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Course Details

Course Department: Department of Architecture
Course Code: ARH 539
Course Title: Avdanced Topics in Architectural Technology
Number of ECTS: 8
Level of Course: 2nd Cycle (Master's Degree) 
Year of Study (if applicable): 2 
Semester/Trimester when the Course Unit is Delivered: Spring Semester 
Name of Lecturer(s): Special Scientist 
Lectures/Week: 1 (1.5 hours per lecture) 
Laboratories/week: 1 (1.5 hours per lecture) 
Tutorials/Week: -- 
Course Purpose and Objectives: The course focuses on energy efficient design of contemporary building envelopes. Emphasis is given to the mechanisms of heat transfer, the basic environmental design principles (lighting, ventilation, climatic adaptability), and the integration of hybrid systems and RES technologies in the design of double-skin facades or ceilings. The aim is to develop an energy orientated design methodology in the case of high-performance building envelopes.  
Learning Outcomes:
  • The comprehension of the role of the building envelopes in the overall energy performance of buildings.
  • Familiarity with the basic principles of heat transfer, the principles of passive systems (heating, cooling, ventilation and lighting) and active technical systems, emphasising on the design of double-faced constructions.
  • The application of an environmental-friendly design approach which involves the assessment of climatic and functional factors and the incorporation of passive and active systems (hybrid design), either in energy retrofit projects or the design of new buildings.
 
Prerequisites: Not Applicable 
Co-requisites: Not Applicable 
Course Content: A wide range of the essential technical background concerning the principles of environmental design and climate adaptation of buildings as well as the heat transfer (thermal bridging identification, use of thermography, psychometry and thermal comfort conditions) is covered. Various case-study buildings are presented, providing a wide variety on applied solutions concerning sun shading systems, double-skin facades, green roofing systems or vertical facades as well as hybrid lighting and ventilation systems. Contemporary approaches regarding the prototypes of energy- efficient buildings (nzeb, Passive House) as well as buildings’ applications of renewable energy systems are introduced. Technologies of smart / responsive facades and the role of biomimicry in the development of contemporary envelopes are also included in the course outline.  
Teaching Methodology: Lectures / Workshops.
Team work projects and individual assignments.
 
Bibliography: -selection-

  • Watson, D. (ed.) “The Energy Design Handbook.” The American Institute of Architects. Washington, DC. 1993.
  • Brown G.Z., DeKay M., “Sun, Wind, and Light”, Wiley and Sons, 2014.
  • ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 55-2013: Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy. Atlanta: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air- Conditioning Engineers, Inc., 2013.
  • EN ISO 7730 Ergonomics of the thermal environment - Analytical determination and interpretation of thermal comfort using calculation of the PMV and PPD indices and local thermal comfort criteria, 2005.
  • Brager, G. S., de Dear, R. J.: “Thermal adaptation in the built environment: a literature review”, Energy and Buildings 27, 1998.
  • Givoni B.. “Comfort, climate analysis and building design guidelines”, Energy Build, 18 (1) (1992), pp. 11-23.
  • Poirazis H., “Double Skin Façades. A Literature Review”, Lund Institute of Technology, 2006.
  • Lee E., Selkowitz S., Bazjanac V., Inkarojrit V., Kohler C., High-Performance Commercial Building Façades, University of California, 2002.
  • Passe U., Battaglia F., Designing Spaces for Natural Ventilation: An Architect's Guide, Routledge, 2015.
  • Bauer M., Mösle P., Schwarz M., “Green Building – Guidebook for Sustainable Architecture”, Springer, 2009.
  • Davey P. (Ed). “Engineering for Finite Planet”, Birkhauser,2009.
  • Harris, J., Wigginton, M. “Intelligent Skin”, Oxford: Architectural Press, 2000.
 
Assessment: Course attendance - Participation 10%
Theoretical / Bibliographic study 30%
Presentation (PowerPoint) 10%
Final assignment submission (Issue) 20% Design Project 60%
Midterm Design Project Presentation 30%
Final Design Project Presentation 30%
 
Language of Instruction: Greek
Delivery Mode: Face-To-Face 
Work Placement(s): Not Applicable