Creative Reuse in Architecture and Interior Design

Overview

What you will study

In a time of climate breakdown, new-build and single-use approaches are fast becoming obsolete strategies for making cities, buildings, and interiors. In their place, it is imperative that as spatial designers, practitioners, and clients we learn how to make the most of the resources available to us in inventive ways, and to consider the afterlives of the schemes we design. To do so requires us to challenge the existing processes and considerations of spatial design, to break free of the ceaseless cycle of consumption which characterises the industry. Rather than being seen as a constraint, reuse of resources can offer much stimulus for creativity and innovation in our designs – if we understand how.

Throughout the Creative Reuse in Architecture and Interior Design course by Royal College of Art , the course leaders and invited international experts will provide participants with creative inspiration, insight into global best practice, and the latest developments in applying reuse strategies in architectural designs. Using a range of built case studies, we will explore the social, economic, material, and environmental imperatives for creative reuse, and use this insight as the basis to develop new design strategies for employing these methods in your own work. The course will highlight the untapped opportunities for the reuse of materials, buildings, and sites, and to design for adaptation and deconstruction that we can employ to ensure a more sustainable future.