Course Description
“Resilient design is the process of designing buildings, landscapes, and entire communities to mitigate the impact of extreme weather and other external threats. Resilient design focuses on practical and realistic solutions.” – Nearby Engineers.
This concept of Resilient Design, which traces its origins in the theory of Resilience, has been introduced into architecture since the 1970s to proactively design buildings in a way that they can withstand and “recover” from the impact of nature, whether disasters or climate change. While there is no real fixed definition, the concept has endured and recently gained much traction as the push towards NetZero and sustainability become mainstream in architecture. Resilient Design is, in many settings, an umbrella type of concept that can apply to many design approaches with the common denominator being the ability of structures to be adaptable to changing conditions and remain functional. Implicit in this is the objective to sustain the building’s use during and after natural (or even human-caused) events within the design parameters.
This course is intended to discuss the origins of the concept of Resilience and how it has come to become relevant in building design. The course will address the overlap and differences between sustainability and resilient design. This will be followed by examining how architecture is embracing resilient design and how these influences and inform building design and urban planning. The increasing role of regulatory bodies in adopting sustainability and resilient design principles will be explored and the current and future trends in resilient design will be presented with a concluding discussion on the long-term impact of resilient design concepts on other parallel design trends.
Instructor: Muhammad Siddiqui, AIA
Muhammad A Siddiqui, AIA Currently working as Project Manager with a large international EPC company where responsibilities over the past 15 years have included management of several large projects. Among these have been several buildings requiring blast resistant buildings. Other specialized design conditions have included modular construction and facilities in remote locations or extreme climates.
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Course Description
“Resilient design is the process of designing buildings, landscapes, and entire communities to mitigate the impact of extreme weather and other external threats. Resilient design focuses on practical and realistic solutions.” – Nearby Engineers.
This concept of Resilient Design, which traces its origins in the theory of Resilience, has been introduced into architecture since the 1970s to proactively design buildings in a way that they can withstand and “recover” from the impact of nature, whether disasters or climate change. While there is no real fixed definition, the concept has endured and recently gained much traction as the push towards NetZero and sustainability become mainstream in architecture. Resilient Design is, in many settings, an umbrella type of concept that can apply to many design approaches with the common denominator being the ability of structures to be adaptable to changing conditions and remain functional. Implicit in this is the objective to sustain the building’s use during and after natural (or even human-caused) events within the design parameters.
This course is intended to discuss the origins of the concept of Resilience and how it has come to become relevant in building design. The course will address the overlap and differences between sustainability and resilient design. This will be followed by examining how architecture is embracing resilient design and how these influences and inform building design and urban planning. The increasing role of regulatory bodies in adopting sustainability and resilient design principles will be explored and the current and future trends in resilient design will be presented with a concluding discussion on the long-term impact of resilient design concepts on other parallel design trends.
Instructor: Muhammad Siddiqui, AIA
Muhammad A Siddiqui, AIA Currently working as Project Manager with a large international EPC company where responsibilities over the past 15 years have included management of several large projects. Among these have been several buildings requiring blast resistant buildings. Other specialized design conditions have included modular construction and facilities in remote locations or extreme climates.
