Interior Architecture Education Model at Bachelor's Level for Increasing Student Achievement in Design-Cost Control

Interior renovation process has a complex structure due to its intrinsic conditions, the necessity of different sub-contractors’ working together and the high number of components as regards manufacturing. It is extremely important to establish the relationship between cost and design in management of this process correctly. Different cost estimations are made at different stages of the process to this end. The experience of the designer is very important for reliable cost estimations. A designer experienced in cost estimation achieves high success in design-cost control estimation and manages the interior renovation process correctly. In this context, the purpose of the study has been determined as proposal of a new interior architecture education model at bachelor's level for increasing student achievement in design-cost control. A literature search has been conducted with an eye to determine what the cost estimation methods used at different stages of the design are at the first stage as methodology in line with this defined purpose and in this context, it has been determined what kind of cost estimations the interior architecture students should make at each and every stage of "Interior Architecture Design Studio" courses. Subsequently, it has been determined which information has to be provided to the students in theoretical courses in order to realize this cost -design relation practice described for project courses. At the final stage, an interior architecture education model at bachelor's level which integrates theoretical courses covering all of these educational activities with "Interior Architecture Design Studio" courses has been proposed.