Bachelor of Architecture Study Program

Department of Architecture and Planning - Faculty of Engineering UGM

Course Course Mandatory/

Course Name Credit Semester
Number Code Elective
68 ARS4303 Ecological Settlement 2 5 Elective
Housing and Settlement
Lecturer Ahmad Sarwadi, Dr., Ir., M.Eng. Group
Design
Description

The course teaches the students to be able to understand the principles of ecological design with settlement objects. The
course is conducted through combination of lecturing in classroom and group discussion.

A. SPC (Student Performance Criteria)

SPC
SPC Course SPC
Code

CRITICAL THINKING IN ARCHITECTURE

Understanding of regional, social, cultural, economic, and policy aspects

SPC-04 Architecture and Society
and their mutual relationships that influence to ecological settlement
Sustainable Architecture and Understanding of principles of sustainable architecture and urban planning
SPC-06
Urbanism for appropriate application to ecological settlement

DESIGN

Ability to understand the principles of urban planning, to critically assess

SPC-15 Architecture and Urban planning
existing urban plans and relevant issues to apply in ecological settlement

B. Sub-SPC

Sub-SPC
Sub-SPC Evaluation Method SPC Code
Code

Knowing and understanding the meaning of ecology / ecosystem,

SPC-04
ES#1 environmental issues including the built environment and human Individual Project
SPC-06
activities / inhabitants

Enriching / refreshing about settlement theory and principles in designing SPC-06

ES#2 Individual Project
a settlement SPC-15

Understand the principles of ecological settlement design and a tool to

ES#3 Individual Project SPC-15
review level of eco/green aspect in a settlement.

References:

Constantinos A, Doxiadis, 1968, EKISTICS: An Introduction to the Science of Human Settlement, Oxford University
Press, New York.
Der Ryn, Sim Van; Cowan, Stuart, 1996, Ecological Design. Island Press, Washington.
Feizi, Mohzen; Javad Ahmadi, Javad; Masumeh Ahmad, Masumeh, 2014, Ecological Design Process, the Way
toward Improve Modern Sustainable Architectural Design, Journal of Civil Engineering and Urbanism,
Volume 4, Issue 2: 125-130.
LEED 2009 for Neighborhood Development Rating System Created by the Congress for the New Urbanism, Natural
Resources Defense Council, and the U.S. Green Building Council, 2010.
SNI 03-1733-2004 Tata cara perencanaan lingkungan perumahan perkotaan
Udyavar, Roshni, 2006, Environmental Architecture For Eco-housing in Mumba, Rachana Sansad’s Institute of
Environmental Architecture, MCGM Committee Hall.
YK Sing, 2006, Environmental_Science New Age International.
A Citizen’s Guide to LEED for Neighborhood Development: How to Tell if Development is Smart and Green, USGBC.
Weekly Learning Activities Plan
Ecological Settlement
Assessment method
Course/Lecture Learning Time
Week Sub SPC Learning Experience
Material Method Estimation Percentage
Type Indicator
(%)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 Introduction: ES#1 Lecture 2 x 50’ Students understand
Issues of problems about issues related to
Discussion
in environemnt built environment - - -
related to built
environment
2 Impacts of ES#1 Lecture 2 x 50’ Student understand that
development developmet including
Discussion
including construction process
- - -
architecture design and architecture design
to environment can give impacts to
environment
3 Ecosystem ES#2 Lecture 2 x 50’ Students know about
ecosystem including
Discussion
component of
- - -
ecosystem and
mechanism of energy
and material cycle
4 Settlement by ES#2 Lecture 2 x 50’ Students understand
Doxiadis and about settlement by
Discussion
components of Doxiadis and - - -
human settlement components of human
settlement
5 Eco Design theory ES#2 Lecture 2 x 50’ Students know theory of
Eco design, particularly
Discussion - - -
from Eco Design by Sim
Van Der Ryn
6 Eco Design theory ES#2 Lecture 2 x 50’ Students know
principles of Eco design,
Discussion
from Eco Design by Sim
Van Der Ryn including - - -
deferences between eco
design and conventional
design
7 Precedents of Eco ES#2 Lecture 2 x 50’ Students know eco
Design Projects design concepts of eco - - -
ES#3 Discussion
settlements
8 Midterm Exam ES#1 2 x 50’ Written Test Accuracy in 50%
answering the
ES#2 - - question(s)
ES#3
9 LEED Green ES#3 Lecture 2 x 50’ Students understand
Neighborhood part about LEED Green - - -
Discussion
1 Neighborhood
10 LEED Green ES#3 Lecture 2 x 50’ Students understand
Neighborhood part about LEED Green
Discussion - - -
2 Rating system for
Neighborhood
11 A Task of Eco ES#3 Lecture 2 x 50’ Students can
Settement reviews understand a task to
Discussion
survey settlement,
review the settlemet
- - -
related to eco design
components and give
recommendation for
improvement
12 Students ES#3 Seminar 2 x 50’ Students can explain Seminar Accuracy in 20%
presentation on and present their explaining the
LEED Green finding on green required subject
Neighborhood neighborhood
13 Students ES#3 Seminar 2 x 50’ Students can explain Seminar Accuracy in
presentation on and present their explaining the
LEED Green hypothesis on green required subject
Neighborhood neighborhood
14 Students ES#3 Seminar 2 x 50’ Students can explain Seminar Accuracy in
presentation on and present their explaining the
LEED Green finding on green required subject
Neighborhood neighborhood
15 Students ES#3 Seminar 2 x 50’ Students can explain Seminar Accuracy in
presentation on and present their explaining the
LEED Green finding and required subject
Neighborhood recommendation for
improvements
16 Final Exam ES#1 2 x 50’ Desk criticism Comprehen- 30%
siveness in
ES#2 - - writing a theses
ES#3