Oxford Dreaming Spires

Forum 1: Tuesday 22 July 2008

South School

Forum Leader and Chair: Bruce Haglund, SBSE and University of Idaho, USA

Forum 1: Buildings and the Environment – Changing Courses

11:05

01.1.1

Keynote: Making buildings work better for their users
A Leaman: Usable Buildings, UK

11:30

01.1.2

Teaching climate responsive design to beginning architecture students
P La Roche: California State Polytechnic University Pomona, USA

11:40

01.1.3

The influence of climatic design on Iranian symbolic forms designing
N Nassiri: Islamic Azad University Tehran, Iran

11:50

01.1.4

Apology for architecture
IA Meir, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

12:00

01.1.5

Experimenting with climate as a learning tool for architecture and climate, A+C undergraduate studio courses at UTFSM
N Hormazábal¹,²: ¹Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile; ²University of Nottingham, UK

12:10

 

Discussion

12:30

 

Lunch

13:00

 

Poster Session 1 and Exhibition Viewing

Forum 1: Buildings and the Environment – Theoretical Bases
Chair: Alison Kwok, SBSE and University of Oregon, USA

14:00

01.2.1

Growth of the post-industrial city: Densification and expansion – two models for sustainability on the urban scale
S Lehmann: The University of Newcastle, Australia

14:10

01.2.2

The Jerusalem Eco-Housing Project
G Peled: Eco-Challenges, Israel

14:20

01.2.3

The Queensland Architectural Practice Academy: a new model in industry-focused education
J  Clarke*¹, S Thomson²: ¹Queensland Architectural Practice Academy, Australia; ²Queensland University of Technology, Australia

14:30

01.2.4

Architectural education for an age of sustainability
MW Mehaffy: Sustasis Foundation, USA

14:40

01.2.5

Beauty of environmental architecture
Z Karczewska: Montana State University, USA

14:50

01.2.6

Activism as both research and pedagogy: projects in support of greening the UW System
J Wasley: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA

15:00

01.2.7

Changing paradigms of technology: Towards building a living environment
M Arya¹,²: ¹CEPT University, India, ²Arya Architects, India

15:50   Refreshment break

Forum 1: Buildings and the Environment – National and International Initiatives
Chair: Walter Grondzik, SBSE and Ball State University, USA

15:45

01.3.1

Keynote: Innovation in education and practice
Bill Dunster: ZEDfactory, UK

16:15

01.3.2

The Carbon-Neutral Design Education Project
M Guzowski¹, TM  Boake*², C Theis³, J Wasley4: ¹University of Minnesota, USA; ²University of Waterloo, Canada; ³Louisiana State University, USA; 4University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA

16:30

01.3.3

Towards sustainability: Rethinking architectural education in India
P Shah: DC Patel School of Architecture, India

16:45

01.3.4

Counting carbon from buildings and cities: models and methodologies
R Gupta*¹, S Roaf²: ¹Oxford Brookes University, UK; ²Heriot-Watt University, UK

17:00

 

Discussion

 

 

 

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