Architecture & Environment
Assignment 1 : Creative Essay
Group work with 4 is required to :
- Choose/ research a topic in relation to “What is Sustainable Architecture?”
- Topic can be historical, present, or prospective
- They can be data-centric, analytical, fictional, critical, or conceptual
Link to the final essay: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16sfOdL1Jt4tR3fN-m3mDtwEMWBuMLhyF/edit
Assignment 2 : Daylighting
Group work with 6 is required to :
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Choose an image of building with daylight integration that affects the spatial design. Explain why you chose this building/space, location, use of daylighting, how the ambience is created in terms of light and shadow and spatial experience, about the architect and his style.
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Have a thorough research on the passive design strategies, the principles and details needed for these passive design strategies to perform best in location / climate and to achieve comfort in this building/space.
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Analyse on the Daylighting and sustainability of this space by modelling it in Autodesk Revit / Sketchup
Reflection
This has been a very educational and eye-opening module for me as this module has taught me many ways to protect the environment and also many ways to ensure human comfort when deciding the placement of a building, shading, sound, lighting and etc. I really enjoyed Project 1 because the theme of the essay was very broad, thus allowing us to be creative with our topic and find ways to improve sustainability. Project 2 was also really educational and enjoyable to do with a group and to collectively combine our all of our ideas and research of our own and from lectures to create a poster together. This project also gave us the freedom to be creative. I would like to thank all the tutors for their guidance and for helping me understand that sustainability is very important when it comes to architecture and that there are many things to consider when sketching and building a building.