Interior Architecture & Design MA

Brandish your creativity in your first comprehensive design studio, while exploring the innovative profession of Interior Architecture and Design. Special emphasis is placed on the design process, concept generation, and spatial development. Plus, explore how factors such as circulation, accessibility, adjacencies, and design theories impact humans and the environment.

Produce your interior architectural construction documents including floor, lighting, electrical, furniture, and finish plans. You'll apply lettering, line weight, dimensions, and graphic symbols to interior sections, elevations, details, and schedules.

Gain technical experience with building codes and systems by working on a commercial building renovation. You'll learn to coordinate holistically with a design team on structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, acoustical systems, detailing, fire ratings, zoning, and more.

The design you see in your mind will flow through your hand. Learn expert visual communication skills to convey your design solutions to colleagues and clients. You will create ideation and conceptualization hand drawings and perspective sketches to represent your interior design concepts.

Lighting is an art and a science. You'll develop lighting designs, technical drawings, and specifications for residential and commercial interiors that use light to illuminate colors, forms, and textures while adhering to energy codes and illuminance guidelines.

Immerse yourself in the world of imaging software. You will develop skills to enhance presentations, create graphic layouts, and integrate various media into your design projects.

Create a functional and imaginative workplace for your commercial client. In your second major studio, you'll develop plans and drawings, select furniture and materials, produce construction documents, and produce a dynamic presentation based on programming and your conceptual design.

Master BIM. Using BIM as a tool to convey geometry, spatial relationships, geographic information, and building components, you'll learn to maintain project data within a single file that generates plans, sections, and elevations.

Cultivate your sense of materiality. You'll learn to select and specify finishes, fabrics, and furnishings based on aesthetics, durability, environmental attributes, and industry standards.

Create a functional and imaginative workplace where your commercial client will thrive! In your final major studio, you'll develop plans and drawings, select furniture and materials, and produce construction documents for a dynamic presentation based on your conceptual design.