Course
Living Labs: Solving for Carbon Neutrality with High Performance Buildings
Number: BCT 515
Credits: 3
Format: In person
Semester: Spring
Meeting Times: Mon. & Weds: 1:00-3:45pm
Room: 160
Instructor
L. Carl Fiocchi,
Ph.D., M.Arch., B.A.
SR. Lecturer & Chief Professional Masters Advisor
Office: Olver Design Building 337
Phone: +1 (413) 545-1866
Email:
Course Description
*Currently Not Offered
This is the first course in a two-course sequence where students will work collaboratively to design and build an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) for a community based affordable housing provider. Students will engage in critical, process-based strategies for designing sustainable housing, and will actively engage in all phases of architectural design (schematic design, design development, and construction documentation). There will be a strong emphasis on equity in housing, affordable housing, low-carbon modeling, energy modeling, detailing for construction, as well as construction scheduling and cost estimating as it relates to the project.
Learning Goals
- Gain practical drawing, digital representation and model making skills.
- Root design in the study and understanding of human scale and inhabitation.
- Understand the role of affordable housing in the broader context of social and climate equity.
- Design and articulate a clear and comprehensive architectural concept and proposal.
- Resolve form, structure, materials, and technical details in an architectural proposal.
- Prepare a set of technical drawings, including construction details, for a small residential dwelling.
- Evaluate different exterior envelope assemblies for performance.
- Learn basic energy and carbon modelling for residential buildings.
- Further develop visual, verbal, and writing skills for design communication.
- Learn basic construction cost estimating and scheduling.
Textbook/Materials
TBD