GENERAL COMPETENCIES of the module

The competences of the modules associated with this subject are mainly focused on 2 of the modules:



_M02-Basic Technician: Construction, Structures and Installations (M02CM04): Basic ability to: Preserve the rough work; Project building and urban installations for transformation and electrical supply, audiovisual communication, acoustic conditioning and artificial lighting; Preserve facilities.



_M05-Advanced Technician. Construction Structures and Facilities (M05CM02): Advanced ability to conceive, calculate, design, integrate into buildings and urban complexes and execute: Building structures; Interior division systems, carpentry, stairs and other finished work; Enclosure systems, roofing and other heavy work; Facilities for the supply, treatment and evacuation of water, heating and air conditioning.



COMPETENCIES AND SPECIFIC LEARNING OUTCOMES of the subject

_Competence 1: Building and urban design

R01. Capacity to analyse the human resources bind to sustainability: Reduce, reuse, recycle and rehabilitate (rethink, redesign,...)

R02. Ability to manage and to transmit the importance of energy efficiency: Passive strategies, eco materials and life cycle analysis of architecture.

R03. Opportunity to innovate and take value of it: Design a passive building using all the information we have analyzed, understood and explained in class.



_Competence 2. Develop a critical view of trends in sustainable architecture Learning outcomes

R04. Identifies sustainable trends in XXI architecture.

R05. Compare between the different sustainable trends of XXI architecture.

R06. Based on existing buildings, it discusses and exposes the strengths and weaknesses of the different sustainable trends in XXI architecture.

R07. It argues and defends how the line of work of the architecture sector should be in order to achieve the goals set by sustainability.



_Competence 3. Efficiently design the building's thermal envelope Learning outcomes

R08. List and identify the aspects that influence when evaluating the thermal behavior of a building

R09. It calculates the thermal behavior of each element of the building and, based on a technical document, justifies compliance with existing regulations at the national level.

R10. Design new constructive solutions to optimize the thermal behavior of the building



COMPETENCES AND TRANSVERSAL LEARNING OUTCOMES



_Competence 4. Working within a group, developing tasks that contribute at the individual and group level Learning outcomes

R11. Makes the necessary personal contributions to carry out group activities, in a timely and serious manner.

R12. Create a joint work among all team members, collecting the contributions of all members.

R13. Resolve conflicts that may arise with team members, with respect and maturity.

_Competence 5. Being able to communicate correctly both orally and in writing Learning outcomes

R14. Communicates orally clearly and dynamically

R15. Written communication integrates some minimum criteria required for this type of work: structure, format, referencing, bibliography, titles, image quality, uniformity..

1. Basic concepts of Bioclimatic Architecture.

2. Popular Architecture.

3. The climate. Microclimate.

4. Environmental conditions: Bioclimatic town planning and urban design.

5. Environmental conditions: building location and form.

6. Passive strategies: natural lighting and sun radiation.

7. Passive strategies: building thermal isolation and materials selection

8. Passive strategies: winter strategies

9. Passive strategies: summer strategies

10. Active strategies: building services, environmental conditioning and energy generation.

Methodology:Master class + team research, presentation and discussion + individual design work and presentation.



1. TEAM-WORKS:

Theoretical and Practical Exercise.

Every week, 2 groups have to make their own presentation according to the stablished timetable, at the beginning of the course (groups of a maximum of three people).



ANALYZE, UNDERSTAND AND EXPLAIN THE GIVEN TOPIC (15 min)

Topics: sustainable urban design, building location and form, natural lighting, passive solar gains, thermal isolation, sustainable materials, ventilation, water, conditioning active systems and energy generation.



ANALYZE, UNDERSTAND AND EXPLAIN A CHOSEN PUBLIC SPACE OR BUILDING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EXPLAINED TOPIC (15min)



2. MASTER CLASS:

Every week after teams’ public presentations.



3. INDIVIDUAL WORK:

It will be developed, every week, after the students and teacher’s presentations. Workshop at class with the continuous advice and support of the teacher. This works will be an opportunity to apply the theoretical contents in a case close to reality.



