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RIDA Projects

RIDA Projects

Phase 1 Phase 2
Phase 3
2Es Study Introduction ID Education In Other Countries ID Education in HK Education Survey Experience Survey Conclusion Transcripts
Phase 4
Research Process Proposed Education System Standard Contract and Professional Conduct Interview with International Advisors Methodology and Statistical Findings Acknowledgements
Phase 5
Master Talk 2015 & Student Workshop Master Talk 2016 & Student Workshop
Asian Interior Symposium
Global Interiors Symposium Speeches Q&A
Logbook System
Phase 6

Methodology and Statistical Findings

After consultation with international advisors and steering committee members, it was decided that the European Charter of Interior Architect Training of ECIA is most suited to Hong Kong’s industry situation and needs, since it breaks down interior design body of knowledge into knowledge, skills and competences, and further makes the distinction between general criteria and discipline specific criteria.

The research team devised two sets of questionnaires based on the European Charter of Interior Architect Training of 2007 and 2013, respectively. The former document lists a set of knowledge and abilities required by interior architects in Europe, which the research team adapted into a questionnaire for practitioners; while the latter, which contains various interior design knowledge, skills and competences for different levels of education, was formulated into a questionnaire for the education field. Each skill, knowledge and competence corresponds to a question in the questionnaire, and respondents were asked to rate them on a scale of 1-4 depending on how important these items are to their own practice or educational programs, with 1 being “not relevant”, 2 being “not very important”, 3 being “important” and 4 being “essential”. The purpose of the questionnaires was to evaluate the relevance of the European Charter of Interior Architect Training to Hong Kong’s practice and education situation.

A total of 478 questionnaires were received between November 2013 and March 2014, with 135 from practitioners and 343 from educators and students. The results for both Practice and Education questionnaires show that all the items score above the median score of 2, and that respondents rated most of the knowledge and skills listed in the questionnaires as “important” or “essential”. According to the questionnaires, the body of knowledge adapted from the European Charter of Interior Architect Training is well-suited to the Hong Kong interior profession. The following is the list of questions and their corresponding scores.

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