At the dawn of civilization, when the concept of furniture was unknown, human beings began to use stones and logs to gather and sit, driven by the need to make their lives easier.
With the passage of time and as a result of man’s creative activity, specific pieces began to be designed that replaced these natural objects and allowed more diverse functions to be developed, such as rest, storage, etc. With this intention, professionals in this field will be available to design works of furniture and conditioning of interior spaces, generally starting from existing furniture modules, for kitchens, bathrooms, living rooms, bedrooms, commercial premises, etc.
The higher degree training cycle in Furnishing prepares students to design interior spaces and condition them through furniture, generally starting from already existing modules and pieces (kitchens, bathrooms, living rooms, bedrooms, commercial premises, etc.) but also including devices personal.
– Distribution of teaching time
| Subjects denomination | Weekly sessions | ECTAS Credits | |
| 1st course | 2nd course | ||
| History of Architecture and its environmental environment | 2 | – | |
| History of furniture | – | 2 | |
| Drawing and color | 2 | – | |
| Drawing and color: Furnishing | – | 2 | |
| Volumetric expression | 4 | – | |
| Technical drawing | 4 | – | |
| Math | 2 | – | |
| Desing assisted by computer | 2 | – | |
| Computer Aided Design: Furnishing | – | 6 | |
| Audiovisuals | 2 | – | |
| Foreign language | 2 | 2 | |
| Measurements, budgets and construction planning | – | 2 | |
| Projects | 9 | – | |
| Projects: Furnishing | – | 11 | |
| Technology and construction systems | 4 | – | |
| Technology and construction systems: Furnishing | – | 8 | |
| Training and career counseling | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 35 | 35 | |
– Subjects
– History of Architecture and its environmental environment:
1. Concept of architectural space and ornamentation as defining elements of architecture. Urban culture. The classical architectural space: fundamental typologies and ornamental language. The first Christian architecture.
2. Religious space and natural space in Islamic culture. Ornamental programs at the service of the religious idea. Medieval society: public habitat and private habitat. Genesis of the medieval city.
3. Perspective in the Renaissance architectural space: the religious and the profane. Concepts of harmony and proportion. Comparative study of the ornamental systems of the Quatrocento and Cinquecento. Italian contribution to national modalities. New concept of urbanism and its symbols. Garden spaces. Definition of a culture of housing and comfort.
4. Ecclesiastical space and court space in the Baroque: dynamism-statism. Integration of the arts for the configuration of a scenic environment: external and internal ornamental effects. Spatial and decorative programs of the Rococo: characterization, influences and environmental diversification. The great designers of the 17th and 18th centuries. The Royal Manufactures at the service of an aesthetic creed. Urban planning systematization in Europe.
5. Consequences of the Industrial Revolution for art and architecture. Bourgeois revolution: its impact on the functionality of European and American architecture and urban planning. The eclecticism. From the traditional city to the industrial city: evolution of urban housing. New technologies applied to architecture: solutions for the needs of industry and commerce. Urban residential homes and country houses.
6. Modernism and its revision of traditional architectural concepts; national background and trends, ornamental renovation and accessory elements. Ornamental and environmental statements of Art-Dèco. New paths of modern architecture: rational study of human habitat. Social and urban concepts in the new architecture. The great European and American creators.
7. The second half of the 20th century. New materials and new technologies. Architectural design in urban planning. Approaches to industrial, commercial, social, sports, religious architecture, etc. Housing and its current needs. Urban, residential and suburban spaces. Popular architecture.
– History of furniture:
1. Concept of furniture and its relationship with architectural space. Furniture in the ancient world and the Early Middle Ages: social, hierarchical and religious factors that shape it.
2. Formation of bourgeois society and formulation of urban planning. Mediterranean environments and Nordic environments. Italian contributions to the typologies and ornamental grammar of Renaissance furniture. National peculiarities. European furniture designers.
3. Integration of furniture in the baroque spatial concept. The French palace world and its aesthetic dictatorship: diffusion of the «Versailleque.» Great furniture makers of the Louis XIV style. Plenitude of cabinetmaking in the Rococo: ornamental shapes and patterns; influence of court furniture makers. The non-courtly furniture. English society: reflection of its ways of life on the domestic environment. Furniture, furniture makers and their impact.
