2. What is Interior Architecture?
• Interior Architecture is the combination of the study
and practice of interior design with architecture.
• It explores how the interior of buildings such as office
blocks, houses and hospitals.
3. Interior Architecture Job Description
• Interior Architects specialize in designing and
building interiors for safety and functionality.
• It is important that interior architects not only
understand the durability and strength of building
materials.
• Also be skilled in the use of light, color and textures
in a space.
Interior Architects Job Description
4. • The practice of interior architecture operates with
representational methods common to architectural
practice.
• There are some conventions that are particular to the
interior which is Space, Sequence, Effect, Scale and
Viewpoint.
Interior Architecture Drawings
6. Residential design
• Residential architects are design professionals
who specialize in the design and construction
of residential buildings, such as individual
homes and condominiums.
• Residential architects are concerned with the
aesthetic of the building, as well as the
functionality.
8. Commercial design
• A commercial designer creates and designs
the interior of commercial properties, such as
office buildings, hotels, schools, and industrial
facilities.
10. Healthcare Design:
• Specializing in the design and planning of
health care design, health care architecture
and healthcare interior design.
• Healthcare interiors team is committed to
solve the client’s environmental challenges.
12. Universal Design:
• Universal design involves designing products
and spaces so that they can be used by the
widest range of people possible.
• Universal design makes things safer, easier
and more convenient for everyone.
14. Exhibition design:
• Exhibition designer work on cultural
exhibitions which include museums and
galleries.
• There will be showcase events, trade shows
and conferences.
• They base their designs on their interpretation
of their client’s ideas and requirements.
16. The Program Brief
• Ideas are conceived in the mind but the designer
needs to visualize them.
• The design process usually begins with a verbal or
written request for a design. This is known as the
brief or program and can come directly from the
client.
• Many clients will not have great experience of
commissioning a designer so one of the first tasks is
to define and clarify the brief.
The stages of drawings
17. Concept board
• The term of concept board originates from the
tradition of interior designers fixing a fabric and paint
samples and possibly sketches on to a sheet of mount
board.
• Today, However, concept boards are more likely to be
put together in a layout program such as Adobe
Photoshop.
19. Sketch
• Sketching is fast, immediate and requires only a pen
and paper.
• Sketches can be drawn on the back of an envelope, in a
sketchbook or on a screen.
• There are two main uses for sketching:
(a) Firstly as a way of observing and recording.
(b) Secondly as a way of ‘thinking aloud’.
• Sketches do not have to be works of art but will
improve with practice.
21. Drawing
• Drawing included with space, sequence, effect, and
scale.
• Space and scale always come together. While
sequence and effect go together.
• It is important, therefore, to look at how a space will
be used and how that might potentially change.
23. Viewpoint
• Last stages of producing an interior architecture
drawing.
• In order to show a proposal designers use a variety
of conventions: slice open the space, life the lid,
take away a wall, use an x-ray effect or folded wall
plan.