Course detail

Interior

FA-INT-TEAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course presents a comprehensive introduction to interior design and realisation. Students are introduced to the issue of interior design of private and public interior. The course emphasizes the ability to apply the theoretical rationales in architectural practice, and the relation of overall interior composition to furnishing elements and craft detail. After the successful completion of this course, students will have the basic knowledge of creative interior design, methods of design, problem solving, used materials, and of relevant disciplines which the interior architects meet in their everyday practice.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jiří Tauber, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Spatial Design (UPT)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The evaluation consists of semestral work and oral exam. The semestral work forms 50 % and the oral exam 50 % of the final grade.
Students have to elaborate a semestral work which complies with the topics from the lectures. Students practice the studied topics on practical examples from their surroundings. Semestral work contains three topics: student room, apartment, and public interior (description, floor plan, elevations). The semestral work requires ca 10 hours of work.

Aims

The course presents a comprehensive introduction to interior design, from theoretical rationales to specific design assignments, and their application in architectural practice. The main aim is to teach the students to think and design in a comprehensive context of public or apartment interior. To introduce students to basic topics of interior design, to principles, criteria, methods and solutions, to acquire ability to identify the brief and to design the assigned interior at the concept phase of building design. The course content is applied in the design studios.
  • Students will acquire the basic theoretical rationales and specifics of interior design.
  • Students will learn the process of design and realisation of interior.
  • Students will have basic knowledge of materials used in interior design.
  • Students will have basic notion of the complexity of interior design, and the requirements of related building trades.
  • Completion of this course forms a basis for responsible work of broad range of architect´s services.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ALONSO Claudia Martinez. Modern Interior Design (Architecture & Interiors Flexi). Koenemann.Com GmbH, Multilingual edition, 2020. ISBN‎ 978-3741923845. (EN)
FIELL Charlotte, FIELL Peter. Design of the 20th Century. Taschen GmbH, 2022. ISBN 3836541068. (EN)
JOCHER, Thomas, Sigrid LOCH. Walter STAMM-TESKE, et al. Raumpilot. Stuttgart: Kraemer, c2010. ISBN 9783782815277. (EN)
NEUFERT, Ernst. Architects' Data. John Wiley & Sons, 2019. ISBN: 9781119284352. (EN)
OSHEA Linda. Interior Design Reference & Specification Book. ROCK, 2013. ISBN 1592538495. (EN)
RAMSTEDT Frida. The Interior Design Handbook: Furnish, Decorate, and Style Your Space. Particular Books, 1st edition, 2020. ISBN‎ 978-0241438114. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B_A+U Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

12 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jiří Tauber, Ph.D.