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Qualification
MA - Master of Arts
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Location
University of Portsmouth
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
SEP-24, JAN-25
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Duration
1 year
Course summary
Overview
If you're passionate about interiors and the built environment, and you want to explore making with analogue and digital methods, this Master’s could be for you.
This course focuses on the interior and developing an understanding of the built environment through sensory and affective engagement.
You’ll study in an interdisciplinary environment with our other architecture courses as you learn to understand your strengths and disciplinary skills in the wider design environment. You'll be encouraged to engage with interior spaces through creative practice, experimentation, material engagement, and tangible and intangible matters, and learn to use advanced technologies and tools such as 3D printers and augmented and virtual reality in our Centre for Creative and Immersive Extended Reality (CCIXR), the UK’s first integrated facility to support innovation in virtual, augmented and extended realities.
On this course you'll explore the everyday lives of communities and their role in the environment, culture, economy, the political, and the aesthetic. You'll discover practices of care, and consider carefulness and communication as you engage with climate change by looking at city scale infrastructures among other things. You'll explore everyday detail and the relationship between our lived experience and the structures that impact how we live. You'll also explore strategies for reusing of buildings and work with local communities in socially engaged projects.
During the degree you’ll choose and develop your MA thesis by using a personal research project and building a personal manifesto. You’ll explore your individual design practice and career trajectory in a self-reflective manifesto, which you’ll develop using an online blog and by working with peers.
Course highlights
Build your professional network by meeting practising designers and architects, industry-experienced lecturers, and your peers
Work with groups including Portsea community and St Luke’s Church
Benefit from the School of Architecture’s strong links with regional and national architectural and design practices
Work at places such as Wymering Manor to engage with adaptive reuse strategies and community engagement
Hear from industry experts including lecturers and guest speakers
Exhibit at shows including our interim show, end of year show and the Interior Educators Exhibition
Have the opportunity to go on visits to European cities, like Venice, or to join in with school visits taking place within the School of Architecture
Careers and opportunities
Careers this Master's prepares you for
During this course you’ll guide and develop your own studies, reflect on your design practice to date, and explore where you would like to go in the future and how you would like to work. You’ll build your portfolio by taking part in competitions and working with others in the School of Architecture.
By engaging with live projects and networking with practicing designers/architects, you’ll build your professional experience and network. You’ll learn to work collaboratively, engage in interdisciplinary projects, and to build your team working skills. You’ll develop your critical thinking and perspective, which gives you an edge over others with undergraduate portfolios.
You’ll take part in an interim show in June, and the School of Architecture end of year show, where you’ll exhibit your work and network with prospective employers. You may also exhibit at the Interior Educators Exhibition in July.
Modules
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£ 17,200per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information
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University League Table
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Campus address
University of Portsmouth, University House, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 2UP, England
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Subject ranking
33rd out of 84 15
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Entry standards
/ Max 222135 57%35th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10065.0 65%24th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 54.15 83%14th
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