- Docente: Luca Guardigli
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ICAR/10
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Building Engineering -Architecture (cod. 5697)
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from Sep 20, 2023 to Dec 20, 2023
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will know the relationship between the construction and spatial-distributive organization and the formal resolution in architecture, taking into account the specific environmental context, the history of construction and the evolution of structural types.
Course contents
Sustainability: environmentally conscious buildings. Historic perspective. Site and climate. Holistic approach. LCA. LEED. Examples of buildings with various technologies. Design process. Building performance evaluation: natural light. Insulation and construction details: ground and foundations, walls and roofs. Integrated design of buildings.
Readings/Bibliography
Handouts from the instructor
General references:
D. Gauzin Muller, Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism: Concepts, Technologies, Examples, 2002.
Randall T. (ed. by) Environmental design. An introduction for architects and engineers, E & FN Spon, London, 1999.
Teaching methods
Lectures on theoretical aspects, general seminars with experts and site inspections.
Introduction to the information needed to draw up a building project.
Design reviews.
Office hours
See the website of Luca Guardigli
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.