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| ARCH0214-2 | Constructive applications 2 - training
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| Duration : | 1h Th, 10d Internship |
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| Lecturer : | Jose Sterkendries |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| All year long |
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Course contents :
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| By the end of the first term of the second year of the Bachelors, students should have completed a work placement - which can take place over several periods - of a minimum of 15 working days observing a construction site. The work placement results in a work placement report which is to be submitted on the day of the test scheduled in the 1st term exams. This work placement report will be assessed in the same way as the other courses and are worth 2 ECTS.
In the context of the new construction and/or transformation of a building or part of a building, which must include a heated envelope (building shell), students are required to look at:
Ø all major structural works based on the drawings
Ø the building frame and covering
Ø the position of the external chassis
The following items must feature in the report: internal woodwork, ceilings, screed and tiling, heating, electricity, sanitation and paint
This experience aims to make the connection between the workshop theory and the classes with the reality on the ground.
It consists of:
- completing the classes (in particular the construction classes) through observations which illustrate what has been observed or discovering what has not yet been observed.
- taking account of the logical succession of stages in construction and the concept of the time required to accomplish these tasks
- asking questions likely to clarify, specify, and consolidate theoretic concepts which have been learned: understanding working methods, implementation, how a site is organised, storage, the use of tools and machines, etc.
- experience and observe the site from the point of view of human relations (entrepreneur, manual workers, architects, engineers, safety coordinators, project managers, etc.).
take account of the experience through sketches, photos and relevant comments. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| By the end of the year, students should be able to demonstrate their ability to:
- observe, analyse and summarise the subjects addressed during the construction course, in the pragmatic context of working with materials
- appropriately read internal (endogenous) and/or external (exogenous) phenomena which affect the practical implementation of construction materials, in comparison with the theoretical concepts covered in class.
Particular merit will be awarded to reports which explore, through detailed sketches and explicit reasoning, valid remediation procedures which can correct, adapt or solve inadequate and/or imperfect technological situations, from the broadest, most complex and complete perspective of the architectural profession. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| The course is accessible to all students who have passed the 1st year of the Bachelors programme. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Surgeries are organised throughout the first term to enable students to come and present their progress and ask any questions relevant to the next stage of their work. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Organised surgeries. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The content of the report must take account, in a relevant way, of all the observations made on site. The report must be clear and well-structured. It will consist of a critical illustration of the technical courses in the first year: in this sense, it must present labelled photos, sketches, technical details, plans or extracts of plans, which support the text, while remaining an integrated and coherent whole. The style of the text must be adapted to the subject: it should be precise and thorough, and remain on the subject without being reduced to shorthand. All on-site photos should be dated when they are printed using the digital camera's digital date function.
The various observations should be supported by a minimum of ten labelled detailed drawings, either cross-sections or in perspective, drawn freehand and placed in context.
The report, which is worth 2 ECTS will be evaluated:
- on its form: clarity, readability, care, quality of formatting, relationship between the drawings/text/photos, etc.
- on its content: relevance and precision of comments, accuracy of observations, technical curiosity, strongly founded criticism, the logic of the conclusions, etc.
Through the report, students should demonstrate that they have comfortably mastered the task of observation focussing on implementation techniques and the relevant analysis of the relative importance of specific factors which direct this implementation. Standard presentation guidelines set out in the information given to students must be scrupulously adhered to. |
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Work placement(s) :
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| The purpose of the course. |
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Organizational remarks :
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| It is recommended to complete work on time, in order to be able to take advantage of free periods during the class to carry out the work placement. The insurance which covers students does not allow them to conduct any work on-site; it covers observation only and not participation in implementation and/or handling.
Ideally, the work placement should begin during the annual holidays, between the first and second year of study. It is down to each student to conduct research and undertake the necessary steps to establish a work placement which meets the objectives in question. |
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Contacts :
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| José Sterkendries - Jose.Sterkendries@ulg.ac.be |
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