Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Engineering of urban moods | |||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 8h Th, 30h Pr, 12h Proj. | |||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| 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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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | |||||||||||
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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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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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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
tél.: +32 (0)4 366 94 82 e-mail: sigrid.reiter@ulg.ac.be www.lema.ulg.ac.be |
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