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Are you embarking on a new green building development or looking to sustainably retrofit an existing building?
Then this one-day session is a must for your project team. It will allow them to develop a shared focus on clearly defined sustainability targets. By bringing together all stakeholders in the project, this session will create synergy between the stakeholders and deliver a unified roadmap for your green building development. |
| This one day masterclass, in three convenient locations near you, is led by: |
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Nirmal Kishnani
Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture,
National University of Singapore
Chief Editor, FuturArc Journal and Sustainability Design Consultant |
Building sustainability and the Integrated Design Process (IDP) is:
- Setting sustainability targets with input from key stakeholders including users, code officials, building technologists, cost consultants, civil engineers, mechanical and electrical engineers, structural engineers, specifications specialists, and consultants from many specialized fields
- Aiming to integrate services, processes, materials and building elements to maximise
efficiency and minimize materials & systems
- Using design strategies & leading edge products and technologies to drive synergy
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The challenge of building Green lies in the process, in getting stakeholders to collectively focus on performance targets and outcomes. A Green building is at heart the product of integrative thinking, different from the conventional design-construction process which is fragmented into disciplinary silos.
The Integrated Design Process (IDP) is described as one in which all stakeholders of the process - architects, engineers, developers, occupants, etc - establish a common understanding of performance and chart out a roadmap. It is iterative and collaborative, in which the team strives towards agreed targets at the drawing board.
The first challenge of IDP is articulating a holistic notion of Green. The second challenge is operationalising principles into practice, i.e. a roadmap for multidisciplinary thinking.
It has been shown that where there is synergy between stakeholders, a shared focus on clear targets, performance is significantly better than if team members strive on their own. And when this is applied to the building’s relationship to its environment, its inhabitants and the community at large, the process achieves a quantum leap in Greener outcomes.
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This workshop consists of two components.
Lectures: This will establish an operative framework for Greening; how we define performance and outcomes, when we should intervene and why it matters, supported with case studies of projects from Asia and beyond.
Design Charrette: A charrette is an exercise in collaborative thinking, one that exposes the group to IDP principles. This walk-through illustrates value of multidisciplinary thinking at the drawing board.
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| 09:00 |
Lecture 1:
The Greening Challenge; an overview
- What is a Green Building?
- How do we measure outcomes?
- How do we set targets?
- What tools are available for the design process?
- Why does it matter?
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| 10:30 |
Morning tea |
| 11:00 |
Lecture 2 :
Revisiting the Design Process
- The design process in theory
- The design process in practice
- Common perception gaps
- The Integrated Design Process
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| 12:30 |
Lunch |
| 13:30 |
Design Charrette :
An Exercise in Integrative Thinking
This exercise is a test-drive of the principles discussed during the lectures. A charrette is in effect a team effort in design. The group is subdivided into subgroups; each assigned a small project on the drawing board. By identifying and agreeing on targets and pathways towards Green targets, the group must reach consensus of how best to get there. The process must include the negotiation of priorities between team members and an awareness of the interconnectivity of decisions, where a single outcome requires several stakeholders to act together. |
| 15:00 |
Afternoon tea |
| 15:30 |
Design Charrette (cont’d) |
| 17:00 |
Wrap up and summary |
| 17:10 |
End of session |
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| About your Masterclass leader |
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Dr Nirmal Kishnani
Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore
Chief Editor, FuturArc Journal and Sustainability Design Consultant
Dr. Nirmal Kishnani is an educator, Green consultant and design writer based in Singapore. Trained in architecture and environmental science he set up the first Singapore-based Green design consultancy in 2002 which he managed for five years. In that time - as Green was increasingly adopted by the industry - he collaborated with developers and project teams across Asia working on landmark developments such as the Asian Development Bank Retrofit (Manila), Islamabad Airport (Pakistan) and Gardens by the Bay (Singapore). He has written and lectured extensively on the subject of Greening, addressing audiences in Australia, Europe, India, China and Southeast Asia. In 2008, Nirmal was a key speaker at the FuturArc Forums, a series of highly successful conferences which brought the message of sustainability to eight cities across Asia and Australia.
In 2007 Nirmal accepted a position with the National University of Singapore where he teaches sustainability at the Department of Architecture. He continues to be involved in select projects as sustainability consultant. He is Chief Editor of the FuturArc Journal - now a lead publication championing Green design - jury chair of the FuturArc Green design competition and sits on several advisory panels such as the International Panel of Experts on Sustainability convened by Singapore Building and Construction Authority.
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- Architects
- Project Managers
- Owner-Operators
- Engineers
- Developers
- Facility Managers Suppliers
And all other stakeholders in the design process
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