TAD3209

Contemporary discourse in interior architecture and design

(A&D)

6 points + One 2-hour lecture and one tutorial per week + Second semester + Caulfield + Prerequisites: TAD2213

Synopsis: Talks, presentations of spaces and objects, and debates concerning the merits of the designs. The criteria by which the objects are judged allow the student to consider critically the moral dichotomies of judgement in design, such as practicality/impracticality, social use/private folly, labour-saving/unnecessary consumption, luxury/environmental nuisance.

Assessment: Two essays or class presentations: 100%