Study Programmes 2016-2017
WARNING : 2015-2016 version of the course specifications
ARCH1740-1  
History of techniques and materials
Duration :
12h Th
Number of credits :
Master in architecture (120 ECTS)1
Lecturer :
Francis Tourneur
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
History of technics and of materials, specially the stone materials. Extraction, transformation and use in tthe building. Most frequent pathologies.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Lessons, visits to monuments, old and new, in the town. Excursion to quarry and working shops.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Recommended or required readings :
Assessment methods and criteria :
Written work presenting analysis of a building front, where stone is well representated. Description, identification of the material and list of most important pathologies.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
francis.tourneur@ulg.ac.be