Free Choice Courses
These modules are part of the interdisciplinary electives Research & Design for Sustainable Development. As courses they are part of the TU graduation specialisation ‘Technology in Sustainable Development’ (TiSD)
current: 11/12 4th quarter
next: 12/13 2nd quarter
In a number of enthusiastic lectures on general and specific topics, knowledge will be acquired on the topics of environmental planning, environmental design and ecology.
The knowledge can be used in discussions, research and design. Students will be required to prepare, for example by formulating questions in advance. The course will be concluded with a written test consisting of three parts (two exams and an essay) and a take-home examination.
current: 11/12 4th quarter
next: 12/13 4th quarter
During the programme design and design driven research is conducted. Pioneering design and research will be done. The design will occur within different timescales (200 years, 30 years, 3 months) and different scales (detail, building block, neighborhood, region). The student chooses his or her own design-related research area and will develop for this specific area (timescale & size) climate and time adaptive solutions. This will result in a design for the different scales with focus on the building block scale.
Design and research teachers will assist the exercise during central meetings. The character of the assistance can be described as workshop-like.
The course starts with a workshop week with films, discussion and thematic lectures.
During the course several excursions will be organized showing examples for sustainable solutions.
The final-products are designs and a research report, both of which are assessed by a design instructor and a research tutor. The assessment is also based on interim testing and an oral presentation. In addition a logbook must be kept with findings and the progress. All the products must be submitted at the presentation.
current: 11/12 4th quarter
next: 12/13 4th quarter
The maximisation method is a method that focuses on design, where environmental themes provide structure for that design. Based on the design brief for a neighbourhood (approx. 2000 houses with facilities) and the available location, a workshop will be held in which several environmental themes will be maximised.
Assessment is based on three presentations and the final-product. The final result is a design for a district, neighbourhood and/or block with oral presentation and written commentary, capable of being understood without further explanation.
current: 11/12 3rd quarter
next: 12/13 3rd quarter
A Research Course;
Smart Architecture is both context driven and concept driven design.
The context is a sustainable development of the built environment. ‘Smart solutions’ are the concept.
Here being smart implies being innovative, inspiring, optimistic en integral.
Smart Architecture documents and analyzes projects that conform to this definition.
next: to be planned, probably summerschool last weeks of August
Incidental workshop courses in co-operation with partners from practice. Last time (April 09) an excursion to Hamburg was part of the course that explores new urban developments, sustainable buildings and contemporary architecture on bicycles.
