Overview
Architecture 527: Architectural Design – Building Systems is intended to provide you with an in-depth understanding of the integrated design process, including analyses, of designing high-performance buildings.
In an increasingly demanding economic, design, and construction environment, the performance expectations of buildings escalate while expectations of capital and operating costs decrease. Architects and engineers are expected to consider a wider range of design constraints and considerations and at the same time to work with greater efficacy. To address these systemic changes, the integrated approach to the design and analysis of building systems is increasingly being used.
This course is intended to increase your understanding of major buildings systems from the standpoints of design requirements for human occupancy, through a detailed examination of a design process that stresses integration and a comprehensive approach to building energy analysis.
Outline
The course is divided into three major parts and further divided into a total of ten units, as listed below:
Part 1: Human Factors in Building Design
- Unit 1: Climate-Responsive Design and Human Factors in Building Design
- Unit 2: Human Comfort
- Unit 3: Case Study – The Manitoba Hydro Building
Part 2: The People in IDP – Roles and Responsibilities
- Unit 4: The Integrated Design Process in Theory and Practice
- Unit 5: The People of IDP – Roles and Responsibilities
- Unit 6: Facilitating the Integrated Design Process
Part 3: Whole-Building Energy Simulation
- Unit 7: Energy Consumption in Buildings
- Unit 8: Calculations for Demonstrating Energy Efficiency
- Unit 9: Simulating the Performance Properties of Architectural Systems
- Unit 10: Energy Consumption in Buildings – An Eight-City Analysis
Evaluation
To receive credit for ARCH 527, you must achieve a cumulative grade of at least 67%. Your work in this course will be evaluated based on four assignments. Assignments 1, 2, and 3 are each worth 30% of your final course grade. The final assignment covers the entire course and is worth 10% of your final grade.
The weighting of the cumulative grade is as follows:
| Activity | Weight |
| Assignment 1 (Part 1) | 30% |
| Assignment 2 (Part 2) | 30% |
| Assignment 3 (Part 3) | 30% |
| Assignment 4 (Entire Course) | 10% |
| Total | 100% |
Materials
Digital course materials
Links to the following course materials will be made available in the course:
7group (Boecker, J., Horst, S., Keiter, T., Lau, A., Scheffer, M., & Toevs, B.), & Reed, B. (2009). The integrative design guide to green building: Redefining the practice of sustainability. Wiley.
Brophy, V., & Lewis, J. (2011). A green Vitruvius: Principles and practice of sustainable architectural design (2nd ed.). Earthscan.