4. The new classicism and archaeological passion. French and English formulations. Consequences of the French Revolution and industrialism for European society and housing. Eclectic trends. The standard furniture. Renewal attempts at the end of the century.
5. Fundamentalist postulates of ArtNouveau: ornamental and environmental concepts and their reflection in furniture. Continental associations and definers of industrial aesthetics. The interwar period: technological advances, new materials and environmental adaptation of furniture to new social structures. Art-Dèco realizations. Transcendence of the Bauhaus concepts for an aesthetic characterization of the 20th century. The architects’ furniture. Nordic interiors and furniture.
6. The aesthetics after the Second World War. Current housing needs and its setting. Main furniture design trends. The modulation. Handcrafted furniture and popular furniture.
– Drawing and color:
7. Drawing and color and their representation techniques.
8. Techniques: marker, watercolor, pencil, pen and tempera.
9. Setting elements in the interior project: the human figure, animals, plants, etc.
10. Lace, sketches and final representation.
11. The representation of three-dimensional shapes.
– Drawing and color: Furnishing:
1. Techniques: marker, watercolor, pencil, pen and tempera, airbrush, collage, mixed techniques, plots.
2. Setting elements in the furnishing project: the human figure, decorative accessories, textiles, plants, etc.
3. Sketches, compositional organization and final representation. Issues related to furnishing.
4. Simulation of materials.
– Volumetric expression:
1. Space. Different theories about space.
2. The spatial configuration. Force fields, mass organization.
3. Structure of the form. Modular constructions.
4. Structure, texture and matter. Unit of expression.
5. Introduction to layout as previous volumetric studies. Concept. Characteristics. Materials. Realization processes.
– Technical drawing:
1. Verification and expansion of knowledge of specific technical drawing instruments. Reprography. Introduction to CAD/CAM systems.
2. Analysis of the elements of plane and spatial geometry. Topological operations in the plane. Networks and meshes, flat and spatial.
3. Representation systems.
4. Incidence of the concepts and contents of projective systems in artistic-plastic expression.
5. Proportion. Proportion and scale relationships.
6. Sketching.
7. Normalization. As a symbolic, schematic or figurative representation. Dimensioning. Lettering.
8. Representation codes and project documentation.
9. General notions of workshop plans and templates.
– Math:
1. Plane geometry: polygons. Areas.
2. Geometry of space: polyhedral figures. Revolutionary bodies. Areas. Volumes.
3. Algebra. Elementary theory of equations: first degree equations. Second degree equations. Ecuation systems.
4. Trigonometry: trigonometric ratios. Solving right triangles.
5. Static. Forces. Structures. Centers of gravity. Moments of inertia.
– Design assisted by computer:
1. Introduction to computing.
2. Operating systems.
3. Input and output devices.
4. Introduction to CAD/CAM.
5. Automation and process control.
6. Illustration and design «software».
7. 2D and 3D modeling technique.
8. Render qualities. Computer image. Lightning. Camera.
9. 3D animation planning.
10. Office automation.
– Computer-aided design: Furnishing:
1. Computer knowledge applied to the specialty.
2. Application of CAD/CAM knowledge.
3. Application of graphic systems techniques.
4. Application of the 2D and 3D modeling technique.
5. 3D animation planning application.
6. Office applications.
– Audiovisuals:
1. The photographic process.
2. The treatment of the negative. Revealed and positive.
3. The language and technique of the video.
– Foreign language:
1. Knowledge of the language, oral and written, related to the environment of the specialty.
2. Learning the vocabulary necessary to express oneself around common topics: work, the workshop, the social, cultural, environmental field, etc.
3. Analysis and reinforcement of morpho-syntactic structures and grammatical constructions necessary for the understanding and translation of texts related to the specialty.
4. Preparation of written texts, letters, resumes, reports, projects, work reports, budgets, or any other type of document common in the professional practice of the specialty.
