Department:

Interior Design and Design

Course Leader:

conf. Cristina Pană

Learning outcomes:

- Knowledge of construction materials and techniques: masonry, solid wood, cast iron and other structures, technical elements, and materials
- Ability to select intervention strategies compatible with the existing building—reversible interventions
- Ability to choose a style solution— intervention, insertion, or installation—that enhances the heritage value without restricting contemporary uses
- Exploration of contemporary technologies for documentation and representation, including digital archives, projections, interactive installations, and virtual reconstructions
- Application of theory from technical courses to the design process

Content:

- Brief history of construction materials and techniques – case studies
- Integration of sustainability principles into architectural design
- New digital fabrication methods, parametric modeling, and interactive technologies, as well as their potential to generate new spatial and structural approaches.
- Development of innovative architectural solutions through the integration of contemporary technologies and tools, addressing functional, aesthetic, and environmental requirements.

- Exploration of technology as a tool for optimizing and streamlining the design process, from concept development to the representation and evaluation of architectural solutions.

Teaching Method:

PPT presentations, visits, and expert guest

Assessment:

project journal 50%, one-day project 50%

Bibliography:

- Crișan, Rodica, (2023), Reabilitarea patrimoniului construit. Teorie și tehnică. Ed. Ozalid, București
- Deplazes, A., ed. (2005). Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures. Basel: Brikhäuser
- Hegger, M., Fuchs, M., et. al., (2008), Energy Manual; Sustainable Architecture, Birkhauser/Edition Detail, Basel
- Higgins, I. (2015). – Spatial Strategies for Interior Design, Lawrence King Publishing
- Lechner R. (2001). Heating, Cooling, Lighting, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, SUA
- Olgyay V., Olgyay A. & Lyndon D. (2015). Design with climate: bioclimatic approach to architectural regionalism (New and expanded). Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400873685
- Powell. K. (1999). Architecture Reborn. Converting Old Buildings for New Uses. New York: Rizzoli