MEGA

Q4 | 15 ECTS

> Overview

MEGA course is concerned with the design, computation, engineering, and construction management of a high/large building. During the trajectory of the course, students work in teams. Each team is responsible for delivering an integrated multidisciplinary design, while each student is responsible for the contribution related to one specific discipline. The disciplines involved are: Architectural Design; Climate Design and building services; Computational Design; Façade Design; Structural Design; Management. Each team member is responsible for the integration of the respective aspects to the collective design, while sustainability runs transversally across these disciplines.

All disciplines work based on digital models. The design process occurs in a collaborative digital design environment, supporting the workflow across the different disciplines. The collaborative digital design requires an integrated 3D approach with BIM (Building Information Modelling) principles, parametric design, performance analysis and multi-disciplinary computational optimization/design exploration. The workshop is very realistic and closely matches the design process of large international projects in the competition phase.

In this regard, several software will be used during this course. The needs differ per discipline, while there are also applications that serve to organize more efficiently the workflow across all disciplines. In this page, you can find material that will guide you through the related software and will provide you with the necessary knowledge to implement such expertise into your assignments. Below you can find an overview of the main categories.