Interior Design Projects Research Articles

Interior Design Students’ Attitudes towards Environmental Sustainability

This study aims to investigate the attitudes of students towards environmental sustainability. To identify their level of concern for the environment and the impact of the academic year on their attitudes towards environmental sustainability, a quantitative approach was adopted using a cross-sectional survey. A questionnaire was distributed to (N = 78) interior design students at King Abdulaziz University (KAU) in Jeddah. Interior design students responded to a three-part survey including demographic characteristics, ecology and environmental sustainability, and comments. The results revealed that students’ level of interest in the environment was moderate and that their attitudes were generally positive and moderately pro-environmental. In general, there was understanding and awareness among students regarding the problems related to nature as well as a lack of accuracy of the information they obtained. Although the results also showed students’ understanding of the use of sustainable products and solutions in interior design scenarios, there was a clear lack of actual uses of these products and solutions in student projects, and there was a gap between what students said about what they were doing in their project and what they actually applied in their design projects. Finally, the results indicated that the attitudes and perceptions of the students surveyed regarding environmental sustainability did not actually depend on the specialization variable or the level of the study. Through a deeper application of the fundamentals of responsible design, it is shown that enthusiastic and conscientious students can be guided towards environmental sustainability and achieve exciting results. The results of this study will help to raise awareness of interior design educators about students’ attitudes towards environmental sustainability. The results also illustrate the importance of following the application of sustainability requirements in interior design projects and of not limiting student exposure.

Acessibilidade para idosos em ambientes internos: a atualidade dos projetos no design de interiores

Esse artigo buscou identificar como ocorre, atualmente, a acessibilidade para idosos em ambientes internos, considerando-se projetos no design de interiores. Trata-se de um estudo de natureza qualitativo-descritiva - o qual quantificou e descreveu os achados científicos - sob método de revisão bibliográfica. Respeitou-se a totalidade dos achados científicos e organizaram-se tabelas caracterizadoras para melhor observação e entendimento de cada artigo científico. A ausência de critérios técnicos e de equipamentos que tornem um ambiente acessível, tanto interno quanto social ainda produz dificuldades no critério acessibilidade. A avaliação do ambiente que envolve as relações diárias envolvendo idosos se tornou um fator de importância exponencial para manutenção da saúde desses indivíduos e da autonomia das atividades domésticas. Conclui-se ser essencial, minimizar as “barreiras” internas do lar de idosos em relação à acessibilidade e à funcionalidade do espaço.

Preferred criteria in winning budget hotel interior design projects in China

In the competitive Chinese market, to win an interior budget hotel design project, a sound proposal with attractive and preferred criteria is a must. In order to propose and win interior budget hotel design projects, it is necessary to understand client’s perspectives. Through literature reviews and interviews with practitioners and architecture professors; twenty criteria from value creation, economic advantage and tender quality aspects were derived. Three groups of a total 30 budget hotel operating and management personnel have participated the survey. Kano’s two-dimensional model along with Yang’s refined Kano model and Importance and Satisfaction model have been applied to come up with the ranking of the preferred criteria to be included in a design proposal. One-way ANOVA with Schefe’s post hoc test were used to see the insight of budget hotel CEOs’ views on the twenty criteria. The results show that construction phase scheduling & control, construction cost control, systemized corporate identification, design phase scheduling & control, customer segment identification, easy to maintain design, easy to operate design, cultural heritage connection, room storytelling, and amenity storytelling are the top ten preferred design criteria for an interior designer to win budget hotel projects in China.

Электронные учебные курсы как средство повышения продуктивности учебно-познавательной деятельности обучающихся по специальности «Дизайн»

The study examines a form of improving learning efficiency that is e-textbook. Because of the low interest of self-taught students, non-standard teach-ing methods should be used or new solutions should be incorporated into this process. E-textbook with illustrative and multimedia materials (animation tools) is a way to draw students’ atten-tion to self-education. The design items of such a textbook are considered. The study analyzes the possibility of using a mobile version of e-textbook and demonstrates its advantages and disadvantages. Design students have been surveyed about the role of e-textbook in inde-pendent and individual learning when studying Interior Design Project. Based on the data obtained, it is concluded that students use elearning re-sources to adapt and study a new type of activity. Therefore, the development of e-textbooks should become widespread in the modern edu-cational process, and they should be actively used by teachers and students.

