Interior Design: Planning Meaningful Spaces
A course by Gab de MatosArchitect and Urban Planner
A course by Gab de Matos, Architect and Urban Planner
Learn to harness the essence of different materials to create spaces that tell stories
Creating a space that tells a story beyond the simply functional, is a complex and exciting challenge. Architect and urban planner Gab de Matos, named 2020 architect of the year by the IAB-RJ, teaches you to plan spaces full of meaning.
In this online course, learn the entire process for designing or renovating a space from a conceptual foundation. Gab guides you from start to finish, beginning with the brief, looking for references, choosing materials, and finally, organizing the project calendar.
What will you learn in this online course?
16 lessons & 20 downloads
Context: brief review on the topic
4 minutes, 22 seconds
Function of spaces
3 minutes, 22 seconds
Furniture
4 minutes, 44 seconds
Lighting
3 minutes, 23 seconds
Colors
3 minutes, 31 seconds
CASACOR briefing
3 minutes, 56 seconds
What's included in this course?
Meet your teacher for the course, Gab de Matos, and hear about her journey so far in the world of architecture. She talks about her main influences, sources of inspiration, and some of her most important projects.
She then explains how each individual space has different functions, before you learn to organize your references and use them to select furniture, lighting, and the color palette.
Now get to work on your concept! Define the space you have to work with and put together a mood board with references that catch your eye, and get your creative juices flowing, in order to decide on the final elements that make up your project.
To wrap things up, see everything you need to bear in mind when putting together the work schedule. Gab also shows you some of the software that she uses in her studio.
Recommended software & tools for this course
What is this course's project?
Put together the project for a space, from a concept of your choice, based on reference materials.
Who is this online course for?
Anyone interested in conceptual, architecture, or interior design projects and ethnocultural topics.
Requirements and materials
No previous architecture or interior design experience is necessary for this course. In terms of materials, all you need is a pencil, paper, and pens.
Reviews
- 1 year ago
Muy buen curso de introducción y fundamentos del mundo del diseño de interiores
- 1 year ago
Los contenidos se presentan en una secuencia organizada y clara. Es muy accesible la exposición de la docente y son útiles los recursos adicionales que ha añadido.
- 2 years ago
This course might be helpful if only it's the very first time you hear about interior design. Super basic.
- 3 years ago
Conteúdo valioso, obrigado Gab.
- 3 years ago
Kurs nie przetłumaczony w całości, z wieloma błędami translacyjnymi. Mało wiedzy, mało merytoryki, mało kontentu. Nie polecam.
She is also the founder of the Arquitetas Negras project, which maps the production of black women in the sector and paved the way for the book of the same name. In addition, she was awarded Arquiteta do Ano in 2020 by the IAB-RJ.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- About Me
- Influences
- U2
Preparation
- Context: brief review on the topic
- Function of spaces
- Furniture
- Lighting
- Colors
- U3
Concept development for the project
- CASACOR briefing
- Reference search and concept definition
- Furniture and decoration CASACOR
- CASACOR lighting
- CASACOR color
- Environments and final project
- U4
Final steps
- Schedule: optimal order of execution
- Specification notebook
- Software and its functions
- FP
Final project
- Interior Design: Planning Meaningful Spaces
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FAQs
Yes, the course explores Afro-Brazilian furniture design, contemporary African architecture, and their influence on multidisciplinary projects, focusing on Black aesthetics, cultural production, and traditional techniques.
No prior experience is required, but the course is recommended for those with basic knowledge of architecture, interior design, or related fields, as it offers intermediate-level content.
You will learn to analyze the influence of Black ancestry in architecture, integrate Afro-Brazilian references into projects, apply criteria for selecting furniture, lighting, and colors, and use digital tools for organizing and presenting projects.
The course teaches how to select, arrange, and combine furniture and decorative objects, considering functionality, concept, materials, and Afro-Brazilian aesthetics, along with strategies for creating balanced, personalized spaces.
Yes, you will learn to choose color palettes, use the color wheel, apply color contrasts, and plan lighting to suit different uses and desired moods in spaces.
Black ancestry is treated as a conceptual and creative foundation, influencing design choices, material selection, construction techniques, and visual references, promoting authenticity and representation in projects.
Yes, the course introduces key software used in architecture and interior design, showing how to integrate them into workflows for modeling, visualization, and documentation of spaces.