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Practice and Collaboration 4.2 (INT9013)

MA:IAD • LINCOLN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Project 2, 2022-23 (February-Intake)

Report:
Reflective account on personal development during the
preparation period and the documentation of professional
development in the Diploma Phase (Term 2).

Figure 1 Collaboration in a professional context (Adobe, 2022).

“In collaborative study tasks, you gain a chance to hone skills and abilities valuable to
work and life. These include such things as awareness and understanding of group
dynamics, of you others think and feel, and what motivates others, and of how to deploy a
team’s skills and time to best effect. It means thinking about how you can help others
to contribute well, whilst taking on board what others say about your own role,”
(Cottrell, 2019, 172) [my emphasis].

“Individual designers are also changing their approach to reflect intellectual property
concerns … This may involve seeking to protect a design not through patents, but instead
through dependency on specific, complex materials, which cannot be easily replicated.
Conversely, some designers want their work to be knocked off. They create objects that
are specifically meant to proliferate across the globe in rough approximations, in order to
achieve positive social change,” (Adamson, 2017,147).

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Introduction
The MA in Interior Architecture and Design is conducted as a simulated practice. In this
environment, students act as design associates in a large firm. This puts emphasis on their
role as ‘worker’ and in making collective contributions to the success of the practice. A
culture of collective responsibility for success is instilled. In this module, the interaction
between the individual and the collective through collaborative design is emphasised.

You are expected to spend 40 hours per week on your masters study. This includes all
contact time (such as meetings, lectures, seminars, and studio) and all student-directed
learning (such as online courses, reading, research, etc.). All students are expected to
complete weekly reflective logs and submit them to the Practice Portfolio Meeting on
Tuesday afternoons.

For this project, you must complete a set of learning activities and provide a report on the
second semester of study (Diploma Stage).

Preparation Period
During the first four weeks of this module, time is allocated to allow you to further your
professional development. You will be able to use the student-led ethos we follow at the
University of Lincoln to consolidate and expand on your skills and professional development.

As in the Certificate Stage (Term 1), during this semester we expect you to complete a range
of tasks (under set parameters) but will allow you autonomy and agency to select your own
learning. You are therefore expected to source additional learning materials every week, and
to select your own e-learning in Week 20.

The Preparation Period also allows you the opportunity to absorb some of the new research
procedures and theory which you are expected to include in your masters project before you
make important decisions.

Activities
The Preparation Period is conducted four phases, each lasts one week with a specific focus:
• Week 36: Professional Practice (05 June – 09 June);
• Week 37: Software (12 – 16 June);
• Week 38: Personal Development (19 – 23 June) and
• Week 39: Charrette (26 – 30 June).

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You should still attend all contact sessions and complete the tasks for all active modules,
while completing the Preparation activities in your own time. You are expected to complete
all the activities in the list below (Addendum A). During Week 18, you should plan how you
will complete this – prepare a Gantt-chart using the pro-forma provided.

Keep a detailed reflective log of all learning activities conducted during Academic Week 36 –
49; reflect on all the modules you participate in during this period:
• INT9013 2022-23 Practice and Collaboration 4.2;
• INT9011 2022-23 Interior Research Process 4.2: Direction; and
• INT9008 2022-23 Interior Design Process 4.2: Definition

Aim: The aim of this project is to allow you time to consolidate the knowledge and skills you
established during the Certificate stage, to use them to make progress in the programme,
and to document this process in a reflective account.

Assessment
The preparation activities must be completed in your own time, you are not directly assessed
but are expected to use the activities to inform your professional development and to report
thereon. Your assessment is based on the documentation of your personal growth and a
reflective report on your professional development.

Avoid writing too much about the personal circumstances of your learning – you must
be able to control your project within these circumstances so that you show how your
experience and findings inform the progress of the work.

Indicate how you meet the module learning outcomes (criteria). Be very clear to describe
your engagement with learning activities. When making notes in your reflective logs (and
later when writing the reflective account), place emphasis on the following:
• The development of your skills;
• What new knowledge you are gaining about interior (link this to your research
problem); and
• The progress of your interior treatise project.

