Course syllabus adopted 2020-02-19 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).
Overview
- Swedish nameByggnad och klimat
- CodeARK207
- Credits9 Credits
- OwnerTKATK
- Education cycleFirst-cycle
- Main field of studyArchitecture and Engineering
- ThemeArchitectural design project 9 c,Environment 4.5 c
- DepartmentARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
- GradingUG - Pass, Fail
Course round 1
- Teaching language Swedish
- Application code 46116
- Maximum participants50
- Open for exchange studentsNo
- Only students with the course round in the programme overview.
Credit distribution
Module | Sp1 | Sp2 | Sp3 | Sp4 | Summer | Not Sp | Examination dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0117 Project, part A 7.5 c Grading: UG | 4 c | 3.5 c | |||||
| 0217 Project, part B 1.5 c Grading: UG | 1.5 c |
In programmes
Examiner
Ola Nylander- Full Professor, Building Design, Architecture and Civil Engineering
Eligibility
General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first 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
The same as for the programme that owns the course.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
Space and man, Space and geometry, Building and structure, or corresponding courses.Aim
The course aims are to:- Explore the interplay between building design, indoor climate and rational use of energy when designing a residential building.
- Provide practically useful architectural knowledge on functions in a dwelling based on human measures and needs.
- In sketch work meet and take into account the society's regulations and governing processes.
- Practice architectural design based on space design and space organization by drawing a residential building. - Practice analysis and design methods and tools.
- Develop communication skills through the creative process in writing and speech.
- Understand the challenges of leadership by leading oneself and others in group work.
- Formulate specific ecological, social and cultural sustainability goals and evaluate goal fulfillment in an architectural project.
Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)
- Describe the historical and contemporary development of the dwelling and how this reflects the development of society through, for example, political decisions, ethical dilemmas and gender roles.- Describe the dwelling features based on the human measures and needs.
- Design a dwelling where needs, functions, space design and space organization are the points of departure.
- Present a proposal in physical and digital forms, and for physical and digital exhibitions. - In the presented proposal, apply a professional vocabulary for the explanation of energy efficiency as well as the architectural expression created by the climate shell and the experience of the indoor space.
- Describe the individual as well as the group's design process through reflection on how process and dialogue have governed the result.
- Formulate experiences from the architectural design process and how these have given new insights.
Content
A residential building, which is presented in physical models, plans, sections, details and perspectives.Approach:
- Through day sketches, gain knowledge of the dwellings interior and exterior spaces and their relations.
- Discuss the architect's role and mission, and how the language of the architect affects the built outcome.
- Supplement the given building program with own ambitions for ecological, social and cultural sustainability formulated for the project.
- Sketch early proposals as answers to a given building program.
- Describe and discuss own and others' proposals in an intermediate critique.
- Consider how the design proposal fulfill accessibility requirements and how the proposal can be improved.
- Reflect upon the proposal regarding a holistic approach and sustainibility from a life-cycle perspective.
- Model and visualize the project.
- Describe, argue, evaluate and discuss own and others' proposals in a final critique together with critics and experts from within and outside the university.
- Especially take into account the accessibility for different groups of users.