Course syllabus for Sustainable transformation of a derelict industrial building

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Course syllabus adopted 2023-02-13 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameHållbar omvandling av en övergiven industribyggnad
  • CodeACE580
  • Credits15 Credits
  • OwnerMPDSD
  • Education cycleSecond-cycle
  • Main field of studyArchitecture
  • ThemeArchitectural design project 15 c
  • DepartmentARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language English
  • Application code 17124
  • Maximum participants33 (at least 10% of the seats are reserved for exchange students)
  • Minimum participants8
  • Open for exchange studentsYes
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0123 Project 15 c
Grading: TH		 15 c

In programmes

Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for Master's level (second cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

English 6 (or by other approved means with the equivalent proficiency level)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites


Aim

The aim of the course, which is a design studio, is that the students shall be able to carry out design for sustainable building transformation and be able to reprogram an existing building and to integrate environmental, functional, technical and aesthetical qualities in a design concept. Furthermore, the students shall be able to cooperate over professional boundaries in design processes.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

Knowledge and understanding

  • describe and analyze the basic features in sustainable building transformation
  • describe and analyze the potentials and challenges of Sustainable transformation

Competence and skills

  • reprogram an existing building in relation to its location and potential qualities
  • design sustainable architecture inside an existing structure
  • visualize the performance concerning daylight, energy, environment and indoor climate in a building
  • design systems for good indoor climate and energy efficiency inside an existing building structure
  • make appropriate material choices in context to environmental footprint, building physics and building process inside an existing structure.

Judgement and approach

  • cooperate across disciplinary boundaries in design processes

Content

The overall theme is sustainable transformation and resilience, and the chosen location is a derelict industrial site in Sweden. The course is a close to practice course, with a focus on our challenges in transforming the existing built environment and develop an architectural project inside the framework of an existing building, to reprogram, retrofit, adapt, transform this building and give it a ¿second chance¿.

The course supports innovation and speculative ideas for a creative spatial program and building proposals, which are grounded on thorough investigations and analyses of an existing building, including calculations and simple simulations concerning daylight, energy, green-house gases and global warming potential as well as ideas relating to water, life cycle costs etc.

In the course, you learn and exercise daylight and energy/life cycle tools for daylight investigations as well as for preliminary energy calculations and Life Cycle Assessment of your proposal. Based on the investigations and with the support of these tools, you design an architectural project with strong aesthetic qualities and present a playful balance between old and new. The course provides inputs for a clear and comprehensible graphic and verbal communication of your final outcome.

Organisation

The course starts with investigating and analyzing the buildings in context to the location and there is an on-site visit. This investigation will be supported by local stakeholders. The course is also supported by workshops on daylight and energy/material/life cycle tools. The outcome will be programmatic ideas for an incremental development process of the buildings, with a focus on housing.

Literature

Literature will be handed out when the course starts.

Examination including compulsory elements

The project will be continuously discussed and assessed during the whole design process, with a final presentation at the end of the course.

The specific content of this presentation (the content of your posters and report) will be specified by the examiner after midterm crits in written form on Canvas, according to your proposal.

All deadlines for deliveries of workshops, mid-crit and final crits are mandatory.

The final delivery is an architectural project (minimum 3 posters), connected to a technical report, which documents environmental calculations and data.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.

The course syllabus contains changes

  • Changes to course rounds:
    • 2023-09-01: Max number of participants Max number of participants changed from 30 to 33 by UBS/MPA
      [Course round 1]