Theorising Interior Architecture and Design by Ebert, Carola;

Short description:

This book looks at interior architecture and design from a contemporary and international perspective. It explores the interior discipline’s theoretical dimension and its pedagogical, professional and creative practices in different settings across the globe.

Long description:

Theorising Interior Architecture and Design. Identity, Practices, Education, and Beyond looks at interior architecture and design from a contemporary and international perspective. This book takes theory building to be one of the most important activities for a discipline. It explores the interior discipline’s theoretical dimension and its pedagogical, professional, and creative practices in different settings across the globe.

Organised in four thematic sections and an epilogue, 20 chapters discuss vital aspects of contemporary interior architecture and design. How has the interior discipline, which for decades has been classified as ‘emerging’ or ‘relatively young’, over the past decades ‘come of age’ academically, in practice, and in theory? Why is the identity of interiors a complex issue, and how does this relate to theoretical concepts like surface, interior/exterior, or time? How can we think about the different roles of creative and professional practice – or about interior education and the way it reflects and shapes interior identities? And what lies beyond supposed disciplinary boundaries?

Theorising Interior Architecture and Design brings together 28 leading, established, and emerging interior educators, researchers, theorists, and professionals who connect 17 countries on four continents. Detailed studies of culturally specific interior histories, regional educational perspectives, and national professional frameworks are complemented by authoritative theoretical discussions. This book’s scrutinising discourse provides a compelling theorisation of interiors as a multi-lingual, culturally situated discipline. It is an essential reading for everyone concerned with interiors – practising, studying, or working in educational and professional institutions.

Table of Contents:

SECTION 1: Identity  1. Interior- Accelerating- in Theory!  2. The Power of Ornament. Defining Space by Way of Surface Ornamentation  3. Interior Design and Interior Architecture in Belgium. Diverging Educational Pathways for the Interior Profession  4. Pivotal Interiors. Intricacy Not Size  5. Gauging Interior Time  SECTION 2: Practices  6. Space as a Test-Site. Practice-based Research put into Critical Spatial Practice  7. Disciplinary Perspectives. The Role of Interior Architects in Adaptive Reuse Projects in Iran  8. Italian Interior Reuse. A Dialogue with the Past  9. Philosophy in Practise. Practice Research PhDs in Interior Design  SECTION 3: Education  10. An Interior Approach. The Pedagogy of Adaptive Reuse  11. Interior Design Education in Saudi Arabia. Local and International Influences  12. Swiss Perspectives. The Future of Interior Architecture is Interdisciplinary  13. Research and Design. Reflecting on Postgraduate Interior Education  SECTION 4: Beyond  14. The Interior Beyond  15. The Expanded Interior Field. Experiencing the Spatial Temporalities of Performance Space  16. Public Interiority. An Urban Experience, Independent from Architectural Interiors  17. Of Being Lost. An Exploration of Interiority and Psychogeography  18. On Boundary-Drawing Practices. An Ecosystemic Take on Interiors  Epilogue  19. The Autonomous and the Unified Interior  20. Towards an International Education