Masters | Architecture & Environmental Design MSc
Rosa Schiano-Phan (course leader), Colin Gleeson, Nasser Golzari, Jon Goodbun, Juan Vallejo & Zhenzhou Weng Full-time students Yanal Abukhalaf, Lina Alsafarini, Daniel Buban Ngu, Noorihan Deraz, Vaishali Enos, Philip Ssentoogo, Jil Schroth, Bilal Shibib
Part-time students Yr 1: Urszula Bajcer, Marta Frascoli, Andrzej Kukla, Daniel Owen Yr 2: Jose’ Puchol-Salort
Architecture and Environmental Design MSc The Architecture and Environmental Design MSc responds to the needs of current and future professionals for a deeper understanding of the principles of environmental design, and their effective application into architectural practice worldwide. The course reacts to recent developments in the discipline, responding to new research and experimentation, addressing the lack of environmental criteria in the creative design process and of comprehensive performance prediction and feedback protocols. Students gain the knowledge and tools to make informed design decisions based on post-occupancy feedback and performance analysis, towards a new paradigm of environmental architecture which is environmentally and energy conscious, yet sensitive to the contextual and socio-cultural landscape we live in. The course teaches environmental design methods which relate to the various stages of architectural design, enabling
the evaluation of existing buildings and the design of new ones following a combined bioclimatic and building user-focused approach. The core design modules follow an evidence-based approach where the acquisition of specialised software and analytical tools are directly applied to an evaluation and a design project. The course is interdisciplinary and international providing the skills that can be applied to diverse building typologies and global climatic, environmental and contextual issues. The modules focus on the understanding of the principles and methodology of environmental design and on the development of critical thinking to challenge established practices, positively driving change towards a better and sustainable future.
Guest Critics: Klaus Bode, Luisa Brotas, Joana Goncalves, William McLean, Jon Moore, Kartikeya Rajput, Vera Sarioglu, Riccardo Zara Special thanks: Klaus Bode, Kevin Burchell, Meytal Ben Dayan, Camilo Diaz, Christian Dimbleby, Joana Goncalves, Byron Mardas, Catherine Harrington, Tony Lloyd-Jones, Phil McIlwain, Fergus Nicol, Vera Sarioglu, Amedeo Scofone, Zoe Shattock, Ben Shaw, Fred Stewart, Filippo Weber
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Urszula Bajcer, Vaishali Enos, Jil Schroth: Microclimatic Façade