Student Interior Design Projects in Saudi Arabia

AbstractInterior design students should be able to use research and evidence‐based design outcomes to make decisions that promote health, safety and wellbeing. This approach will contribute to resolving social, environmental and community issues through design‐oriented thinking Accordingly, the aim of this research in a senior design studio course is to promote a better connection to the local environment needs without losing the creativity aspect. This study covered two semesters and used multiple data collection methods, including interviews, observational field notes, discussions and personal reflections. The findings showed that jury critiques and case study analysis were the most beneficial sources of information for students to develop their project ideas and solutions. The paper illustrates processes, products and aspects that are used in senior projects to find solutions to environmental needs. In addition, the study offers lessons learned and reflections to raise students’ awareness of the cultural needs in relation to the interior design field. This study shows findings similar to earlier research that found that students who identified and analysed a local case study understood the design problem better and were creative in linking their project design solution to the society's needs. The study also reveals that students who relied on analysis of well‐defined local case studies developed focused and detailed concepts and design solutions according to the instructor's and jurors’ assessments. The study also contributes to literature by using a multi‐method approach and offers implications for local and international policy‐makers on interior design curricula.

EXPERIENCING / PERSPECTIVE FROM A SPECIAL CHILD'S WINDOW

Interior Design Project titled Experiencing / Perspective From A Special Child's Window is a product of an experimental work carried out with the 3th grade students of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Istanbul Kultur University. Studio aimed at evaluating the Universal Design Principles from an Autistic Childs eye. In this context; it is aimed that to be considered as a holistic approach, individuals with differences in the society should not be restricted by these features and that they can benefit from the physical environment equally and that their learning activities can be held in a healthier environment. In the ''Perspective From A Special Child's Window…’’ studio, the design criteria for educational buildings for children with autism who has an important place in society is discussed.

General and Special Materials Selection Criteria for Interior Design Projects

General and Special Materials Selection Criteria for Interior Design Projects

Speech Privacy Class calculations and post-construction measurements of a corporate workplace tenant improvement project

LEED interior design and construction projects IEQ acoustical credits are particularly difficult to achieve due to broad scope requirements and restrictive credit language. Specifically, the high composite sound transmission requirement between private offices and hallways. DLR Group acoustical staff proposed an alternative compliance path and evaluation focused on lower STC rated partitions with the addition of sound masking systems to increase the background noise levels, with the goal of achieving an equivalent level of speech privacy between offices and hallways. Speech Privacy Class as detailed in ASTM E2638-10 was used as the evaluation metric. Difficulties in analysis and design stage assessment included unknown level difference of constructed partitions and entry doors, correlating subjective Client expectations to objective SPC ratings, and Client sign-off on sound masking approach. Post-construction measurements were conducted before and after sound masking system installation. Significant improvements in objective SPC ratings were measured, although targeted design goal SPC ratings were not achieved in all cases. Measured noise level differences of the glass storefront office partitions and measured sound masking noise spectra were compared to design stage values for further process refinement. Completed space measurement results and design stage comparisons will be reviewed and discussed.

Performative Interior Design in the Criminal Courtroom

This paper engages with the idea that interior design is a performative practice. The central question of interest is dramaturgical rather than instrumental: How do building interiors “act” and how do these performances construct a particular definition of the situation? We critically bring into play related academic discussions of “political interiors” and “the good organization” by exploring the built environment of the court of law. The good organization is an ideal–type used to help identify and understand the deficiencies of actual organizations. We show that ontological politics is at work when performative design enables problematic realities. This study relied on a microethnographic research method using participant observation as the data collection strategy. It focused on a Canadian interior design project that implemented a workplace violence assessment in the criminal courtrooms of the Nova Scotia justice system. We use theatrical performance as a research lens, drawing on dramaturgy, as a fruitful way to engage with the concept of political interiors. This expands beyond mainstream epistemological assumptions about the grounds for knowing. We find that criminal courtrooms, as the physical expression of the good organization, are rooted in questionable design assumptions that are seldom examined. The nominalist stance in this paper promotes a more complete understanding of the realities of interior space that are socially constructed through physical settings that create, preserve, and promote hierarchy, personal stigma, and theatricality.