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In your report, provide the following sections:

1. Introduction (+-250 words)
2. Collaborative design in the context of interior (+-500 words)
3. Visual research as design informant in
generative design (+-500 words)
4. Reflective account (essay) (+-500 words)
5. Conclusion (+-250 words)
6. References (minimum of 20 sources)

Tip: Comply with the word limits above, grades will be lost for writing too much.

In this report you must include detailed mention of all learning activities and projects
completed in all modules. Include the following:
• Illustrate your report with evidence and examples from this time – include samples of
work produced.
• Reflect on the progress of your acquisition and development of skills, knowledge of
your research project, and how this has contributed to or is informing your design
project ideas.
• Attach reflective logs for Week 36 - 49, the final updated Gantt chart(s) for Week 36 -
49 (use the MS Office pro-formas provided), and certificates for all the LinkedIn
Learning courses you completed as addenda to the report.

Submission:
Submit an A4-report (use the MS Word pro-forma provided). Include all the elements
conventionally included in academic document (e.g. preliminaries, list of references, etc.).
Attach your reflective logs, updated Gantt-chart, LinkedIn Learning Certificates, and samples
of work as addenda to this report.

Submit this as a single document (instructions below).

PROJECT 2 contributes 50% of the module grade.

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Criteria
The work submitted should illustrate the student’s ability to:
LO4. Demonstrate awareness of the professional context of interior design, including the
market; intellectual property issues; public liability; heritage and conservation;
ethics; and professional conduct.
LO5. Respond to change and uncertainty through resilient practice.

Programme
Commencement: Friday, 09 June 2023
09:00

Completion: Tuesday, 05 September 2023

12:30
Report: Reflective account on personal development during the
preparation period and the documentation of professional
development in the Diploma Phase (Term 2).
(submission instructions below)

It is intended that students spend approximately

• 15 - 20 hours per week on preparation activities during Week 36 - 39.
• 0.5 hour per week on reflection during Week 40 – 49; and
• Approximately 10 - 20 hours to compile the report.

This is +-75 notional hours for the duration of the project. The scope of work
submitted must reflect this.

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Addenda
Addendum A – Preparation Activities.

Addendum B – Anonymised Reflective Account by Year 1 BSc(Hons) Health and

Social Care Student

Addendum C – A4 MS Word pro-forma, provided electronically.

Addendum D – Gantt-chart pro-forma, provided electronically.

Addendum E – Timesheet pro-forma, provided electronically.

References
ADAMSON, Glenn. 2017. “Chain of Command: Design as Material Invention”. In Brendan
Cormier (Ed.) Values of Design. Shanghai: Shanghai Fine Arts. pp. 139-148.

COTTRELL, Stella. 2019. The study skills handbook. London: Macmillan.

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Addendum A – Preparation Activities

WEEK 36: Professional Practice

04 June – 09 June

Tasks:
• Compile a Gantt-chart to detail this project (Week 36 – 49) – you can update the
Gantt-chart as you receive more project details.
• Find additional literature to contextualise the e-learning you complete within the
module content – reflect on this literature in your log (3 hours).

LinkedIn Learning Courses:

All students complete these courses:
• Prescribed courses. Complete the following courses:
1. Collaboration Principles and Process [Prakash Raman] (1 hour);
2. Creative Collaboration [Denise Jacobs] (1 hour);
3. Design Thinking: Venture Design [Ethan Imboden] (1 hour);
4. Become an Entrepreneur Inside a Company [Robbie Kellman Baxter] (1 hour);
5. Understanding Intellectual Property [Dana Robinson] (1.5 hours);
6. Technology and Design Ethics [Morten Rand-Hendriksen] (1.5 hours); and
7. Learning Design for Sustainability [Scott Boylston] (2 hours).

Week 36 Summary
LinkedIn Learning: 09 hours

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WEEK 37: Software

11 – 15 June 2023

Tasks:
• Find additional literature to contextualise the e-learning you complete within the
module content – reflect on this literature in your log (6 hours).

