Description
This course focuses on advanced building systems and technologies with a special emphasis on environmental systems, sustainability, performative architecture, and integration of building systems. The content includes generative and active building environmental systems and design strategies and their integration and optimization with the building site, orientation, and envelope/fa?ade, in relationship to renewable natural resources and occupant needs. The seminar also covers building systems and services such as plumbing, electrical, fire protection, vertical transportation, security and building management systems; focusing on architectural considerations and overall systems integration. Through a series of lectures, software tutorials, assignments, student presentations, quizzes and exams, advanced systems, design strategies and architectural precedents will be explored and critically analyzed using various qualitative and quantitative techniques including benchmarks/rule-of-thumbs,