Construction 2

Duration

40h Th, 8h Pr

Number of credits

Lecturer

Jean-Claude Donneau, Anne-Michèle Janssen

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course falls within the three year Bachelor's CONSTRUCTION course, and is jointly taught by three tenured lecturers:
Ø Pierre LEBLANC, course head for the 1st Bachelors course
Ø Anne-Michèle JANSSEN et Jean-Claude DONNEAU, co-course head for the 2nd Bachelors course
Ø François LAURENT, course head for the 3rd Bachelors course
The three lecturers work closely together and regular presentations from non-tenured lecturers may be organised each year.
Over the three years, the course addresses general and traditional techniques relating to the construction of simple buildings - from the ground to the roof, including finishings -, providing a basic understanding of subjects, materials, production and implementation methods relating to the various stages and aspects of building construction following the following internal curriculum :
B1 : FROM THE GROUND TO THE ROOF : observations, reasoning and principles
B2 : CONSTRUCTING THE EXTERNAL ENVELOPE : analyses, connections and details
B3 : INSIDE THE ENVELOPE : partitions, junctions and finishings
The programme may be interrupted and/or occasionally modified by specific classes or parts of classes relating to projects developed during the architecture workshop.
The particularity of the second CONSTRUCTION course is defined in the following section but in particular it consists of helping students to understand, over the course of the three years :
- that the technology of construction is not a value in itself but is necessary to architecture as a means of achieving coherence, thoroughness and performance ; - that the art of good construction is that it meets human requirements, rather than technological ones.
  The lesson's program will be submitted during the first class and will address include :
- the study of complex 'vertical' walls delimiting the built volume ;
- the study of complex 'horizontal and oblique' partitions delimiting the built volume.
Materials, systems and complex structures are analysed from the perspective of their evolution over time, their hygrothermic nature, in a theoretical manner and through detailed examples, particularly in terms of introducing materials and/or walls.
In addition to the theoretical part, teached during classroom sessions, students will be asked to complete a construction internship, either within a company either within a design office.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

By the end of the year, students should be able to demonstrate, independently of their basic knowledge of subjects, materials, production and implementation methods relating to the various stages of building construction, that they are capable, in relation to the subject taught, of :
Ø understanding and thus analysing a complex construction
Ø imagining and thus reasoning and constructing
Ø communicating and thus clarifying and summarising through drawing and writing

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

- knowledge of the principles taught in the 1st construction cursus and the ability to undertake technical reasoning ;
- knowledge and mastery of architectural drawing conventions.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures illustrated by slide shows and short application exercises.
Internship experience of 15 working days, illustrating the elements studied in the course.

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

Attendance required at all course sessions as well as during the practicum period.

Recommended or required readings

The syllabus consists of printed material including the documents seen in class. Students should annotate these documents during class. In addition, three reference works are used for the exploration of constructed systems:
- Bâtir, Manuel de la construction, René Vittone, Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes,
- Construire l'architecture, du matériau brut à l'édifice, Andrea Deplazes, Birkhäuser
- Pratique de la construction, MITTAG, Office international de librairie (VF) , Bruxelles
Students should also refer to the 1st year syllabus.

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment is organised as follows:
- For the theoretical part, covering 65% of the overall score :
Individual assessment - written examination.
- For the internship part, covering 35% of the overall score :
Individual evaluation - production of an internship report detailing the constructive techniques encountered and the chronology of execution.
The EU score is based on a weighted average between these two activities, capped at 6/20 in case of failure above 6/20 in one of these activities. Failure to participate in one of these activities leads to a score of 0/20, and therefore 6/20 for the EU.
In the event of a failure in the EU, the successful games will remain from one session to another.
 

Work placement(s)

The internship is an integrated activity within the EU. The modalities of this one will be presented at the beginning of quadri.

Organizational remarks

The year is organized according to the provisional calendar presented during the first session ; changes may occur during the course of the year (participation in building fairs or conferences, exhibitions, etc.). The students will be personally informed by email.

Contacts

Anne-Michèle JANSSEN - amjanssen@ulg.ac.be(Jose.Sterkendries@ulg.ac.be )
The syllabus consists of a printed body of work including documents presented in class.

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