Duration
24h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in architecture | 2 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
This course is dedicated to the study of Acoustics and Lighting.
PART 1: Acoustics
1. Sound ambiance
2. Notions of physical acoustics:
- Measurement and analysis of sounds and noises
- criteria of discomfort
- Propagations of airborne noises in free space
3. Introduction to Architectural acoustics:
- Sound absorbing materials
- Reverberation
- Acoustic correction
- Room acoustics
4. Sound insulation:
- Insulation against airborne noise
- Insulation against impact noises
- The standards of sound insulation
5. Equipment acoustics
PART 2: Lighting
1. Lighting ambiance
2. Basics of lighting
- The eye and vision
- Photometric quantities
- Point light sources
- Wide light sources
- Visual comfort
- Recommended lighting levels
3. Natural lighting
- Natural lighting concepts
- Daylight and sunlight
- Natural lighting instrumentation
- Transparent materials and their photometric properties
- spatial typologies
- architectural elements
- glare from natural lighting
- sun protection
- Natural lighting prediction methods
4. Artificial lighting: The lamps
- characterization of sources
- evaluation methods
- auxiliary elements of light sources
5. Artificial lighting: The lights
- characteristics of the luminaires
- choice of lighting
6. Lighting management systems
- user behavior
- lighting strategies
- lighting management devices
The following 4 transversal axes of reflection are encountered in this acoustics and lighting course:
- sustainability: making buildings comfortable from both visual and sound points of view is a mandatory condition to allow them to last over time while in line with user needs
- art: designing a project using light or sound opens doors to sensitive architecture
- digital: acoustic and lighting simulations are mainly carried out today via calculation software, which complete a first graphic or analog approach that the architect can use in preliminary design.
- society: lifestyles are closely linked to the sound and light percetion of people and therefore to the sound and visual design of living spaces.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The student will be able :
1. To explain the basic concepts related to the perception and propagation of sound.
2. To state the principles of acoustic correction and to apply them to simple theoretical problems.
3. To describe the acoustic principles of rooms according to their uses and dimensions and to apply them.
4. To calculate sound insulation levels for airborne noise from homogeneous continuous, discontinuous, double homogeneous walls and qualitatively compare several walls.
5. To evaluate the standard insulation of adjacent premises to the emission of airborne noise.
6. Explain the basic concepts related to the perception and propagation of light.
7. State the principles of natural lighting and use them in concrete cases
8. To state the principles of artificial lighting and to use them in concrete cases
9. To study a project from the point of view of natural and artificial lighting
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Some concepts of basic mathematics - sinusoidal functions, logarithms ..
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Ex-cathedra courses and exercises in auditoriums
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
Courses notes on e-campus
Assessment methods and criteria
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.
The work will mainly consist in the application of the concepts and calculations seen during the course.
Work placement(s)
not applicable
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Dimitri Schmitz
Assistant Professor
dimitri.schmitz@uliege.be