Why teach project management and design technology?
Why show cases on airports? It’s just an engineering, specialized and too complex issue for architects?
Can we manage a project without considering its life cycle? What are the methods to achieve a sustainable airport project?
How can we talk about “green architecture” if the airport is due to air traffic noise and pollution?
It’s possible to design a low carbon architectural envelope for the airport terminal?
The purpose of the Design Management & Project Technologies course is to answer these common questions, while providing an introduction and overview of sustainable projects through outstanding examples in airport design, pointing what are now the most effective design systems and components.
The course target is giving the students a better understanding of integrated design techniques and the holistic approach needed to achieve project sustainability goals. Green buildings project success, failure, and current trends are discussed. The concepts associated with environmental design and construction will be considered as well as the international technical standards and the law framework. The emphasis is put on the development of a green architectural envelope design solution, applied to an airport case study selected within the national Core-Network.
This Course is a mix of lectures based on assigned readings, design development steps and specialised seminars with the participation of airport industry projects stakeholders and industrial partners as invited guest speakers. Familiarity with process approach in construction and with building systems and components (learned in 2nd year Architectural Technology Laboratory) and base concepts of design phases documentation (design specifications, performance based design documentation, bid documentation, bill of quantities) are a prerequisite for a proficuous partecipation to the course.
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