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Performance and Form: new pedagogical approaches to designing the building envelope as an adaptive interface
EAAE/ARCC International Conference on Architectural Research Proceedings, Cities in Transformation: Research and Design
  • Ulrike Passe, Iowa State University
  • Robert Demel, Iowa State University
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Conference Title
EAAE/ARCC International Conference on Architectural Research
Conference Date
June 7–10, 2012
Geolocation
(45.4654219, 9.18592430000001)
Abstract

Architecture pedagogy plays a significant role in building a sustainable world. Sustainable design requires a thorough understanding of building energy performance, while the urging issue of a changing climate demands for higher energy efficiency and improved energy conservation. This demand challenges conventional ways to program buildings as well as purely formal approaches to the design of their envelope and spatial composition. It is no longer the question to build for one climate instead with the lifespan of a building, design concepts might need to integrate the ability to adapt to at least two climate conditions: current and future. The question is how to educate students to creatively address those challenges, when especially natural ventilation and day-lighting are complex and dynamic phenomena. Architects in general need to be better equipped during the early design phase with knowledge and design tools to integrate and predict dynamic performances of light and air movement to achieve these sustainable high performance buildings

Comments

This proceeding is from EAAE/ARCC International Conference on Architectural Research Proceedings (Leuven: EAAE, 2012). Posted with permission.

Copyright Owner
Passe and Demel
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Ulrike Passe and Robert Demel. "Performance and Form: new pedagogical approaches to designing the building envelope as an adaptive interface" Milan, ItalyEAAE/ARCC International Conference on Architectural Research Proceedings, Cities in Transformation: Research and Design (2012) p. 618 - 621
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ulrike_passe/9/