TY - GEN
T1 - Reflections on the Adoption of Building Performance Simulation in Architectural Education
AU - Bean, Jonathan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). All rights reserved.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This paper contributes to the discussion about the place of Building Performance Simulation (BPS) in architectural education. First, the paper introduces three new perspectives grounded in established theory from social science relating to 1) taste, 2) the agency of technical objects such as BPS software, and 3) the divergence between architecture and adjacent fields. The perspectives offered by these theories can be useful for understanding and acting upon some of the longstanding obstacles to the broader adoption of BPS in architectural education. Second, the paper suggests three heuristic goals to guide initiatives to increase the adoption of BPS in architectural education and beyond: familiarity, confidence, and trust. The paper is informed by previous literature on BPS education and the author's experience as a tenure-track faculty member teaching in a five-year professional undergraduate degree program in the United States.
AB - This paper contributes to the discussion about the place of Building Performance Simulation (BPS) in architectural education. First, the paper introduces three new perspectives grounded in established theory from social science relating to 1) taste, 2) the agency of technical objects such as BPS software, and 3) the divergence between architecture and adjacent fields. The perspectives offered by these theories can be useful for understanding and acting upon some of the longstanding obstacles to the broader adoption of BPS in architectural education. Second, the paper suggests three heuristic goals to guide initiatives to increase the adoption of BPS in architectural education and beyond: familiarity, confidence, and trust. The paper is informed by previous literature on BPS education and the author's experience as a tenure-track faculty member teaching in a five-year professional undergraduate degree program in the United States.
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U2 - 10.26868/25746308.2022.c044
DO - 10.26868/25746308.2022.c044
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85169917642
T3 - ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA Building Simulation Conference
SP - 390
EP - 395
BT - 2022 Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild, IBPSA 2022
PB - American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
T2 - 2022 Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild, IBPSA 2022
Y2 - 14 September 2022 through 16 September 2022
ER -