Study Programmes 2016-2017
ARCH3258-1  
Durable building construction techniques IA - elements - Part A
Duration :
20h Th, 40h Pr, 1d FW, 45h Proj.
Number of credits :
Bachelor in engineering : architecture5
Lecturer :
Shady Attia
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 :
The course "Sustainable Building Construction Technology Ia" is aiming to address sustainable architecture and conceptual design from a technical, constructive and material science perspective. During the study semester we explore the basics of building construction approaches and technologies in order to serve architectural projects. This course is designed to deeply study sustainable building techniques and principles. The course explores the construction elements, and constructive approaches in parallel to performance of the various building materials and their implementation in construction. The course is structured into three main parts: 1) Design and materials, 2) construction timeline on site and thermal bridging details. The topics will be presented in logical order to achieve a deep understand and ideal representation of sustainable building construction techniques. The following topics are studies during this course:
  • Sustainable design and construction, and life cycle assessment of buildings.
  • The anatomy of buildings (spatial, structural and material)
  • Building construction systems (bearing walls and wood frames, foundations, walls, slabs, beams, roofing)
  • Building materials (classification, usage and properties)
  • Construction timeline  
  • Thermal bridging details
 
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
At the end of this course the student should be able to:


  • Observe and represent building construction.
  • Learn the systems and methods for a supporting structure and an envelope.
  • Learn the main building materials and their technical implementation.
  • Read and interpret technical drawings
  • Apply and propose different architectural solutions based on different structural systems
 The course should enable students to: 


  • Inventory: References and understand the common construction systems,
  • Comparison: identify and differentiate solutions
  • Defining and naming: recognize and know the parts of a building construction
  • Proportion: materialize and order the different parts of a structure,
  • Projecting: compose and share solutions.
  • Creation and design: of buildings on different construction scales (sizing, scale, thickness modularity)
  • Learn to work independently while referring to specifications and professional referential documents.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
This is an introductory course and does not have any prerequisites.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The courses follow a hybrid approach of the flipped classroom and represents a good compromise between different learning methods, different educational streams to achieve the learning objectives.
  • Face from September to December: Flipped Classes, Mini Concepts, Reading in class, practical work (TP) site Visits.
  • Form of examination: Written exam, Continuous assessment of project during the semester, Jury, Final Render.
  • One or more site visits or training center will be organized in the course of the semester, date and practical information will be confirmed timely.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Class attendance from September till December
Recommended or required readings :
  • Publications du CSTC Centre Scientifique et Technique de la Construction,  www.cstc.be (accès avec identification en bibliothèque FSA)
  • Contact du CSTC » : http://www.cstc.be/homepage/index.cfm?cat=publications&sub=bbri-contact
  • F. Péters, Lexique du cours d'architecture, ULg 1992 ;
  • René Vittone, Bâtir, manuel de la construction, 2010, Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes
  • Thierry Gallauziaux, David Fedullo, Gérard Karsenty, Tout savoir avant de faire construire, 2013, Édition Eyrolles
  • 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: 40% of the overall grade
Overall evaluation of the practical work: 60%
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
You must enroll in this course! The course has automatically an online course space on the eCampus (Blackboard) platform.
Contacts :
Shady Attia, PhD, LEED AP Professor of Sustainable 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/
Items online :
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Course Content on eCampus