Construction materials and mechanical systems

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

This teaching unit particularly focuses on three axes in the profile of the holder of a Master¿s degree in Architecture: giving concrete expression to a technical dimension, making use of other disciplines and adopting a professional approach.

Specific learning outcomes:

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

• make use of technical, scientific and regulatory documentation relating to building materials and techniques and HVAC systems.
• develop and comprehensive proposal for construction systems and facilities which is appropriate for the properties of a site and an architectural project.
• manage complex construction projects (details), using the interface of different techniques.
• produce documents conveying an architectural proposal to professionals (specifications, drawings, etc.).

Contribution to the learning outcomes reference network:

Use the technical dimension

• Be familiar with and interpret the main technical principles of construction
• Observe and assess the main construction principles that give architecture a formal, material and temporal dimension
• Be able to apply the various basic technical principles in producing a work of architecture
• Acquire an instinctive understanding of structures to use in producing a creative and/or innovative work of architecture

Express an architectural procedure

• Express ideas clearly in oral, graphic and written form

Adopt a professional attitude

• Organise, plan, develop and bring together the different strands of individual or collective work
• Test and observe the framework of professional practice and to architectural knowledge through independent involvement