Interdisciplinary Project
Students give proof of their achievement by working on a sustainable design project that involves new or existing buildings in the setting of sustainable district development. The project work takes place in the form of group work. The assessment of the project is based on a written project paper and a presentation of the results at the end of the semester. The aim of the interdisciplinary project work is to provide proof that the students are able to: - develop a concrete sustainable building design concept based on the criteria, indicator systems and planning instruments of sustainable and energy-efficient planning, taking account of the aesthetic, social, legal, economic, ecological, functional, technical, structural and climatic requirements, and to develop project-specific solutions for implementation in teamwork - take account of the current state of the political and scientific debate in the joint project work (in the phases of problem definition, brainstorming, criteria development).
The aim of the final presentation is for the students to demonstrate their ability to give a vivid and concise account of the scientific development process leading to their design/building concept and of their essential findings.
Learning Outcomes
After participating in the Interdisciplinary Project, students are able to
- develop integrated sustainable building design concepts taking account of the aesthetic, social, legal, economic, ecological, functional, technical, structural and climatic requirements
- use the criteria, indicator systems and planning tools of sustainable building, as well as the assessment tools for integrated building assessment, applying them to a specific design/planning concept
- analyse both the ecological and the often decisive economic necessity of a full life cycle assessment from raw material extraction to disassembly, and to make an assessment based on concrete examples
- understand the current state of the political and scientific sustainability debate
- engage in teamwork on a specific project assignment for the development of a sustainable building concept in the various project phases (including initiation, problem definition, assignment of roles, development of criteria, decisions, implementation, presentation, written assessment), working in a solution-oriented way
- assess the relevant aspects in a specific local, regional or national context and develop feasible results
- demonstrate their ability to give a vivid and concise account of the scientific development process leading to their design/building concept and of their essential findings in a final presentation.