Thousands of years ago, humans began to create buildings to protect themselves from inclement weather and carry out all kinds of activities. Inside these buildings we rest and sleep, we study and work, we love and have fun, we are born and, ultimately, we die… In our developed Western world, we spend much more time indoors than we allocate to life. outdoors, and the students of the higher cycle of Projects and decoration work management have been trained to organize and decorate those interior spaces in which we spend so many moments throughout our lives. The design of the interiors of homes or businesses requires multidisciplinary knowledge that ranges from technical issues related to mathematics and construction materials to technical drawing and spatial representation systems, including the analysis of the history of architecture or competence in legal and regulatory issues. All of this combined and enriched with concepts from the world of architecture, with the aim of preparing professionals who continue designing interiors in which we want to continue resting, growing and living.
Students in the higher cycle of Projects and Decoration Work Management are trained to organize and decorate the interior spaces in which we spend so many moments throughout our lives. The design of the interiors of homes or businesses requires multidisciplinary knowledge that ranges from technical issues related to mathematics and construction materials, to technical drawing and knowledge of the projection of spaces.
Distribution of teaching time
| Subjects taught at the educational center | 1750 |
| Practical training phase in companies, studios or workshops | 50 |
| Integrative project | 150 |
| General structure – Total sessions | 1950 |
Time distribution of the subjects taught at the educational center
| Subjects denomination | Weekly sessions | ECTAS Credits | |
| 1st course | 2nd course | ||
| History of Architecture and its environmental environment | 2 | – | |
| History of interior design | – | 2 | |
| Interior design theory | – | 2 | |
| Drawing and color | 2 | – | |
| Drawing and color: PDO | – | 2 | |
| Volumetric expression | 4 | – | |
| Technical drawing | 4 | – | |
| Math | 2 | – | |
| Desing assisted by computer | 2 | – | |
| Computer Aided Design: PDO | – | 4 | |
| Audiovisuals | 2 | – | |
| Foreign language | 2 | 2 | |
| Measurements, budgets and construction planning | – | 2 | |
| Projects | 10 | – | |
| Projects: PDO | – | 10 | |
| Technology and construction systems | 4 | – | |
| Technology and construction systems: PDO | – | 8 | |
| Training and career counseling | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 36 | 34 | |
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 interior design:
1. Evolution of the concept «housing» and its application throughout history. Historical concepts and social needs. Plastic and aesthetic foundations. Evolution of architectural principles and concepts. Participatory sciences in the structure of an interior. Concept of Applied Arts.
2. Housing and decoration in Agrarian Civilizations. The classical world. Decorative background from the Aegean world. The decorative concept of architecture in Greece. The House. The interior space in Rome: urban «domestic» architectural typology. The furniture. Interior and exterior coatings. The catacomb decoration.
3. Medieval interiors. Decorative concept in the Eastern Roman Empire. Types of «everyday» constructions and Islamic interiors. Sculptural symbolism in Romanesque religious buildings. Differentiation of interiors in the Late Middle Ages: cathedral, urban palace, castle and bourgeois home. Civil and religious furniture. Medieval Applied Arts: stained glass and covering textiles. Mudejar ornamentation.
4. The Renaissance. The new forms of urban and religious life. Architectural typology and interior and exterior decoration. Renaissance furniture and other decorative manifestations of interior design: coverings, grilles, tapestry.
5. Breakdown of classical language. The different manifestations of baroque architecture and its exterior decoration. Baroque interiors: civil and religious. Artistic forms and decorative materials. Baroque furniture according to national trends. The Royal Manufactures. Rococo interiors: decorative forms, application and function.
6. Neoclassical decorative styles. The design of environments and main representatives. The furniture and its evolution. Romantic eclecticism: Victorian style, Spanish Elizabethan style, Biedermeier style. Interiors and furniture according to trends. Experimental furniture: Thonet’s contribution.
7. The dawn of the mass-produced industrial object. The movements for the reform of the Applied Arts in England: William Morris and Arts and Crafts. Its expansion in the United States. Impact on architectural interiors.
8. Modernist Interiors: characters and manifestations. Organic environments: interior and exterior decoration and furniture. Geometric Modernism: proposals from the Sezesion and the Glasgow School: Hoffman and Mackintosh. Contributions to interior design.
9. Functional Languages. The habitat and Rationalist decoration. Functional furniture. Repercussions of the «avant-garde» in interior design: Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, D’Stijl, Constructivism, the Bauhaus. Art-Dèco interiors.
