Architecture Students Experience on Optimizing Building Design using BPS – Lesson Learned

Abstract

Abstract Including BPS in learning design processes in architectural colleges has been widely practiced. However, the use of BPS for undergraduate students is still very minimal because it is often considered too complex for undergraduate students. In an effort to introduce BPS to undergraduate students, in the Building and Environment Simulation course, an elective course offered by Architecture Department of Universitas Trisakti, students are asked to simulate natural lighting and provide design improvements to initial conditions using lighting passive design strategies. This study was conducted to evaluate students’ theoretical knowledge of passive lighting design strategies and experience using Dialux as a lighting simulation tools and to determine the relationship between theoretical knowledge and selected lighting passive design approaches. From the result of this study, there are important notes that can be used for the development of BPS and Building Physics learning in undergraduate level.