Objectives and competences
Students obtain the connection between architectural disposition and efficient architecture based on the principles of "smart" architecture. The goal is to go beyond the bare aesthetics of the buildings by making the building accessible for other social activities. Competences are thus not focused on knowledge of the latest technologies, but on experience in the practice of built objects, achieved by integrating appropriate tools (parametric design) and technologies (digital fabrication) in architectural design and achieving added value for all stakeholders.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Brief history overview:
Overview and analysis of "smart" architecture; visionaries: Buckminster Fuller, Frei Otto; more recent projects: Eden Project – Grimshaw, Mont Cenis Academy – Herne, BIG – Copenhill - Copenhagen,
“Smart” architecture:
Fundamentals of smart architecture
Goals and strategies
Intelligent with less, as a specific element of "smart" architecture
A higher level of interaction between facilities and consumers and facilities and society in a financially acceptable manner
Hedonistic sustainability
Ecological symbiosis
New tools in architecture:
Use of parametric design
Intelligent structures and materials
3D structures and complex envelopes
Using structures from nature as a basis for design - Biomimetics.
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures
Seminar
Tutorial
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
- recognize and understand the connection between an architectural idea and "smart" architecture;
- differentiate the approaches of different principles of smart architecture;
- define the meaning of "smart" architecture.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
- select appropriate solutions in practice of built projects, achieved by integrating the principles of smart architecture;
- develop a design solution to the problem in practice on the basis of acquired knowledge.
Readings
Alja Aksamija: Integrating Innovation in Architecture: Design, Methods and Technology for Progressive Practice and Research,
Bjarke Ingels: BIG. Formgiving. An Architectural Future History,
Bjarke Ingels: BIG. Hot to Cold. An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation,
Bjarke Ingels: BIG. Yes is More. An Archicomic on Architectural Evolution,
Bruce Mau: Massive change,
Ed Van Hinte, Marc Neelen, Jaques Vink, Piet Vollaard: Smart Architecture,
Michael Pawlyn: Biomimicry in Architecture,
R. Buckminster Fuller: Pattern-Thinking,
Valentín Gómez Jáuregui: Tensegrity Structures and their Application to Architecture
