“Co-working spaces”

The joint pedagogical program in the framework of two-week long Exchange Schools, a Summer School 2019 in South Korea, and Winter School 2020 in Switzerland, will consist of lectures, workshops, and studios. The essential part of each Exchange School was the visit of 3 case study buildings by students and the analysis of the current state of the building design, operation, indoor comfort, occupant’s satisfaction, and behaviour by different student groups. The main task of the student groups was to design a building assessment method, and to collect, process, and evaluate data from the existing buildings. Based on the findings, the groups had to to develop innovative solutions for the improvement of the built indoor environment, the satisfaction of the occupants with the building, and human-building interaction in the context of the diversity of occupants and architectural design across Switzerland and South Korea.

Behaviour of buildings and indoor environmental quality are generally different for heating (winter) and cooling (summer) seasons. For these reasons, the topic of summer comfort will be investigated in South Korea during the Summer Exchange School in 18-30 August 2019 and the topic of winter comfort will be studied in Switzerland during the Winter Exchange School in 2-14 February 2020.