This document outlines a course on Contemporary Interior Designers offered at SRM University. It provides details on the course code, title, timing, location, faculty, reference books, objectives, test dates and portions. The course aims to help students understand interior design developments from the industrial age to present. It covers major designers from different movements like Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, Modernism, International Style and Postmodernism. The tentative schedule lists 5 units to be covered along with assignments and tests.

1. SRM UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
Course Code : ID 0303
Course Title : CONTEMPORARY INTERIOR DESIGNERS
Year & Semester : B.Des - III year, V semester
Course time : Odd semester (July- Dec 2012)
Location : Architecture Department
Faculty Details:
Name of the Staff Sec. Office Office Hours Mail ID
JAWAHAR BENAZIR Arch 8.45 AM – 4.00
A jawahar.s@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in
S.H.R Dept PM
REFERENCE BOOKS
1.Interior Design Course, Mary Gilliat Coyran, Octopus Ltd., London
2.Interior Design & Decoration, Sherril Whiton, Prentice Hall
3.Interior Design, Francis D.K. Ching, John Wiley & Sons, New York
4.History of Architecture, Sir Banister Fletcher, CBS Publishers & distributors,
New Delhi
5.Time Saver Standards for Interior Design, Joseph De Chiara, McGraw Hill, New
York.
OBJECTIVES:
To help the student understand the designs from the industrial age to the present
information age.
To know more on the Modern Movements in Interior design from the
beginnings of 20th century.
TENTATIVE TEST DATES
Cycle Test-I : As per schedule

2. Cycle Test-II : As per schedule
Model Examination : As per schedule
TEST PORTIONS
Cycle Test-I : 1st & 2nd Units
Cycle Test-II : 3rd & 4th Units
Model Examination : All five Units
ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Cycle Test-I : 15 marks
Cycle Test-II : 15 marks
Model Examination : 20 marks
Course outcome Program outcome
Students will gain knowledge The program helps them to realize the
about the works of leading importance of Contemporary styles and works of
interior designers and their International Masters, through which they would
influence on design through get inspiration for their prospective designs
ages.
DETAILED SESSION PLAN
SESSIO ASSIGNME
TOPIC TO BE COVERED
N NT/TEST
1-2 UNIT 1: EARLY PIONEERS : Art nouveau
3-4 The post Industrial era works of Charles Renée Mackintosh
5-6 The post Industrial era works of Antonio Gaudi
MODEL EXAMINATION
7-8 The post Industrial era works of Gerrit Rietveld and their
CYCLE TEST I
expressionist interior design.
9 Sketching Exercises
10 UNIT 2: BAUHAUS AND POST WAR MODERNISTS:
Walter Gropius- Bauhaus
11-12 De Stijl
13-14 Mies Van Der Rohe
15-16 Art Deco
17-18 Postwar Modernism

3. 19 Sketching Exercises
20 Discussion of Cycle Test I Question Paper & Review of
Answer Scripts
21-22 UNIT 3: MODERNISM - Interiors of Le Corbusier
23 Interiors of Frank Llyod Wright
24 Interiors of Louis Khan
25 Interiors of Kenzo Tange
26 Interiors of Oscar Niemeyer
27 Sketching Exercises
CYCLE TEST 2
28- UNIT 4: INTERNATIONAL STYLE - The works of Alvar Alto
29
30 The works of Phillip Johnson
31 The works of Charles and Ray Eames
32 The works of Eero Saarinen
33 The works of Eero Aarnio
34 The works of Arne Jacobsen.
35 Sketching Exercises
36 Discussion of Cycle Test 2 Question Paper & Review of
Answer Scripts
37- UNIT 5: POST MODERNISM AND MINIMALISM
38 Interiors of Zaha Hadid
39- Interiors of Santiago Calatrava
40
41- Interiors of Frank Gehry
42
43-44 Interiors of Peter Eisenmann
45 Sketching Exercises
Staff in Charge: Dean / Arch
Ar. S.H.R.JAWAHAR BENAZIR
Prof.M.THIRUMENI