Year 10 Architectural & Interior Design

TERTIARY & CAREERS PATHWAYS:

Advertising, architect, art/design director, communications manager, graphic designer, interior designer, photojournalist, teacher, video editor, web/app designer

This unit is for students interested in how the built world around them is designed; the practices of Architectural and Interior Design. Architects design built structures from bus shelters, homes, through to bridges and skyscrapers. Interior designers conceptualise the aesthetics of interior spaces including shops, hotels and restaurants. Students will follow the design process to creatively solve design problems in response to a series of briefs. Skills developed include freehand drawing, technical drawing and model making and Adobe Illustrator. Theory work focuses students on analysing designs throughout history and the world, as well as understanding the Technical Drawing Specifications.

Learning Standards: 

EXPLORE AND REPRESENT IDEAS

• Develop and present visual communications that demonstrate the application of methods, materials, media, design elements and design principles that meet the requirements of a specific brief and target audience
• Generate, develop and refine visual communication presentations in response to the brief
  

VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN PRACTICES

• Use manual and digital drawing methods to create visual communications in the specific design fields of Environmental, Industrial and Communication Design
  

PRESENT AND PERFORM

• Develop a brief that identifies a specific audience and needs, and present visual communications that meet the brief
  

RESPOND AND INTERPRET

• Analyse and evaluate the factors that influence design decisions in a range of visual communications from different historical, social and cultural contexts, including presentations by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
• Analyse and evaluate the use of methods, media, materials, design elements and design principles in visual communications from different historical, social and cultural contexts, including presentations by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

ASSESSMENT

Assessment across the year will include a range of tasks such as:

• Observational Drawings
• Architectural design folio
• Interior design folio
• Analysis of design works and design movements.
• Examinations

Contribution to class discussions and completion of class work will also be considered.

Recommendation: 

This course is highly recommended for students who wish to continue to study Visual Communication Design at VCE level and those interested in a career in Graphic Design, Product Design and Architecture.