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Basics of designing smart and green buildings

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 226-0601/02
Abbreviation ZANACH
Course title Basics of designing smart and green buildings
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Architecture
Course coordinator Ing. arch. Kateřina Riedlová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction, assignment of the architectural work for analysis, recommended literature, overview of the content of individual exercises, their purpose and expected outputs, explanation of the use of information sources, list of tools required for the exercises (practical exercise – layout of one’s own housing + operational diagram)
2. Drawing an architectural site plan, floor plans, sections, and elevations; basics of zoning and orientation within the plot
3. Analysis of floor plans, sections, and elevations – functional zoning, identification of social and private zones, additional creation of an operational diagram
4. Composition – compositional analysis of the façade
5. Ecology – passive and green buildings
6. Ergonomics – analysis of the building
7. 3D representation – axonometry or perspective
8. Completion of the overall analysis in the form of texts and sketches
9. Own design of a small house, building program, operational diagram
10. Urban context, relationships, placement of the building, layout and massing solution
11. Form, structure, composition, shape
11. Architectural detail
13. Project presentation

E-learning

Studijní opory k dispozici v IS edison a na lms.vsb.cz.

Literature

MUMOVIC, Dejan a SANTAMOURIS, M. (ed.). A handbook of sustainable building design and engineering: an integrated approach to energy, health and operational performance. Second edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. ISBN 978-1-138-21547-4.

Advised literature

LECHNER, Norbert. Heating, cooling, lighting: sustainable design methods for architects. Fourth edition. Hoboken: Wiley, [2015]. ISBN 978-1-118-58242-8.