Architecture, Energy and Climate. Basics for the design of the Well-Tempered House
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Building Technology |
Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
MIARQ |
67 |
MIARQ |
4 |
- |
3 |
- |
81 |
5 |
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
The main objective of this curricular unit is to deepen the knowledge in Architecture in its technical and formal dimension directly related to the climatic conditions and the inhabited space, in the framework of energy efficiency and sustainable development. Based on elementary theoretical principles on climate, energy and thermal comfort - placed in a historical and contemporary perspective - we seek the understanding of integrated and exemplary building technological solutions, opening a critical reflection about design practices in its profound relationship to the place.
Learning outcomes and competences
1. To acquire scientific awareness of the main physical phenomena and to understand the basic theoretical statements associated, in particular, with the exchanges and conservation of energy, ventilation and hygrometry in contemporary systems and building materials;
2. Understand climatic elements in their geographical circumstances, applied to the patterns of interior conditions of comfort and architectural forms;
3. Understand design strategies and passive techniques of environmental control, new and old building materials, and know how to adapt this knowledge in order to achieve energy efficiency and sustainable standards, within the rationality of the design process in Architecture.
Working method
Presencial
Program
In the classes the following thematic groups are crossed:
1. Introduction
1.1. Premise: Directive 2010/31 / EU and the urgency of the good energy performance of buildings, within the framework of sustainable development;
1.2. High-tech or Low-tech? Contemporary problems in the design of the well-tempered house
2. Energy in Architecture
2.1. The nineteenth-century thermodynamic parable: from Orson Fowler to Keck & Keck architecture;
2.2. The demand of the 18ºC and the thermal inadequacy of the modern Machine à Habiter;
2.3. The Solar House, the Well-Tempered Architecture of Reyner Banham and the Team XX;
2.4. Energy and low carbon design. ZEB: Zero Energy Buildings.
3. Physical phenomena associated with climate and comfort
3.1. Physiology, environment and comfort;
3.2. Bioclimatic interpretation of atmospheric conditions;
3.3. Mechanisms of energy exchange and retention;
3.4. Hygrothermal comfort, ventilation regimes and comfort standards;
4. Building design strategies from passive solutions of environmental control to technological innovation
4.1. Between the earth and the sky. Vernacular architecture as a bioclimatic apparatus;
4.2. Passive solar energy solutions: shading mechanisms and thermal storage; buffering and spatial zoning; ventilation, cavities and fenestrations;
4.3. Transparent or opaque; light or dense; narrow or thick; smooth or rough; light or dark; light or shadow; north or south;
4.4. How much does a building weigh? Identification of new and old materials towards a sustainable construction.
Mandatory literature
Banham Reyner;
The architecture of the well-tempered enviroment
Abalos, Iñaki ; Ensayos sobre termodinâmica, arquitectura y belleza, Actar, 2015
Rudofsky Bernard;
Architecture without architects. ISBN: 0-8263-1004-4
Ribeiro Orlando;
Geografia de Portugal. ISBN: 972-9230-25-0
Soromenho-Marques Viriato;
Metamorfoses. ISBN: 972-1-05545-X
Associação dos Arquitectos Portugueses;
Arquitectura Popular em Portugal
Olgyay Victor;
Arquitectura y clima. ISBN: 84-252-1488-2
Allen Edward;
How buildings work. ISBN: 0-19-509100-0
Daniels, Kraus ; Low Tech, Light Tech, High Tech. Building in the Information Age, Birkhauser, 1998
Brown, G. Z, Dekay, Mark; Sun, wind and light. Architectural design strategies, John Wiley & Sons, 2001
Smithson Peter ; Fundamentals of the Physical Environment, Routledge, 2008. ISBN: 978-0415395168
Neila González F. Javier;
Técnicas arquitectónicas y constructivas de acondicionamento ambiental. ISBN: 84-89150-20-6
Schittich Christian 340;
Solar architecture. ISBN: 3-7643-0747-1
Complementary Bibliography
Daveau Suzanne 1925-;
O ambiente geográfico-natural
Energy Research Group;
A^green Vitruvius. ISBN: 972-97668-2-7
Neila González F. Javier; Arquitectura Bioclimática, Editorial Munilla-Lería, 2004. ISBN: 84-89150-64-8
Gonzalo, Roberto (ed); Passive house design. Planning and design of energy-efficient buildings, Detail/Birkhauser, 2014
Crowe Norman;
Nature and the idea of a man-made world. ISBN: 0-262-03222-8
Aranovitch E. 340;
Workshop on passive cooling. ISBN: 92-826-1690-8
Fernandes Eduardo Guimarães de Oliveira 1943- 340;
Energy and Buildings for temperate climates
Moita Francisco;
Energia solar passiva
Yeang Ken;
proyectar con la naturaleza. ISBN: 84-252-1763-6
Edwards Brian;
Sustainable architecture. ISBN: 0-7506-4134-7
Fernández-Galiano Luis;
Fire and memory. ISBN: 0-262-56133-6
Papanek Victor;
The green imperative. ISBN: 0-500-27846-6
Paricio Ignacio;
La protección solar. ISBN: 84-923125-3-X
Teaching methods and learning activities
The course syllabus contents are developed in master classes. Through case studies, the lecture will seek to systematize and put in relation to the technical-scientific data, the constructive solutions and the architectural forms. In this theoretical time, circumstantially and to monitor individual work, students will be invited to discuss some of the exposed subjects and to reflect on problems raised, confronting them with the chosen building to be analyzed. At the beginning of the semester, students are invited to developt an analytical and critical reflexion about a building or a theme work, presented in the form of an A4 file or a 120x120cm poster
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
designation |
Weight (%) |
Participação presencial |
30,00 |
Trabalho prático ou de projeto |
70,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
designation |
Time (hours) |
Trabalho de investigação |
43,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
20,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
18,00 |
Total: |
81,00 |
Eligibility for exams
75% frequency registration, participation in classes and positive classification in the individual work.
Calculation formula of final grade
The assessment will be continuous with as a weighting factors to assign the classification the presence, participation in classes and the quality of the individual work in the face of problems and challenges.
The final classification will be calculated taking into account the following weighting factors: presence in class - 40% attendance - 10%, individual work - 50%.
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
In accordance with applicable legislation.
Classification improvement
The assessment will be global and continuous without final exam in accordance with applicable legislation.