This seminar course teaches methods for the design and analysis of sustainable urban neighbourhoods and cities.subtopics within this field that students will learn about include: walkability, outdoor thermal comfort, urban daylight potenital, neighbourhood and building energy utilization, embodied energy, photovoltaic energy potential, and cogeneration systems. Large teams of 5-6 students will work in a role mimicking that of designers and consultants where they must work together to bring their own specialised interests together in the design of a sustainable neighbourhood. The course will be evaluated based upon 5 combined laboratory and homework exercises, a case-study analysis, and the completion of a final design project.
Masters of Architecture
- 20.501 Sustainable Design Option Studio 3
- 20.511 Thesis Preparation
- 20.512 Thesis
- 20.514 Professional Practice I
- 20.515 Professional Practice II
- 20.521 Advanced Topics in Digital Design & Fabrication
- 20.522 Social Architecture: Theory and Practice
- 20.523 Advanced Topics in Performative Design: Urban Sustainability
- 20.524 Paradigms of Adaptation
- 20.525 Advanced Topics in Performative Design: Daylight and Electric Lighting
- 20.526 Urban Housing Typologies
- 20.527 Material Computation: Advanced Topics in Geometry and Matter
- 20.528 Digital Biomimetics: Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing
- 20.529 Conservation Theories and Approaches of Built Heritage
- 20.530 Toward Carbon-Neutral Architecture and Urban Design
- Structured Internship