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Sustainable Contextual Architecture Design Studio
What Will Learn?
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Course AimsBy the end of the course the students will be able to - Enhancing the student s ability to understand and critically assess sustainability as a cultural economic and environmental phenomenon - Develop and foster environmental design proficiency technical and analytical skills through a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods - Identify key learning resources from existing sources and datasets as well as collect numerical data from observations measurements surveys and technical studies to create innovative environmentally friendly architecture solutions and approaches using established principles and standard classification and benchmarks
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Course Goals
- Good Health and Well-being
- Affordable and Clean Energy
- Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Climate Action
- Life on Land
Requirements
ARC314
Description
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English Description
Sustainable building concepts within its specific urban context, green architecture strategies, systems development, practical simulations in the field of environmental interdependence, building performance. site and environmental planning, material and system selection, integration of technology, integrated design solutions in public, commercial, or industrial contexts.
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DepartmentUrban Planning
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Credit Hours3
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GradesTotal ( 100 ) = Midterm (15) + tr.Major Assessment (45 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 30% , tr.Self_learning 10% , tr.Seminar 5% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + tr.Oral/Practical (10) + Exam Grade (25)
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HoursLecture Hours: 1, Tutorial Hours: 4, Lab Hours: 0
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Required SWL150
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Equivalent ECTS6
- a. Essential books text books
- - Calkins Meg. The sustainable sites handbook A complete guide to the principles strategies and best practices for sustainable landscapes. John Wiley Sons 2011.
- - Haas Tigran. Sustainable urbanism and beyond rethinking cities for the future. Rizzoli 2012.
- - Birkeland Janis. Design for sustainability A sourcebook of integrated ecological solutions. Routledge 2012.
- - Bellew Patrick and Meredith Davey. Green House Green Engineering Environmental Design at Gardens by the Bay. Oro editions 2012.
- - Ehmann Sven Stephan Bohle and Robert Klanten eds. Cause and Effect Visualizing Sustainability. Gestalten 2012.
- - Odum Howard T. Ecological and general systems an introduction to systems ecology. Univ. Press of Colorado 1994.