*This course is subject to validation

This course will train creative spatial practitioners to approach design challenges towards future cities with innovation, resourcefulness and responsibility. The programme aims to prepare you for conceptualising and creatively tackling a range of design challenges, from urban realms to performance spaces and atmospheric environments.
This programme will contain a wider interdisciplinary input than the current BA (Hons) Interior Design, focusing on creative design production that includes not only elements from architecture, but also lighting and performance design, sculptural installation, retail and experience design and public urban commissions.

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This course is designed to give you the opportunity to provide an educational and creative framework that enables you to become a designer.

Through exploring existing and new building contexts you will will design for potential users in an array of timescales. You will learn many types of analogue and digital representation techniques as well as a theoretical and historical context that will prepare you for employment. The course offers a spatial design skill set applicable across public and private commissions, urban and domestic interiors, to train agile and visionary design practitioners to deal with the challenges of future cities. You will experience professional practice through learning from office mentors and completing ‘live projects’ to further increase your access to the design industry.  

These skills are in high demand in both public and private sectors, with an increasing number of placemaking projects being developed across London and globally – as part of strategic urban developments. This course will familiarise students with these developments and articulate their imagination into professionally transferable skills to generate such new designs, from public realms to pavilions, retail and community spaces, and multi-function public and urban projects.

You will learn how to create event and exhibition design, retail spaces, and new public realms, operating strategically with materials, atmospheres and technologies. You will be encouraged to experiment with conceptualisation and narration and find ways of intelligently tackling the design of human and experience-centric environments.
You will operate with digital and analogue skills and technologies, while developing a historical, critical and contextual knowledge of architecture, design and spatial speculation. You will work with creative tools to convey atmospheres and experiences based on clients’ needs. You will design temporary, pop-up environments, through a focus on material development and multi-sensorial spatial experience.

• Guided independent study
We are investing in key areas beyond your studies including our career services, library and well-being, to be available both face-to-face on campus and online with many of these available 24/7. We have new, modern library facilities on both campuses offering inspirational environments for study and research. Libraries contain resources in print and digital formats, a range of study spaces and dedicated librarian who can assist with your learning.
• Academic support
Students are supported with any academic or subject related queries by an Academic Advisor, module leaders, former and current UEL students.
If you need a bit of extra help with certain skills such as academic writing, maths or IT, our Skillzone and English for Academic Purposes we offer workshops, drop-in sessions and one-to-one appointments to help our students achieve their potential. You can receive advice and guidance on all aspects of the IT systems provided by the university from our IT Service Desks located on all three campuses.
Our Student Support hubs in Docklands and Stratford feature centralised helpdesks to cater for your every need. UEL provides also support and advice for disabled students and those with specific learning difficulties (SPDs).
• Workload
Each year you will spend around 300 hours of timetabled learning and teaching activities. These may be lectures, workshops, seminars and individual and group tutorials. Contact hours may vary depending on each module.
The approximate percentages for this course are:
Year 1: scheduled teaching – 300 hours; guided independent study – 900 hours.
Year 2: scheduled teaching – 300 hours; guided independent study – 900 hours.
Year 3: scheduled teaching – 300 hours; guided independent study – 900 hours.

The size of classes can vary depending on the nature of the course, module and activity. This can range from large groups in a lecture theatre setting, to smaller groups taking part in seminars and collaborative work. You will receive your personalised timetable at the beginning of the academic year dependent on your course

BA (Hons) Interior and Spatial Design gives you a strong platform for employment in a wide variety of careers in the fields of interior design, architecture, theatre design, product design, exhibition design and public art experience.

Whether it is a career in architecture or interiors, this course also allows students to explore more niche pathway such as public art, installation art, experiential design, VR environments and theatre design.  BA (Hons) Interior and Spatial Design positions you directly in the paths of employers in the field by pairing final year projects with cutting-edge professional offices in and around London. Your valuable work in dialogue alongside these mentors leads you to be rubbing shoulders with your potential future employers.

This course will also ensure you graduate with a wide-ranging skillset including AutoCad, Vectorworks, Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, Sketchup Pro 3D modelling and real-time rendering software. Whilst also ensuring that you are able to progress on to employment with rigorous professional life teaching to prepare an industry-standard CV, cover letter and portfolio.