Theorising Interior Architecture and Design

Identity, Practices, Education, and Beyond
Herausgeber: Ebert, Carola

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 174mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780367469474
• ISBN-10: 0367469472
• Artikelnr.: 74442201

Autorenporträt

Carola Ebert is Professor of Interior Design, History and Theory of Architecture and Design at Berlin International University of Applied Science (BI), Germany. At BI, she has served as Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design, and Head of the interior MA programmes. Her current research focuses on interior-specific approaches to history, theory and reuse, on research-based education, on interior pedagogy, and the studio-history/theory nexus. Recent publications include "Dis/Assembled. Unmaking Interiors as an Adaptive Reuse Approach to Disciplinary Identity" (2024), "Interior Reuse. Theory, Pedagogy and Practice of Keeping It All Together" (2025), and co-authored contributions to this volume and The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research (2022).

Inhaltsangabe

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