In order to materialize the learning outcomes defined above, the methodology of project or problem-based learning (Project Based Learning - PBL) will be followed. It is a teaching technique based on self-learning and the development of critical thinking, whose the objective is that the students, gathered in small groups (3 people) and with the facilitation of a tutor, analyze theoretical subjects and solve a problem posed in the form of a scenario for the achievement of certain learning objectives.



Along with this main activity, there will be another activity within the subject based on specific control of the individual knowledge of each student focused on applying the theoretical items in a building design.

This subject includes the CONTINUOUS EVALUATION and part of it could be done, due to the health crisis situation caused by the Covid-19 virus, on a non-presential way.



1. ORDINARY CALL

1.1- CONTINUOUS EVALUATION SYSTEM

1.1-1. EVALUATION PERCENTAGE:



PRESENTATION OF THEORETICAL ITEM 25%

PRESENTATION OF THE BIOCLIMATICAL BUILDING 25%

NON-PRESENTIAL INDIVIDUAL WORK 50%



1.1.2- QUALIFICATION TOOLS AND PERCENTAGES:

- 1.1.2.A. ANALYZE, UNDERSTAND AND EXPLAIN ON GROUP THE GIVEN TOPIC; Making a comparison with what is explained in class (25%).

- 1.1.2. B. ANALYZE, UNDERSTAND AND EXPLAIN ON GROUP A CHOSEN BUILDING; Taking into account the passive strategies explained in class (25%).

- 1.1.2.C. NON-PRESENTIAL INDIVIDUAL WORK; Development of a single-family house or a small public building (<500sqm), using in the design, as many passive strategies as you can, with the capacity to adapt to different environmental situations: climate and microclimate (50%).



1.1.3- The process of the CONTINUOUS EVALUATION, will be established carrying out all the work outlined in the previous section and will be taking into account the percentage of each. Thus,

the student may pass the lesson if he or she scores 50 or more points (out of 100 points).



1.2. FINAL EVALUATION

1.2.1- The students who have renounced the CONTINUOUS EVALUATION, within the first 9 weeks, as the calendar of 2022-2023 academic year says (this denial shall be communicated to the teacher in writing), they have been transferred directly to the FINAL EVALUATION system.



1.2.2- The FINAL EVALUATION for these students, as they would be from the beginning of the course in the CONTINUOUS EVALUATION, they would have to make THE PRESENTIAL FINAL WRITTEN TEST, with the value of 50% of the grade. They will also have to make a PRACTICAL WORK, consisting on the delivery of the NON-PRESENTIAL INDIVIDUAL WORK (1.1.2.C.), which will have a value of 50%, completing the total grade 100% of the lesson mark. The date and time of the final presential written test, will be the one that sets the calendar of the published continuous evaluation timetable.



1.2.3- The FINAL WRITING TEST and the NON-PRESENTIAL INDIVIDUAL WORK delivered, will have to get a mark of 5 or more (from 10 points). They must all have to get a minimun mark of 5, to make the average grade, so that they can get the FINAL grade to pass the subject. That is to say, that to pass the subject using this methodology, students have to pass all, the PRESENTIAL WRITING TEST and the NON-PRESENTIAL INDIVIDUAL WORK, as shown in the Students' Guide.



1.2.4- This students must DELIVER the following assignments that will be published through the eGela app platform, the last day of class, according to the 2020-2021 calendar. The individual written test will be carried out virtually, through eGela platform, on the day and time established in the Official Calendar of Evaluation Tests, published on the website of the School.

The course uses the eGela platform from the Virtual UPV-EHU campus, where the subjects program, the guides for the exercise and Project chores, the study material for each subject, debate forums, glossary, wikis, lecture questionnaires and evaluation ones. Necessary chores and data will be uploaded to the platform as the course develops.

To facilitate virtual teaching, all the theoretical lessons are gong to be in eGela:
-The group theoretical exercise (item) will be uploaded in eGela by a PDF file.
-The group practical exercise (bioclimatical building) will be uploaded in eGela by a PDF file.
-The individual exercise (passive building) can be done by your own and at the end of the course, upload, the final delivery, in eGela by a PDF file.

