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Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction to Sustainable Design:
A discussion of ecological design principles and broad scale urban approaches to sustainable developments.
A selection of case studies will be used to discuss various approaches to incorporating sustainable design objectives into architectural design. Discussion will include material selection, embodied energy, recycling initiatives, quality and durability as attitudes, implications of life cycle costing. |
None |
2) |
Verifying and Marketing Green Buildings:
Selling environmental design requires quantification and data. We will look at some of the Green Building
tools and evaluation methods; including Green Building Advisor software, Athena Environmental Impact Estimator, ENVest, LEED, and Green Globe Standards. |
Peruse the website of the U.S. Green Building Council (authors of LEED): http://www.usgbc.org/
Peruse the website of the British Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (authors of BREEAM): http://www.breeam.org/ |
3) |
Lighting in Buildings:
Detailed look at the use of light in buildings from the point of view of issues of source, quantity, quality, human response, glare, room use, control, strategies, applications. The importance of natural lighting, both from an energy conservation point of view, as well as the aesthetic impact of natural light on interior architecture and the function of space. |
Read Sinopoli: pp. 47-56 |
4) |
Passive solar design |
None |
5) |
At the heart of it all: Energy from the sun |
Readings: Droege pp. 307-312 (100% Renewable: One Man’s Journey for a Solar World); Simon pp. 87-102 (Solar Energy) |
6) |
Wind energy |
Reading: Simon pp. 103-122 (Wind Energy)
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7) |
Midterm exam |
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8) |
Conserving water, gray water recycling, rainwater harvesting |
Read: Moxon: Chapter 3 (pp. 78-83) |
9) |
Sustainable materials, embodied energy |
Read: Moxon: Chapter 3 (pp. 84-106) |
10) |
Cradle 2 cradle design and sustainable material certification schemes |
Read: McDonough and Braungart: Introduction (pp. 3-16) |
11) |
Social sustainability |
Read: Simon Guy, & Steven A. Moore, pp. 47-58 |
12) |
The future of sustainable design |
None |
13) |
Student presentations |
Presentations related to the final assignment |
14) |
Student presentations |
Presentations related to the final assignment |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field. |
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2) |
Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field. |
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3) |
Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes. |
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4) |
Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills. |
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5) |
Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually. |
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6) |
Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems. |
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7) |
Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field. |
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8) |
Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives. |
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9) |
Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels. |
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10) |
Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field. |
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11) |
Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project. |
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12) |
Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project. |
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13) |
Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work. |
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14) |
Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works. |
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