2018-2019 / ARCH1740-1

History of techniques and materials

Duration

12h Th

Number of credits

 Master in architecture (120 ECTS)1 crédit 

Lecturer

Francis Tourneur

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

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