70117 - Interior Design I (A)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module, the student acquires notions and methods of investigation of the compositional and design system of an artifact in its quality of interior spaces. He studies and knows the elements of the interior spaces and verifies their application through the design exercise of the possible devices of human living.

Course contents

The Interior Architecture course aims to explore the issues related to contemporary living space, characterized by the constant search for flexible solutions able to respond to changes in the way of use of the contemporary city.

Living space as precincts of inquiry that combines objective aspects - pathways and relationships between the parties, relationship with the environment, constraints and formal solutions - to subjective aspects - individual needs and perception of spaces - will be the subject of in-depth research aimed at finding a balance between formal result, functional solution and aesthetic quality.

The deepening of a living space within the project developed within the Design Laboratory will focus on the use of materials and light, on the study of dimensional relationships and proportions between the parties, on the quality of the relationships determined by the succession of spaces.

Readings/Bibliography

Required and recommended reading for exam preparation:

Roberto Rizzi, Civiltà dell'abitare: l'evoluzione degli interni domestici europei, Lybra, Milano 2003;

Adriano Cornoldi, Architettura degli interni, Il Poligrafo, Padova 2005;

Giò Ponti, Amate l'architettura, Quodlibet, Macerata 2022.

Further reading on the subject:

Fulvio Irace, Storie d'interni: l'architettura dello spazio domestico moderno, Carocci, Roma 2015;

Gianni Ottolini, Architettura degli interni domestici: per una storia dell'abitare occidentale, Libreria Cortina, Milano 2015;

Enrico Morteo, Orsina Simona Pierini, Nelle case: Milan interiors 1928-1978, Hoepli, Milano 2023.

Additional specific bibliographic references on the topics covered in the course will be provided in class.

Teaching methods

In addition to fostering an understanding that connects large-scale design with architectural-scale design, the course aims to help students acquire - through a theoretical component, consisting of classroom lectures, and a practical component involving laboratory activities - the concepts and analytical methodologies for analyzing the housing system, understood as a finite space in relation to the exterior, and an understanding of the domestic interior space both as a complex setting for a set of relationships and as a synthesis of formal and technical choices.

Assessment methods

The Architectural Design Laboratory II (C.I. 12 CFU) consists, in addition to the characterizing teaching of Architecture and Architectural Composition II (8 CFU), in a module of Characters of buildings II (2 CFU) and another one of Interior Architecture (2 CFU).

The examination of the Architectural Design Laboratory II includes the verification of the learning of the contents of all the teachings that make up the integrated Laboratory and takes place in a single exam.

The topics covered in class, the contents of the texts indicated in the bibliography and the design reflections elaborated within the Laboratory will be verified through:

- collective discussions in the classroom;

- intermediate verification seminars;

- ex tempore tests in the laboratory;

- discussion during the exam.

The final grade will be determined by the sum of the evaluations relating to the following criteria:

1 - Consistency of the project path (project and dossier I);

2 - Deepening of the project research (project and dossier II);

3 - Compliance of the project proposal with the requests (project);

4 - Ability to illustrate the project proposal: quality of the works and language properties (project and exam discussion);

5 - Knowledge of the disciplinary aspects addressed by the course of Distributive Features of Buildings II (discussion during the examination);

6 - Knowledge of the disciplinary aspects addressed by the course of Interior Design (discussion during the examination).

The purpose of the oral exam is to assess the student’s ability to apply their knowledge and make the necessary logical and deductive connections. Final grade scale:

Preparation on a very limited number of topics covered in the course and analytical skills that emerge only with the instructor’s assistance, expression in generally correct language → 18–19;

Preparation covering a limited number of topics covered in the course and the ability to analyze independently only on purely practical matters, with correct language use → 20–24;

Preparation covering a wide range of topics covered in the course, the ability to make independent critical analysis choices, and mastery of specific terminology → 25–29;

Substantially comprehensive knowledge of the topics covered in the course, ability to make independent critical analysis and connections, full mastery of specific terminology, and ability to argue a point and engage in self-reflection → 30–30L.

Students with DSA or temporary or permanent disabilities are advised to contact the responsible University office in good time, at (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/it [https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/it):] ). It will be the responsibility of the office to propose possible adaptations, which must in any case be submitted, 15 days in advance, for the approval of the lecturer, who will also assess their appropriateness in relation to the educational objectives of the teaching.

AI can be a useful tool to supplement independent study with in-depth analysis, summaries, and final visual representations. With regard to learning assessments, limited, explicitly stated, and non-substantial use of AI is permitted for support activities (summaries, rephrasing). Substantial use of AI to complete parts of the exam is not permitted.

Teaching tools

Frontal lessons through slide projection, audio and / or video playback.

Office hours

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