National Workshop on Architectural Faculty in Environmental Sustainability Research (WAFES)

国家环境可持续性研究建筑学院研讨会（WAFES）

• 批准号: 1916623
• 负责人: Joon-Ho Choi
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-04-01 至 2020-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1916623&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: National; Workshop; Architectural; Faculty; Environmental

Buildings account for 52% of total energy use and contribute to 37% of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., while modern people spend more than 90% of their time indoors. Due to these significant environmental and human physiological factors, environmental sustainability research has been actively conducted for several decades in many academic fields, including engineering, computer science, medicine, and the physical sciences, using buildings as a major research framework. However, despite the role of architecture and architectural design in a building's sustainability profile, most building performance-related research has relied heavily on system and computational process-centered approaches that do not integrate qualitative human and design research parameters. In addition, many Architectural programs in the U.S., where minorities (i.e., females) account for over 40% of the faculty and student populations, have had a cultural preconception of "no-research-needed" in professional schools and develop their curricula with little consideration of the merits of fundamental or applied research. Such a skewed intellectual atmosphere may isolate architectural scholars from "major" research initiatives, and limits the advancement of architectural research and the development of essential research infrastructure in architecture schools across the U.S. This lack of research advancement delays an architectural faculty's research career pathway and forecloses educational opportunities in architectural research among their students. To address these challenges, a national workshop will be held to engage Architectural researchers who are pursuing (or are interested in) Architecture/building-related environmental sustainability research. This workshop will 1) provide a networking opportunity that helps Architectural faculty have in-depth discussions on how to promote an architectural research framework, with specific research parameters, across the disciplines in Architecture; 2) identify the challenges and drawbacks that affect a faculty's research career success in Architecture and that also create a limited involvement of Architectural students in an art/design-integrated STEM research activity; and 3) explore potential cutting-edge Architectural research paradigms and topics in the environmental sustainability research field. The technical discussion and program of the workshop are designed to impact numerous Architectural research fields associated with environmental sustainability by 1) providing mentorship- based networking opportunities for Architecture faculty, who represent a diversity of underrepresented groups, compared to STEM domains, especially for early career individuals and PhD-ready students; 2) discussing how to develop a research platform where affiliated students have an opportunity to become involved in emerging research; 3) establishing emerging research key parameters to be integrated with other disciplines, as an innovative environmental sustainability research paradigm; and 4) enhance the research opportunity of Architectural schools.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在美国，建筑物占总能耗的52%，温室气体排放量的37%，而现代人90%以上的时间是在室内度过的。由于这些重要的环境和人类生理因素，几十年来，环境可持续性的研究一直活跃在许多学术领域，包括工程、计算机科学、医学和物理科学，以建筑为主要研究框架。然而，尽管建筑和建筑设计在建筑的可持续性方面扮演着重要的角色，但大多数与建筑性能相关的研究在很大程度上依赖于以系统和计算过程为中心的方法，这些方法没有整合定性的人和设计研究参数。此外，在美国的许多建筑学项目中，少数族裔(即女性)占教职员工和学生总数的40%以上，在专业学校中有一种文化上的先入为主的观念，即“不需要研究”，并且在制定课程时很少考虑基础研究或应用研究的优点。这种扭曲的学术氛围可能会将建筑学者与“重大”研究计划隔离开来，并限制美国各地建筑学院建筑研究的进步和基本研究基础设施的发展。这种缺乏研究进展的情况延误了建筑学教师的研究生涯，并剥夺了他们的学生接受建筑研究的教育机会。为了应对这些挑战，将举办一次国家讲习班，邀请正在从事(或对与建筑/建筑有关的环境可持续性研究感兴趣)的建筑研究人员参加。这个工作坊将1)提供一个网络机会，帮助建筑学教师深入讨论如何在建筑学各学科中促进具有特定研究参数的建筑研究框架；2)确定影响教师建筑学研究事业成功的挑战和缺陷，以及使建筑学学生有限地参与艺术/设计一体化的STEM研究活动；以及3)探索环境可持续发展研究领域潜在的前沿建筑研究范例和主题。研讨会的技术讨论和计划旨在通过以下方式影响与环境可持续发展相关的众多建筑学研究领域：1)为建筑学教师提供基于导师的网络机会，与STEM领域相比，建筑学教师代表的群体数量较少；2)讨论如何开发一个研究平台，附属学生有机会参与新兴研究；3)建立新兴研究关键参数，作为创新的环境可持续发展研究范式；和4)加强建筑学校的研究机会。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。