Objectives and competences
The goal of this course is to introduce the human-arhictecture relation through:
1. human-environment interaction (role of microclimate),
2. building-environment interaction,
3. building-building interaction: structure of the city -> urban physics,
4. coupling of human-human + building-building interaction = city (spatially embedded social network),
5. human-architecture-human interaction (architecture as human interaction mediator).
Content (Syllabus outline)
- Bioclimatic context of arhictecture and urban space:
- 1. physics of the human body
- 2. basics of meteorology
- 3. building physics - heat, light, sound
- 4. urban physics - wind, sound, light, urban climate, urban heat islands
- 5. image and perception of urban space - genius loci
Learning and teaching methods
This course consists of lectures and student work in groups. Students analyze selected locations in the city from the standpoint of bioclimatic context and evaluate the bioclimatic potential of architecture and urban space on a local scale: they determine measurement methods (introspection, subjective assessments), coordinate and critically compare methods and results between groups, analyze results, visualize data, and write and essay-seminar paper.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
1. knowledge of basic physiological and meteorological quantities and the relationships between them,
2. understanding of mechanisms of heat transfer in humans and in buildings, an approximate estimate of the magnitudes of the heat fluxes and the temperature changes,
3. use of bioclimatic concepts and bioclimatic context in the initial planning stages
4. analysis of the factors of perception of the built environment
5. design of urban space perception research from the perspective of the bioclimatic context of space
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
conceptual analysis of building-environment interaction
skills in applying advanced 3D computer models
Readings
S. Szokolay, Introduction to Architectural Science, 2nd ed. Architectural Press, 2008.
