D14 - INTERIOR DESIGN 2

The course provides advanced training in the field of Interior design and guides the student towards the innovation of temporary installations for public spaces through theoretical knowledge and practical application of the design process. The Interior Design 2 course is part of the Interior Design supply chain in the Degree Course in Design - between "the primary functions of minimal living" to "executive design" - starting from the exploration of the industrial product in relation to "habitable" spaces. "Habitable" spaces are represented by the range of spaces conceived, enjoyed and experienced by man and can be both open environments and built environments (or closed, i.e. defined by vertical and horizontal elements that characterize a usable "empty" space, habitable in fact). The Interior Design 2 course aims to investigate the possibility of reinventing already defined spaces (i.e. “refunctionalizing” a typical space), imagining its “second life” (Grimaldi, Branzi) starting from a framework of needs provided to the student during the course, thanks to the design and installation of a “device” (Agamben, Deleuze, Branzi). What is a device? This will be the theme of investigation and research that will be conducted within the atelier, identifying operational strategies for the interior design of the third millennium between permanence and innovation. In this way the student is asked to build a personal creative path and to define his own cultural positioning (starting from a study of the state of the art with respect to the assigned theme: “a device for *..” – * declined during the atelier together with the students), through the manipulation of the elements and parts that characterize the interior space starting from the principles of biophilic design (and the “5 biophilic principles” enunciated by E. Fromm, E.O. Wilson and S.L. Kellert) that underline how the empathic relationship with nature is essential for individual and collective well-being, for cognitive and emotional growth and to respond to essential needs, thanks also to the interpretation and elaboration (and reinvention of patterns and interior design) starting from the 14 (+1) patterns of the “Terrapin Bright Green”. The field of investigation is that of “environmental regenerativity”: this means that it is possible to “exploit” certain environmental characteristics to improve individual and collective well-being (Tizi, Pazzaglia). Particular attention will be paid to the study of space; of the “living space”, that is, daily (individual and collective) with particular attention to the organization of space (Tàvora, Bilò, Lambertucci) and its activities (functions vs uses). We will try to have an involvement - in the first weeks of the course, as agreed with colleagues - of the disciplines of: “Structural Morphology” and “Materials”, so as to stimulate the student and transfer some initial basic knowledge (useful and necessary notions for the didactic exploration in the Interior Design atelier of the second year).