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702-343 Environmental Design

Note: This subject may be substituted by a similar level technology design subject with the approval of the Faculty.

Credit points: 12.5

Coordinator: Dr Darko Radovic

Contact: Up to 4 hours of lectures, tutorials, site visits, and studio work per week.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should be able to demonstrate that they:

• have an understanding of the nature of environmental issues relevant to architecture and urban design;
• have a developed awareness of the potential of environmental planning and design for architecture and urban design;
• have developed a critical perspective of the environmental implications of different planning and design strategies in architecture and urban design;
• are able to develop environmentally-responsive (and responsible) design strategies for the practice of architecture and urban design.

Content:

Introduction to eco-philosophy in architecture, including: environmental issues in architecture and urbanism, primary concepts in environmentally-responsive design, energy use and the built environment, effective use of energy resources, new environmentally-responsive strategies for architectural design and urban development, bio-climatic architecture, regionalism and contextualism, cultural significance of environmental design.

Assessment:

Assignments (eg: exercises, essays, class presentations), equivalent to not more than 5,000 words, and one examination of up to 2 hours (which could take the form of a class test). Details, including the weighting of assessment, will be made available in the first two weeks of semester.

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Date created:    Oct  9 1995
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