Passive Sustainable Design + Environmental Site Analysis

In Week 4, we are explaining what you must consider when doing the environmental aspects in site analysis. Important aspects in building massing like building compactness and solar orientation will be introduced. An overview about sustainable architecture design strategies will be presented as well (refresh).

Lecture

Lecture Recording
Lecture pdf

Learning Check + Assignment

W4 learning Check

Due 11:59pm - 02/09/2025

Assignment 02

Due 11:59pm - 02/16/2025

Link to Attendance Quiz

Resources

W4 PDF HANDOUT
Comfort in Buildings
SUN Path diagram
Passive Design Refresher
Ladybug Short Intro
Ladybug Plug-in link
Guideline Casasol classic pdf
Miro Guideline Assignment (Link)
Link to sign up sheet Individual meetings
Link to CasaSol

Submission of Assignment 2 for Institution Studio

Assignment 2 needs to be submitted to A527 canvas and to the folder in the Institution Studio. You have to work on the site and the design in the Institution Studio (fall 2024). Please add your work in A527 to the work you did in the fall semester. You will find your previous work in the folder below. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Link to your work in Institution studio
Link to A527 Submission Canvas
Integration of assignment 2 content into institution template 4

Previous Examples

Please keep in mind that the assignment questions of previous semesters can differ to the current ones.

student example 01
student example 02