University of Liege | Version française
Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
ARCH2019-1  Engineering of urban moods

Duration :  8h Th, 30h Pr, 12h Proj.
Number of credits :  
Advanced Master in Urban and Regional Planning2
Master in Architecture and Engineering, research focus, 2nd year2
Lecturer :  Sigrid Reiter
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Course contents :  
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.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
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, ...).
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
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.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Courses from September to December, on Thursday from 14h to 18h.
Recommended or required readings :  
The slides accompanying the oral presentation are available in pdf format.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Students work is assessed on basis of their numerical simulations and a written work that analyses them.
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Any questions or requests for additional information is welcome.
Students wishing to meet me can get an appointment by sending an e-mail.
Contacts :  
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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