Environmental Design I
| Title | Περιβαλλοντικός Σχεδιασμός I / Environmental Design I |
| Code | 01ΘΕ01 |
| Faculty | Engineering |
| School | Architecture |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Evangelia Athanasiou |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600002249 |
Programme of Study: PMS Perivallontikós Architektonikós kai Astikós Schediasmós
Registered students: 20
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
|
| Weekly Hours | 13 |
| Total Hours | 13 |
| Class ID | 600289349
|
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600289349
- At the Website of the School: https://websites.auth.gr/envi/lista-mathimaton/
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will have:
• become sensitive to the contemporary problems of environmental degradation of the built environment,
• a comprehensive understanding of the necessity of the environmental design of building envelopes for energy conservation,
• a comprehensive knowledge of the parameters that affect the environmental design of buildings,
• been involved in the comprehension of the above parameters through the study and environmental analysis of energy efficient building designs.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Environmental Design I analyzes and examines:
• the macro- and micro-climatic parameters that affect building design,
• the properties of the materials that form the urban and natural landscape and determine the energy, environmental and ecological dimension of the design process,
• the principles for the energy-efficient design of building envelopes: sun protection and sun protection systems, thermal flow/thermal insulation, sound and sound insulation of building elements, ventilation and natural cooling, size and quality of transparent elements/natural lighting etc. along with the strategic, architectural and mechanical systems required for a holistic approach to environmental architectural design, both in new implementations and in existing settlements and groups of buildings.
Keywords
environment, climate, bioclimatic building design, thermal comfort, visual comfort
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
Use of computer in teaching, communication with the students and assessment of students.
Use of eLearning in the communication with the students.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 52 | 1.7 | |||
| Reading Assigment | 38 | 1.3 | |||
| Written assigments | 30 | 1 | |||
| Total | 120 | 4 |
Student Assessment
Description
1. Individual assignment: Article presentation. Read one article from the list that will be provided and prepare a critical presentation. The presentation will take place five weeks later in class and should be in PowerPoint format (5–6 slides).
2. Group assignment (3 students): Critical reading of institutional texts of the European Union and Greece on environmental issues, based on the themes developed during the course. Submission of a scientific essay (approximately 3,000 words) and presentation at the end of the semester.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
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Βίου Μάθησης. ISBN 978-960-175-5. Διαθέσιμο στο: http://repository.kallipos.gr/handle/11419/563.
Αθανασίου, Ε., Τριάντης, Λ. και Χριστοδούλου, Χ. (2024) Κοινωνικός Άτλας Θεσσαλονίκης.
https://thessalonikisocialatlas.arch.auth.gr/
Αποστολοπούλου, Ε. (2021). Κοινωνικοί Αγώνες για το Χώρο, τη Φύση και τα Κοινά την Εποχή της
Κρίσης. Αθήνα: νήσος.
Βαταβάλη, Φ. & Χατζηκωνσταντίνου, Ε. (2018). Γεωγραφίες της Ενεργειακής Φτώχειας στην Αθήνα
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Βιτοπούλου, Α,. Γεμενετζή, Γ., Γιαννακού, Α., Καυκαλάς, Γ., Τασοπούλου, Α. (2016) Βιώσιμες πόλεις
Προσαρμογή και ανθεκτικότητα σε περιόδους κρίσης, «Δράση Κάλλιπος» Ηλεκτρονικά Ακαδημαϊκά
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23-10-2025
