Welcome Guide 2016 BA (Hons) Interior Architecture & Design. Gemma Williams, Interior Architecture & Design, UCA Farnham

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1 Welcome Guide 2016 BA (Hons) Interior Architecture & Design Gemma Williams, Interior Architecture & Design, UCA Farnham

2 INDUCTION AND ENROLMENT TIMETABLES In this section you ll find your enrolment and induction timetables. Please take careful note of the dates and times you ll need to attend during your first week. If you re not able to make any of these dates, please let your Campus Registry contact know as soon as possible. You can find their contact details in this Welcome Guide. ACTIVITY AND DATE TIME LOCATION MONDAY 12 SEPTEMBER Students will be collected from under the course sign Course Talk 1: Welcome and a talk about the course Health and Safety The Basics UCAs Health and Safety Handbook Coffee Break Course Talk 2: What you will do on the course and how you will be taught All Students Campus Welcome visit the Refectory for your free drink and meet the staff and students on campus 12:45pm 12:50pm - 2:45pm 2:45pm - 3:00pm 3:00pm - 3:30pm 3:30pm - 4:00pm 4:00pm - 5:00pm Quad JL08 JL08 JL08 Refectory Enrolment please bring your ID and Qualification Certificates 5:00pm - 5:30pm Library TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER Course Talk 3: Getting the best from the course Coffee Break Briefing for Studio based project organised by the Year Two Peer Support Group Project continues and ends with Support Group visiting places in Farnham Welcome to UCA Freshers Fair drop in throughout the day for more information about our services International and EU Welcome Event - An event for new non-uk students which includes a welcome from the leadership team, free food and drink and an opportunity to meet other new students 10:00am - 11:00am 11:00am - 11:30am 11:30am - 1:30pm 1:30pm - 4:00pm 11:00am - 3:00pm (drop-in) 4:00pm - 6:00pm Refectory Room W612 WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER Introduction to IT Services, and Library and Student Services Lecture introducing first unit and group project. Year One tutorial groups Coffee Break (Continued on next page) 9:30am - 10:40am 1:30pm 2:30pm 2:30pm - 3:00pm Lecture Theatre W02

3 ACTIVITY AND DATE TIME LOCATION 3:00pm - 4:00pm Introduction to the Students Union 10:15am - 10:45am Lecture Theatre W02 London Trip Meeting talk about the timetable etc. for the 11:30am - 12:30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm 8:50am - 5:00pm Please meet at parking bay in WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER CONTINUED Course Talk 4: Tackling a Design Brief THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER following day Review of Holiday Project - an informal show and talk about your vacation work. Please bring work in, even if not finished FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER Study visit to London The Hart (near Waitrose) by 8:50am. Return to Farnham 5pm. Alex Gill, Interior Architecture & Design, UCA Farnham

4 WELCOME Welcome to UCA! We re delighted you ve chosen to study with us and become part of our creative community. To help you prepare before joining us in September, this guide outlines your reading list, the equipment you ll need for your course, and any projects you should do over the summer. Remember to look at your course timetable in this guide too. If you have any questions, the contact details for your Faculty are opposite get in touch and they ll be happy to help. We look forward to seeing you at UCA. If you have any questions, please contact the Faculty Office: Peter Waters Course Leader Interior Architecture & Design (Farnham) School of Architecture An answer phone service is available on the above line for any out of hours enquiries. UCA FARNHAM Three years full-time India Robinson, Interior Architecture & Design, UCA Farnham

5 PRE-ARRIVAL In this section you ll find a list of activities to complete before you join us in September. READING LIST Ching, Francis. (2012). Interior Design Illustrated. 3rd ed. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. Lawson, Bryan. (2006). How Designers Think: The Design Process Demystified. Oxford: Architectural Press. Potter, Norman. (2002). What is a Designer: Things, Places, Messages. 4th ed. London: Hyphen. Ching, Francis. (2011). A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. 2nd ed. Birkhauser. Hopkins, O. (2012). Reading Architecture: A Visual Lexicon. Laurence King. Scott Saunders, Interior Architecture & Design, UCA Farnham

