Assistant Professor
Arch 3231 will introduce selected aspects of the physical environment which directly affect our sensory perceptions of buildings. These include temperature, radiation, solar geometry and shading, heat loss and gain through the building fabric, daylight, and sound. Students taking this course will learn how these aspects can be measured for the goal of utilizing, controlling, and modifying them as an integral part of architectural design. One of the main agendas of this course is to inform and enhance your design ideas through rational and retraceable methods.
This course will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of air behavior and numerical techniques for modeling and visualizing it. Students will learn to evaluate movement and quality of air within and around buildings. This course includes rigorous training in using a commercial CFD software. The software will be used to enhance understanding of fluid behavior. Students will learn to interpret visual and numerical data output by the software. Throughout, this course will emphasize rigorous use of design analysis tools as the only way to begin using them creatively.