EAA0190 - Architectural project III – Environmental Performance-driven Design


Computer lab - room U03-217 (Mustamäe campus) – Thursdays 15.45-17.30 (15.45-19.30)

Program (to be confirmed)



 Lecture 01 - 31.01 – 2h  15.45-17.30
3D environemnt
Parametric design - Math, vectors, geometries referencing and transformations.

Lecture 02 – 07.02  – 2h  15.45-17.30
Parametric design - Boolean operators, functions, data management, paths and branches.

Lecture 03 – 14.02 – 2h  15.45-17.30
Environmental analysis - sun light hours calculation, solar radiation analysis.
Performance-driven design – Project building massing studies for solar radiation benefit.

Lecture 04 – 21.02 – NO LECTURE

Lecture 05 – 28.02 – 4h  15.45-19.30
Performance-driven design – Students project work.  

Lecture 06 – 07.03 – 2h  15.45-17.30
Environmental analysis – Weather data analysis.

Lecture 07 – 14.03 – 2h  15.45-17.30
Environmental analysis – Urban comfort analysis.

Lecture 08 – 21.03 – 2h  15.45-17.30
Performance-driven design – Project open areas layout studies for urban comfort.

Lecture 09 – 28.03 – 2h  15.45-17.30
Performance-driven design – Students project work.  

Lecture 10 – 04.04 – 15.45-17.30
Environmental analysis - Solar radiation balance for envelope design.
Students project work.

Lecture 11 – 11.04 – 2h  15.45-17.30
Environmental analysis - Solar radiation balance for envelope design.  
Students project work. 

Lecture 12 – 18.04 – 2h  15.45-17.30
Student presentations - Solar radiation balance for massing studies, solar radiation balance. for envelope design.

Lecture 13 – 25-04 – 2h  15.45-17.30
Environmental analysis - Urban comfort analysis.
Students project work. 

Lecture 14 – 02.05 – 2h  15.45-17.30
Environmental analysis - Urban comfort analysis.
Students project work. 

Lecture 15 – 09.05 – 2h  15.45-17.30
Student presentations - Urban comfort analysis.

Lecture 16 – 16.05 – 2h  15.45-17.30
Environmental analysis - Students project work. 
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Lecture 06 – Files and instructions
For the environmental analysis and urban comfort studies you can download the installation files from the following link Installation files

Once you have downloaded the zip archive file "LadybugFiles.zip" open it. You will see three folders as in the image below

You have to copy the entire folder Ladybug (not only the content) in your computer drive C so that the address of the folder is C:\ladybug

 The two other folders Ladybug-ComponentsFolder and Ladybug-UserObjectsFolder (not only the content) need to be copied in the relative folders that you can access from Grasshopper as shown in the image below.


Once you have copied the folders Ladybug-ComponentsFolder and Ladybug-UserObjectsFolder you need to close Grasshopper and Rhinocers and run the programs again.

 Please download the files we will use in the lesson from the following link Files lecture 06

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 Lecture 07 – Files to download

 From the following link it is possible to download the Files lecture 07
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Files for test 07 December