Example design dissertation topic 8:

Interior architectural design: The possibilities of redevelopment.

As a design medium distinct from interior design, interior architecture is concerned with the internal features of a building’s architects. As city centres within the UK are increasingly redeveloped, with former factories and banks being particularly prone to redevelopment as either homes or wine bars, this dissertation looks at the opportunities afforded to interior architectural designers through this process. Using Newcastle-upon-Tyne as the focus city, this dissertation looks at the redevelopment of the Grainger Market area of the city and evaluates what lessons can be learnt from the successful internal architectural designs there to similar redevelopment schemes now being initiated in Halifax and Huddersfield.

Suggested initial topic reading:

• Coles, J. and House, N. (2007). The fundamentals of interior architecture. Lausanne: Ava Publishing.
• Kiley, C.J. (2004). Convert! The adaptive uses of churches. Master’s thesis, MIT.
• Ritter, A. (2007). Smart materials in architecture, interior architecture and design. Basel: Birkhauser.