Building Types

The aim of this course is to enable students to design buildings and spaces with special functions such as hotels, hospitals, schools, factories and to learn about the special considerations and design criteria and principles that apply to these special facilities. The course builds upon the students’ knowledge and awareness of special user groups such as children, the handicap and the elderly. It also draws upon their previous knowledge and fundamentals of environmental psychology and people-environment relations. This theory course supplements what students would search and find by themselves about design standards and building codes for specialized facilities. They enrich the students’ knowledge base with innovative concepts for restorative, de-stressing, well-being promoting designs and future places.