Design

"Environmental Requirements of Artefacts" is part of "Materials and Innovative Technologies" Programme with "Materials and Innovative Technologies". It is an integrated programme belonging to educational and training area of technologies; exam is unique. Module addresses strategies, methods and tools for design and development of eco-sustainable products through integration of environmental and ergonomic requirements in life cycle. Specifically, strategies for measuring (LCA, Eco-balance, Ecoinventory), designing (DfE_Design for Environment, Ecodesign, Life Cycle Design) and assessing (Labels, Environmental Declarations, ISO 14025) product impact from a cradle to cradle approach are examined in depth. The aim is to train students capable of assessing product life cycle order to prevent and reduce its impact on environmental resources, through application of specific design methods, adoption of eco-innovative materials in association to design criteria oriented to environmental sustainability principles to develop environmentally and socially sustainable products. The final evaluation will be carried out by evaluation of teorical knowledge and results obtained in applied works.

Essential knowledge of materials and processes as set out in Science and Materials Technologies Programme (Materials Properties and Processing Systems).

- McDonough, W., Braungart, M. (2002). Cradle to cradle: remaking the way we make things. NY: North Point Press. - McDonough, W., Braungart, M. (2013). The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability-Designing for Abundance. NY: North Point Press. - Thackara, J. (2005). In the bubble. Designing in a complex world. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press. - UNEP (2009). Design for Sustainability. A step-by-step approach. Delft, TUPress.

Course is organized in assessed graphic workshop and oral presentations (work in progress). So the exam is a discussion of final works. For not attending students the exam is a graphic and oral test on the same program.

The final exam will be held with an oral test on didactic contents developed in seminars on the basis of the elaborated products (drawings, technological catalogue and other materials, collected in a book, divided by topics and themes). For not attending students, the final exam will include a written and oral exam.

- McDonough, W., Braungart, M. (2002). Cradle to cradle: remaking the way we make things. NY: North Point Press. - McDonough, W., Braungart, M. (2013). The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability-Designing for Abundance. NY: North Point Press. - Thackara, J. (2005). In the bubble. Designing in a complex world. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press. - UNEP (2009). Design for Sustainability. A step-by-step approach. Delft, TUPress.

Course is articulated in lessons and workshop. Extemporary activities will be carried out for the definition and preparation of graphic works. Oral tests are planned with the support of power point presentations.

"Environmental Requirements of Artefacts" is part of "Materials and Innovative Technologies" Programme with "Materials and Innovative Technologies". It is an integrated programme belonging to educational and training area of technologies; exam is unique. Module addresses strategies, methods and tools for design and development of eco-sustainable products through integration of environmental and ergonomic requirements in life cycle. Specifically, strategies for measuring (LCA, Eco-balance, Ecoinventory), designing (DfE_Design for Environment, Ecodesign, Life Cycle Design) and assessing (Labels, Environmental Declarations, ISO 14025) product impact from a cradle to cradle approach are examined in depth. The aim is to train students capable of assessing product life cycle order to prevent and reduce its impact on environmental resources, through application of specific design methods, adoption of eco-innovative materials in association to design criteria oriented to environmental sustainability principles to develop environmentally and socially sustainable products. The final evaluation will be carried out by evaluation of teorical knowledge and results obtained in applied works.

Essential knowledge of materials and processes as set out in Science and Materials Technologies Programme (Materials Properties and Processing Systems).

- McDonough, W., Braungart, M. (2002). Cradle to cradle: remaking the way we make things. NY: North Point Press. - McDonough, W., Braungart, M. (2013). The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability-Designing for Abundance. NY: North Point Press. - Thackara, J. (2005). In the bubble. Designing in a complex world. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press. - UNEP (2009). Design for Sustainability. A step-by-step approach. Delft, TUPress.

Course is organized in assessed graphic workshop and oral presentations (work in progress). So the exam is a discussion of final works. For not attending students the exam is a graphic and oral test on the same program.

The final exam will be held with an oral test on didactic contents developed in seminars on the basis of the elaborated products (drawings, technological catalogue and other materials, collected in a book, divided by topics and themes). For not attending students, the final exam will include a written and oral exam.

- McDonough, W., Braungart, M. (2002). Cradle to cradle: remaking the way we make things. NY: North Point Press. - McDonough, W., Braungart, M. (2013). The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability-Designing for Abundance. NY: North Point Press. - Thackara, J. (2005). In the bubble. Designing in a complex world. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press. - UNEP (2009). Design for Sustainability. A step-by-step approach. Delft, TUPress.

Course is articulated in lessons and workshop. Extemporary activities will be carried out for the definition and preparation of graphic works. Oral tests are planned with the support of power point presentations.