Living Environment Design Studio

The Living Environment is to make a system which improves the places for human life and social activities within a variety of nature and social environment. Architectural design to realize it needs understanding the diversified information; such as site environment, people’s behavior, activities, purposes, and requirements, and organizing the design conditions based on the information.
This class is Active Learning to acquire the skills of understanding the design process, noticing something, finding out something, and doing network-collaborations in communication with others, by using the e-learning system “Web Learning Studio” and ICT (Information and Communication Technology).
It corresponds to the subject of the examination for architects; First “Architectural Design Drawings.”

　First lesson is a housing design by the individual. It is well-known that Architectural design begins with housing and concludes with housing. To design a house as the fundamental element of a community, we should consider it in various aspects: such as people’s behavior and mentality, lifestyle and function, dimensions system around the body, spatial form and material. Students will acquire the applied skills of Architectural design, through thinking about what is “Living Environment” in the design process.
　Second lesson is a town design to relate Architecture and Town. Students will propose a new program and architectural space contributing to the local revitalization, through surveying and analyzing the characteristic of the area, by a group work that will be necessary to social activities.

1. Design an architectural space by taking advantage of various digital tools (BIM Software)
2. Comprehend and practice the design process to study multilaterally
3. Practice Collaborative design on the network-collaborations.
4. Recognize and practice the concept of Collaborative design by a group work
5. Make a presentation effectively

Japanese

Your overall grade will be based on the following ratio:
First lesson:
- The quality of the submitted works: 70%
- Presentations: 10%
- The number of times of saving documents on WLS: 10%
- The activeness to esquisse for the individual: 10%
Second lesson:
- The quality of the submitted works: 70%
- Presentations: 10%
- The number of times of saving documents on WLS: 10%
- The activeness to esquisse for the group: 10%
To pass, students must earn at least 60 points out of 100 by carrying out all the above-mentioned performances (submitting the two proposal, collaborations, and presentations) on time.

Textbook:
ISBN-13: 978-4761523756
ISBN-13: 978-4395006434
ISBN-13: 978-4621075098
Reference document: The project works, reports, and case studies in SAWADALAB.’s HP (http://www.sawadalab.se.shibaura-it.ac.jp/)

-Acquire the skills of operating BIM Software: such as the 3D-object CAD, various environmental simulations Software, before this class starts.
-This class is composed of the dual forms; the class form by using the e-learning system “WLS: Web Learning Studio”, and the other class face-to-face in the classroom.
-This class relates closely to “Architectural Digital Design / Exercise (second semester in the second year)” and “Study for Dwell Environment (first semester in the third year).” You should study them with this class.

• Every Monday: 12:45-13:00, or email each teacher.
• If you will need a face-to-face meeting, you should make an appointment with each teacher by e-mail.

Environment-related course (25%)

Regionally-oriented course

• Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
• Course that cultivates a basic interpersonal skills
• Course that cultivates a basic self-management skills
• Course that cultivates a basic problem-solving skills

Most classes are interactive