Duration
40h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in architecture | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course concludes the bachelor's level training in building technology. To do this, it is structured around three components: completions, socio-technical and synthesis.
The "Interior finishing: issues and technicality" section completes the envelope construction, structure and technical networks courses. It deals with the constructive dimensions specific to the "second work" and the multi-performance issues related to the choices made by the architect for the interior finishing of the building and their implementation.
The following are discussed:
- Heavy and light fixed partitions, counter partitions, ducts, removable and mobile partitions;
- Doors and interior woodwork;
- Screeds and floor coverings;
- Ceilings and false ceilings;
- Hoppers, body grades, staircases and elevators.
The "Sociotechnical aspects of efficient housing" section completes the lessons relating to the comfort and energy performance of buildings. It deals with the relationship between living and technical systems related to comfort and energy, through a sociotechnical focus on the dynamics of mutual adjustment that are played. Particular attention is paid to the consequences and issues related to the recent rise of energy performance standards in the construction sector. It covers :
- Introduction to sociotechnics and current events on the subject;
- Designed spaces and comfort ;
- Spaces and comfort experienced / built ;
- Socio-anthropology of the relationship between inhabitants and energy;
- Debates, issues and perspectives concerning the technical/architectural relationship;
- Debates, issues and perspectives concerning the indoor climate of buildings;
- Debates, issues and perspectives concerning the relationship with the inhabitants.
The section "Projecting: Synthesis" consists of a technical section and a writing work mobilizing tools, concepts and reasoning seen in class. The elaboration of this work by the students and its supervision by the teachers crosses the whole course by punctual interventions including intermediate works. The last two sessions are entirely devoted to this.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Upon completion of the completions track, the student will be able to:
- Insert a finishing material in a network of actors and resources, and derive a capacity to prescribe;
- Describe and explain, using appropriate terms and representations, the role and characteristics of a building completion system and its interaction with the structural system and networks;
- To mobilize, with a critical eye, adequate documentary resources to characterize the materials and implementations of the elements of completion of a building;
- Identify and explain the performance issues related to the choice and implementation of a finishing system for a given situation.
At the end of the "socio-technical" component, the student will be able to:
- Understand and explain the main socio-technical dynamics in the field of energy-efficient housing (from design choices to appropriation by users);
- Understand and explain the political dimension of these dynamics with respect to environmental issues, but also social and economic issues;
- Understand and explain the issues related to the relationship between users and energy in the context of architectural practice;
- To hold an enlightened reasoning on the relationships between technical systems, architectural culture and the culture of living.
Through the synthesis work, aiming at the application of course contents on a part of an architectural project, the student will be able to:
- Cross technical and socio-technical components in order to feed the development of an architectural project;
- Translate the attention paid to the value of use into choices, argued and supported, of architectural and technical devices.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Prerequisite
- Building Technology 4 - Structure and Envelope (2)
- Building Technology 3 - Hygrothermal, respiratory, visual and acoustic comfort
- Building Technology 2 - Structure and Envelope (1)
- Building Technology 1 - Basic Principles
- Living - Origins and contemporary issues
- Good writing skills
- Good technical drawing skills
Corequisites
- Building Technology 5
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is given in 10 interactive sessions of 4 hours in person.
Various intermediate assignments will be due during the term, according to the modalities that will be specified during the session and on e-campus by the teachers.
Depending on the session, the time will be divided differently between lectures and feedback on intermediate work.
Some sessions require the analysis of a text in preparation for the course, following a flipped classroom approach.
Some sessions require work before or after the lesson, to ensure the correct acquisition of knowledge.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
On-site
Recommended or required readings
Course presentation materials are provided no later than one hour before the start of the session. They are posted on e-campus.
Texts to be read in preparation for certain sessions are sent one week in advance. They are posted on e-campus.
Whenever possible, each session will be available as a podcast on eCampus.
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam
- Remote
written exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
The assessment is summative and combines three devices. A description of the expectations for each device will be transmitted during the session and via eCampus.
Completion (40%): Work combining collective productions, by groups of four students, and individual productions. The work is initiated from week to week based on the teacher's instructions. It must be finalized for the exam session. The final submission is individual. This work will be assessed in terms of
- The ability to mobilize and rely on relevant and complementary documentary resources;
- The ability to mobilize and rely on the conceptual and theoretical tools seen in class;
- The quality and rigor of the reasoning and arguments for the choices made;
- The quality, originality and precision of the graphic representations.
- The ability to conduct and include the analysis in a global reading of the technicality of the case;
- The ability to conduct and include the analysis in a socio-technical reading of the case;
- The quality, the rigor and the relevance of the mobilization of the theoretical contents of the course with regard to the analyzed case;
- The care given to the form and structuring of the remarks;
- The respect of the rules of bibliographic referencing and copyright.
- Ability to mobilize technical and socio-technical themes as a support for the design;
- Ability to translate conceptual choices into technical choices through detail drawing;
The quality, rigor and relevance of the mobilization of the theoretical contents of the course with regard to the project developed; - The care given to the form (quality of the technical drawings and editorial quality) and to the structuring of the remarks;
- The respect of the rules of bibliographic referencing and copyright.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Although the evaluation is based on a series of assignments due at the end of the term, their development requires students to work throughout the term. Certain parts of the sessions are dedicated to the follow-up of this work, during which the presence of the students is required. In this context, students will be asked to present their progress through an eCampus submission or even an oral presentation.
Contacts
Julie Neuwels (Julie.Neuwels@uliege.be) concerning the socio-technical part and the general course
Jean-Philippe Possoz (jp.possoz@uliege.be) concerning the completions.