MA Interior Architecture 2025 Welcome to MORE 2025

David Littlefield (Course Leader), Conor Clarke, Dusan Decermic, Maja Jovic

PTVL staff: Simon Banfield, Tomasz Dancel-Fiszer, James Engel, Clare Hamman, Paresh Parmer

Dr David Littlefield is course leader for MA Interior Architecture; he leads the Thesis Project module and the Heritage Contexts option. David researches heritage and place.

Conor Clarke teaches across MA and BA Interior Architecture. Conor’s research focus is on making. He leads the Technical Study module for MAIA.

Dusan Decermic teaches across MA Interior Architecture and MArch, as well as Part 3 architecture professional practice. He leads the Decoding Interiors module for MAIA, and the Retail Design option.

Maja Jovic is Assistant Head of School, and co-leads the MA Architecture and Sustainable Heritage. Maja leads the Case Study module for MAIA.

Our Interior Architecture MA promotes a speculative approach to spatial design that is rooted in theory and the world of ideas. Those ideas, however, are deployed to confront contemporary questions and challenges. This MA course, therefore, is both conceptual and pragmatic; experimental and rigorous. With a special focus on people and place, the course encourages students to develop a deep sympathy for the needs and aspirations of the users of a space, as well as a sensitivity towards (and response to) physical and social contexts. 

Located within the School of Architecture + Cities in central London, our Masters course offers students the opportunity to choose their own pathway and develop personally and professionally. The outcomes from this approach are rich and diverse, representing the dynamism and diversity of our students and providing the freedom and encouragement to embark on design-led adventures. 

Our MA programme comprises a set of study modules that can be grouped into three categories: Theory; Technical Substantiation; and Design. We strive for a rich, mature synthesis of learning, a process aimed at preparing students (academically, professionally and personally) 

for the challenges of a complex world. Through our theory modules, students encounter the ideas which underpin the understanding of place and site, including the notion that design and social practices are forms of cultural production. We develop research and critical thinking skills, including the use of precedent study and design method. We support students to achieve a high degree of technical proficiency in their work – including the representation of ideas – through physical and digital outputs and the investigation of materials. Students then progress to develop their own major project through either a design proposition or a written thesis. 

Seeking to inspire a strong connection with, and response to, place, students this year selected their own study site within the length of Marylebone’s Church Street and the nearby Paddington Basin. The results are diverse, imaginative and breathtakingly inventive. Student thesis projects range from the investigation of self-healing surfaces and the investigation of fear and security, to the communication of medical research and the reimagining of the community library. Through this work, students have considered ideas of neighbourhood, people’s relationships with objects, regeneration and the nature of materials.

Guests and Critics: Kanaka Thakker, Silvi Panchal, Shenon D’Costa, Nishika Diyabalanage, Liz Ellston, Bessie Holloway Davies, Asena Koksal

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