COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name Code Semester T+A+L (hour/week) Type (C / O) Local Credit ECTS
Interior Architecture Design Systems III: Building Services IAR 351 Fall 02+02+00 Elective 3 6
Academic Unit: Interior Architecture and Environmental Design
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Prerequisites: None
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Course Unit: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: - -
Course Objectives: The course objectives are to develop a deeper understanding of the relationship between building design and the environmental control systems of acoustics, lighting and building services design. This design-centered course is intended to develop the ability to give an insight and understanding of effective and efficient ways to use environmental control systems and other environmental resources.
Course Contents: This course introduces the theory and application of climate, energy use, and comfort as determinants of interior architecture design process. Emphasis is on design methods for climate-adapted design, lighting and acoustic design for buildings. Innovative solutions will be illustrated throughout the course.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO):
  • 1- Understand the main principles of environmental, building and room acoustics.
  • 2- Understand the main principles of daylighting and artificial lighting in buildings
  • 3- Understand how environmental adaptation is achieved through location, plus how lighting and acoustic requirements can be achieved.
  • 4- Be able to design buildings that respond to lighting and acoustics.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: Lectures, presentations, homeworks and classworks (design exercises).


WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS

WeekSubjectsRelated Preperation
1 Introduction and fundamentals of acoustics -
2 Building acoustics Reading recommended texts
3 Room acoustics Reading recommended texts
4
5 Acoustic performance -
6 Midterm 1 -
7 Design with daylight Reading recommended texts
8 Design with daylight Reading recommended texts
9 Design with daylight Reading recommended texts
10 Design with daylight Reading recommended texts
11 Midterm 2 Reading recommended texts
12 Design with artificial light Reading recommended texts
13 Design with artificial light Reading recommended texts
14 Design with artificial light Reading recommended texts


REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING

Brown, G.Z. and Mark Dekay, Sun, Wind, and Light, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000
Gary Steffy (2008). Architectural Lighting Design, 3rd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Gary Gordon (2003). Interior Lighting for Designers, 4th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Lyle, John, Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1994
Marc Schiler, "Simplified Design of Building Lighting" John Wiley and Sons, 1992
Vale, Brenda and Robert, Green Architecture. Boston: Bullfinch Press, 1991
Vaughn Bradshaw, The Building Environment: Active and Passive Control Systems, John Wiley and Sons, New Jersey, 2006.
Watson, Don & Kenneth Labs, Climatic Design. San Francisco: McGraw-Hill, 1983


OTHER COURSE RESOURCES



ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

Semester RequirementsNumberPercentage of Grade (%)
Practice / Exercise 2 30
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes 2 30
Final Exam 1 40
Total: 5 100


WORKLOAD

EventsCountDuration (Hours)Total Workload (hour)
Course Hours14456
Practice / Exercise21224
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes2510
Final Exam11010
Total Workload (hour):100


THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)

# PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10
LO1                    
LO2                    
LO3                    
LO4