BA (Hons) Interior Architecture with Foundation Year

Program Overview

The Foundation Year provides an opportunity to build up your academic writing skills and numeracy, and will also cover a range of subject specific content to fully prepare you for entry to an Undergraduate degree.

This is an integrated four-year degree, with the foundation year as a key part of the course. You will need to successfully complete the Foundation Year to progress on to the first year of your bachelor’s degree.

• Broad-based yet enough depth to give you credible vocational skills
• Coverage of a variety of areas typically delivered by an expert in this area
• Gain an understanding of a subject before choosing which route you wish to specialise in
• Great introduction to further study, and guaranteed progression on to one of our Undergraduate degrees

The degrees offering a Foundation Year provide excellent preparation for your future studies.

During your Foundation Year you will get the opportunity to talk to tutors about your degree study and future career aspirations, and receive guidance on the most appropriate Undergraduate course to help you achieve this; providing you meet the entry requirements and pass the Foundation Year.

The course explores the relationship between interior spaces, architectural forms and human experience and interaction in those spaces, with a focus on form, colour, texture, light, brand, structure and experience. Through structured analysis, research and exploration, Architects create experimental, imaginative and stimulating environments, in specific locations, for specific user groups. Students are taught about the fundamentals of Interior Architecture including: space planning / orthographic representation / scale / ergonomics and anthropometrics, alongside developing a comprehensive understanding of the use of colour, lighting, materiality, detailing, form and function.