A conceptual project on the renovation of Coburg Glockenberg Cemetery building

Interior design studios have an important place in interior architecture education. Because these studios are the environments that the student experiences with their knowledge about the profession within the scope of the project and various design approaches. The student also learns to manage the project process in a limited time frame while gaining design skills in this environment. The interior design project covered in this article was worked by the author at the Coburg Applied Sciences and Arts University in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany, during the fall semester of 2012-2013. The purpose of this article is to provide the other students and educators benefit in design education by putting forward the method observed in the project process and observed that the student is beneficial. "Conceptualization" is used as a method in the project. Based on the main concept of the project, the sub-concepts produced are scored as the dominance for each space, and the space-concept tables are created. Thus, the continuity of the design philosophy has been preserved from the determined concept to the final product. As a result, it has been observed that the table of definite design decisions in hand helps the student to use time efficiently and make quick decisions.Keywords: Interior design studio; interior design education; concept project; conceptual design; cemetery building

A modern approach to storing of 3D geometry of objects in machine engineering industry

3D graphics is a kind of computer graphics which has absorbed a lot from the vector and raster computer graphics. It is used in interior design projects, architectural projects, advertising, while creating educational computer programs, movies, visual images of parts and products in engineering, etc. 3D computer graphics allows one to create 3D scenes along with simulation of light conditions and setting up standpoints.

The “narrative sincerity” in museums, architectural and archaeological restoration of Franco Minissi

The Italian historiography of the architecture of the second half of the Twentieth century has not given due weight to the dialectic qualities of work of Franco Minissi on ancient structures. He became known for the debate on the use of innovative materials in archaeological sites and not for the extent of his contributions. The world do not know his museums, Italian and not, his many conservation and restoration projects, his archaeological parks, redevelopments of historic centres, new buildings, interior design projects, shops and exhibitions.A reading of his museological works alongside of his experiments on archaeological sites, can help highlight the conceptual congruence with which Minissi tried to meet the needs of the present and the preservation of antiquities, as a dialogue with the past, of refined sensibility and intended to a reversibility respectful of preexistence. This places him among the key figures of the origins of the critical restoration, as an inspiration that continues to offer fruitful ideas to the new generations.

현대 실내건축공간에 나타난 플랫폼적 특성 - 렘 콜하스의 실내공간 프로젝트를 중심으로 -

This study was conducted to determine a `platform` as a mean of interactions between users in contemporary spatial design and network(web) and to verify the similarity between the platform and space of Rem Koolhaas, one of the leading contemporary architects of our time. A platform, referring to tangible or intangible structures designed for common use in a variety of ways, is activated by the networking effect of participants. Aided by the recent development of the IT industry encompassing computers and smart phones, the concept of platforms is extending to all areas of modern life, in general. In this study, the similarity between architectural space and platforms after reviewing the computer-related platforms, ecological features that refer to virtuous circulation, and various cases applied with platform thinking. Through this process, the platform feature of architectural platforms is defined as the `open spatial system combined with control and freedom that acts more than one function and facilitates direct/indirect exchanges between users regardless of its type or size`. Establishing the criteria for spatial analysis based on this definition, analysis was conducted on interior design projects that were planned and conducted by Rem Koolhaas after 2000. As a result of this analysis, it was learned that Rem Koolhaas designs space using dual space structures where the extension and mixture of the user group, mixture of various functions defined by users, loose control that induces voluntary participation, community reinforcement, and inducement of accidental events, and opening and closing coexist. In addition, this design approach was found to be a design strategy similar to the concept of platforms that began to be developed in the IT field.

