Interior and Spatial Design

Interior and Spatial Design

Course Type:
Bachelor’s Programme

Programme Coordinator

Célia Raquel Lourenço Gomes
celia.gomes@ulo.pt

Provide competence graduates to mediate / facilitate the interaction between people and utilitarian goods, whether these objects or spaces, enabling environment designers to intervene in the following areas:

 

  • Service Design
  • Media and Entertainment Industry
  • Graphic and Signal Communication
  • Interaction Design
  • Home automation
  • Scenography and Design of Ephemeral Spaces
  • Inclusive Design
  • Creation of virtual and interactive spaces, among others


Field of Study
Architecture, Fine Arts and Design

GeNeral

Profile

  • ECTS Credits

    180

  • Length

    6 Semesters

  • School

    ESAD.CR

  • City

    Caldas da Rainha

  • Language

    Portuguese

  • Schedules

    Morning & Afternoon

  • National vacancies

    27

  • international vacancies

    2 internationals

  • DGES Registration

    Registration information

Cientifc field

Arts and Design

Future

Career offers

Course Type:
Bachelor’s Programme Interior and Spatial Design

Study Plan

1st Year
Curricular Unit Period ECTS Length
1st Semester 12 ECTS 135 h

B1. Explore material plasticity
B2. Construction of simple structures
B3. Systematization of processes
B4. Understanding scale and proportion
B5. Three-dimensional representation
B6. Relating drawing/ model
B7. Study through model
B8. Geometric relationships between solids
B9. Equilibrium in three-dimensional compositions
B10. Hierarchy in three-dimensional elements
B11. Perception of human scale
B12. Full / empty
B13. Exploration by trial / error
B14. Record of space properties
B15. Elementary steps scheme of a design methodology

Introduction to Drawing 1st Semester 6 ECTS 60 h
1st Semester 3 ECTS 45 h

B1. General aspect of Technical Drawing
B2. Orthogonal Projections
B3. Cuts and sections
B4. Perspectives
B5. Dimensions
B6. Technical Drawing in Interior and Spatial Design projects

Visual Communication 1st Semester 3 ECTS 45 h
Introduction to Design Thinking 1st Semester 6 ECTS 60 h
2nd Semester 12 ECTS 135 h

B1. Interior and Spatial Grammar
B2. Typology of spaces
B3. Space / object relationship
B4. Appropriation of a particular space
B5. Delimitation of a created space
B6. Surface
B7. Interior / exterior
B8. Public space / private space
B9. Relationship between content and container
B10. Designing and building in situ
B11. Thorough survey of a space
B12. Exploratory and explanatory drawings
B13. Experimental volumetric models
B14. Representation to scale
B15. Preparation of a Project Proposal

2nd Semester 6 ECTS 60 h

B1.CAD Technologies in Interior and Spatial Design
B2.Techniques of technical drawing via computer
B2.1 Drawing and construction tools
B2.2 Edition of drawing elements tools
B2.3 Associative dimensioning
B2.4 Definition and management of printing formats
B3.Digital technical project

Materials and Construction Technologies I 2nd Semester 6 ECTS 60 h
Human Factor 2nd Semester 6 ECTS 60 h
2nd Year
Curricular Unit Period ECTS Length
1st Semester 12 ECTS 135 h

B1. Relationship between natural and artificial
B2. Pre-existence and constraints of a project
B3. Verticality
B4. Contiguous spaces
B5. Spatial design as an interface between users and operators
B6. Anthropometric and ergonomic issues.
B7. The experience of collectively build a space at full scale
B8. Teamwork and co-authorship
B9. Mock-ups and final representation models
B10. Space Layout and its functional organization
B11. Space diagrams and schematic representation
B12. Technical drawings of two-dimensional representations
B13. Elementary constructive solutions
B14. Synopsis and project statment
B15. Preparation of a Preliminary Study

1st Semester 6 ECTS 60 h

B1. 3D parametric modelling techniques with solids
B1.1 Referential and 3D co-ordinates systems
B1.2 Philosophy of modelling parts with parametric software
B1.3 Construction, edition and visualization 3D tools
B1.4 Articulation of pieces in assemblies
B2. Obtaining of virtual models and photorealistic images
B3. Direct Modelling Techniques
B3.1 Geometric primitives
B3.2 Modelling by polygons
B3.3 Modelling with NURBS surfaces
B4. Generating virtual environments
B4.1 Virtual lightening
B4.2 Materials generation
B4.3 Algorithms of generation of photorealistic images
B5. Introduction to graphic animation
B6. Digital 3D representation of static and animated projects
B7. Comparative analysis of CAD software to Design

Materials and Construction Technologies II 1st Semester 6 ECTS 60 h
History and Culture of Design I 1st Semester 6 ECTS 60 h
2nd Semester 12 ECTS 135 h

B1 Design discipline limits: tensions and affinities
B2. Appropriation of an imagined space
B3. The space within the space
B4. Itinerant spaces
B5. Events and Programming
B6. Installation and ephemeral construction
B7. Interaction between public space and backstage
B8. The experience of a multidisciplinary team
B9. Photomontages and illustration
B10. Three-dimensional rigorous representation
B11. Location plan and site plan
B12. Appropriate scaling and project detailing
B13. Model with a context
B14. Descriptive and explanatory statement
B15. Elaboration of a Design Draft

Advanced Design Drawing 2nd Semester 6 ECTS 60 h
Communication Design 2nd Semester 6 ECTS 60 h
Theories and History of Space 2nd Semester 6 ECTS 60 h
3rd Year
Curricular Unit Period ECTS Length
1st Semester 12 ECTS 135 h

B1. Narratives of the spaces
B2. Circulation logic
B3. Users typology
B4. Exhibition spaces
B5. Commercial spaces
B6. The experience of being commissioned
B7. Framework of socio-cultural references
B8. Integration of complementary areas to the field of project
B9. Spaces and art direction
B10. Mood boards
B11. Different scale combinations
B12. Images based on photography and 3D modelling
B13. Detailed constructive solutions
B14. Detailed models
B15. Development of a Concept Design

History and Culture of Design I 1st Semester 3 ECTS 45 h
Curricular Option 1st Semester 3 ECTS 45 h
Curricular Option 1st Semester 6 ECTS 60 h
Free Option 1st Semester 6 ECTS 60 h
3rd Year | Final Project Option
Curricular Unit Period ECTS Length
2nd Semester 12 ECTS 135 h

B1. Individual project development
B2. Briefing proposal by the student
B3. Intervienence in public spaces
B4. Ephemeral porject
B5. Real context
B6. Project experience with na external entity or company
B7. To buil an exhibiting space
B8. Autonomous work
B9. Disciplinary articulation and crossing
B10. Critical fundmentation of the project
B11. Drawing domain as a developing tool for project and final ppresentation
B12. Domain of the constructive system to apply.
B13. 3D visualization of exploring final projects
B14. Different models typologies according to each phase of the project
B15. Executing a Final Project

Seminar 2nd Semester 3 ECTS 45 h
Curricular Option 2nd Semester 3 ECTS 45 h
Free Option 2nd Semester 6 ECTS 60 h
Free Option 2nd Semester 6 ECTS 60 h
3rd Year | Internship Option
Curricular Unit Period ECTS Length
Professional Internship 2nd Semester 27 ECTS
Seminar 2nd Semester 3 ECTS 45 h

Academic Year

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Investement

Tuition Fees

  • Application Fee

    60€

  • Enrolment/Registration Fee

    30€ national student

  • Enrolment/Registration Fee

    100€ international student

  • Annual Tuition Fee

    697€ national student

  • Annual Tuition Fee

    3000€ international student

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