702-443 Environmental Design

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702-443 Environmental Design
Credit Points	12.5
Coordinator	TBA
Semester	1 (view timetable)
Contact	Two hours of lectures and up to two hours of tutorials per week
Subject Description	Introduction to environmentally responsive and responsible architecture and urban spaces. Topics include environmental issues in architecture and urbanism, primary concepts in environmentally-responsive design, energy use in the built environment, effective use of energy resources, new environmentally-responsive strategies for architectural design and urban development, bioclimatic architecture and urbanism, bioclimatic regionalism and contextualism and the cultural significance of bioclimatic design.
Generic Skills	On completion of the subject students should have developed the following skills and capabilities: Theoretical understanding of the logic and principles of sustainable urban and architectural design. Practical application of environmental philosophy in urban and architectural design.
Assessment	Assignments (eg exercises, essays, class presentations) equivalent to not more than 4000 words (60%) and one written test (40%).

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