Course Information

Course Code:
Course Number:
Code Course Name Language Type
SBP 103E Role of Professions in Sustainability English Elective
Local Credits ECTS Theoretical Tutorial Laboratory
3 4 3 0 0
Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction
Prerequisites None
Class Restriction None
Course Description
Sustainability in the context of spatial planning. Global urbanization dynamics (urbanization in developing countries and developed countries), reasons of urbanization, sustainability at the urban scale and the role of Green Urbanism. Landscape characteristics and their relations with sustainable development. Improving the efficiency of spatial planning tools for the integration of sustainability. Comprehensive understanding of building systems including investigation of integrated design approaches and technologies that are required to construct environmentally responsive architecture. Investigation of cultural drivers requiring natural and environmental conscious building systems to be developed within the complex social and political context of architectural (design) practice. Production-consumption-recycle dynamics, ecology and deep ecology concepts, integration of design and planning objectives with natural and cultural values, open-ended design. Concepts of sustainability and ecology, sustainable design and assessment in the scale of interior space, recycle and reuse. The role and use of industrial design for social innovation and sustainability.