BA Interior Architecture & Spatial Design

About this course

Interior architecture and spatial design is concerned with how the spaces people inhabit are shaped, experienced and transformed. It is a discipline that sits between architecture and interior design, engaging with the structural and spatial dimensions of buildings as well as with the surfaces, materials, light and furnishings that determine how interiors feel and function. The focus is always on human experience, on how designed spaces serve the people who use them and how those spaces can be made to work better, feel more meaningful, or open up new possibilities for the people within them. At the University of Northampton this programme is studied part-time, making it accessible alongside professional work in design, architecture, construction or related fields, or alongside other personal commitments. Part-time study in a creative and technical discipline like this has particular advantages: it allows you to apply what you are learning in your own practice, to bring professional experience into academic discussion, and to develop your skills progressively without disrupting an existing career. You will develop skills in spatial thinking, drawing, model-making, digital design tools and materials knowledge, and you will engage with the history and theory of interior design and architecture alongside project-based studio work. Graduates go on to work as interior designers and spatial designers in residential, commercial, retail, hospitality and healthcare environments, as well as in exhibition and set design, furniture design, architectural practices and property development. Others work in related fields such as visual merchandising, brand environments and spatial marketing. The combination of creative design capability and spatial and technical understanding makes graduates versatile in a sector that operates across a wide range of contexts and scales. Postgraduate study in interior design, architecture or spatial design research is also a pathway available to graduates who want to develop specialist expertise or pursue academic research.

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