: Spatial productions of gender in modern architecture. New York: Routledge.

Jencks, C. and Kropf, K. (eds.) (2006) Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture. London: John Wiley & Sons.

Lee, M. et al (eds.) (2017) Make New History. Chicago: Chicago Architecture Biennial.

McKellar, S. and Sparke, P. (eds.) (2004) Interior Design and Identity. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Patrizio, A. (2019) The Ecological Eye: Assembling an ecocritical art history. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Sparke, P. (2010) As Long as It’s Pink: The sexual politics of taste. Halifax, N.S.: Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

Till, J. (2009) Architecture Depends. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.