Sustainable by Design
Fall & Spring
| 3 credits
| Elective
Majors:
Architecture,
Design,
and
Environmental Studies
A study of sustainability in architecture and design through theory and case studies. Sustainable aspects of design are approached from a holistic and conceptual point of view. The course will focus on advanced knowledge of sustainable practices to further students’ understanding of the main aspects of sustainability as parameters for creating good architecture and design.
Field Studies
- Architectural Office Visits
- Office visits to Henning Larsen Architects, Lundgaard, Trandberg Architects, and Art Andersen
- Copenhagen Business School
- In-class visits to Copenhagen Business School, Kilen campus, the Ecological House of Inspiration, the University of Copenhagen, Green Lighthouse, sustainable housing on the Hedebygade
- Sustainable Architecture Visits
- Sustainable Industries and Buildings: Rockwool center, Munke Energy Flex House, House of Dreams, VKR Holding, and the Horton Law Office
- Open Air Museum
- Vernacular architecture at the Open-Air Museum
- Amerikakaj to Kalkbrænderihavnen
- Architectural responses to building codes through the 20th and 21st century
Instructors
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Leslie Lormier
Architect AIA LEED/BD+C. (Stanford University, Economics, 1988)(MArch,UC Berkeley, 1995). Employment at Sim Van der Ryn Architects & Associates, SMWM Architecture & Planning. Own firm since 2000, Lorimer Architecture. With DIS since 2010.
