Environmental Systems 1 [Module 1]

Harvard GSD

This course is the first of a two-module sequence in building technology (6121, 6122) and constitutes part of the core curriculum in architecture.Objectives:– To study selected aspects of the physical environment which directly affect people and their buildings, such as climate, weather, solar radiation and heat gain and loss.– To study the means by which environmental factors may be wisely utilized, controlled, and modified as an integral part of the architectural…