Bioclimatic design

The course content comprises of an introduction to basic principles, theories, methods, concepts, strategies, and techniques of sustainable and bio-climatic design. The course content is thematically clustered into following topics:

1. Introduction: Climate, Buildings and Performance: Design for a multivariate condition

2. Climate analysis including solar geometry

3. Energy systems

4. RESOURCES, MATERIALs, and their PROPERTIES

5. Bio-Design

6. Water and Air Quality

7. Bioclimatic Passive Design

8. Passive heating, cooling and day lighting

9. Green skin tectonics

10. Assessing sustainable buildings

11. Case studies

Assignment / exercises:

A1. Case Study (CS) Climate analysis;

A2. CS Material analysis;

A3. CS Passive energy systems;

A4. CS Integrated Bioclimatic Design (Final report).

Connaissances et compétences pré-requises ou co-requises

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Cours co-requis

Excathedra lectures organized in thematic clusters, combined with ‘a case-based’ approach, and a series of interactive ‘assignments’ to impart integrated learning (from titular, exercise, peers, guest lectures, in oral and written forms, etc.):

Course activity:

• Course Lectures (learning from titular & guest lecturers)

• Assignments / exercise (learning from peers, each other)

• Presentation sessions (confidence building through presenting in front of peers, learning from answering to questions).

• Interaction (Active participation, Class/group discussions)

In groups:

• 4 Assignments, total = 50%

Individual:

Written exam (individual, Written 50%)

Contribution au profil d'enseignement

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Références, bibliographie et lectures recommandées

Books # 1, 2, 3, 10, 14-16 are recommended readings - reserved for consultation at the AIA library throughout the 2^nd semester. The rest of the books – complementary, broader in scope - are also available upon request through email to the prof.

1. Almusaed, A., (2011). Biophilic and Bioclimatic Architecture: Analytical Therapy for the Next Generation of Passive Sustainable Architecture (London: Springer-verlag).

2. Minguet, J. M., (2009). Bioclimatic Architecture (Barcelona: Monsa; Bilingual edition).

3. Jones, D. L., (1998). Architecture and the Environment: Bioclimatic Building Design (London: Laurence King Publishing).

4. Weber, W., & Yannas, S. (Eds.) (2014). Lessons from Vernacular Architecture (Oxon & New York: Earthscan from Routledge).

5. Olgyay V., (1992). Design With Climate: A Bioclimatic Approach to Architectural Regionalism (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992; also 1962 & 1973 eds. John Wiley & Sons).

6. Mazzoleni, I., & Price, S., (2013). Architecture Follows Nature: Biomimetic principles for innovative design (CRC Press / Taylor & Francis Group).

7. Myers, W., (2012). Bio Design: Nature, Science, Creativity (London: Thames & Hudson).

8. Pawlyn, M., (2011). Biomimicry in Architecture (London: RIBA Publishing).

9. Peters, T., (2011). Experimental Green Strategies (London: AD & Wiley).

10. Brown, G. Z., & DeKay, M (2013). Sun, Wind, and Light: Architectural Design Strategies (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2001 2nd ed. & 2013 3rd ed.).

11. Kristinsson, J., Dobbelsteen, A. V. D., (2012). Integrated Sustainable Design (Delft: Dleft U. Press).

12. Appleby, P., (2010). Integrated Sustainable Design of Buildings (London: Routledge).

13. Keeler, M., & Burke, B., (2009). Fundamentals of Integrated Design for Sustainable Building (New Jersey: Wiley).

14. Lechner, N., (2008). Heating, Cooling, and Lighting: Design Methods for Architects, 3^rd edition (New York: Wiley).

15. Szokolay, S. (2004). Introduction to Architectural Science: The basis of Sustainable Design (Oxford: Architectural Press / Elsevier).

16. Guzowski, M., (1999). Daylighting for Sustainable Design (New york: McGraw-Hill).

17. Khan, A. Z., Allacker, K., & Vandevyvere, H., (2013). Design for the ecological age: Rethinking the role of sustainability in architectural education. Journal of Architectural Education 66(2): 175-185.

Support(s) de cours

• Université virtuelle

Contacts

Course Titular: Prof. Dr. Ahmed Z. Khan

Av. A. Buyl, 87 - 1050 Brussels, ULB Solbosch Campus, Building C, 5th Floor.

Tel : 02/650 65 83

E-mail : ahmed.khan@ulb.be

Course Assistant: Camilo Paez  (camilo.paez@ulb.be)

Campus

Solbosch

Méthode(s) d'évaluation

• Examen écrit
• Travail de groupe
• Présentation orale
• Autre
• Rapport écrit

Examen écrit

• Question ouverte à développement long
• Question fermée à Choix Multiple (QCM)

Travail de groupe

Présentation orale

Autre

Rapport écrit

Integrated assessment method: In order to ensure integrated learning, students are assessed both individually and in groups, as well as in writing and orally. Four group assignments (50%) are assessed in writing (reports) and orally (presentations) during the course semester. For the individual level assessment, a written exam is held that accounts for 50%. All assignments are compulsory.

Assignments:

A1. Case Study (CS) Climate analysis 5%

A2. CS Material analysis 5%

A3. CS Passive energy systems 5%

A4. CS Integrated Bioclimatic Design 35%

Final exam (written) 50%

Total 100%

NOTE: Active participation in group assignments and minimum 75% attendance in the course lectures is required for sitting in the final exam.

For the 2^nd sit exam (Aug./Sep): For unjustified absence from group assignments during the semester and regular exam, there is no opportunity offered for the 2^nd exam in September of the same year (Article 61, 28, 29 & 30 of the ULB exams and juries regulation). However, if a valid, legitimate and convincing reason(s) are presented in writing (with proofs) during the semester, a 2^nd sit can be arranged for the student, at the titular discretion.

Such students will have to do the 2^nd sit exam individually. First, they will have to make an appointment with the titular in early July to define course content and a date for final exam (written 50%) followed by a Q&A (oral 50%).

Construction de la note (en ce compris, la pondération des notes partielles)

Assignments (written + oral) = 50%; Final exam (written) = 50%. For details, see above the ‘Method of assessment’.

Langue(s) d'évaluation

• anglais