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Integrating Environmental Performance Criteria in Architectural Design Studios
In recent years, the need to increase the environmental sustainability of the builtenvironment has been clearly established, and an increasing number of built environmentprofessionals are now aiming to design high-performance buildings. However, numerous studies have clearly indicated that achieving high-performance buildings, not to mention zero-energy or carbon-neutral ones, necessitates the integration of environmental performance criteria in the early stages of the design process, where they can be most effective. While a couple of decades ago such integrationwas difficult to achieve beyond the general design guidelines or rules-of-thumb level, both of which areinadequate to address the specific circumstances of each project, recent advances in buildingperformance simulation tools now allow architects to effectively include building performance criteria inthe early stages of their form-making processes. In the case of architectural education, an even moreurgent need exists to introduce new generations of architects to the principle of integratingenvironmental performance criteria in the design process, and to train them to utilize the latestavailable tools to achieve this. This, however, requires a change from the traditional studio format inwhich projects are evaluated solely or primarily based on their form/image into one in which projectsare evaluated comprehensively based on multiple criteria that include environmental performance aswell as other relevant design objectives. The time limitations and wide range of issues typically coveredin studios, however, make it difficult to also teach students the skills needed to effectively utilizeperformance simulation tools. This paper aims to provide a review of previous efforts to integrateenvironmental performance criteria in the design process in general and in design studios in particular,and presents a proposed collaborative seminar/studio model, which utilizes a seminar to introducestudents to the different topics and building performance simulation tools necessary to understand andintegrate issues of environmental performance in their designs. These performance considerations arethen integrated into design projects in a studio, which runs concurrently with the seminar. In addition todescribing the proposed model, the paper will also present results and conclusions from its first year ofimplementation in the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Integrating Environmental Performance Criteria in Architectural Design Studios
In recent years, the need to increase the environmental sustainability of the builtenvironment has been clearly established, and an increasing number of built environmentprofessionals are now aiming to design high-performance buildings. However, numerous studies have clearly indicated that achieving high-performance buildings, not to mention zero-energy or carbon-neutral ones, necessitates the integration of environmental performance criteria in the early stages of the design process, where they can be most effective. While a couple of decades ago such integrationwas difficult to achieve beyond the general design guidelines or rules-of-thumb level, both of which areinadequate to address the specific circumstances of each project, recent advances in buildingperformance simulation tools now allow architects to effectively include building performance criteria inthe early stages of their form-making processes. In the case of architectural education, an even moreurgent need exists to introduce new generations of architects to the principle of integratingenvironmental performance criteria in the design process, and to train them to utilize the latestavailable tools to achieve this. This, however, requires a change from the traditional studio format inwhich projects are evaluated solely or primarily based on their form/image into one in which projectsare evaluated comprehensively based on multiple criteria that include environmental performance aswell as other relevant design objectives. The time limitations and wide range of issues typically coveredin studios, however, make it difficult to also teach students the skills needed to effectively utilizeperformance simulation tools. This paper aims to provide a review of previous efforts to integrateenvironmental performance criteria in the design process in general and in design studios in particular,and presents a proposed collaborative seminar/studio model, which utilizes a seminar to introducestudents to the different topics and building performance simulation tools necessary to understand andintegrate issues of environmental performance in their designs. These performance considerations arethen integrated into design projects in a studio, which runs concurrently with the seminar. In addition todescribing the proposed model, the paper will also present results and conclusions from its first year ofimplementation in the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Integrating Environmental Performance Criteria in Architectural Design Studios
Rashed-Ali, Hazem (author)
2018-09-25
ARCC Conference Repository; 2009: Leadership in Architectural Research, Between Academia and the Profession | UTSA 2009
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
690
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