Sustainability in the Interior Design Curriculum

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Sustainability in the Interior Design Curriculum

• Responsibility and Opportunity
• Kay Miller Boehr
• Assistant Professor of Interior Design

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Its the Architecture Stupid

• Edward Mazrias article in Solar Today (2003)
• Buildings are the biggest contributors to global
  warming.
• A typical breakdown of causes Transportation,
  Industry, Commercial and Residential

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Architects hold the key to turning down the
global thermostat.

• Mazria rearranged the pie chart to include the
  parts of Industrial, Commercial and Residential
  that can be related to the building itself.
• Buildings contribute to 48 of global warming
  issues.

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Architecture and Interior Design

• All buildings have interiors and architecture
  cannot be separated from interior design
• Architects locate the building on the site and
  design the shell of the building.
• Interior Designers
• Shape and configure interior spaces
• Select all materials used in interior
  construction and finishes
• Select light fixtures and furnishings

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LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design

• Set of standards developed by US Green Building
  Council
• Points system to rate buildings for level of
  greenness.
• Six categories
• Sustainable Sites
• Water Efficiency
• Energy and Atmosphere
• Materials and Resources
• Indoor Air Quality
• Innovation and the Design Process

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Interior Designer Responsibility

• Materials and Resources
• Indoor Environmental Air Quality
• Innovation and the Design Process
• LEED CI Commercial Interiors

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Innovation and the Design Process

• PGAV Architects
• Renovated offices to meet
• LEED standards.
• Innovation credits for
• designing ergonomic
• workstations and
• choosing ergonomic seating.

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Teaching sustainability

• 2003 History of the Designed Environment
• Assignment Paper on 21st Century Design Trends
• Expectations papers on color and style trends
• Received papers on green design

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CIDA STANDARDS AND PROGRAM COMPETENCIES

• The Council for Interior Design Accreditation
  sets standards for interior design programs.
• CIDA definition of Sustainability
• Meeting the needs of the present without
  compromising the ability of future generations to
  meet their own needs involves consideration of
  the entire life cycle of the building and its
  components in regard to economics, environmental
  impacts and performance.

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Parks Interior Design Program and CIDA Standards

• 2006 CIDA standards strengthen the emphasis on
  sustainability.
• Parks Interior Design program competencies are
  adapted from CIDA standards.
• CIDA indicators that standards have been meet
  are used as evidence that students have achieved
  competencies.

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Standard 2 Professional Values

• The program leads the student to develop the
  attitudes, traits and values of professional
  responsibility, accountability and
  effectiveness.
• The program must include learning experiences
  that address
• Environmental ethics and the role of
  sustainability in the practice of interior design
• A global perspective and approach to thinking and
  problem solvingunderstanding issues that affect
  the sustainability of the planet understanding
  the implications of conducting the practice of
  interior design within a world market.

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Goals for meeting Standard 2

• Sustainability will permeate the curriculum
• Students will apply research methods to increase
  the body of knowledge in sustainable design
• Sustainable design will become an expected part
  of every project
• In the same way that we now design for safety and
  security by meeting building and life safety
  codes
• And in the same way that we now design to meet
  the needs of all users by meeting the
  requirements of the Americans with Disabilities
  Act.

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Standard 3 Design Fundamentals

• Students have a foundation in the fundamentals
  of art and design theories of design, green
  design and human behavior and discipline related
  history.
• Indicator Student work must demonstrate
  understanding of principles and theories of
  sustainability.

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Applying Standard 2 and 3 Human Factors

• AR392 Human Factors in Interior Design Fall,
  2007
• Lectures on sustainability and green design
• Projects that evaluated spaces based on criteria
  that include sustainability, universal design and
  meeting needs of all users.
• Green Audit of living space.

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Human Factors Final Project, 2007Affordable
Housing

• Students researched affordable housing, prepared
  a program for design of an affordable house and
  designed a home within the constraints of size
  approximately 15 feet by 50 feet.
• Several students addressed sustainability in
  construction (SIPs panels), size and use of
  recycled and sustainable materials

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Human Factors Affordable House

• Erin Campbell and Jen Day

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Human Factors Affordable House

• Andi Lewark
• Olisa Cifligu
• Zehara Abdelhadi
• Viviane Chery

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Human Factors Affordable House

• Andrea Ippolito
• Nicole Colao
• Megan Goings
• Elise Wendt

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Standard 4 Interior Design

• Students understand and apply the knowledge,
  skills, processes and theories of interior
  design.
• Indicator Student work must demonstrate
  programming skills, including Information
  gathering, research analysis, (functional
  requirements, code research, sustainability
  issues, etc.)

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Applying Standard 4

• AR498 Senior Seminar I
• Choose a topic for research
• Develop a project description that grows out of
  the topic
• Write a program for designing the project
• Design project in AR499 Senior Seminar II

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Senior Seminar I Projects

• Topic Green Design focus on lighting, HVAC,
  construction methods and green roofs.
• Project Eco Nightclub
• Topic Sustainable Communities
• Project Grocery Store in Crossroads District
  (KC)
• Topic Rebuilding the Gulf Coast
• Project Community Center in Holy Cross
  Neighborhood of New Orleans

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Senior Seminar I Projects

• Topic Multi-Cultural Design
• Project Wedding space accommodating traditions
  from different cultures
• Topic Adaptive Re-Use
• Projects Tobacco Barn as Community Center and
  Loft Apartments in existing building

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Standard 6 Building Systems and Interior
Materials

• Students design within the context of building
  systems. Students use appropriate materials and
  products.
• Indicator Students must demonstrate
  understanding of the concept of sustainable
  building methods and materials.

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Applying Standard 6

• AR290 Materials and Resources
• Students evaluate products using sustainability
  as one criterion
• Fall, 2007 assignment Evaluating a Green
  product.
• Reports included evaluations of the
  sustainability of bamboo flooring, reclaimed
  timber products and acoustical ceiling tiles.

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Applying Standard 6 Building Construction Systems

• AR495 Building Construction Systems
• Students began the semester with a research paper
  on alternatives to the current suburban planning
  model
• Students visited and studied the construction of
  a straw bale building, Mariposa Veterinary Clinic
  designed and built by Rothers Design Build,
  adjunct professor Brett Stephens, project
  manager. Assignments included drafting wall
  sections of the building.

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Mariposa Veterinary Center

• Lobby

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Mariposa Veterinary Center

• Entry

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Mariposa Veterinary Center

• Construction

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Building Construction Systems Final Project

• Construct a model of the Mariposa Veterinary
  clinic, depicting all major components of the
  structural system and building envelope.
• Amy Pierce

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Final word from Mazria

• Schools can institute change.
• Every studio can include a requirement that the
  project is designed to engage the environment in
  a way that significantly reduces or eliminates
  the need for fossil fuels.
• As students are required to do the research
  necessary to accomplish this, the student teaches
  the teachers.
• The body of knowledge about sustainable design is
  increased.

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Sources

• Mazria, Edward Its the Architecture Stupid,
  Solar Today, May/June, 2003.
• FIDER (now CIDA) Professional Standards, 2006.