Location
Tallinn University of Technology –
Departments of Structural Design and Environmental Engineering
Dates
From 04 to 12 July 2016
Target group and organization
The workshop is addressed to students of architecture and civil engineering faculties at master level. The selected students will have full scholarship that will include travel, board and lodging in Tallinn for 10 days (arrival on Sunday 03.07.2016 departure on Wednesday 13.07.2016). The workshop is funded by the NORDPLUS programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM) - Higher Education objective (project title: Environmental Computational Design and Planning Workshop - project ID: NPHE-2015/10036).
The workshop is addressed to students of architecture and civil engineering faculties at master level. The selected students will have full scholarship that will include travel, board and lodging in Tallinn for 10 days (arrival on Sunday 03.07.2016 departure on Wednesday 13.07.2016). The workshop is funded by the NORDPLUS programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM) - Higher Education objective (project title: Environmental Computational Design and Planning Workshop - project ID: NPHE-2015/10036).
Description
The use of digital and computational design tools is always more and more important for the activity of design and research for architects and engineers. It permits to integrate environmental and energy aspects from the very early stages of the design and planning process. At the same time it allows to design in shorter time and with less resources more performative and efficient buildings through the integration of parametric and generative technologies with environmental and energy simulation tools giving the possibility to students and professionals to raise the bar of the energy efficiency of their design and planning.
The use of digital and computational design tools is always more and more important for the activity of design and research for architects and engineers. It permits to integrate environmental and energy aspects from the very early stages of the design and planning process. At the same time it allows to design in shorter time and with less resources more performative and efficient buildings through the integration of parametric and generative technologies with environmental and energy simulation tools giving the possibility to students and professionals to raise the bar of the energy efficiency of their design and planning.
Outcomes
The workshop attendants will broaden their
design and technical knowledge with solar design, daylighting and energy
efficiency topics and will learn how to integrate environmental analysis and
building performance design tools and methodologies into architectural design
and planning processes. The expected outcome are:
- Using parametric and generative software
the students will learn how to integrate efficiently environmental and energy
topics in building design and planning processes.
- The workshop will develop the student’s
awareness and skills about integrating solar design, energy analysis and
daylight simulations into building design and planning from the early stages of
design.
- The students will learn how to use the
different software and maximize the opportunity to realize environment friendly
and energy efficient building design and planning.
Activities
The workshop activities are divided in
three:
- Lectures about the theoretical framework
at the base of the workshop. The lectures topic will include solar geometries
and daylighting, architectural design passive strategies, energy efficiency for
new and existing buildings, indoor climate, building façade design.
- Presentation of the fundamental concepts
and theories about solar design, daylighting and energy simulations;
- How-to lessons to integrate solar design, daylighting
and energy tools with computational design techniques and methodologies, and application
of the tools and methodologies to examples of design and planning projects.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are necessary. It is an
advantage a basic proficiency with CAD and BIM software, parametric design
tools, environmental analysis and energy performance simulation software. Approximately
two months before the workshop will be launched a website with information and
tutorials for the participants to get a useful basic knowledge before starting
the workshop.
Number of students and qualification
criteria
In the workshop there will be 20 students
from four different countries. Three from Sweden, Latvia and Lithuania and
eleven from Estonia. To request to participate in the workshop the students
will have to write an email to Francesco De Luca at francesco.deluca@ttu.ee with
motivation letter and a brief CV with indication of design experience, CAD, BIM
and performance analysis software proficiency.
The selection will be done on the base of
the following: date of request by email, motivation letter, CV.
Evaluation and credits
At the end of the workshop the students
will present the work of study case design developed singularly or in small
groups to show the process used to integrate computational methodologies with
environmental and energy design tools and the outcomes. The workshop will grant
4 ECTS.
Registration deadline
The deadline for the request of
registration is 15.06.2016.
Workshop lecturers
Dr. Francesco De Luca – Researcher Tallinn
University of Technology (workshop tutor)
Prof. Hendrik Voll – Head of Chair of
Heating and Ventilation Tallinn University of Technology
Dr. Mari-Liis Maripuu Project Manager CIT
Energy Management/Chalmers University of Technology
Prof. Anatolijs Borodinecs - Department of Heat and Gas Technology Riga Technical University
Dr. Lina Seduikyte - Vice-Dean for Research Kaunas University
of Technology
Computers and software
It is a requisite that the students will
come with their own laptops. Indications
about downloading and installing the software (trial version or free) will be
provided. The software will be the following:
- Ecotec Analysis (environmental analysis)
- Rhinoceros (3D modeling)
- Grasshopper (computational design)
- Ladybug and Honeybee (solar, daylight and
energy design)
- Radiance and Daysim (daylight simulations)
- EnergyPlus (energy simulations).
Workshop programme
Sunday 03.07 - Students arrival
Sunday 03.07 - Students arrival
Monday 04.07 - Day 1 (9-12 - 13-16)
- Workshop presentation
- Workshop presentation
- Lecture - Solar geometries and daylighting
– Prof. Hendrik Voll.
- Lecture - Architectural passive strategies
and computational design – Dr. Francesco De Luca.
- Workshop - Introduction to computational
design, BIM and environmental design.
Tuesday 05.07 - Day 2
- Workshop - Building modeling and
environmental analysis using solar tools (sunpath, shadows studies, solar
access, right to light) – Software Ecotect Analysis.
- Workshop - 3D modeling for computational
design – Software Rhinoceros.
- Workshop - Computational design (parameters
and components, math operators, functions) – Software Grasshopper.
Wednesday 06.07 - Day 3
- Workshop - Computational design (domains,
vectors, geometries creations and transformations) – Software Grasshopper.
- Workshop - Solar analysis (weather
analysis, sunlight hour calculation, solar radiation, solar envelope and solar
fan) - Software Ladybug/Grasshopper.
Thursday 07.07 - Day 4
- Workshop - Computational design (data management,
conditional statements, data outputs) - Software Grasshopper.
- Workshop - Daylight analysis (sky types,
image and grid based simulations, daylight factor, illuminance) – Software
Radiance in Honebee/Grasshopper.
Friday 08.07 - Day 5
- Workshop - Computational design (generative
design and multi objective optimization) - Software Grasshopper
- Workshop – Dynamic daylight analysis
(daylight autonomy metrics), electric light integration – Software Radiance and
Daysim in Honeybee/Grasshopper.
- Workshop - study case.
Saturday 09.07 - Day 6 (9-12 - 13-16)
- Workshop – Energy model construction (zones,
geometry settings, constructions and material properties) – Software EnergyPlus
in Honeybee/Grasshopper.
- Workshop – Study case.
Sunday 10.07 - Day 7
- Workshop - Energy model set-up and
simulations (loads, schedules and set-points, simulations results analysis,
photovoltaics integration) – Software EnergyPlus in Honeybee/Grasshopper.
- Workshop: Study case
Monday 11.07 - Day 8
- Lecture: Improving energy efficiency in
existing and new buildings – Dr. Mari-Liis Maripuu
- Lecture: Indoor climate for comfort and
energy efficiency – Dr. Lina Seduikyte
- Workshop: Study case
Tuesday 12.07 - Day 9
- Lecture: Buildings envelope design for
energy efficiency and storage – Prof. Anatolijs Borodinecs.
- Workshop – Students’ presentations
Wednesday 13.07 - Students departure
Wednesday 13.07 - Students departure