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Pancyprian TS Interior Design III Θ.Κ.: Design Process and Project Work

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Design Process and Project Work

What this domain tests

The design process domain tests the working method from brief to presentation, and whether you can document each stage: analysis, concept, development, specification and costing. Marks go to traceable reasoning, not to pretty boards.

Stages

  1. Brief: client profile, function, number of users, budget, programme, constraints (lease, listed building, structure), priorities ranked in order.
  2. Survey: measured drawings of the existing, services, levels, orientation and daylight.
  3. Analysis: adjacency matrix → bubble diagram → zoning → block plan → space plan.
  4. Concept: a written statement of three to five words plus one governing visual idea, tested against the brief.
  5. Development: mood board, sample board, sketch schemes, then resolved plans, elevations and sections.
  6. Specification: finish schedule and FF&E schedule with quantities, supplier, code and cost.
  7. Presentation: concept statement, mood board, consistently scaled plans, visuals, physical samples, budget summary.

Distinctions the examiner looks for

  • Mood board: images communicating atmosphere and direction; no costs, no exact product references.
  • Sample board: real materials, each labelled with material, colour code, finish, supplier and where it is used in the scheme.
  • Specification line: description + standard + manufacturer + reference + finish + quantity.

Worked example

A 30 m² hotel double room refurbishment with a budget of €18,000, that is €600/m². The concept is stated as "calm, coastal, tactile". Headboard fabric: wool-rich, 40,000 Martindale, 1.40 m wide, €45/m. The headboard wall is 3.60 m wide × 1.20 m high = 4.32 m²; at 1.40 m fabric width this needs two drops of 1.20 m, cut at 1.25 m to allow for pattern repeat and hem, so 2.50 m of fabric = €112.50, plus 10% wastage ≈ €124. The same reference goes into the FF&E schedule with quantity 2.5 m, so the contractor can purchase exactly what was specified. Reasoning is shown line by line, which is what earns the marks.

Traps that cost marks

  • Presenting a page of photographs and calling it a sample board.
  • Samples without labels, codes or a stated location in the scheme.
  • No quantities or take-off, so the scheme cannot be costed.
  • A concept statement that never reappears in the final scheme - coherence marks are lost.
  • Presentation plans with no scale, north arrow or room names.
  • Leaving the budget check until after the scheme is drawn.