Environment & Design Principles ARCH 2408

Course description:

This course covers the topics:
Part 1: Principles of architectural design:
The design concept, the idea and approach, development and final presentation. Site analysis and functional relationships. Place and organization systems. Configuration and the relationship between architectural form and space. 
The course covers the resolution of a number of simple design problems. 
Part 2: Environmental design
Study of the formative influences such as climate, sociology, economy, technology, materials. In addition, how to find new solutions in different contexts: Solving problems related to the environment and widely applied in an architectural project design takes into account the environmental dimensions.

Course Aims:

This course aims to: 
  • Introduce students to the basics and principles of architectural design strategies.
  • Clarify the relationship between form and void and architectural configuration.
  • Clarify the architectural design methodology and steps from the beginning of the project to the end through a sound analysis of the way the problem of design and related.
  • clarify some architectural concepts related to the project such as architectural idea, philosophy and creativity, PRESENTATION
  • Identify the environmental aspects of architecture, such as the concepts of sustainable architecture and construction, green architecture, sustainable design, thermal comfort, thermal stability, etc.

Course outcomes:

The student upon completion of his study to this course is able to:
  • Knowledge in the field of architectural design and evolution of the approach and take it out.
  • Ability to careful analysis of aspects of any problem to build architectural form and function are complementary and finding solutions to design problems.
  • The ability to choose the right architectural design of the various regions and achieve in terms of thermal comfort (routing, selection of local building materials, architectural configuration, etc.).
  • Use some elements of traditional architecture in a modern technical style, innovation and other environmental elements of the proposed project during the course.
  • The production of a number of small projects to design problems related to different aspects of architectural function and include configuration and the surrounding environmentproduction project application.