10 places to watch Architecture/Design Lectures Online

Searching online for inspirational lectures in one place is impossible. It is extremely hard to locate a good source website which has a series of lectures from renowned architects, designers, thinkers, scientists or philosophers. Hours are wasted just filtering through the search results. And when you do find it, you are exhausted and want to procrastinate, exactly just what I ended up doing when I was assigned to make a list of the top 10 places to watch Architecture/Design Lecture videos. If you have missed a lecture at your university this could actually help you out. It is a perfect way to spend some extra free time searching for inspiration, especially when you are having one of those sleepless nights.   Here is the LIST!

1.     Architectural Association Institute of Architecture UK

A very well known architectural school famous for its design philosophy, has archived most of the lectures they hold. The duration of the films they have is between an hour and two. The minimum length of the video is 8 minutes, of a recording from 1976 a Lecture given by Rem Koolhas. To name a few other well known speakers, they have Peter Cook, Zaha Hadid Architects, Barnard Tschumi and Moshe Safdie. Every film has the name of the speaker, the topic and duration listed.

Alastair Parvin: Arsitektur untuk rakyat oleh rakyat

Transkrip :

Ketika kita menggunakan kata "arsitek" atau "desainer," biasanya yang kita maksudkan adalah seorang profesional, seseorang yang dibayar, dan kita cenderung menganggap bahwa para profesional inilah yang akan membantu kita menjawab tantangan desain besar dan sistemik yang kita hadapi seperti perubahan iklim, urbanisasi, dan kesenjangan sosial. Itulah anggapan kita. Dan sebenarnya, saya pikir anggapan itu salah.

Arsitektur dan Pelestarian : Menuju Pengelolaan Berkelanjutan Bangunan dan Lingkungan Cagar Budaya

Orasi Ilimiah Guru Besar Prof. Widjaja Martokusumo
Institut Teknologi Bandung

Teknologi Bangunan Rumah Tinggal Berbasis Kearifan Lokal Kegempaan

Orasi Ilimiah Guru Besar Prof. Sugeng Triyadi S
Institut Teknologi Bandung

Kursus Online : AutoCAD 360 - Design, Collaborate, and Access Your Data Anytime, Anywhere

Topik Kursus Online selanjutnya, [ KLIK DISINI ]

Kursus Arsitektur gratis di MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Featured Courses

The Department of Architecture, established in 1865, is the oldest architecture department in the United States and is consistently ranked as one of the top programs in the U.S.

It is a place where the individual creativity of a student can be cultivated and nurtured in a framework that is humanistically, socially, and environmentally responsible.

The Department offers degree programs in the areas of Architectural Design, Building Technology, Design Technology, History, Theory and Criticism and the Visual Arts. Other opportunities for study within the department are also available through the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture.

Structural Lessons & Wind Tunnel Demonstration

SOM Partner in Charge of Structural and Civil Engineering Bill Baker, PE, CE, SE, FASCE speaks about the structural engineering of the Burj Khalifa, currently the world’s tallest free-standing structure.

Excavation work began for Burj Khalifa in January 2004 and over the ensuing years to its completion, the building passed many important milestones on its goal to become the tallest man-made structure the world has ever seen. In just 1,325 days since excavation work started in January, 2004, Burj Khalifa became the tallest free-standing structure in the world

Construction Highlights

Over 45,000 m3 (58,900 cu yd) of concrete, weighing more than 110,000 tonnes were used to construct the concrete and steel foundation, which features 192 piles buried more than 50 m (164 ft) deep. Burj Khalifa's construction will have used 330,000 m3 (431,600 cu yd) of concrete and 39,000 tonnes (43,000 ST; 38,000 LT) of steel rebar, and construction will have taken 22 million man-hours.

Exterior cladding of Burj Khalifa began in May 2007 and was completed in September 2009. The vast project involved more than 380 skilled engineers and on-site technicians. At the initial stage of installation, the team progressed at the rate of about 20 to 30 panels per day and eventually achieved as many as 175 panels per day.

The tower accomplished a world record for the highest installation of an aluminium and glass façade, at a height of 512 metres. The total weight of aluminium used on Burj Khalifa is equivalent to that of five A380 aircraft and the total length of stainless steel bull nose fins is 293 times the height of Eiffel Tower in Paris.

In November, 2007, the highest reinforced concrete corewalls were pumped using 80 MPa concrete from ground level; a vertical height of 601 metres. Smashing the previous pumping record on a building of 470m on the Taipei 101; the world’s second tallest tower and the previous world record for vertical pumping of 532 metres for an extension to the Riva del Garda Hydroelectric Power Plant in 1994. The concrete pressure during pumping to this level was nearly 200 bars.

The amount of rebar used for the tower is 31,400 metric tons - laid end to end this would extend over a quarter of the way around the world.

