Contents

• Following the students’ practical semester, they take the design module "Building Culture 3" in the summer semester, which has the following contents:
• Part 1: Integrated urban development design incorporating the following assignments:
• The development of a energy-optimized urban development design on the basis of an on
• site analysis of potentials
• Shadow simulation and quantification of the solar input
• Mobility plan subject to energy standard
• Ecological assessment (DGNB: German Sustainable Building Council), energy balancing of consumption and potential
• Exploration of parametric design processes at urban development level, optimization of the land-use structure based on aspects of energy efficiency
• Part 2: Integrated building drafts based on the urban development planning in Part 1:
• Development of a utilization concept based on the urban development site that has been generated- Design of a building, including building services engineering and façade technology
• Exploration of parametric design processes at building level, optimization of the functional areas, façade and building structure
• Transfer of digital manufacturing and production methods to the designIn both parts, students must show the use of cybernetic design processes and document them.

Qualification Objectives

• As in classic project development, the students are to develop an integrated design from the urban planning stage right up to the design of a specific building.
• The specific location with its potentials is of particular significance.
• The students learn to carry out an energy-efficient development of a project in practice. The specific features of the project development are studied and assessed. Students explore the options for optimizing the design on the computer at various scale levels, and develop implementation strategies for digitally controlled construction processes for this project. The project work is supervised, corrections are made to the design and progress is assessed during intermediate colloquiums. The presentation techniques chosen by the students play an important role here.
• The interdisciplinary objective here is personality development, as the students have to work out their own standpoint on the design task, generate independent strategies for finding solutions, give these solutions a tangible form and discuss them in the group. The students also have to include the social impact of these solutions in the design, learn how to express themselves in public and improve their presentation techniques.