Construction techniques 2B

Construction 2B

This course falls within the three year Bachelor's CONSTRUCTION course.
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 lesson's program of the second CONSTRUCTION course includes :
- 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.

Construction 2B

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

Construction 2B

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

Construction 2B

Lectures illustrated by slide shows and short application exercises.

Construction 2B

Face-to-face

Construction 2B

Slides are downloadable on MyUlg.

Construction 2B

Written exam on theory and exercises, without notes and syllabus.

Construction 2B

Not applicable

Construction 2B

Not applicable

Construction 2B

Dimitri Schmitz
Assistant Professor
dimitri.schmitz@uliege.be
 

Construction 2B

The slides were uploaded to my-uliege and the video lessons were uploaded to Unicast.
The whole will be brought together on e-campus to facilitate management via a single platform.
A discussion forum is open on e-campus to allow students to ask questions.

Comfort 2B

Slides with comments and accessible via myULiège.

Construction 2B

The topics relating to the evaluation corresponds to the topics which will be seen during the course until the end of the semester.
These topics will include the following chapters:

• The foundations
• The load-bearing vertical walls and facades
• The load-bearing horizontal floors and roofs

• Relations between design and construction systems
• Prefabricated and modular construction systems

Structure 2B

see French

Comfort 2B

The evaluation refers to comfort and heat balance, energy consumption, heat and air losses.
Some parts of the Energie+ website (https://energieplus-lesite.be/) are the subject of the course material.
A document accessible on myULiège specifies these parts of the chapters that are the subject of the evaluation material, which are: "Evaluer, Théories, Calculs, Mesures, Données".
The chapters: "Améliorer, Concevoir et Techniques" are only indicative to better understand and illustrate the different constructive aspects related to the protected volume of the building and the ventilation strategies!
 

Construction 2B

A report (Individual work) must be submitted no later than the day of the exam.
It must be uploaded in pdf on the e-campus platform.
It will contain a drawing of a section through one of the facades of the student's End-of-Year project and an analysis report of this facade based on the elements seen in the course.
The outline to follow for the realization of the report will be downloadable on e-campus.
There will therefore be no live remote oral or written assessment for this course.

Structure 2B

see French

Comfort 2B

The evaluation method consists of a synthesis work that uses as a support the project "La maison brulée" carried out in the first quadrimester of the architecture workshop course ARCH0241-2.
The work of synthesis consists in analyzing the project as presented to the final jury of the first quadrimester. It is not required to redraw the project or modify it graphically.
The analysis (written argumentation illustrated by diagrams) must deal with the notions of comfort, heat loss, solar gain, ventilation and heat balance, by applying various tools to assist in the design of the Energie+ site.
Students who have not carried out the burnt house project are invited to choose another small housing project carried out in one of their architecture project courses.

Construction 2B

Dimitri Schmitz
Assistant Professor
dimitri.schmitz@uliege.be 

Structure 2B

françois LAURENT

Comfort 2B

ohenz@uliege.be

Construction 2B

The topics relating to the evaluation corresponds to the topics which will be seen during the course until the end of the semester.
These topics will include the following chapters:

• The foundations
• The load-bearing vertical walls and facades
• The load-bearing horizontal floors and roofs

• Relations between design and construction systems
• Prefabricated and modular construction systems

Construction 2B

A report (Individual work) must be submitted no later than the day of the exam.
It must be uploaded in pdf on the e-campus platform.
It will contain a drawing of a section through one of the facades of the student's End-of-Year project and an analysis report of this facade based on the elements seen in the course.
The outline to follow for the realization of the report will be downloadable on e-campus.
There will therefore be no live remote oral or written assessment for this course.
The work is identical to the work of the first session exam. The same project can be used for the second session.

Construction 2B

Dimitri Schmitz
Assistant Professor
dimitri.schmitz@uliege.be