Building the future

In deze minor gaan studenten aan de slag met een zo realistisch mogelijke herontwikkeling van een gebouw in een woon- en bijkomende functie. Alle aspecten worden behandeld, onder andere: financieel, technisch, bouwfysisch, detaillering, energie, bim. Studenten spelen een rol, te weten: projectleider, bouwfysicus, bimmer of algemeen bouwtechnicus. 

Vakken

KBS, Bouwkundige uitwerking, Financieel management, Toegepast bouwmanagement, Themagericht onderzoek, 1buitenland excursie en Bouwfysica.

In this mini-minor you will work for external clients on a new circular building to be developed. The minor is interesting for students with an architectural or construction technique background.

Subjects

​​​​​​​Kick Off Circular Housing 
Getting to know each other and forming groups. Kick-off for the projects and courses in the module. Also lectures and workshops. With your group you are organizing an 1-day excursion. At the end of the week you present the learning results as a group.

Project Circular Housing
You will work in a cross-cultural team of international students on a design for ‘circular housing’. Your client is the housing corporation Delta Wonen, BPD en City Developer-S. They play a key role in building affordable housing in the city of Zwolle. Their purpose is to construct a circular city district in the residential area Nomad City. Your task is to create concepts and ideas for circular housing. Be aware that your ideas may be implemented in the actual plans!

Lectures & Excursions 
In this course you will gain knowledge for your studio project by attending presentations of keynote speakers on circular building and housing concepts. You will visit interesting projects and offices in excursions in the Netherlands and possibly abroad. You will participate in organizing and preparing these excursions.

Engineering
This course provides more detailed knowledge on circular materials. What are the selection criteria and how to apply these in a building according to the regulations. The construction of a building has to be circular too. One of the assignments is to create reusable construction. The course engineering will teach you to develop buildings with circular thinking in mind.

Lifecycle and Maintenance 
This course combines the way of to think circular with the organisation of maintenance of buildings. Also the reverse consequences, choosing material which needs less maintenance, will
be part of the course. This part is specially meant for the Dutch students to forfill their
competence 'beheren' on level 2. So the language in this course will be Dutch. The outcomes of this course must be integrated in the main project. The foreign students will separately take part in the course 'Windesheim and The Netherlands'. 

The future is challenging the way we build our cities. In this module you will work in interdisciplinary teams on an integral design research for a city district in 2050. You research and design future solutions that enhance the quality of life, cut cities’ carbon emissions and build resilience to extreme weather. You research critical infrastructure services like mobility, energy, food, water and waste and its impact on the urban structure and public space.

​​​​​​​Guest speakers from the industry of smart mobility, alternative energy, waste flows, water management, smart cities, etcetera will share their knowledge and experience to support you in your project work. You will visit and investigate interesting projects on field trips in the Netherlands and abroad.

In this module you will work in an inspiring and challenging international environment. You will develop your skills in cross-cultural communication and teamwork through the course Intercultural Awareness.