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University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu” – Bucharest
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The Faculty of Interior Architecture

PID-162 Design studio and project theory (3.2)

The Faculty of Interior Architecture / Furniture and Interior Design
3rd Year, sem 2, 2025-2026 | Compulsory Course | Hours/Week: 2C+8P | ECTS Credits: 12
Fișa disciplinei:
FI-M PID-162 Proiectare design si teoria proiectului (3.2).pdf
Department:
Interior Design and Design
Course Leader:
lect. Cristia Chira
Learning outcomes:
The course develops an applied design exercise for a public dining space (restaurant, café, bistro) located in an existing building on Strada Franceză, Bucharest. It continues the previous semester’s co-living project, focusing on the functional and aesthetic relationship between living and dining spaces.
The discipline aims to build skills in contextual analysis, concept development, interior design, and furniture detailing, through the stages: FUNCTION – SPACE – ATMOSPHERE – FURNISHING / SPECIFIC INTERIOR DESIGN.
Content:
Contemporary typologies of public dining spaces – case studies

Relationship between temporary housing and food service areas

Functional flows, ergonomics, and circulation in restaurants and cafés

Atmosphere and user experience in gastronomic spaces

Visual identity and ambiance design

Materials, finishes, and technologies for serving areas

Furniture design for public dining spaces – details and contemporary examples
Teaching Method:
Lectures + multimedia presentations, case studies, individual and group critiques, thematic discussions, and guided project work.
Assessment:
Assessment of individual research and progress – analysis sheets and feedback notebook.

Presentation and defense of the design projects (layout and furniture detail).

Overall evaluation of semester work – participation, critiques, model, and final presentation.
Bibliography:
Zumthor, Peter – Atmospheres. Birkhäuser, 2006

Pallasmaa, Juhani – The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses. Wiley, 2012

Rasmussen, Steen Eiler – Experiencing Architecture. MIT Press, 1962

Norberg-Schulz, Christian – Genius Loci: Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture. Rizzoli, 1980

Neufert, Ernst & Peter – Architects’ Data. Oxford, 2000

Piletti, C. – Furniture Design: An Introduction to Development, Materials and Manufacturing

Holl, Steven; Pallasmaa, J.; Pérez-Gómez, A. – Questions of Perception: Phenomenology of Architecture. William Stout Publishers, 2006

Contemporary articles and catalogues on restaurant interior design and adaptive reuse of historic buildings (ArchDaily, Dezeen, Frame, Igloo)
Notes:
The discipline continues the design exercise initiated in the first semester (temporary housing / co-living), by developing a complementary function – a public dining space – within the same building on Strada Franceză, Bucharest. The project allows students to explore the integration of contemporary urban functions into an existing architectural context, serving as preparation for the final diploma project.