6 COURSE COSTS EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS NEEDED We have noted a few items below that would be advisable to bring with you. Essentials: -A broad selection of drawing materials, e.g. marker pens, pencils, fine line drawing pens -A3 layout pad -A5 note book, e.g. Moleskine -USB data stick e.g. 16GB -300mm steel rule, scalpel and A3 cutting mat. An Apple Mac or PC laptop a computer and software can be purchased once you arrive at UCA with a student discount, though in several instances essential CAD software will be provided free to students for the duration of your studies we will provide more information on this once you arrive. You ll have access to both Macs and PC desktop computers but a laptop is useful to enable you to work outside of UCA or in our design studio. A camera or a mobile phone with a higher quality lens is essential for recording information e.g. site visits, trips or just an everyday record of inspiring references. We recommend that you read the following periodicals, which you will be able to find in design bookshops and some leading newsagents e.g. WHSmiths: -Frame -Blueprint -Icon -Design Week EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS RECOMMENDED You will be expected to purchase additional equipment throughout the duration of the course however what you need will depend upon your direction of study. Examples of items you are likely to need are listed below: -Portfolio to contain your work and presentations -Straight edge for cutting (with a handle) -Adjustable set square -Black felt tip pens (various nib sizes) -Pencils (Black HB and/or 2B) -Eraser -Pair of compasses -Pair of scissors -Utility knife with spare snap off blades -Drawing pads: A3 tracing paper, layout pads (A3 in Year 1, A2 in Years 2 & 3) -Glue gun -Masking tape Many materials and processes are provided for free by the course (laser cutting, 3D printing, printing of technical drawings) and materials such as MDF, card, 3D print cartridges, mould-making and casting materials and A1 printer paper) particularly at the beginning of a project or, in the case of technical drawings as test prints during a project. Students will be required however to pay for items such as final presentation prints and technical drawing. Additional materials may need to be purchased but this will depend upon your individual design direction. Generally, based upon previous years we estimate this is what you re likely to spend: Yr Materials Periodicals, Books Equipment Exhibitions VISITS There will be a free visit to a series of exhibitions, spaces and installations in London at the end of the induction week. More details will become available during your first week. In the past, the course has made overseas trips to destinations around Europe. There is a charge for students to join these trips usually ranging from around for travel and hotel, but the trips are not mandatory. Field trips inside the UK are sometimes free, but you re likely to be expected to pay the cost of travel associated with these field trips, such as travelling to London for an exhibition for example or researching specific buildings or design companies on average around 50 per year.

7 SUMMER PROJECT For the next three years you re going to be taken on a journey towards becoming a creative interior architect/designer. Exactly what this involves in terms of balancing creativity with technology in the making of exciting environments will become apparent to you in the first year. We ll direct your journey by pointing you towards places and ideas which will stimulate and interest you and enable you to enhance your theoretical and technical knowledge. Nevertheless, it is ultimately down to you to explore and experiment in order to make this a journey of adventure and personal discovery. This first task should be fun to do, and each student will display the results of their project to their group at the end of the first week of term. It will provide you with a framework upon which to build your 2D and 3D skills. We re starting with a task which should challenge you to: -Think laterally look for unusual forms and materials for the project -Begin to understand how to abstract an image rather than reproduce it -Show us what you can do in terms of visual presentation -Organise your time to complete a task such as this (in what we are sure is a busy period before starting university it should take 3-4 days). Find either a built or a natural environment which has an entrance which you feel has a special kind of atmosphere or gives you a special sensation when you enter. Considerations: This could be an alley, a cave, in a wood, an old building or a funfair. Write down some key words which describe what you feel when going on the journey through the entrance. Considerations: For example, describing the appearance from a distance, your first impression upon entering and so on. Make 2-3 illustrations (minimum size: mm) of the entrance from inside and outside. Do these when actually standing in or outside the space, as drawing from photos can reduce the impact of an image. Considerations: Try using coloured paper, different media, collage and so on. Try to capture the atmosphere rather than simply doing a correct line drawing, i.e. create an impression of the space. Select suitable model-making materials with which to create a model of the entrance. You may wish to include some of the background view. This could be around mm wide x 300mm high, not smaller. Do not do a correct representation of the entrance but abstract it by exaggerating the proportions, the colours, the textures etc. The model could be made of ModRock (chicken wire with tissue paper and PVA glue brushed over it then hardened) surprise us with original materials appropriate to the space. Light the model maybe use coloured filters then make a series of photographs. Chose one or more photos and adapt the proportions of these beyond the usual photograph format, for instance by enlarging parts of the image etc. Considerations: Maybe you could fade out parts or emphasise elements within the image, for example by placing tissue or etched acetate over areas to frame key aspects of the image.

8 On a single sheet of A2 (590mm x 410mm) sized mounting card, mount both the original illustrations and the photos, using an original style of graphic presentation which may reflect the subject. Only use a coloured board if you really feel this complements the images. Considerations: Incorporate your descriptive words on the sheet to emphasise the atmosphere of the images. Refer to magazines like Vogue or Blueprint which have interesting graphic page layouts for ideas on how to proportion and position the images on the page. Avoid drawing framing lines around images, and consider keeping the images to one proportion. Gilchrist McKendry, Interior Architecture & Design, UCA Farnham

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