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Space Design
From designing spaces to managing construction sites, students learn all the aspects of the trade.
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In this department, students develop knowledge of the solutions offered by the interior design and architecture industry and are encouraged to hone their analytical skills and stimulate their curiosity, while learning about the technical and administrative aspects inherent to the discipline.
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In this department, students develop knowledge of the solutions offered by the interior design and architecture industry and are encouraged to hone their analytical skills and stimulate their curiosity, while learning about the technical and administrative aspects inherent to the discipline.
© Baptiste Coulon, HEAD – Genève
BA in Interior Architecture
The programme combines technical and theory courses with workshops focusing on the main fields of interior architecture: housing, public and commercial spaces, temporary installations, scenography, public, retail, work and living spaces. The Department carries out commissions from public and private institutions, thereby enabling students to work on real-life projects and tackle all the aspects of their future profession. Thanks to technical studios students work on a 1:1 scale and can test the impact of their project.
Useful information
Admission requirements: Completion of upper secondary education in the field (or professional experience) and successful completion of the entrance exam
Registration deadline: 5 March 2024
Fees, excluding costs: CHF 575 per semester
Duration: 6 semesters
Credits: 180ECTS
Professional prospects: interior architect, scenographer, museographer, creative director, product designer, furniture designer
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MA in Interior Architecture
Unique in Switzerland, this MA programme will help you grasp the gradual diversification of interior design in the contemporary world. It is characterised by transdisciplinary approaches, tackling urgent problems such as environmental impacts, the renovation of existing heritage and the construction of inclusive communities through interiors. Through many methods and on many scales, you will consider interior design as a multidimensional practice, articulating the spaces, objects and media of contemporary societies.
Useful information
Admission requirements: BA degree and successful completion of the entrance exam
Registration deadline: 25 March 2024
Fees, excluding costs: CHF 575 per semester
Duration: 4 semesters
Credits: 120ECTS
Professional prospects: interior architect, scenographer, museographer, creative director, product designer, furniture designer
© Baptiste Coulon, HEAD – Genève
MA in Space Design & Communication
This MA degree defends the concept of design extended to all forms of expression and favours intermediated experimentation. You will learn to use a wide range of techniques to develop professional and personal projects. You will follow interdisciplinary workshops with internationally renowned designers to realise real-life projects using experimental media and materials. Your vision of design will open up new perspectives that will allow you to create unique objects, environments and experiential situations.
Useful information
Admission requirements: BA degree and successful completion of the entrance exam
Registration deadline: 25 March 2024
Fees, excluding costs: CHF 575 per semester
Duration: 4 semesters
Credits: 120ECTS
Professional prospects: scenographer, museographer, creative director, product designer, furniture designer.
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The night Express, de Elizaveta Krikun, MA Architecture d'intérieur 2022
Prix d’encouragement Master de vsi.asai 2022, Prix La Redoute 2022. Photo © Guillaume Collignon, HEAD – Genève
Prix d’encouragement Master de vsi.asai 2022, Prix La Redoute 2022. Photo © Guillaume Collignon, HEAD – Genève
Thanks to opportunities for corporate commissions and collaborations built into the programme, the MA in Interior Architecture has helped me get a feel for the realities of the profession.
Dany Champion, 26, MA student in Interior Architecture
Space Design at HEAD – Genève
HEAD Fashion Show 2022
The scenography was imagined by the students of the Interior Architecture Department under the direction of Bertrand Van Dorp.
HELLO SUNSHINE – WORKSHOP, Inaugural Week 2022-23
Ephemeral artistic interventions in the centre of Geneva.
Charles Welles & Orson kane: Leana Texeira
The window as a major subject of a movie set lives, breathes, spies, frames or reveals.
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