Course Content
Especially within the field of Sustainable Design the subject of Building Physics is a determining variable. Based on the understanding of the term ‘Climate Engineering’ architects are asked to provide the highest comfort with the lowest impact on the environment.  Most importantly, they are expected to respect the conditions of the building site. Particularly extreme climatic conditions will have a big influence on the design of a building in terms of materialization, as well as on the building’s volumetry.

Learning Objectives
The learning objectives are to evaluate innovative concepts of building physics and building technology. All considerations will be calculated with simple programs and proved in section, plan, and elevation in scale 1:20.

Approach and Format
Students will calculate the heating energy demands, temperatures of the rooms, etc. in order to get an idea of the effect of building volumetries and surfaces. These calculations will be done with simple-to-use software applications. Students will then learn to use the instruments of building physics as design tools for their studio project.

Lecturer 
Prof. Dr. Stefan Bertsch 

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