AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
The course is an introduction to basic issues of interior design. The elements of space, its geometry and its basic vocabulary are examined, as well as the integration of function into it. The aim is for the students to acquire the ability to analyze, comprehend and convey the elements of space (geometric, symbolic, functional, constructional, etc.) and man/user's relationship with it. In this course theory and practice intend to a first approach to the architectural composition of interior spaces.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Theory
Basic architectural notions and issues of analysis and synthesis of space are examined: structure and form, proportion and scale, horizontal/vertical movement and posture, axes, symmetry and asymmetry, order and disorder, dynamic and static, complete and void, transparency and opacity, introversion and extraversion, open (outdoor/semi-outdoor) and closed space.

Workshop
The topics of the workshop introduce the student to interior design, starting with the observation of an existing space. The student analyzes and draws a given space, in order to comprehend it and interpret the elements that compose it.
The first attempt to create space follows, with no concern for architectural and functional characteristics. Emphasis is given to the geometry of space. The student studies the shape, the dimensions and the proportions of a primary solid. By transforming it, he/she creates basic configurations of space in abstract form. The first approach to the subject is based on the expressive means of sketches and models. During the development of the subject architectural parameters are also introduced as the functional dimensions of space, the movement and the posture, the function of light and the air, aiming to the creation of functional spaces of a small scale.

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
The aim is for the students to comprehend the constructional, functional, aesthetic and symbolic characteristics of the space as well as its components.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
GREEK
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INTERNATIONAL

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2. Ching F. 2006, Architecture/Form, Space, and Order, Ion Editions, Athens
3. Kandinsky W. 1996, Point Line Plane, Dodoni Editions, Athens
4. Peponis J. 1997, Descriptions of Space/The Architectural Formation of Meaning, Alexandria Editions, Athens