Architecture is a Language

By : Daniel Libeskind
(at TEDxDUBLIN)

Daniel Libeskind believes that buildings are crafted with perceptible human energy, and that they address the greater cultural context in which they are built. Best known for designing iconic buildings like the Jewish Museum in Berlin and the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Libeskind also designed the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre and the masterplan for the new World Trade Center site in New York City. His commitment to expanding the scope of architecture reflects his profound interest and involvement in philosophy, art, literature and music.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

(Sumber : http://tedxtalks.ted.com/)

Kuliah Hari ini : Roman Architecture

With : Diana E. E. Kleiner
(Dunham Professor of History of Art and Classics at Yale University)

Chapter 1. Introduction: Roman Urbanism (video above)
Chapter 2. The Urban Grid and Public Architecture (click here)
Chapter 3. Bathing, Entertainment, and Housing in the Roman City (click here)
Chapter 4. Roman Tombs, Aqueducts, and the Lasting Impact of Roman Architecture (click here)  

About the Course :

This course is an introduction to the great buildings and engineering marvels of Rome and its empire, with an emphasis on urban planning and individual monuments and their decoration, including mural painting. While architectural developments in Rome, Pompeii, and Central Italy are highlighted, the course also provides a survey of sites and structures in what are now North Italy, Sicily, France, Spain, Germany, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, and North Africa. The lectures are illustrated with over 1,500 images, many from Professor Kleiner's personal collection. 

Course Structure :
This Yale College course, taught on campus twice per week for 75 minutes, was recorded for Open Yale Courses in Spring 2009. 

Course Materials :
Download all course pages [zip - 10MB]
Video and audio elements from this course are also available on:

View class sessions (click here) »

-->

Kuliah hari ini : Introduction to Sustainability

Lecturer : Dr. Jonathan Tomkin
(Associate Director of the School of Earth, Society and Environment and a research Associate Professor in the department of Geology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

This course introduces the academic discipline of sustainability and explores how today’s human societies can endure in the face of global change, ecosystem degradation and resource limitations.

[ Sign Up ]

Course Syllabus

Week 1: Introduction. Pessimism vs. optimismNeo-malthusians, J-curves, S-curves and the IPAT equation

Week 2: Population. Demographics and the disappearance of the third world
Demographics, population trends

Week 3: Tragedy of the Commons.

Fisheries, pastures, public vs private solutions

Kuliah hari ini : What Architecture Can Do?

Speaker :: Rem Koolhaas, 
Founder, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam & Professor, Harvard University

Rem Koolhaas wins Jencks award 2012

Rem Koolhaas has been named the winner of the Jencks Award for 2012. Given annually to an individual (or practice) that has recently made a major contribution internationally to both the theory and practice of architecture, the Jencks Award will be presented on Tuesday 20 November at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London. The event will feature a public lecture by Koolhaas, chaired by Charles Jencks, architectural theorist. Jencks commented: "Rem Koolhaas, more than any other architect of his generation, has built a parallel life between the theory and practice of architecture." Previous winners of the Jencks Award include Zaha Hadid, Foreign Office Architects, Peter Eisenman, Cecil Balmond and Steven Holl. (http://oma.eu/)

Referensi : "ARSITEKTUR DAN LINGKUNGAN"

Wind ventilation

Wind ventilation is a kind of passive ventilation, using the force of the wind (or local air pressure differences) to pull air through the building.

Wind ventilation is the easiest, most common, and often least expensive form of passive cooling and ventilation.

Successful wind ventilation is determined by having high thermal comfort and adequate fresh air for the ventilated spaces, while having little or no energy use for active HVAC cooling and ventilation.

 

Using the wind for passive cooling and fresh air

Strategies for wind ventilation include operable windows, ventilation louvers, and rooftop vents, as well as structures to aim or funnel breezes.  Windows are the most common tool.  Advanced systems can have automated windows or louvers actuated by thermostats.   

Quantifying Ventilation Effectiveness

To measure the effectiveness of your ventilation strategies, you can measure both the volume and speed of the airflow..

The volume of the airflow is important because it dictates the rate at which stale air can be replaced by fresh air, and determines how much heat the space gains or loses as a result. The volume of airflow due to wind is:

Q_wind = K • A • V

Q_wind = airflow volumetric rate (m³/h)

K = coefficient of effectiveness (unitless, see below)

A = opening area, of smaller opening (m²)

V = outdoor uninterrupted wind speed (m/h)

The coefficient of effectiveness is a number from 0 to 1, adjusting for the angle of the wind and other fluid dynamics factors, such as the relative size of inlet and outlet openings. Wind hitting an open window at a 45° angle of incidence would have a coefficient of effectiveness of roughly 0.4, while wind hitting an open window directly at a 90° angle would have a coefficient of roughly 0.8.

Lecture Today : Re-Engineering Buildings: Innovations in Building Technology

About the Lecture

The built environment consumes a very large share of the nation’s energy, and so offers rich opportunities for reducing our overall carbon footprint. MIT researchers share innovations that could soon radically alter the energy profile, as well as form and function, of buildings. Their work may prove invaluable to those in the real estate or construction industries seeking not just efficiency, but a good investment.

--------------------------



Pumping gas into a car, we can get a good sense of its energy costs, says John Ochsendorf. But when it comes to buildings, which are huge capital investments, “we have practically no literacy” around energy performance. Now we are entering a “new frontier,” says Ochsendorf, as pressure builds to achieve substantial, swift reductions in energy consumption. He is helping to develop new metrics for measuring the amount of energy a building uses over its entire lifespan, from construction through many years of occupancy.