ABH332 Interior Design: Interaction

Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Gardens Point, Internal

Overview

This unit provides you with the opportunity to undertake a ‘real world’ design project in a Workplace scenario. 

You will further develop design methodology and undertake an informed design exploration; critically analyse and generate solutions to unpredictable and complex problems. You will refine your written, verbal and visual communication skills to present design processes and solutions. You will develop your critical knowledge of contemporary social contexts within actual built spaces, focusing on ‘process’ and ‘solution’. The projects will address the role and relevance of research, while applying theoretical, technical, ethical and legislative constraints.

Through semi-directed learning and studio delivery, the projects allow for the exploration of interior environments with an increased level of complexity and resolution so you can build on earlier learnings from your degree.

Learning Outcomes

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

1. Demonstrate theoretical and technical knowledge relevant to current and future, healthy and sustainable workplace environments.
2. Critically and creatively analyse and evaluate exemplars, relevant research, and contextual scenarios in relation to workplace design.
3. Apply technical, theoretical, analytical and creative skills in the application of design process from conceptual development, brief development, planning, three-dimensional design and resolution.
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, charrette/s 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 assessment of this unit involves the development of a design proposal for a Workplace environment based on a ‘real world’ site and self directed brief in response to your investigation of the 'future of work'.  The brief will require investigation and application of principles of healthy, inclusive, and sustainable workplaces.  The outputs will include a detailed design development proposal through conceptual development, contextual analysis, a client and user brief, and appropriate research with resolved integration of building services and systems, and compliance with relevant codes and standards. 

Your learning is assessed through the application of four main criteria:

• Research, conceptual understanding, brief development and design process (LO01, LO02)
• Innovative design response  (LO01, LO02, LO03)
• Design development and resolution  (LO01, LO02, LO03)
• Communication (LO04)

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Schematic Design Proposal

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.

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

Assessment: Design Proposal

You are required to present a Workplace design proposal, demonstrating analytical and creative responses to the brief and schematic proposal established in Assessment Item 1. The detailed design proposal is to demonstrate the application of theoretical and technical knowledge, including the integration of services, structure and legislative considerations.  The submission will be described through written, visual and oral presentation.   

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

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

Costs

There are some costs associated with drawing, rendering and presentation materials.

Resources

Resource Materials

Other

You will need basic drawing equipment- butterpaper, scale rule, felt tipped pens, pencils etc.  You may be required to make models, both manual and digital. You will be required to generate process and presentation material by manual and digital means. 

Risk Assessment Statement

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

There are no extraordinary workplace health and safety issues associated with this unit.

However, depending on the nature of the project, students in this unit may be required to undertake lecturer-led and/or self-directed site visits to building sites and/or partake in a field trip. These may be supervised and/or self-guided in nature. A risk assessment for such trips has been identified as of a low impact risk. You will be required to obey all safety guidelines and directions while attending such visits or trips. You should advise staff if you consider you will be at risk.

All students and staff are required to complete the FoE General Health and Safety Induction course for access to campus buildings and facilities. This must be completed online.

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 Proposal, Design Proposal
2. Design and critically evaluate sustainable and creative solutions to social, economic, technological and environmental challenges.
   Relates to: Schematic Design Proposal, Design Proposal
3. Communicate knowledge, ideas and creative solutions in diverse modes, for a range of contexts and diverse audiences.
   Relates to: Schematic Design Proposal, Design Proposal
4. Plan, develop and complete research and other projects.
   Relates to: Schematic Design Proposal, Design Proposal