– Measurements, budgets and works planning:
1. Division of the work by chapters.
2. Work units. Description and units of measurement.
3. Measurement criteria.
4. Measurement.
5. Computer measurement and budget programs.
6. Price databases. Unit prices. Decomposed prices.
7. Budget adjustments.
8. Certifications.
9. Economic control of the work.
10. Planning of works. «Planning». Pert and Gantt systems. Critical path. Dead times.
– Projects:
1. Spatial relationships in the design process.
2. Organizations of the form and space of projection.
3. Circulation as a connecting element between spaces.
4. Setting of the space and environmental conditions.
5. Influence of light sources on spaces.
6. Project organization process.
– Projects: Furnishing:
1. Definition and development of the project’s graphic language.
2. Form and function: formal, functional and executive aspects in the definition and development of given projects.
3. Environmental design concept. Man volume interaction.
4. The organization of teamwork.
5. The graphic representation of furnishing projects.
– Technology and construction systems:
1. Mechanical behavior of materials. Rigid, plastic and elastic.
2. Requests. Comprehension. Traction. Flexion. Torsion.
3. Structural typologies.
4. Simple structural elements.
5. Answers to the different sections and materials.
6. Introduction to materials science. Physics-Chemistry of the most common materials: stone (stones, concrete, ceramics), metals, pastes and mortars.
7. Properties and characteristics that define the quality of the different materials. Units, tests and regulations.
8. Building technological standards.
9. Traditional vertical walls. Exteriors and interiors.
10. Horizontal walls. Forged.
11. Interior and exterior carpentry. Wood. Aluminum. Steel. PVC.
12. Coverings on vertical walls. Plastered. Trimmed. Plated. Tiled. Paneled. Textiles.
13. Coverings on horizontal walls. Wood. Stone (hydraulic, ceramic and artificial stone). Textiles. Continuous.
14. Typology of roofs.
15. Singular elements; ground level elevation; stairs.
– Technology and construction systems: Furnishing:
1. Wood. Characteristics and commercial forms.
2. Basic wood handling. Introduction to traditional carpentry and joinery.
3. Industrial processes in wood.
4. Wood carpentry. Design of elements and sections.
5. Wooden furniture: construction design criteria. Dimensions.
6. Measurement and valuation of wooden furniture. Cubicajes.
7. Metals used in furniture. Characteristics and commercial forms.
8. Basic handling of metals. Introduction to traditional metalworking.
9. Industrial processes in metal.
10. Metal and mixed carpentry.
11. Screws, fittings, mechanisms and accessories.
12. Metal and mixed furniture. Construction design criteria. Dimensions.
13. Glass. Manipulated and treatments.
14. Plastics used in furniture. Industrial processes and manipulation.
15. Plastic furniture, elements and accessories.
16. PVC carpentry.
17. Opaque finishes: paints and lacquers. Traditional and industrialized application systems.
18. Non-opaque finishes: primers, stains and varnishes. Traditional and industrialized application systems.
19. Other finishes: stripped, aged, laminated.
20. Textiles. Typology, characteristics, commercial forms and use.
21. Furniture upholstery. Pattern making. Design and manufacturing of fillings.
22. Wall upholstery. Carpeted.
23. Non-traditional elements of vertical separation.
24. False ceilings. Suspended elements.
25. Non-traditional ground level modifications.
26. Introduction to lighting engineering. Physical foundations and properties. Lamps and luminaires. Interior lighting design. Pre-sized.
– Training and career counseling:
1st Common:
1. The legal framework of labor relations: Workers’ Statute and specific regulations of the
2. sector.
3. Safety and hygiene measures at work.
4. Employment access systems. Techniques and organizations that provide help with job placement.
5. Basic concepts of economics and marketing.
6. The company. The design of the organization and corporate culture. Description of the different legal models of companies and characteristics.
7. The individual entrepreneur. Procedures for starting business activity. Business administration and management. Legal and fiscal obligations. Financing and aid programs for companies.
8. The organization of production, sale and distribution in the company. Methods of cost analysis and quality control.
2nd Specific right:
9. Design protection: intellectual property. Registration of the intellectual property. Management entities. Industrial property. Industrial and artistic models and drawings. Registration and registration procedure.
10. International protection of innovations.
11. Distinctive signs: brand, label and trade name.
12. Information on technical standards. Industry research and development centers and associations.
13. The professional organization of the decorator. The College of Decorators. Intervention of the College in professional practice.
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