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ARC 2420
BUILDING TECHNOLOGY III (Environmental Technology)
2008-09 2nd Term
The University wishes me to emphasize the following.
"Attention is drawn to University policy and regulations on honesty in
academic work, and to the disciplinary guidelines and procedures
applicable to breaches of such policy and regulations. Details may be
found at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/ . With each
assignment, students will be required to submit a statement that they
are aware of these policies, regulations, guidelines and
procedures. "
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ARC 2420
BUILDING TECHNOLOGY III (Environmental Technology)
2008-09 2nd Term
Academic honesty
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/
Every assignment handed in should be accompanied by a signed declaration as
below. (Use either Chinese OR English version). (for final assignment 1,2 and 3
submission on 26 Apr 07 only)
I declare that the assignment here submitted is original except for source material explicitly
acknowledged. I also acknowledge that I am aware of University policy and regulations on
honesty in academic work, and of the disciplinary guidelines and procedures applicable to
breaches of such policy and regulations, as contained in the website
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/
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本人聲明，除明確註明來源的資料外，現提交的作業是本人的原創。本人並
確認本人知道在網址
<http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/ > 所載的大學
有關學術著作誠信的政策及規則，及適用於犯規事例的紀律指引及程序。
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日期
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ARC 2420
BUILDING TECHNOLOGY III (Environmental Technology)
2008-09 2nd Term
ASSESSMENT SCHEME
Submission deadline
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
*
*
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30%
30%
40%
* to be externally assessed.
All submission: A3 horizontal format. Soft copy in high resolution .pdf files, as well as hardcopy.
Write your names proudly and clearly on the front page of your hardcopy. Also put your names
down on the CD jacket. For Assignment 2 and 3, also write your own name on every sheet of your
individual Case Studies and Design.
Assignment 1 – A design guide of designing in climatic zone XXX for Architects
You are required to work in groups to put together an easy to use design manual / guidelines /
code of practice for architects. The submission should allow architects and designers a quick
reference for them to design their buildings in a certain climatic zone.
Divide yourself into 8 groups of say 5 to 6. When in class, seat together. Each city will be
investigated by 1 group of students. Find out a lot about the climate. Ask your self, what is
climate for design? Also find out a bit about other things like landscape, resources, custom,
habitat of the locality, i.e. what kind of people lives there, and what we normally do. Ask
yourself, why this is important to know.
Read: Kenneth Frampton, Modern architecture – a critical history. Pay particular attention
only to his last chapter on Regionalism. What is he trying to say. Do you agree with
Kenneth? Apart form Kenneth’ s book, find 1 more book that say something in agreement
with Kenneth. What is it? And what does it says?
Compose all your findings and studies into say 6-8 A3 sheets. Don't do too much, nor too
little, only work intelligently. 1 .pdf file per group.
Assignment 2 – Case studies
Based on the design manual of assignment 1, the group is required to append to the booklet
case studies with examples that demonstrate how design works. Members of the group will
individually select, investigate and present a case each. Discuss the cases in group but work
on them individually. The group will coordinate the case studies and present them cohesively.
1-2 pages per case will suffice. The group may, during working on assignment 2, revise and
enrich assignment 1.
The case you select need not be in the particular city of your study, but it must come from
cities of similar climatic zone. For example, if your city of study is Paris, then London,
Amsterdam are OK. If in Singapore, than Hong Kong could be used. The important match is
the climatic zone.
The case you select must be a good piece of architecture (you will exercise your own
aesthetic judgment here). It should situate in the climatic zone of your group. Ideally it must
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be a good example climatically. But no design is perfect. So in your studies, you should
highlight its merits and discuss improvements needed for its deficiencies.
The case must not be too large, or too complicated. Don't do hospital, large hotel or big
shopping mall. Most of them are quite bad environmentally anyway. Small community centre,
schools, neighbourhood cluster, hostel are normally better. DO NOT choose a family
residential home.
Before you do your work, sit down and strategically layout how you could analyse it. Think
what information you should need. What experiment you might need to do. And so on.
Assignment 3 – Design
Based on the design manual and case examples, members of the group are required to design
(individually): a simple village junior school with 4 classrooms, 1 school hall (150m2), toilets
and an office on an open site. The following programme gives a guide: No. of student 4 x 20
= 80; No. of teacher and staff 5; Time of class: 8am to 4pm; Class happens throughout the
year; Kids take lunch and afternoon sleep in the classroom; A small playground outside the
school building. Make assumptions of other programmatic requirements. This part of the
booklet is around 3-4 pages per design. The group may, during working on assignment 3,
revise and enrich assignment 1 and 2.
Watch out for appropriate design features you could use; then consider the orientation;
building disposition; micro-climate and landscaping; building mass, walls and roof; openings
and windows, and so on. If you wish, you could suggest and incorporate some special
features like cool pipe, Trombe wall and so on. But they should not replace your generic
design of the school passively. Consider chiefly thermal, ventilation and sun and day lighting.
At the end I will also look at the architecture. Yes, it may be good environmentally, but is it
nice architecturally. I wish to see buildings that behave well in the climatic zone, good to use,
and nice to look at. If you could do this, than you have understood everything I am trying to
teach you.
Remember, making a building works environmentally is quite easy. Making it poetic and
architectural requires additional design input and could be difficult