Building physics

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

This teaching unit focuses particularly on two dimensions of the profile of a Bachelor level graduate in Architecture:  developing a technical dimension and making use of other disciplines.

Specific learning outcomes:

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

• describe the methods of thermal transfer in material.
• clarify the parameters of hygrothermal comfort and air quality and determine, in a static situation, how to achieve this comfort.
• establish the main dimensions linked to the thermal qualities of buildings : thermal transmission coefficient of walls, nominal thermal loss in buildings during winter, power and quantity of energy used for heating, rate of air circulation etc.  
• calculate the change in temperature and the transfer of steam within an opaque or glazed wall, in a static situation.
• detect and estimate the risks of superficial and internal condensation of a wall, for a given climatic situation, both internally and externally.
• specify the thermal bridges and assess their impact.

Contribution to the learning outcome reference framework:

Make use of other subjects

• Seek out other approaches, exchanges of views and ways of enhancing thinking about architecture
• Interpret the knowledge of other subjects

Use the technical dimension

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