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Building Physics, Design, and the Collaborative Build: Sustainability and Resilience in Architectural Education
Author(s) -
Stieldorf Karin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2264
Subject(s) - sustainability , competition (biology) , architectural engineering , resilience (materials science) , engineering , sustainable design , engineering ethics , engineering management , architectural design , key (lock) , building design , sustainable energy , sociology , architecture , computer science , visual arts , electrical engineering , renewable energy , biology , thermodynamics , art , ecology , physics , computer security
The earlier architectural students are encouraged to actively engage with environmental issues, the more likely they are to consider them as key in later professional practice. To this end, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) has for over two decades been running courses which involve students in projects focused around the model of collaborative design‐build competitions that address such issues. Associate Professor Karin Stieldorf , a co‐founder of the university's Sustainable Building and Design Group, describes some of these initiatives – notably including her team's winning entry for the US Department of Energy's 2013 Solar Decathlon competition.