Improving Design Performance of Students in Interior Architecture Undergraduate Education

Considering the developing conditions in interior architecture undergraduate education and inevitability of performing restructuring works to this end is a reality expressed also in the literature. Performance-based design is one of the key concepts in this approach. When the works as to interior design project performance are examined it can be observed that conducting assessments of user recognition correctly and fully at the preliminary stage of project is an important component affecting the design performance. This is because the success of interior space design is measured by considering to what extent the requirements of the users are met. In this context, the purpose of this study has been designated as the creation of documents the students will benefit from while determining user requirements at the preliminary stage of the project within the purview of Interior Architecture Design Studio courses within the interior design undergraduate education. The scope of the study is limited to only residential interior design projects with an eye to reach a more elaborate result. Literature and practical application resources were researched to determine the documents utilized for recognizing the users in residential interior design as methodology at the first stage in line with the scope and purpose defined. Subsequently, all the documents obtained were examined by making comparisons in a systematic manner and the shortcomings of the cited documents were revealed. And in the final stage, suggestions were made with a view to overcome these shortcomings. It will be possible to determine user requirements more accurately through utilization of documents created in line with suggestions to be made within the purview of the study at the preliminary stage of residential interior design projects by interior architecture undergraduate students and this will increase the students' success as to designing significantly.

An undemanding approach for resolving systems and scientific methods of artificial lighting measurements in interior design projects

The success of the interior design depends on the ability of the designer to create and shape, taking into account the principles and laws of lighting and color, choosing materials and calculating the reflection and absorption coefficients of colors and materials and its relationship to natural lighting of the place where the work of the interior designer in distributing and calculating lighting for engineering projects is determined by drawing an initial framework for the proposed interior design elements - and to the designer To make multiple changes with regard to lighting sources, design materials, and suggested colors so that in the end he makes sure that there is no variation in the lighting of the surfaces involved in the design, which leads to physical and psychological troubles for users of the place.The research was interested in studying, discussing and analyzing functional and aesthetic considerations and methods of mathematical calculations in controlling and determining the proper lighting in interior design projects with the aim of reaching the mechanism governing the resulting optical design process in a way that ensures the achievement of identity and its elaboration in a general framework that helps the interior designer to innovate and develop.

Changing Student Beliefs about Poverty, Homelessness, and Community Service: Results from Interior Design Project Interventions

The purpose of this study was to examine undergraduate interior design student attitudes toward poverty, homelessness, and community service. A secondary purpose was to determine if exposure to design projects for those who have experienced hardship would change student beliefs. All freshmen ( n = 14), sophomore ( n = 22), junior ( n = 13), and senior ( n = 21) interior design undergraduate students at a public university completed a questionnaire based on several existing scales. During the semester, the sophomores worked on assignments that were designed to provide exposure to different socio–economic groups. First, students read the book Nickel and Dimed by Barabara Ehrenreich, which provided them with an overview of the problems associated with the poor. Next students completed three projects: (1) the design of a temporary homeless shelter, (2) a renovation of a childcare center office and reception area that provides services for low–income families, and (3) the design of a low–income, residential home. In all of these projects, students were required to conduct extensive information gathering so they could better understand the problems associated with poverty. At the end of the semester, the sophomores completed the questionnaire again and were asked additional questions regarding the class and projects. Student opinions towards the poor were more individualistic when compared to the middle class, yet when the middle–class comparison was removed, some of their attitudes provided a more complex understanding of poverty and homelessness. The semester–long intervention significantly shifted students’ understanding that emphasized structural and multifaceted causes of poverty.

실내공간에 나타난 데페이즈망 기법의 표현특성 - 파비오 노벰브레와 마르셀 반더스의 실내디자인 사례를 중심으로 -

I paid attention to the fact that surrealism emerging in early 20th century has been resurfacing in the 21st century. It may be because of the increasing interest on the space showing the surrealistic features as people in these days prefer the experimental and dramatic space beyond repetitive daily life. I tried to identify the expressive characteristics in the interior space adopting the depaysement technique among a variety of expression techniques of surrealism. To this end, this paper selected 10 interior design projects by Fabio Novembre and Marcel Wanders since 2000s. As the methodology, chapter 2 examined the theories to identify the expression targets and approaches of depaysement around the art paintings. Next, the standard for case analysis in this paper was established by investigating the existing theses related to interior and space design with depaysement as the key word. The expressive characteristics of depaysement identified from the existing researches were classified into morphological, figurative, material and space program. Those programs were developed as the classification system in this paper. Chapter 3 described the design background and features of Fabio Novembre and Marcel Wanders. On the basis of the features and analysis framework identified in chapter 2 and 3, chapter 4 analyzed the features of depaysement observed in the works by both designers. The conclusion was presented in chapter 5. For the expressive characteristics of depaysement observed in the space by both designers, Novembre created optical illusion using distortion or overlap on the morphological aspect. Wanders showed mainly the feature of changing the scale. In accordance with the analysis on expression principles, the features including spatial continuity, ambiguity of border, visual amusement and uncertainty were differentiated in all spaces.

