Simulation and Design
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ABEE2044 | Architecture and Built Environment | 2 | 10 | Spring UK |
- Code
- ABEE2044
- School
- Architecture and Built Environment
- Level
- 2
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
This module introduces a range of software simulation tools that can be used to explore and develop environmental strategies in buildings. These will cover: basic site analysis and environmental strategy selection; solar design; ventilation; dynamic thermal simulation; plant simulation and energy analysis.
Computer laboratory sessions are used to introduce the tools and acquire basic competence in their use. Their use in project work provides an opportunity to develop an enhanced ability to apply these tools to understanding environmental strategies in existing buildings and to confirm strategies in new designs.
Target Students
Architecture and Environmental Design (K230) students
Classes
- One 2-hour computing each week for 12 weeks
Assessment
- 100% Coursework 1: 2500 word Report
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
This module seeks to provide students with an awareness of a range of industry standard environmental simulation tools and the ability to apply these to a process of design initiation, testing and development that might usefully inform building design.Learning Outcomes
This module will use lectures and computer laboratories to provide students with an awareness of the range of computer simulation tools commonly used in building design.
It will use project work to develop students' ability to: frame appropriate design questions and use simulation tools to explore these; correlate the output from simulation tools with the results from simple manual calculations; interpret the key lessons learned from simulation; use the results from simulation to inform design decisions.
it will use coursework submissions to: develop report writing, design and presentation skills.