ABB232 Interior Design: Interiority

Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Gardens Point, Internal

Overview

This unit introduces principles and elements of interior design with a focus on interiority.  

You will learn about interior design practices, requiring you to develop a coherent and foundational knowledge of interior design process and theory.  

Learning in this unit is project-based, supported by lectures, readings, practicals, and studio activities. 

You will draw on the learnings from previous design studio units and build on this unit’s learnings in future design studio units. 

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Understand and apply introductory design principles, theories, concepts and methods in interior design hospitality projects
2. Develop solutions for design problems or scenarios, and creatively formulate effective interior design propositions for creating interiority,
3. Apply theoretical and technical design knowledge and skills to create interior design projects for hospitality projects.
4. Effectively communicate your acquired knowledge and design response through written, visual and verbal means.

Content

Learning Approaches

This unit engages you through a project- based learning approach within the studio context, and supported by lecture content, readings, and group discussions. The project will be sited in a ‘real world’ environment potentially enabling site visits and contact with industry professionals. You will also be expected to engage in self-directed learning, team-based learning, experiential learning, and presentations. Your involvement in practical studio sessions will encourage the integration of theory and practice, and further develop visual and verbal presentation skills and technical knowledge and applications.

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

The design studio will provide you with progressive formative feedback from studio staff and peers, allowing further consideration and learning opportunities on a weekly basis and through design reviews.

Generic comments will be provided to the cohort group via QUT Canvas.

Criteria sheet grading and comments will be provided on the completion of summative assessment items.

Assessment

Overview

The summative assessment items in this unit, develop your understanding of interiority in the context of hospitality environments through interior design projects and a reflective design journal. The outputs will include a detailed design development proposal through conceptually addressing a client brief, contextual analysis and appropriate research.

Your learning is assessed in each assessment item through the application of four main criteria:

• Design concept (ULO 1, ULO 2)
• Implementation of design methods (ULO 1, ULO 2, ULO 3)
• Continuous Design Process (ULO 2, ULO3)
• Communication through models, drawings, verbal presentation (ULO 4)

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Schematic design

You are required to present a schematic design proposal, including consolidated conceptual project brief, contextual and exemplar analysis, and the application of considered theoretical research, supported by communication through visual and oral presentation to an early career professional standard.

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Assessment: Design Proposal

You are required to present a design proposal, demonstrating analytical and creative responses to the brief and schematic proposal established in Assessment Item 1. The design proposal is to demonstrate the application of technical and theoretical knowledge and supported through visual and oral presentation to an early career professional standard.

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.

The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Requirements to Study

Requirements

 Health & Safety Inductions'

Students are required to complete, if haven't already previously completed, the following inductions / certificates:

1. General Safety Induction (completed online): For risks associated with using campus buildings or facilities, refer to the FoE General Health and Safety Induction site.
2. This unit (also) requires a FoE Health and Safety Induction, which provides an overview of the facilities and general safety procedures for using the Gardens Point J block Workshop facilities.

Where substantial computer-based work is required, you are recommended to take regular rest breaks when engaging in prolonged computer-based work, and ensure that your workstation is set up for optimal comfort to prevent strain or injury.

You will undertake lectures and/or classes in classrooms and lecture theatres. As such, there are no extraordinary workplace health and safety issues associated with these components of the unit, however, you may be required to undertake lecturer-led and individual site visits to construction sites. Prior to these site visits, you are required to attend a construction safety induction session and obtain a safety induction card. This safety induction session introduces you to the relevant workplace health and safety requirements of Queensland construction sites. A safety induction course is provided by the faculty. If you do not have, or cannot produce a safety induction card, you will not be allowed to undertake the site visits.

Resources

Risk Assessment Statement

All commencing Faculty of Engineering students are required to complete the Mandatory Safety Induction

There are no extraordinary risks associated with the classroom/lecture activities in this unit.

Course Learning Outcomes

AB01 Bachelor of Built Environment (Honours)

1. Apply theoretical, practical and cultural knowledge and skills across a range of disciplines and specialist knowledge and skills in one built environment area.
   Relates to: Schematic design, Design Proposal
2. Design and critically evaluate sustainable and creative solutions to social, economic, technological and environmental challenges.
   Relates to: Schematic design, Design Proposal
3. Communicate knowledge, ideas and creative solutions in diverse modes, for a range of contexts and diverse audiences.
   Relates to: Schematic design, Design Proposal
4. Plan, develop and complete research and other projects.
   Relates to: Schematic design, Design Proposal