Why study BA Interior Design atÊMiddlesex University

ÊThe Interior Design programme describes projects that require little or no structural intervention with the existing building. The building is usually retained in it's original architectural condition with the new interior inserted or installed within. It can often have ephemeral and temporal qualities. Interior Design accepts the existing architectural context and evolves new interiors that are sensitively and appropriately responsive.

The programme can also be taken over four years in a sandwich mode that includes a one-year professional placement within the design industry, taken after your 2nd year of study. This enables you to incorporate a substantial professional practice element in your studies, for which you will receive an Advanced Diploma Professional Practice: Interior Architecture & Design at graduation. The programme are highly regarded within both the academic sector and the design industry and, over more than thirty years, have acquired a considerable reputation for providing high quality graduates to the creative industries.

The practice of interiors is frequently described as 'placemaking', which demands an explicit articulation of the functional, physical and experiential relationships between the existing and original, and the new, imagined and sustainable re-use of the built environment. The subject of 'the interior' is explored at Middlesex in two closely related but distinct courses, BA Interior Design and BA Interior Architecture, but both aim to:

• Question the meaning and limits of the term 'interior', considering both speculative and real conditions;

• Develop a dialogue between the old and the new, the real and the imagined, and time and space;

• Challenge students to experiment and innovate in the processes of creating new environments for human occupation;

• Explore the diverse and interdisciplinary nature of the interior and its cultural and historical context;

• Consider issues relative to temporality and the interior;

• Promote rigor, professionalism and excellence in the realisation of interior space;

• Encourage the advancement of our lived-in environments and the way we live and experience them;

• Further the sustainable and thoughtful use of materials, buildings and cities and promote awareness of ecological issues.