10. Organic interiors. Background, ideals and proposals. The personality of Frank Lloyd Wright. The «Prairie Houses.» Indoor-outdoor integration. Organic furniture, Alvar Aalto and experimentation with wood.
11. The International Style: 1940-1960. The heritage of the masters of the Modern Movement: Le Corbusier, Mies Van der Rohe, Gropius. The revolution of materials in coverings and furniture and its impact on interiors. Proposals for aesthetic renewal: Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen and Harry Bertoia.
12. Decorative trends in interior design of the sixties. Influence on the interiors of Pop Art, Kinetic Art and Op-Art. High-Tech and Minimal Trends. Spatial conception and furniture.
13. Current trends. Postmodern design. The new conception of the habitat. Eclectic, functional and experimental interiors. Most notable international currents.
– Interior Design theory:
1. Fundamental knowledge of Anthropometry.
2. Fundamental knowledge of Ergonomics.
3. Fundamental knowledge of Form Psychology. Compositional principles.
4. Sensory perception of the environment.
5. Structural organization: use, circulation and distribution of space.
6. Chromatic symbology, functionality and communication. Symbology and functionality of the different light sources.
7. Environmental comfort: ornamentation. Application of classic and modern styles. Furniture. Accessories. Accessories.
8. The «corporate image» and its integration in interior design.
9. Typology of living spaces: housing premises (apartments, public housing, «bungalows»); accommodation premises (boarding houses, small hotels, residences); work premises (small shops, offices, professional offices, healthcare premises, clinics), and public premises (bars, cafes, kiosks, small restaurants).
10. Defense and sale of the project to the client, for acceptance
– Drawing and color:
1. Drawing and color and their representation techniques.
2. Techniques: marker, watercolor, pencil, pen and tempera.
3. Setting elements in the interior project: the human figure, animals, plants, etc.
4. Lace, sketches and final representation.
5. The representation of three-dimensional shapes.
– Drawing and color: PDO:
1. Techniques: marker, watercolor, pencil, pen and tempera, airbrush, collage, mixed techniques, plots.
2. Color and its informative and expressive application.
3. Setting elements in the interior project: the human figure, animals, plants, textiles, etc.
4. Sketches, compositional organization and final representation. Topics related to interior design.
5. 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.
– Desing 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: PDO:
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 (English)
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. Economic control of the work.
9. 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: PDO:
1. Correctly develop the phases of the preliminary project in its graphic and documentation aspects.
2. Correctly carry out the graphic representation of the final project of decoration works.
3. Know how to apply the knowledge acquired in other modules to the project.
4. Develop artistic sensitivity, imagination and creativity.
5. Present the work correctly.
– 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: PDO:
1. Introduction to lighting technology. Physical fundamentals and units.
2. Lamps and luminaires.
3. Design and pre-sizing of indoor lighting installations.
4. Plumbing and sanitation.
5. Environmental conditioning. Thermal isolation. Heating. Air-conditioning.
6. Acoustic insulation.
7. Fire protection.
8. Other installations: security systems.
9. Non-traditional elements of vertical separation.
10. False ceilings. Suspended elements.
11. Non-traditional ground level modifications.
12. Final finishes. Paints, textiles, plastics.
13. Paneled and veneered: wood, metal, stone.
14. Fixing systems. Mechanical and adhesive.
15. Unique elements: bars, counters, canopies, non-traditional stairs.
16. Quality control. Normative.
17. Work organization.
18. Industrial processes. Wood, metal, glass.
19. Design and pre-sizing of simple structures.
– Training and career counseling:
1st Common:
1. The legal framework of labor relations: Workers’ Statute and specific regulations of the sector.
2. Safety and hygiene measures at work.
3. Employment access systems. Techniques and organizations that provide help with job placement.
4. Basic concepts of economics and marketing.
5. The company. The design of the organization and corporate culture. Description of the different legal models of companies and characteristics.
6. The individual entrepreneur. Procedures for starting business activity. Business administration and management. Legal and fiscal obligations. Financing and aid programs for companies.
7. The organization of production, sale and distribution in the company. Methods of cost analysis and quality control.
2nd Specific right:
1. Design protection: Intellectual property. Registration of the intellectual property. Management Entities. Industrial property. Industrial and artistic models and drawings. Registration and registration procedure.
2. The international protection of innovations.
3. Distinctive signs: brand, label and trade name.
4. Information on technical standards. Industry research and development centers and associations.
5. The professional organization of the decorator. The College of Decorators. Intervention of the College in professional practice.
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