An Approach towards Energy Efficient Building Through Integrated Design Studio Prof. Aparna Tarar Assistant Professor, Priyadarshini Institute of Architecture and Design Studies, Priyadarshini Campus, Digdoh Hills, Hingna, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Prof. Shrutee Dhanorkar Assistant Professor, Priyadarshini Institute of Architecture and Design Studies, Priyadarshini Campus, Digdoh Hills, Hingna, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Abstract A design educator needs to deal with many issues while teaching. Design studio is an important subject of architecture education. The conventional approach to design education follows teaching techniques that are completely different from the realities of design in practice. In design studio, the students develop a solution without investigating, identifying or even understanding the problems to be solved. There is a definite process involved in creation of architecture. Right from the movement when the thought of a requirement of a building steps up in the mind, till it is finally complete there are various steps involved, which are the parts of the process. Design is not to be seen as a „subject‟ of learning but an application of what is learnt from support subjects to design. The concept of an integrated studio is not necessarily new but innovative approaches need to be adopted in its implementation. The rigid format that has been established and followed till date will have to be loosened up. Dealing with various issues and integrating the knowledge acquired in various subjects of architecture curriculum in design studio must deal systematically at appropriate stages. The design process should be organized accordingly as a procedure to solve problems stage wise. While designing any building, our main aim should make a building habitable and comfortable. We must be able to control climatic elements such as daylight, humidity, air movement, thermal conditions etc., by evolving a design process that utilizes these climatic parameters. The climatic approach should be integrated with the design process from the beginning. So, this paper is an attempt to develop a systematic design process for design studio teaching with climate responsive approach to design energy efficient building. Keywords Design process, Design Studio, Climate Responsive Architecture, Experiential Learning Introduction We should change our attitude about the environment. Environmental architecture should become the focus and goal of architectural education worldwide. Architectural education should be more responsive to environmental issues. The academic community should be involved in providing opportunities for future architects and urban designers to develop more socially and culturally responsible and environmentally responsive architecture. Architectural educators should strive to balance the way in which students view relationships with the physical and social worlds. Architecture students should be made aware of alternative viewpoints including the view of the material world as something to be respected rather than to be conquered and controlled. In the process of architectural design, we often observe difficulties in resolving the forces that affect the skin of the building. These forces are thermal, luminous, acoustic and aqueous environment, which need to be addressed at the schematic design stage. Because most decisions that affect building‟s energy use occur during this stage. Each of these factors needs to be confronted in a serial discipline, using scientific method. The process could be followed using analysis techniques, design strategies, evaluation techniques. Design is a reiterative process of analysis, design, evaluation, redesign and re-evaluation. Initially the designer works primarily in the synthesis mode, bringing ideas together and not in an analysis mode. The schematic design then precedes rapidly involving experimentation with many ideas and combinations of ideas. Energy requirement of a building can be reduced by using passive, climate responsive design strategies. It is therefore imperative that we produce design solutions that are eco-sensitive, energy efficient, and climate responsive, user-friendly, and cost effective too. Climate is an important context which greatly influences the amount of energy; a building would use and therefore needs to be analyzed accurately. Architecture Pedagogy Architecture education is one of the most distinctive branches of education, which requires various capabilities. The subjects included in architecture curriculum can be broadly divided into three types of subjects, 1. Skill related subjects, e.g. Visual arts, Graphics etc. 2. Knowledge related subjects, e.g. History, Climatology, Building services etc. 3. Application related subjects, e.g. Design, W.D. etc. All these three types of subjects need to adopt different methods of teaching. In education we need to proceed from the simple to complex. Each branch of instruction must proceed from the empirical to the rational. The students needs to be told as little as possible and induced to discover as much as possible through self- International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology. ISSN 0974-3154 Volume 10, Number 1 (2017) © International Research Publication House http://www.irphouse.com 98