ENHANCEMENT OF THE DESIGNER PERFORMANCE IN OFFICE INTERIOR DESIGN

It is also a reality in the literature that the developing and changing conditions have become inevitable for being considered in the area of interior space design and application and being directed towards restructuring works in this regard. In this approach, one of the key concepts is “performance-based design”. It is also being tried to develop models intended for determination of factors affecting the performance of a specific actor, within a certain period, among the works related to the performance. One of the most important actors for interior space design is the designer. In Kleeman’s opinion, designer’s success primarily depends on his/her capability to fulfill accurately and completely the evaluations intended for recognizing the user at the preliminary stage. Because, the success of interior space design, is measured through to what extent it meets the user’s desires and needs. In this context, the purpose of the study has been decided as reviewing the documents used during determination of the user’s desires and needs at the preliminary stage and recommending necessary revisions in order to acquire complete, accurate data. The scope of the study has been limited to only office interior space design projects for the purpose of reaching detailed results. In line with this scope and objective defined, literature and practical application resources have been investigated as the methodology at the first stage in order to determine the documents utilized towards recognition of the user at office design. Afterwards, the entire documents obtained have been examined by comparing in a systematic manner and deficiencies of these documents have been set forth. And at the last stage, some suggestions have been made for elimination of these deficiencies.

Ergonomics and Sustainable Design: A Case Study on Practicing and Teaching

This paper, which stems from a larger research project, focus on the important role played by ergonomics within the conceptual design process, through the case study Daciano da Costa. We intend to disseminate among the international scientific community Daciano’ s developed work underlining the importance he conferred to ergonomics in design process, throughout his teaching career and his professional practice. Daciano conceived numerous interior and product design projects of outstanding quality from the early 60's onwards until 2003. His work made him one of the most relevant figures of the twentieth century Portuguese Design. We’ll focus not only on his studio work, but also on his work as a teacher at Lisbon Technical University where Daciano created, in 1991, the first undergraduate Design degree in Portugal. As a professor, one of his main concerns was the student's recognition of the importance of ergonomic factors when designing, developing and supervising the exercises he set. In those days, Daciano brought innovation to the practice and teaching: a modernization of processes, a new perspective on the emerging themes of design such as ergonomics and sustainability. He believed that designing was providing a service. This task was understood as the building of a relationship between the object and the users. Throughout his carrier, both as a designer and as a teacher, he contributed for a holistic approach to ergonomics implementing a broad understanding of its full scope in order to design safe, effective and productive work systems. He implemented a design process which deals with sustainability and social commitment, searching for simple long-term solutions that could last and fulfil human needs, causing minimum material waste.

Psychology and Design. The Influence of the Environment's Representation Over Emotion and Cognition. An ET Study on Ikea Design

This study aims at exploring how environment's representation can influence perceived pleasantness and purchasing decisions. Starting from the Attention Restoration Theory, we assumed that natural settings promote wellbeing and allow focusing attention. Moreover, according to the model proposed by Kaplan and Kaplan, environmental features generate a positive affective evaluation of the environment when they communicate coherence, legibility, complexity and mystery. We compared interior design projects exploring the hypothesis that the presence of specific elements inside the environment (human figures; doors and passages; nature elements; everyday objects) elicits a positive emotional reaction and an expression of preference in buyers. Twenty-four college students were shown pictures of different interior spaces: 4 designed by Ikea and 4 by other brands. The images were matched by contents. Participants’ exploration path and fixations were recorded using eye-tracking technology. Environmental pleasantness, restorativeness and willingness to purchase any of the furniture shown were assessed for every room using self-report questionnaires. Data showed that the interior design style proposed by Ikea was overall able to elicit a more positive emotional response, a more active visual exploration and more willingness to buy the furniture. Implication for interior designers and possible future developments are discussed.