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ST-73 | Ecological Architecture

Optional Design Studio | Hours/Week: 5P | ECTS Credits: 5

Titular:

conf.dr.arh. Mihai Opreanu

Learning outcomes:

Demonstrating the successful appropriation of professional designing skills—general and special—by creating an individual synthetic project, which integrates various aspects of architectural design practice, offering a coherent and pragmatic solution to the concrete example chosen for study and defined through the design program. In particular, the proposed approach aims at integrating the architectural-technological conception of the designed object into the criteria of SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT of the built environment.

Content:

In the context of the general theme, defined by the issues specific to the current generation of ”INTELLIGENT”, ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ECOLOGICALLY COMPATIBLE ARCHITECTURE, the subject admits a certain degree of free choice. Therefore, the design program will be proposed by students and sanctioned by supervisors.
The project will integrate elements of applicative research, detailing issues approached during the specialty theoretical courses, especially Physics of Buildings and Architectural Eco-Technology, followed by the practical exercise of designing for execution. The project will include the mandatory verification of resulted quality criteria, as compared to the previously established requirements and performance criteria. Consequently, the study will comprise two parts:
1. Preliminary research (which may be further developed in the future thesis) on innovative and/or highly specialized systems and technologies, such as industrially produced systems or components for new or rehabilitated buildings; special technological solutions; rehabilitation interventions; studies on special lighting, environment control, acoustic, safety requirements; bioclimatic buildings; intelligent buildings; buildings with special structural systems; industrialization etc.
2. In-depth study (for a portion of the designed object) to the level of technical project + specifications (technical conditions). The project will integrate in a unitary solution the requirements specific to the other involved disciplines and may include specific schemes or drawings (structure, equipments).

Teaching Method:

Studio tutoring in support of individual study.

Assessment:

The content and quality of student activity are documented by supervisors in students’ individual record. The final evaluation consists in the defense of the project by students.

Bibliography:

CROWTHER, Richard L., ECOLOGIC ARCHITECTURE, Buttrworth-Heinemann 1992;
SLESSOR, Catherine, ECO – TECH, Sustainable Architecture and High Technology, Thames and Hudson;
WATSON, Donald, FAIA, and Kenneth LABS, CLIMATIC DESIGN; SOLAR ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE, Design, Performance and Evaluation, PrismPress1991
Note: In general the bibliography of the courses Physics of Buildings and Architectural Eco-Technology is recommended. In particular, finding and selecting area bibliographical references adequate to the specific research subject is the student’s responsibility and an evaluation criterion for the defended project.