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| ARCH2019-1 | Engineering of urban moods
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| Duration : | 20h Th, 30h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Sigrid Reiter |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| This course teaches the design and evaluation of an urban atmosphere in its quantitative and qualitative aspects. The theoretical course is illustrated by various examples of real urban developments.
Content :
- the concept of atmosphere
- quantitative and qualitative criteria of pedestrians' comfort in outdoor spaces
- urban microclimate, thermal comfort, wind comfort, rain comfort
- visual comfort and visual atmosphere : daylighting, colors, public lighting.
- acoustic comfort and acoustic atmosphere
- the influence of water and vegetation on urban environments
- energy design and renovation of urban environments
- simulation tools for assessing microclimatic parameters and urban atmosphere
- simulation tools for assessing the energy performance of buildings and neighborhoods
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The course objectives are :
- Understanding issues related to the design of high quality urban atmosphere.
- Knowing the quantitative and qualitative criteria that influence pedestrians' comfort in public spaces.
- Learning to assess planned or built urban environments in terms of their atmosphere, integrating people comfort and environmental performance of built areas.
- Exploring tools for modeling urban environments and the energy performance of neighborhoods and buildings.
- Developing an expertise in enegy simulations software by using two of them (at the scale of the neighborhood and the scale of the building)
- Acquiring adaptation and self-learning skills in relation to computer tools, thanks to the energy simulations developed
- Developing critical thinking in relation to numerical simulations (choice of the best software, choice of the best model, choice of the best parameters, critical analysis of results, ...). |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Learning the usage of simulations software at the scale of the neighborhood and the scale of its buildings, while developing an analytical and a critical point of view about these software and the results obtained. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Courses from September to December |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The slides accompanying the oral presentation are available in pdf format. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Students work is assessed on basis of their numerical simulations and a written work that analyses them. |
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Organizational remarks :
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| Any questions or requests for additional information is welcome.
Students wishing to meet me can get an appointment by sending an e-mail. |
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Contacts :
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| Prof. Sigrid Reiter
Chemin des chevreuils, 1 (Bât. B52/3)
4000-Liège
BELGIUM
tél.: +32 (0)4 366 94 82
fax: +32 (0)4 366 29 09
e-mail: sigrid.reiter@ulg.ac.be
www.lema.ulg.ac.be (http://www.lema.ulg.ac.be/) |
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