Aims & Learning Objectives:
To improve students confidence to use building environmental design as a major positive factor in the design of buildings.
Objectives:
to examine in some detail the objectives of design using examples from practice. The course will use the joint design project as a vehicle for the early lectures in the course.
Content:
Lighting Design: Designed appearance, enclosure, structure, rational use of colour. Combined lighting: Exploitation of natural light, control of electric lighting. Design criteria: Establishing criteria, isolation of variables, effects of experimentation. Display: Art galleries, museums, principles of design, conservation. Nighttime lighting: Security, floodlighting of buildings. Green buildings: Integrated design. Acoustics: Principles of internal room acoustic design. Acoustic design of lecture and drama theatres. Multipurpose hall design. Noise control in buildings. Case histories of internal acoustic and noise control design. Guidance for the final year joint design project. Thermal Choice between passive and active control of internal environment, value engineering. Implications on building design when incorporating major building services.
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