Environment Design MA
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This course investigates spatial design in relation to interiors , architecture , cities and natural environments .
Futures This course is responding to the emerging demand for architects with an inter-disciplinary skillset in urban planning , environment design and sustainable cultures .
The Course Environment Design aims to produce new design and research that takes forward questions inherent in modernity . The course encourages you to explore your own field of research and practice . We are a multidisciplinary team with staff who exchange knowledge in applied technologies , visual effects , interactive digital media , moving image , communication design and fashion . The programme aims to give students the skills to create methods and techniques often offered by new technology and the creative processes involved in designing .
You will be encouraged to engage with advanced practice within a global context , explore the similarities and key differences in emphases of different centres across the world , and to put your learning and design solutions into context . Here you will expand your own research and practice , by developing and managing an individual programme of enquiry and creative development in environment design . This will culminate in the realisation of a final major project fully informed by professional and industrial contexts and multidisciplinary perspectives .
Unit 1 : Technology Issues In the Technology Issues unit you will have the opportunity to prototype ideas and engage with industry standard processes , techniques and technology relevant to environment design .
Unit 2 : Research Process The Research Process unit will enable you to deepen your conceptual thinking and technical application through the development of your individual practice .
Unit 3 : Business and Innovation The business context of new technologies has transformed the relationships between traditional film , video and digital formats .
Unit 4 : Concept and Prototyping The Concept and Prototyping unit will develop your main concepts with reference to theoretical and business contexts .
Unit 5 : Major Project The Major Project unit represents the culmination of a student ’ s investigation and the final stage of the research strategy . This is a substantial piece of self-managed work that is underpinned by advanced practicebased methodologies and processes .
Duration 1 year full time / 2 years part time
Entry requirements see page 160 How to apply see page 162
Term starts September 2017