Construction and materials : developements

lbarc1362  2017-2018  Bruxelles

Construction and materials : developements
4 credits
40.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Joyce Adrian;
Language
English
Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
In Brussels, the teaching is cumulative and progressive, from the shell to the finishing details, while in Tournai construction and materials are taught in a global way; in this way, students can form logical groupings.
This teaching unit complements and takes further the description of materials, elements and methods of construction in previous teaching units and develops specific questions linked to the practice of construction in complex situations and in real conditions. The unit deals with construction in an architectural dimension and aims to explore particular methods of implementation.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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The objective of this teaching unit is to generate the necessary skills to bring architectural objectives into line with how to translate them into material terms. 

This teaching unit focuses particularly on one dimension of the profile of a Bachelor level graduate in Architecture:  developing a technical dimension.

Specific learning outcomes:

By the end of the course, students will be able to

  • put forward appropriate building solutions regarding construction in complex situations.
  • identify the methods of organisation of work on site.

Contribution to the learning outcomes reference framework:

Use the technical dimension

  • Be familiar with and describe the main technical principles of building
  • Observe and assess the main construction principles of a building
  • Be able to apply the various basic technical principles in a producing a work of architecture

Express an architectural procedure

  • Express ideas clearly in oral, graphic and written form
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Faculty or entity
LOCI


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in architecture (Bruxelles)
ARCB1BA
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LBARC1262