Insights Into Acoustics Courses in Interior Architecture Education

Abstract

The multi-disciplinary nature of interior architecture education includes varying topics on design, construction, building physics, history, arts, and so on. Acoustics is an important building physics topic that takes part in the most updated interior architecture curriculum, with an increased number of theoretical courses. Yet, it might be inadequate to load theoretical knowledge without hands-on training in fields that are more practice-oriented such as interior architecture, which takes its roots from design and architecture education. Topic-specific awareness and the ability to integrate theoretical knowledge into architectural design should be gained during the early years of interior architecture undergraduate education. Within the framework of this study, insights into mandatory and elective courses on sound and acoustics in the Department of Interior Architecture at Çankaya University, Ankara, Turkiye are presented. In addition to detailed evaluations of interior architecture curriculum and acoustics course design, student feedback and outputs that have been reported previously in the literature are discussed to give a broader understanding of awareness and education in the field of acoustics. © 2024 Proceedings of the International Congress on Sound and Vibration. All rights reserved.