Concerning the final deliveries and brief presentations of the works done on group, they will be held on the day specified, on the corresponding timetable, at the beginning of the course, if possible.

Concerning the final deliveries and brief presentations of the works done individually, they will be held at the end of the semester if possible.

The general communication will be done through eGela messages (which students receive as emails) or via direct emails when addressed, to specific students.

Basic bibliography

• ARQUITECTURA BIOCLIMATICA EN UN ENTORNO SOSTENIBLE. F. Javier Neila González. Ed. Munilla-Lería

• UN VITRUBIO ECOLOGICO: PRINCIPIOS Y PRACTICA DEL PROYECTO ARQUITECTONICO SOSTENIBLE. Ed. GG

• GUIA BASICA DE LA SOSTENIBILIDAD. Brian Edwards. Ed. GG

• MANUAL DE ARQUITECTURA BIOCLIMATICA. Guillermo Enrique Gonzalo. Ed. Nobuko

• PROYECTAR CON LA NATURALEZA. Ian McHarg. Ed. GG

• PROYECTAR CON LA NATURALEZA. BASES ECOLOGICAS PARA EL PROYECTO ARQUITECTONICO. Ken Yeang. Ed. GG

• 25 CASAS ECOLOGICAS. Dominique Gauzin-Müller. Ed. GG

• COBIJO. Ed. Hermann Blume

• ARQUITECTURA PRIMITIVA. Enrico Guidoni. Ed. Aguilar

• ARQUITECTURA ANONIMA. John S. Taylor. Ed. Stylos

• ARQUITECTURA ECOLOGICA. Dominique Gauzin-Müller. Ed. GG

• TECNICAS ARQUITECTONICAS Y CONSTRUCTIVAS DE ACONDICIONAMIENTO AMBIENTAL. F. Javier Neila, Cesar Bedoya. Ed. Munilla-Lería

• ARQUITECTURA Y CLIMAS. R. Serra. Ed. GG

• HUELLA ECOLOGICA Y DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE. J. L. Domenech. Aenor

• LA CASA SOSTENIBLE. Cathy Srtrongman. Ed. Océano

• LA CASA AUTOSUFICIENTE. Brenda y R. Vale. Ed. Blume ç

• VIVIENDA Y SOSTENIBILIDAD EN ESPAÑA. Vol 1: UNIFAMILIAR. T. Solanas, A. Cuchí, R. Folch, E.M. Mitre

• ARQUITECTURA Y CLIMA. MANUAL DE DISEÑO BIOCLIMATICO PARA ARQUITECTOS Y URBANISTAS. Víctor Olgyay. Ed. GG

• PRINCIPIOS Y ESTRATEGIAS DEL DISEÑO BIOCLIMATICO EN LA ARQUITECTURA Y EL URBANISMO. EFICIENCIA ENERGETICA. CSCAE

In-depth bibliography

• EL LIBRO DE LA ENERGIA SOLAR PASIVA. Edward Mazria. Ed. GG
• GUIA FACIL DE LA ENERGIA SOLAR PASIVA. CALOR Y FRIO NATURAL. A. Anderson, M. Wells. Ed. GG
• LA ENERGIA SOLAR. J.I.B. Wilson. Ed. Alhambra
• ENERGIA RENOVABLE PRACTICA. Iñaki y Sebastián Urkia Lus. Ed. Pamiela
• BIOCLIMATICA, CONFORT Y AHORRO ENERGETICO: REFLEXIONES DE PROYECTO. J.M. De Prada, R. Aranburu. ETSAM
• ECOURBANISMO. ENTORNOS URBANOS SOSTENIBLES: 60 PROYECTOS. Miguel Ruano. Ed. GG
• URBANISMO BIOCLIMATICO. Ester Higueras. Ed. GG

Journals

• TECTÓNICA ATC Ediciones S.L.
• DETAIL RED BUSINESS Information S.A.U.
• PASAJES EDITORIAL América Ibérica