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U of O: School of Architecture and Allied Arts

ARCH
ARCH 492/592 Environmental Control Systems
SYLLABUS Winter 2013

Instructor: Lisa Petterson, AIA, LC, LEED AP BD+C, NCARB


SERA Architects
lisap@serapdx.com
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Meeting Time: 4:00 – 6:50 PM, Thursdays + Saturday Jan. 26th, Feb. 9 and Mar. 2nd from 9:00 to 12:00pm
Location: Portland Campus, White Stag Building
Credit: Four Credits
Grading: Pass/No Pass or Graded
Office Hours: Thursday 6:50 PM to 7:20 PM

Overview:
This course is the second in a two-part series on environmental control systems. The emphasis is on sight (light),
hearing (acoustics), taste (water) and smell (waste). The class will discuss environmental control systems as an
integral aspect of the design process rather than as an applied after-thought.

The first half of this course focuses on architectural lighting, the rendering of building form in light. Emphasis for
this portion of the class will be on understanding the basic principles of lighting and perception as a foundation for
generating clear and successful design concepts, with a balance of practical and technical instruction so that
designers can assume responsibility for lighting with increased confidence and renewed potential.

The second half on the course will focus on the topics and issues around water conservation, waste water
treatment, and acoustics. The class will emphasize design issues over technical concerns, using a series of in-class
explorations and take home exercises.

GOALS:
This course should enable students to do the following:
• Evaluate the success or failure of an existing lighting design
• Use light as an architectural element
• Identify a range of common lamp types / fixture types and when to use them
• Document a lighting design by producing a lighting layout, details, fixture schedule and catalog cuts
• Integrate daylighting with electric lighting as an energy conservation strategy
• Understand a broad range of water conservation strategies
• Understand a broad range of wastewater treatment strategies
• Understand the principles of acoustic design

Instructional Methology:
Students are expected to do the readings prior to each lecture in order to expand on topics during the in-class
actitivies and lecture discussions. In class explorations will be group exercises performed in groups of 3 to 4
students. Homework assignments (Exercises) must be done individually in order for a student to receive credit.
Attendance is required for all lectures and Saturday sessions. Unexcused absenses are not permitted. There will
be weekly quizzes and in-lecture actitives covering each week’s topics. This is intended to keep track of student’s
participation, learning progress and applications of the course material. There are no – make up for pop quizzes or
in class activities. The final grade for both quizzes and class participation will be based on an average of all grades
with the lowest score on the quizzes and on the in-class explorations thrown out.
Required Texts:
The following text is available for purchase at the Oregon Bookstore.
Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings (MEEB) – Eleventh Edition by Walter T. Grondzik, Alison G.
Kwok,
Benjamin Stein, John S. Reynolds

Supplemental Texts:
The following books are on reserve in the library.
Concepts is Architectural Lighting, M. David Egan
Concepts in Architectural Acoustics, M. David Egan
Perception and Lighting as Formgivers for Architecture, Lam, William;
Sunlighting as a Formgiver for Architecture; Lam, William;
Light Revealing Architecture; Millet, Marietta;
Lighting Design Basics, Mark Karlen and James Benya

Evaluation:
Performance in ARCH 492/592 will either be graded or pass / no pass (P/NP) to be selected by the student. A 492
pass is equivalent to a (C-) and 592 Pass is equivalent to a (B-).
Student work will be evaluated base on the following percentages:
Quizzes (20%) Lowest grade will be dropped
Class participation (20%) Includes attendance, participation, and in class explorations.
Homework Assignments (40%) 4 Assignments – must be done individually
Final Project (20%) Final design problem – must be done individually

Grading is not set on a curve.


97.1% - 100% A+
93.1% - 97% A
90.1% - 93 A-
87.1% - 90% B+
83.1% - 87% B
80.1% - 83 B-
77.1% - 80% C+
73.1% - 77% C
70.1% - 73 C-
67.1% - 70% D+
63.1% - 67% D
60.1% - 63 D-

All assignments are due at the beginning of the lecture, unless otherwise annouced. Assignments (other than the
final) will be accepted a maximum of week late with a 25% penalty. The final project will not be accepted past the
due date. Incompletes are only given for medical emergencies and then only with authorised and written approval
from the instructor.

Academic Honesty
Academic honesty is expected. Any cases of academic plagiarism or cheating will be reported to the Student
Conduct Coordinator and handled as described in the University's Student Conduct Code. Such cases would include
collaborating or copying during quizzes, copying work for individual assignments, and including the work of others
in case studies without appropriate credit. All "homework" assignments are individual assignments, unless
otherwise noted -- discussion of the general procedures and processes for such assignments is acceptable and
encouraged, but all work submitted must reflect the individual thinking and decision-making of the submitting
student. The in class explorations are intended to be group projects, where the submitted work reflects the
considered judgment of a specific group of students.

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