Duration
40h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in geography : geomatics and surveying (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Construction: buildings
Approach (concepts, materials, practical implementation works) of Western European construction techniques of buildings: project scheduling, building works chronology, foundations, masonry, floors, carpentry, pitched roofs, platform roofs, woodwork, staircases, chimneys
Construction: buildings and pathologies
Determination of an approach followed by a building pathology expert:
- finding, observation and noticing of the accident
- understanding and diagnosis
- technical specifications of repairing
- preventive action to avoid a further appearance of the damage.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Constructions: buildings
To familiarize the student with the construction techniques and their specific vocabulary.
Constructions: buildings and pathologies
To acquire a technical look observing building pathologies.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Constructions: buildings
Ex-cathedra presentation of well illustrated construction principles.
Constructions: buildings and pathologies
Presentation of real-life pathology cases with many illustrations + personal student's exercice: reporting of two pathology cases.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Constructions: buildings
Presential - 1 h 30' courses
Constructions: buildings and pathologies
Presential - one 1 h 30' introduction + 2 courses of cases presentations (3 h)
Recommended or required readings
Copies of slides used for the course
Practical guide for architects written by the professor, for the Walloon Region
Glossary of technical words and their definition (in French, German, and English)
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination
Constructions: buildings
Main principles to be repected by the construction techniques
Constructions: buildings and pathologies
Presentation, by the student, of two pathology cases he (she) has photographed, observed and he (she) comments, according to the methodology followed by an expert in building pathologies.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
No special remark.
Contacts
Jean-Marie HAUGLUSTAINE Faculty of Sciences Department of Sciences and Management of the Environment Avenue de Longwy 185 B-6700 ARLON Phone: +32 (0) 63 230 900 or +32 (0) 4 366 94 83 Mobile: +32 (0) 486 24 86 28 E-mail address: jmhauglustaine@ulg.ac.be