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ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN 2016_17

Environmental Design Lab @ ICAD-International Course on Architectural Design, University of Florence | AA 2016-17

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NEWS

08 June Class review is deleted 

Deadline: 16 June Assignment #03 Presentation 
•  Presentation will be held on 9:30 room #08
•  Dropox Files Upload 15 June

Assignment Guide #03 is ready 
•  Check it out on ASSIGNMENT section

Lectures #04 & 05 are ready for download 
•  Check it out on LECTURE section

Dropbox folder 
The following link bring you to the folder where to save your assignment #01 files

LINK

Lecture #02 for download
•  Check it out on LECTURE section

Assignment #01 starts
•  On March the 9th, the assignment #01 will be explained including Revit+Insight tutorial.  Refer to the guide on Assignments section and to MAIblog
 • Other support in order to deliver the assignment using SketchUp+Openstudio will be provided by prof.Giorgi.
• Mac OsX users look at the following resources in order  to use with SketchUp+Openstudio. [ link ]

 

 


Preliminary Assignment 
Before class starts it’s  highly recommended to read:

 

– G.Ridolfi, Digital Technology for Architectural Fabrication [link] [alt.link]
– G. Ridolfi Learning Design through Designerly Thinking. [link] [alt.link] [video]

 


Reminder
2nd of March: Class starts at 10:30, Bld: S.Teresa, Room: #8

SYLLABUS

SCHEDULE
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
ASSIGNMENTS

Preliminary Assignment_ Readings.

• G. Ridolfi, Digital Technology for Architectural Fabrication [link alternative link ]

• G. Ridolfi, Learning Design through Designerly Thinking [link – alternative link ] video version


First Assignment_ Mass Energy Simulation


Second Assignment_ Personal Tacuino for Proposal


Third Assignment_ Personal Tacuino for Proposal


Final Assignment_ Envelope Prototype Manufacturing

LECTURES

Lecture #01 –  Digital Technology for Architectural Fabrication [link] [alt.link]


Lecture #02_Modeling climate, metrics, optioneering _ LINK

This document (Lecture #02) contains automatic links in the last page. If they don’t work copy and past the addresses in your browser.


Lecture #03_Modeling human behaviors and computing comfort conditions _LINK


Lecture #04_The Building Envelope _LINK


Lecture #05_Assembling and joining structures _LINK


RESOURCES

• Textbooks. A selection of the main founding resources for Environmental Design class


Other publications. Resources collected in «Smart & Green for Responsive Architecture» Issue stack.


• Blogs. Posts sorted from MAIblog resources concerning Environmental Design


• Pinterest.  Pins on different matter organized in Pinterest


Previous students’ works. A slide show of some examples.


GRADES