Course syllabus
ARK415 ARK415 Building design lab lp1 HT20 (7.5 hp)
Course is offered by the department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Contact details
Examiner:
Göran Lindahl - Chalmers
Teachers:
Klas Moberg - Unit Arkitektur AB
Max Tillberg - EQUA Simulation AB
Jon Tibell - Unit Arkitektur AB
Linda Wäppling - Bengt Dahlgren AB
Catarina Östlund – Chalmers
Course purpose
The aim of the course is to deepen the skills in the use of advanced modelling tools for the development of an architectural design project. Applications will be buildings for work and activities, such as offices and other places for work, where specific requirements like generality, flexibility, optimization systems for climate and energy can be formulated. The architectural design process is based on, and driven by the possibilities that the simulation tools can give early in the design process.
Schedule
The TimeEdit schedule linked below contains a live link to any booking changes etc but the title of some activites have changed. For a clearer understanding of upcoming activites please consult the annotated PDF also linked.
Course literature
Building Optimization, Max Tillberg, Klas Moberg, Chalmers School of Architecture, ARK415 Building Design Lab, 2018 (pdf) - Found in: Files\Course Literature\
Please check the "Documents" folder as well for further reading. Tutorials, lecture slides etc. will be uploaded to the "Files" section during the course.
Course design
The course consists of two parts.
An initial preliminary study of a new office building in Masthugget, Göteborg. This part starts with an introduction to the course and a visit to the site. Students will be divided into groups and these will examine the site and its context in terms of both daylight, sunlight, and urban qualities.
During this period, the groups will produce...
…initial drafts of at least two designs. Including a digital 3d-model of a typical office unit.
…initial drafts of standard figures including a section detail in scale 1:20.
…methodology for documentation of the upcoming iterative design process in part 2.
In part two of the course, groups will choose one design to elaborate and optimize in an iterative process. During this period, the designs will also be evaluated for more parameters, both technical and architectural/urban.
Students will benefit from getting up and running quickly since the course will emphasize an iterative process. Early drafts are optimized through a repeating process of draft, evaluation, and modification. The final evaluation of the student work will emphasize process more than the final design, so continuous documentation of group work and a clear presentation of this is key to success.
Due to the current pandemic, much of the teaching will be done through zoom. Links to these sessions will be distributed through Canvas.Material should be uploaded to a box folder for before each “Guidance” session. Each group and session will have a dedicated folder. There will also be folders for uploading material before the mid-critique and final critique sessions.
Below is a summary of activities in the course.
Part 1
- Introduction and site visit
- Technical Lecture 1
- Technical Lecture 2
- Guidance 1 (Group tutoring)
- Technical Lecture 3 / Lab 1 Software introduction
- Mid Critique
Part 2
- Lab 2 Software tutorial
- Guidance 2 (Group tutoring)
- Lab 3 Software tutorial
- Guidance 3 (Group tutoring)
- Lab 4 Software tutorial
- Guidance 4 (Group tutoring)
- Final Critique
- Portfolio Work
Consult TimeEdit for dates and times. Zoom links will be distributed on Canvas before remote sessions.
Changes made since the last occasion
The previous year, the course was integrated with the parallel ARK 350 course, this in not the case this year.
Learning objectives and syllabus
Learning objectives:
- through several design iterations describe and evaluate design choices and their outcomes in terms of their visual and technical qualities, using results from simple architectural visualization and simulation of building physics
Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen.
Examination form
Hand-ins, final exhibition and critique.
Joint introduction and investigation will be graded pass or not passed. Project including initial
studies will be graded: Five, Four, Three, Not passed
3 = minimal requirements for pass
4 = in addition to 3; committed project work, interaction between partial and overall design
5 = in addition to 4; improved and explorative interaction between partial and overall design
Course summary:
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