ARCH3259-1 : Durable building construction techniques IB - elements

Study Programmes 2015-2016

ARCH3259-1

Durable building construction techniques IB - elements - Part B

Duration :

12h Th, 24h Pr, 1d FW, 30h Proj.

Number of credits :

Bachelor in engineering : architecture		3

Lecturer :

Shady Attia

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

This course aims to study in a profound way the sustainable building techniques and principles. The course covers elements such as construction materials and construction approaches as well as other basic notions of different construction technologies and their implementation. The two components - construction and materials - are covered in a logical sequence that helps to understand reciprocal relation between the two topics and permits also to master their interdependence.

Design and sustainable construction and environmental impact of buildings.
The anatomy of buildings (space, structure, materials)
Classifying structural elements (foundation, walls, stones, beams, roofs,
Construction systems and foundations (foundations, raft foundation, slabs)
Construction systems of load-bearing walls (insulation brick walls)
Construction systems of wood (timber skeleton)
Execution Documents: design drawings, development of working drawings
Details and sequence of details.

Learning outcomes of the course :

At the end of the course the student should be capable of:

Observing and drawing of constructions
Knowing the construcyion systems and their procedures of the load distribution in relation to structure and envelope.
Knowing the main materials and constructions elements and their implementation.
Applying and proposing architectural measures at the base of logical constructive types (constructive geometry, transmission of forces, stability, and elementary physics of the envelopes).

It has to permit the student to:

Make an inventory: of references and understand the common constructive systems
Comparing: identifying and differentiating the solutions
To appoint: recognizing and knowing the parts of an construction ensemble
Proportioning: materializing and ordering the different parts of the structure.
Project: compose and communicate solutions
Create and develop a building construction plans (modules, proportions, dimensions, layers)

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

TCBI-A

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

The course is comprised of 18 hours of theoretical classes and 18 hours practical work. It will take place in the 2nd quadrimester.
Theoretical lectures,practical work, integrated project, site visit(s), participatory and interactive teaching. It is expected that students read the modules of the course before the course. During the course, we will discuss the most difficult issues and we will do exercises.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Class inversée: avec le 'Enriched Skeleton Concept Mapping'

Recommended or required readings :

CSTC Centre Scientifique et Technique de la Construction: http://www.cstc.be/
René Vittone, Bâtir , manuel de la construction, 2010, Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes
Ursula Bouteveille, La construction, comment ça marche ? Toutes les techniques de construction en images, 2012 Éditions du Moniteur

Assessment methods and criteria :

Examine for the theoretical part: 30% of the end mark
Evaluation of the practical work: 28% evaluation of the project during the quarter of the year, 14% jury evaluation, 28% evaluation of the final project

Work placement(s) :

Organizational remarks :

Unjustified absences (beyond two times) will disqualify the student from attending the final jury.

Contacts :

Shady Attia, PhD, LEED AP Professor of Sustainable Architecture and Building Construction Head of Sustainble Buildings Design (SBD) Lab
ArGEnCo Dept., Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Liège
Quartier Polytech 1, Allée de la Découverte 9 4000 Liège, Belgium Tél: +32 43.66.91.55 - Fax: +32 43.66.29.09 shady.attia@ulg.ac.be
http://www.sbd.ulg.ac.be/
Guirec Ruellan,
Ingénieur civil architecte, assistant ArGEnCo Dept., Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Liège 1 Chemin des Chevreuils, Sart Tilman B52 (+0/442), 4000 Liège, Belgium Tél: +32 43.66.95.69 - email: guirec.ruellan@ulg.ac.b

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