Course Overview
(Formerly BLDG 4506) This course permits students to experience the challenge and reward of integrated design as it relates to a building project. It is the culmination and application of the knowledge base acquired in previous Architectural and Building Engineering Technologycourses. It provides an overview of how building systems interface with each other creating form, structure, enclosure, and interior systems. Lectures cover theoretical concepts of systems integration, while labs allow for the development and testing of an integrated design. Topics of focus include site analysis, architectural arrangement, regulatory guidelines, natural and artificial lighting systems, thermal and ventilation systems, envelope systems, and acoustical and interior finish systems. The course is delivered with an emphasis on sustainable practices, energy use, and natural environmental opportunities through evaluation of site, regional context, available resources, and local construction methodologies.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
2.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the connections between various building components and systems.
- Complete a building design and modification based on a site and environmental analysis.
- Choose and integrate key mechanical, structural and lighting systems.
- Describe the application of sustainable energy systems.
- Deliver a building design respectful of the nature of teamwork, as represented in the Integrated Design Process.
- Describe the complimentary applications of key building systems.
- Use moderate computational methods of assessing methods of integration.
Effective as of Winter 2011
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