24 IN FIRST YEAR students on the BA Interior Architecture course are introduced to underlying concepts and principles associated with the discipline and learn fundamental processes, skills and techniques relevant to conceive, develop, resolve and communicate spatial design proposals. In the first semester students are set a range of assignments and shor t projects, such as: 2D representations to convey information using collage and timelines; a bread construct to investigate qualities of light and drawing conventions; and a group precedent study to understand intent and architectural representation. Building on these skills they are then asked to design their first piece of interior architecture. This year, they were challenged to address different types of Makers and their working/living spaces. The first was to design a transformable piece of Maker tecture (a combination of architecture and furniture) for a specified maker to inhabit and use as a stand alone spatial environment. Their location was the Museum of the Home in East London, where makers could demonstrate their work to the public in an interior setting related to domestic scale. In the second semester, students individually re-ordered the interiors of Hansard Mews proper ties for a critically relevant programme of specialised repair, repurposing, modification and upcycling of ‘stuff, waste, existing buildings and lifestyles’. Inspired by their visit to the Design Museum exhibition, ‘Waste Age: What can design do?’ and the Shepherds Bush location, burdened by consumer waste but strong in community potential, this fuelled students’ site and context investigations. While developing an understanding of remaking and reuse practices and ecological design, they iteratively investigated materials and techniques with an equally utopian eye. Liz Ellston (Year Lead), Nahed Chakouf, Inan Gokcek, Jo Hagan & Jo Meehan YEAR 1: Design Fundamentals & Strategies for Interior Architecture BA Interior Architecture | FirstYear Students: Sara Abdi, Halima Abubaker, Kristelle-Liis Ahone, Manal Ali, Ella Bedir, Ana Bolintineanu, Faye Buela Anyayahan, Hollie Champion, Rama Chams Bacha, Rober t Cizas, Yu Qing Dai, Aashman Danewalia, Patriece Daroux Young, Melissa Dinc, Ya Wen Ding, Rea Fernandes, Anna Fernandes Sola, James Frewer, Laiba Gohar, Charlie Hawkins, Yue Huang, Masuma Hussain, Alexandra Hutanu, Assem Izatullayeva, Junjian Kang, Fateme Khaleghi, Nadia Khatun, Jasmine Koomson-Gyasi, Zakia Lessak, Anna Lopes Giacomazzi, Yana-Maria Manoleva, Alicia McKenzie, Keiran Moore, Mar ta Nuevalos Camacho, Humeyra Onut, Charlotte Packman, Nanina Rainer, Emma Roescu, Rayyan Saleem, Fatma Sarikaya, Roksana Sobelska, Heidi Solis Hidalgo, Mikaela Tzikakou, Rayhan Uddin, Sara Vannella, Victoria Varjund, Jenny Vasani, Amy Viana Moreno, Yi Yang Wang, Kyra-Paige West, Audrey Wistehuff, Jia Qi Zhao Many thanks: Assemble Studio and Sugarhouse Studios Liz Ellston is an architect, lecturer and environmental communicator with a fascination for psychology of architecture and the interior, people: place, process: pattern. Liz’s experience from 20 years in design practice feeds into her pedagogy, encouraging various ways of learning. Nahed Chakouf is the founder of London-based architectural studio NJ Architecture. Nahed holds a PhD in Architectural Design from The Bartlett, UCL. Inan Gokcek is an interior and architectural designer running Studio Anares. He collects cultural artefacts which he upcycles for various design projects. Jo Hagan is an architect and principal of USE Architecture, a design studio driven by the fine line between pragmatism and pretension. He has taught for 30 years and supplants this with a passionate engagement with contemporar y culture. Jo Meehan is an associate of MAS Architecture studio, working on a range of public housing refurbishment projects and small scale sustainable inter ventions. (top to bottom) Fateme Khaleghi, Kristelle-Liis Ahone, Nanina Rainer, Group Paper Sculpture, Heidi Solis Hidalgo, Masuma Hussain Fabrication Lab: David Scott, Giada Gonzalez and Kasia Maskowicz Peer-Assisted Learning Assistants: Kirsten Davis, Hannah Hobhouse,Vilde Sand
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