The Master in Design of Spaces: User experience provides the advanced knowledge needed to practise in the design of spaces profession to be able to design from an emotional, sensitive and perceptive dimension, with specific devotion to generating experiences.

Interaction with the user is key to questioning the conventional values of the design of spaces and to creating environments with content that generates a specific stance in the user with regard to the experience they have had. With this aim, the Master in Design of Spaces provides the most advanced conceptual, technical and creative tools for the development of critical thinking, such as emotion and perception in space, Design Thinking applied to space and techniques such as sustainability, accessibility and lighting of spaces.

The Master in Design of Spaces: User Experience is comprised of two postgraduate diplomas, which can be studied independently:

Postgraduate diploma in perception and representation of experiential spaces
Postgraduate diploma in Experiential space design

The EINA Master in Design of Spaces: User experience features the collaboration of the Museu del Disseny de Barcelona and the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

Academic Guide 2020-2021 (In Spanish)

Modality: This course is offered in Blended learning modality (onsite and online)

Programme

Module 1 – Emotion and perception in space

Reflection around the repercussions that emotion and perception have on space. Analysis of the theme of the project and the tools to generate a concept. Study of the different types of spaces that have existed in the contemporary history of the design of spaces. Study of the pre-existence of the place as the essence of the concept of the new intervention.

The module is comprised of the following subjects:

From the idea to the concept of experiences.
Evolution of the perception of space: 19th-21st centuries.
“Environmental pre-existences.” Link between user and place.

Module 2 – Design thinking applied to space

Improvement of strategies for using drawing tools to represent projects. Introduction to photographic techniques and the perception of light for an optimum visualisation of the experience of the place. Study of the graphic representation tools that can be used in the design of spaces.

The module is comprised of the following subjects:

Optimisation of advanced representation tools.
Photography of the space. Visualisation of the experience.
Graphics applied to the space. Communication of the project identity.

Module 3 – Techniques in the design of spaces

Study of the techniques in the design of spaces related to sustainability, lighting and accessibility. Analysis of the characteristics of biophilic design and how nature has an impact on the generation of space. Foundations of light and colour and their application to the space. Behaviour, properties, functions and types.

Ergonomic factors and needs. The user and their physical relationship with the space. Accessibility criteria for people with reduced mobility.

The module is comprised of the following subjects:

Sustainability and biophilic design. Nature and new materials.
Lighting. Impact of light on the perception of space.
Accessibility. Generation of experience through ergonomics.

Module 4 – Experience as creator of identity

Understanding of the spaces in which identity is pre-eminent, such as cultural spaces, waiting and transit areas, and domestic and tourist spaces linked with residence.

Cultural Spaces. Design of knowledge spaces.

Waiting Areas. Synergies between space and time.
Residential Design. The client’s experience in the private space.
Admission requirements: Design of Spaces, Architecture, Technical Architecture

Module 5 – Commercial services provision

Workshops on the spaces where Commercial Services Provisions are made. Workshops on spaces for public retail, bars and restaurants and leisure spaces, in which the free time factor plays a part.

Retail Design. The user as the subject of the selling process.
Feeding Design. Bar and restaurant spaces.
Leisure Design. The leisure experience in the space.

Module 6 - Learning and professional environment

Workshops on the spaces involved in the learning and professional environment. Workshop on thought and reflection on the needs of spaces devoted to education, according to their educational methodology needs. Workshop on work spaces, where harmony, design and ergonomics play key roles. Workshop on work spaces, where harmony, design and ergonomics play key roles.

Educational Spaces. Development of educational spaces.
Work Spaces. Working in harmony.
Health and Wellbeing Design. Generation of wellbeing through experience.

Module 7 – Final Master’s Degree Project

Creation of a design of spaces project independently and on the basis of personal interests. It also features a narrative creation workshop and a Communication workshop.