LinkedIn Learning Courses:

All students complete these courses:
• Prescribed courses. Complete the following courses:
8. BIM Management: Careers [Brian Myers] (2 hours);

BIM Option:
For students from design backgrounds who can use Revit:
• Prescribed courses. If you want to learn to use Revit, complete the following courses
in this order:
1. Revit: Modeling Best Practices for BIM [Fanny Angeles] (1 hour);
2. Revit: Modeling European Historic Elements [Fanny Angeles] (2 hours);
3. Revit Insight: Energy Analysis [Jim Cowan] (2.5 hours);
4. Revit Worksharing: Users [Paul F. Aubin] (1.5 hours); and
5. Revit Worksharing: Management [Paul F. Aubin] (2 hours).

Data Visualisation Option:

For students from disciplines other than design OR who cannot use Revit:
• Prescribed courses. If you want to learn data visualisation, complete the following
courses in this order:
1. Data-Driven Presentations with Excel and PowerPoint [Gini von Courter] (1.5
hours);
2. Data Storytelling Basics [Ben Sullins] (1 hour);
3. Designing an Infographic [Nigel French] (2 hours);
4. Creating Illustrator Infographics [Tony Harmer] (3 hours); and
5. Data Visualization for Data Analysis and Analytics [Bill Shander] (1.5 hours).

Week 37 Summary
LinkedIn Learning: 11 hours

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WEEK 38: Personal Development

18 – 22 June 2023

Tasks:
• Select LinkedIn Learning courses on any topic to develop your transferable and
practical skills. You can complete any combination, but must attach the LinkedIn
Learning certificates, and in your log, reflect on the reasons for selecting the courses
you choose (12 hours).
• Find additional literature to defend the e-learning you select within the context of your
own professional development, reflect on this literature in your log (6 hours).

Week 38 Summary
LinkedIn Learning: 12 hours

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WEEK 39: Charrette

25 – 29 June

Tasks:
• Complete the Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA), brief to follow:
1. Stage 1 – Assemble a corpus through REA [Monday, 25 June] (8 hours);
2. Stage 2 – Synthesis and Reflection [Wednesday, 27 June] (4 hours); and
3. Stage 3 – Commutation Test [Thursday, 28 June] (8 hours).

Week 39 Summary
Charrette: 20 hours

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Submission Instructions
These instructions are relevant to the final submission (see, Completion above).

Outputs

Submit the following outputs:

• Printed A4 Document, Room NDH2014
• Low-Res A4-Report (PDF) [150 dpi]
• High-Res A4-Report (PDF) [300 dpi]
• Live MS Word file (docx)

Submit the relevant outputs to the platforms indicated below:

Physical Turnitin One Drive /
Copy (Blackboard) SharePoint
A4-report: printed and bound ü
Low-Res A4-Report (PDF) ü
High-Res A4-Report (PDF) ü
Live MS Word file (docx) ü

Name your files in this format:

LASTNAME_Module_Output-Type
[e.g. KONIGK_INT9003M_A4-Treatise]
If your files cannot be identified to you, it will be considered as a non-submission.

Submit your work on the link provided via e-mail.

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Submission Platforms

1.) Turnitin (Blackboard)

• Submit on Turnitin by the due date. This serves as record and evidence of submission;
further the treatise will be tested using Turnitin for plagiarism and Turnitin Authorship
Investigation for originality.
• Limit the size of this submission (< 30 MB).

2.) OneDrive / SharePoint

• All work for assessment must be submitted on OneDrive / SharePoint. Submit copies by
the due date.
• Evidence of meeting the assessment criteria will be sourced from both types of
submission.
• To limit file-size: choose appropriate image size, resolution, and type before
embedding. Clean up / purge all live files before submission.
• Your submission is limited to 3 x files:
• 1 x PDF (report),
• 1 x PDF (report),
• 1 x MS Word (report)
(If you submit additional files, the most recent files submitted before the deadline will be
assessed.)
• You will receive confirmation from OneDrive / SharePoint after the file upload is
complete. Keep a screenshot of this confirmation for your own records.

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