About the programme
At Spatial Design, we investigate the relationship between architecture, design, and people. Our point of departure is the interior, which we perceive not only as a field dedicated to a specific profession of interior designers or architects, but rather, as a starting point for an investigation into the surrounding architecture, contexts, and the things contained within our rooms.
We educate both architects and designers because we believe that the exchange and tension between the different approaches and foci within these disciplines is fruitful.
Contemporary interiors seem to be in a metamorphosis towards a higher degree of spatial and social hybridization and polyvalence. Formerly juxtaposed zones (such as public, private, intimate, welfare-oriented, or collective zones) tend to become blended into each other, whereby the meaning, use, design, and aesthetics of these merged spatial entities are transformed.
At Spatial Design, architecture should always be informed by such transformations and their spatial and architectural implications. As part of our design process, we work with three core perspectives: a historical perspective, an anthropological perspective and a perspective related to materiality and tectonics. These three perspectives mirror strong research environments and design practices associated with the programme.