Interior Architecture and Furniture Design (Design)

The Interior Architecture and Furniture Design bachelor’s programme ‘IAFD Cohabitation’ at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (KABK) covers the full bandwidth of the spatial domain.

In IAFD, we focus on spatial conditions that shape our daily living environment, as part of the eco-system of planet earth. We use the programme as a research laboratory and experimental space for interaction in the social field, in materials, in techniques, and other forms of knowledge. We see architecture and design not as control mechanisms, but as companions in developing environments that meet the desires and needs that come with living together on a damaged planet.

What is the relationship between human beings, other species, and materials on their habitat, Earth? What types of communication, dependencies, and co-operations are possible amongst each other and — last but not least — how can this be addressed and reflected in spatial practice?