Architecture and Interior Design (MA)

Overview

This course builds on the established strengths of the Faculty in the two major disciplines, their common interest in spatial design and a critical theoretical framework. It is open to Architects and Interior Designers and is taught in parallel with the Professional Diploma in Architecture. The course offers a rare opportunity for high-level joint study. The different elements are coherent and testing. The course is design-based and research-orientated. It will enable you to focus your skills and develop excellence in your work. The coursework provides a strong design platform from which you can develop your thesis creatively and intellectually. The main subject areas are in design, history and theory, each taught through a wide choice of tutors, studios and interest groups with a strong emphasis on self-directed study. For more details please see /architecture/courses/postgraduate/units/overview-201112.cfm for the current design units

Architecture and Spacial Design

www.londonmet.ac.uk/architecture/

Applying and entry

PLEASE NOTE There is no official closing date for this course, but you are advised to apply as early as possible as we will only consider your application if there are places available on the course.

Tel: 020 7133 4202
Email: admissions@londonmet.ac.uk

You should have a good Honours degree in Architecture, Interior Design or a closely related subject. Your personal statement in the application form should articulate your academic and professional interests and ambition. Applicants are required to demonstrate design talent, ability and motivation through presentation of a portfolio. Non UK based students, who are unable to attend an interview, must submit a portfolio of their architecture and/or design work along with their application form.

Course contents

Course structure

The course comprises design projects, undertaken in a choice of postgraduate design studios, a history and theory course and a wide choice of optional modules.

Modules include:

• Design: Research
• Design: Concept and Proposition
• Design Dissertation OR History and Theory Dissertation

Optional modules include:

• Poetry and Architecture
• The Forgetting of Air
• The Question of Technology
• Cinema and the City
• Digital Design Techniques
• Changing Places

You may choose to submit a written or a design dissertation as your major project.

Read more details about the modules

Assessment

The design projects are assessed through an end-of-year portfolio presentation. The history and theory coursework is assessed through a written dissertation. Optional modules are assessed according to the nature of the module.

Careers

Career opportunities

The course provides a practical and theoretical understanding of both architecture and interior design. Graduates generally work within architecture and interior design and in fields allied to both. Students wishing to develop their research are encouraged to apply to undertake a PhD within the department.