humARCH2019 summer school

The focus of the summer school was to bring together two human-centric performance areas in a continuous dialogue - daylighting and wayfinding. HumARCH poses the notion of computational simulations as an appropriate and integrated method to explore human-space interactions prior to the building construction and in order to support an evidence-based architectural design process that moves beyond intuition. During the intense 5-day program, students gained theoretical input and engage in independent learning, group work and exposure to state-of-the-art industry and research-based simulation tools. The summer school included keynotes from distinguished speakers - Michael Hensel, Azam Khan, Alstan Jakubiec, John Mardaljevic, Ruth Dominguez Sanchez and Christian Veddler, and students were offered dedicated workshops and hands-on design sketches where various simulation tools were used and critically discussed and evaluated for its contribution to evidence-based architectural design.