Building Engineering Studios

The program of the BES course deals with present and future challenges in the field of architectural engineering, guiding students to evolve into environmentally conscious architects in this era of transitions and climate change.

Each Building Engineering Studio (BES) is integrated with the chosen MSc1 Architectural Design Studio. The design theme set by the Architectural Studio also guides the content of the BES.

The BES studios run parallel to the architectural design studios, which each studio have their own assignment; each technical design project is specific and tailor-made to each studio.

The main topic of the BES is the sustainable design of the technical aspects of a building through its different scales and domains (construction, climate and structure). Each design addresses specific sustainability topics through the conceptual integration of engineering into the architecture and its circularity.

Through research on circularity, students move towards an elaborated position in their assignment that will guide the overall technical design process.