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C. Berger, A. Mahdavi:
"Integration of Building Science in Architecture Education - The IMPAQT Experience";
Talk: Planning Post Carbon Cities. Proceedings of the 35th PLEA Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture., A Coruna, Spain; 2020-09-01 - 2020-09-03; in: "Planning Post Carbon Cities. Proceedings of the 35th PLEA Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture.", J. Rodriguez-Alvarez, J.C. Soares-Gocalves, PLEA (ed.); A Coruña: University of A Coruña, (2020), Paper ID 1278 (P1549-1553), 5 pages.

This contribution reports on a specific component of an ongoing joint effort, namely the project IMPAQT.
In the present contribution, we focus on the challenge of integrating building physics and building performance
simulation tools in architectural education. Note that material of building physics and building performance content
is as such entailed in many architectural curricula. However, a number of shortcomings have been reported in this
area. Specifically, at the outset of the IMPAQT project - and prior to the actual development stage of the new
curriculum - a gap analysis of needs and shortcomings in current architectural curricula was performed. Thereby,
different views and opinions from both practitioners and academics of current architecture education were collected
and analysed. The resulting architectural curriculum aims at integrating social, urban, human, and technological
aspects in a number of courses. In this paper we concentrate on the structure of the building technology module
within the developed curriculum. The building technology module and its relationship to other thematic modules are
described in detail. Subsequently, the content and implementation of the building technology courses is thoroughly
discussed.

(no german abstract)
This contribution reports on a specific component of an ongoing joint effort, namely the project IMPAQT.
In the present contribution, we focus on the challenge of integrating building physics and building performance
simulation tools in architectural education. Note that material of building physics and building performance content
is as such entailed in many architectural curricula. However, a number of shortcomings have been reported in this
area. Specifically, at the outset of the IMPAQT project - and prior to the actual development stage of the new
curriculum - a gap analysis of needs and shortcomings in current architectural curricula was performed. Thereby,
different views and opinions from both practitioners and academics of current architecture education were collected
and analysed. The resulting architectural curriculum aims at integrating social, urban, human, and technological
aspects in a number of courses. In this paper we concentrate on the structure of the building technology module
within the developed curriculum. The building technology module and its relationship to other thematic modules are
described in detail. Subsequently, the content and implementation of the building technology courses is thoroughly
discussed.

Architecture Education, Building Physics, Building Performance Simulation

http://dx.doi.org/10.17979/spudc.9788497497947