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BFA
in Interior Architecture
The Program
The goal of the
Interior Architecture program is to develop professionally
ready, career-oriented students who have acquired appropriate
technical and aesthetic skills, achieved a thorough familiarity
with the historic traditions of art and design, and have the
capability of expressing these skills in an aesthetically
sensitive and visually articulate manner.
Heavy emphasis
is placed on the development of congruent design languages
and vocabularies, which when applied to design tasks, initiate,
resolve and implement appropriate responses to the diverse
contract, commercial, and instructional design problems investigated
by students.
The program investigates
traditional, contemporary, and historical issues within the
context of current social and environmental needs and mandates,
such as universal design, adaptive reuse, changing demographics,
ecological conservation, cultural diversity, etc.
Our integrated
approach provides the students the opportunity to become sufficiently
adept in both the manual and computer skills needed for effective
participation as an entry level employee of professional design
firms.
An integral part
of the Interior Architecture concentration includes participation
in internship programs developed by Columbia in conjunction
with Chicago-based design firms. The internship experience
provides additional technical development and practical experience
in an on-the -job setting, and helps ease the transition from
student to professional.
The post-graduation
group practice expertise is highly recommended as the logical
educational bridge before advanced degree study or development
of an individual practice.
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