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| ARCH2019-1 | Engineering of urban moods
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| Duration : | 8h Th, 30h Pr, 12h Proj. |
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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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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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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. |
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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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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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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, on Thursday from 14h to 18h. |
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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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Work placement(s) :
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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 |
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