Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

Passivhaus Masterclass: Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

Join us for an exclusive Passivhaus Masterclass featuring an in-depth case study on the groundbreaking Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. This unprecedented project unites multiple faculties, fostering a collaborative environment across diverse disciplines. The center boasts a 500-seat concert hall, a 250-seat theater, a 100-seat black box lab for experimental performance, a schools and public engagement center, a library, a café, and versatile meeting spaces. Discover the innovative design choices, sustainability achievements, and construction challenges that make this project a benchmark in Passivhaus architecture and energy efficiency at a scale rarely seen in public academic spaces.

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Join us for an exclusive Passivhaus Masterclass featuring an in-depth case study on the groundbreaking Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. This unprecedented project unites multiple faculties, fostering a collaborative environment across diverse disciplines. The center boasts a 500-seat concert hall, a 250-seat theater, a 100-seat black box lab for experimental performance, a schools and public engagement center, a library, a café, and versatile meeting spaces. Discover the innovative design choices, sustainability achievements, and construction challenges that make this project a benchmark in Passivhaus architecture and energy efficiency at a scale rarely seen in public academic spaces.

First delivered on: 18 September 2024

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Sarah Lewis
William Whyte
Karen Brill
Jennifer Makkreel
Tim Lynch
Myrtia Fasouli
Gwilym Still
Laszlo Lepp
Steve Holland
Mark Dellar
Jennifer McCulloch
Owain Dobson

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Recognise that the university client needs to establish buy in to the Passivhaus standard during the competition phase, and that Passivhaus certification needs to be a requirement for the appointment of the main and subcontracted teams for design, delivery and certification.

Identify how the Passivhaus consultants on a large and complex project can help bring the multitude of design, delivery and client teams together, to aid rationalisation and simplification and ensure that knowledge and information is distributed at the right time, and at the relevant level.

Evaluate how a process to enable people to come together for a common purpose, have a clarity of vision and an attitude to enable the project to succeed, will lead to the successful completion and certification of the project.

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Part 3: Construction 51min View Topic Buy to unlock

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Passivhaus Masterclass: Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

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Recognise that the university client needs to establish buy in to the Passivhaus standard during the competition phase, and that Passivhaus certification needs to be a requirement for the appointment of the main and subcontracted teams for design, delivery and certification.

Identify how the Passivhaus consultants on a large and complex project can help bring the multitude of design, delivery and client teams together, to aid rationalisation and simplification and ensure that knowledge and information is distributed at the right time, and at the relevant level.

Evaluate how a process to enable people to come together for a common purpose, have a clarity of vision and an attitude to enable the project to succeed, will lead to the successful completion and certification of the project.