Interior Architecture and Design with Arts Foundation Year

Interior architecture and design is the discipline concerned with the spatial experience of buildings, the relationship between structure, light, material, function, and human movement within the built interior. It sits between architecture and interior design, engaging with the technical and structural realities of buildings while also attending to the aesthetic, atmospheric, and experiential qualities that determine how interior spaces feel to inhabit. Good interior architecture transforms how people work, live, learn, and heal.

This four-year full-time programme at the University of Lincoln includes an Arts Foundation Year at the start, which provides an interdisciplinary introduction to creative practice across a range of art and design disciplines. As the current description notes, the foundation year is shared across a broad range of creative degrees, from architecture and fine art to photography and product design, creating a richly varied cohort and an interdisciplinary starting point before you specialise. The programme then continues with interior architecture and design through the remaining years, also including a sandwich year, a year abroad, and a work placement.

With a typical tariff of 72 points, the foundation year pathway makes this creative degree accessible to a wide range of students.

You will develop skills in design drawing, spatial modelling, digital visualisation, material knowledge, and the technical understanding of building structures and services that interior architecture requires, alongside a conceptual and critical approach to design that develops your own creative voice. The placement and sandwich year experiences give you direct professional exposure in design studios or architectural practices.

Graduates move into careers as interior architects, spatial designers, set designers, retail environment designers, exhibition designers, and design project managers across a range of practice settings. Some continue to postgraduate study or architectural qualification.