1st Edition
Theorising Interior Architecture and Design Identity, Practices, Education, and Beyond
Introduction. Theorising Interior Architecture and Design
Carola Ebert
SECTION 1: IDENTITY
1. Interior – Accelerating – In Theory!
Inge Somers
2. The Power of Ornament: Defining Space by Way of Surface Ornamentation
Javier Martin
3. Interior Design and Interior Architecture in Belgium: Diverging Educational Pathways for the Interior Profession
Benoît Vandevoort
4. Pivotal Interiors: Intricacy Not Size
Nerma Cridge and Sophie Ungerer
5. Gauging Interior Time
Lois Weinthal
SECTION 2: PRACTICES
6. Space as a Test-Site: Practice-Based Research Put into Critical Spatial Practice
Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla
7. Disciplinary Perspectives: The Role of Interior Architects in Adaptive Reuse Projects in Iran
Ehsan Masoud and Parastoo Eshrati
8. Italian Interior Reuse: A Dialogue with the Past
Imma Forino
9. Philosophy in Practise: Practice Research PhDs in Interior Design
Suzie Attiwill
SECTION 3: EDUCATION
10. An Interior Approach: The Pedagogy of Adaptive Reuse
Sally Stone, Markus Berger, and Bie Plevoets
11. Interior Design Education in Saudi Arabia: Local and International Influences
Irene Pasina and Göze Bayram
12. Swiss Perspectives: The Future of Interior Architecture Is Interdisciplinary
Ralph Stoian and Dominic Haag-Walthert
13. Research and Design: Reflecting on Postgraduate Interior Education
Carola Ebert and Amara Goodwin
SECTION 4: BEYOND
14. The Interior Beyond
Deborah Schneiderman and Amy Campos
15. The Expanded Interior Field: Experiencing the Spatial Temporalities of Performance Space
Alison B. Snyder
16. Public Interiority: An Urban Experience, Independent from Architectural Interiors
Liz Teston
17. Of Being Lost: An Exploration of Interiority and Psychogeography
Elita Nuraeny
18. On Boundary-Drawing Practices: An Eco-systemic Take on Interiors
Robert A. Gorny
EPILOGUE
19. The Autonomous and the Unified Interior
Graeme Brooker in conversation with Carola Ebert
20. Towards an International Education
Yüksel Pöğün-Zander in conversation with Carola Ebert
Biography
Carola Ebert is Professor of Interior Design, History and Theory of Architecture and Design at Berlin International University of Applied Science (BI), Germany. At BI, she has served as Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design, and Head of the interior MA programmes. Her current research focuses on interior-specific approaches to history, theory and reuse, on research-based education, on interior pedagogy, and the studio-history/theory nexus. Recent publications include “Dis/Assembled. Unmaking Interiors as an Adaptive Reuse Approach to Disciplinary Identity” (2024), “Interior Reuse. Theory, Pedagogy and Practice of Keeping It All Together” (2025), and co-authored contributions to this volume and The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research (2022).
