ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE ADAPTIVE REUSE IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO USING ENVIRONMENTAL SIMULATION
Abstract
Education for sustainability must go beyond teaching sustainable strategies in design methodologies. It must give students practical skills that will enable them to continue learning after they graduate. This paper addresses the integration of sustainable design process as a pedagogical approach in the architectural studio and the adaptive reuse project. It aims to explore the use of building simulation as a tool to evaluate different solutions, to highlight on the significance of design decisions taken during the entire design process and to emphasize on improving building performance indicators. An assessment of several projects carried out within Design Studio course using simulations of tware in the design process will be compared with the conventional design method that is based on functional and aesthetic criteria only. The challenge of limiting the design within the constraints of an existing building or the possibility of adding an annex to it reveals how this site selection impacts the sustainable approach through the design process. The result shows the significance of this quantitative experiment that can support students to test different alternatives from the early stage of the design process and to manipulate their design based on informed and reliable results to optimize building performance. However, thestudent's ability to interpret results is critical to assess building performance.
Author(s)
Dr. El Sayary, Samer; Dr. Mohsen, Hiba