Architectural studio III A

Duration

10h Th, 35h Pr, 1d FW, 55h Proj.

Number of credits

Lecturer

Shady Attia

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The activities in this design studio are a synergy between sustainability and circular design theory and their integration in an architectural design project. This approach allows us to address issues of conceptual coherence, spatial and expressive design while exploring simultaneously the possibilities for sustainability as an essential element for the design; which will become an important and essential task in the field of architecture. The studio focusses in particular on studying the interaction between questions of density, mixed functions, quality of life in buildings, while in the meantime integrating the principles of bioclimatic architecture. This includes the development of construction details in accordance with a basic understanding of sustainable buildings concerning energy, water and materials. The design exercise is based on a study of solutions adapted on the development of a sustinable and circular school. They are successively developed in a throughout the different scales from the urban form, the ensemble of buildings, the building itself and its envelope and materials. 


 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course the student should be capable of:

• To analyze issues specific for the transformation of North European schools with a perspective of sustainable regenerativity.
• To explore specific topics through the projects (energy, water, materials) by studying and seeking their contribution to architecture in a sustainable city
• To create - in a creative and rigorous way - a coherent architectural design at different intervention scales (urban form, building  ensemble, building and envelope)
• To identify the adequate scales for developing an architectural project in its different design phases
• To design a constructive scenario until the significant constructional details
• To be able to defend an architectural project, orally and written, the design, the visualization, and a scale model.
• To transpose the theoretical contributions in the development of a project.

• To be able to access appropriate information sources and evaluating their value
• Persevere despite difficulties or initial errors to find an optimal solution
• To document and communicate a project
• To plan activities in a way that makes the best use of the set time frame.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Compulsory prerequisite courses necessary to be able to enroll in this studio:

• Architectural Studio IA&B (ARCH3270-1 & ARCH0066-2) et IIA&B (ARCH3260-2 & ARCH3261-1)

• Histoire de l'architecture et Histoire de l'urbanisme (ARCH0067-5 & ARCH0071-2)
• Méthodologie du projet architectural I et II (ARCH0002-1 & ARCH0006-2)
• Techniques de construction durable des bâtiments IA&B (ARCH3258-1 & ARCH3259-1)
• Techniques de construction durable des bâtiments II (ARCH0009-3)
• Mécanique des matériaux I (MECA0001-2)
• Matériaux de construction (GCIV0184-5)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

theoretical lectures, site visit(s), conference(s), jury

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-Face presence from September till December: Lecture courses, visites, invited lectures, table critique

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

The workshop and the project are organized face-to-face in a room of appropriate dimensions to respect the rules of distancing. In the event of a proven impossibility to attend for reasons related to COVID, access to the recordings is specifically given. If the evolution of the color code no longer makes it possible to accommodate all students each week, the organization will move towards complete distance learning with, on the one hand, the provision of podcasts for the theoretical part not yet seen and on the other part of the virtual for the end of the project. If the health context does not allow to organize a face-to-face jury, the jury will take place remotely according to the evaluation methods described in the relative section.

Recommended or required readings

• Attia, S. (2018) Regenerative and Positive Impact Architecture: Learning from Case Studies, Springer International Publishing, London, UK, ISBN: 978-3-319-66717-1.
• MCDONOUGH, W., & BRAUNGART, M. (2010). Cradle to cradle: Remaking the way we make things.
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Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Design Studio, Jury, Final Submission

• The evaluation covers 10% of the overall grade of the studio (Site Analysis Report)
• The evaluation covers 25% of the overall grade of the studio (Pre-Jury)
• The evaluation covers 65% of the overall grade of the studio (Final Jury)

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

It is obligatory to inscribe for the course.

Contacts

Shady Attia, Ph.D., LEED AP Professor in Sustainable Architecture and Building Technology Head of Sustainable Building Design (SBD) Lab
ArGEnCo Dept., Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Liège
Batiment 52, Bureau: (0/542)  Quartier Polytech 1, Allée de la Découverte 9 4000 Liège, Belgique
Tél:  +32 43.66.91.55 - email: shady.attia@uliege.be http://www.sbd.ulg.ac.be/
Olivier Dewispelaere, Architectural Engineer, part-time assistant ArGEnCo Dept., Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Liège
Batiment 52, Bureau: (-1/446) Quartier Polytech 1, Allée de la Découverte 9 4000 Liège, Belgique
Tél:  +32 43.66.95.14 - email: o.dewispelaere@uliege.be

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