Construction materials and mechanical systems

Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.

3 credits

30.0 h

Teacher(s)

Gillis Christophe;

Language

French

Main themes

This teaching unit is designed to develop transferable and practical skills in the fields of Construction, Materials and Facilities.
In particular, it is designed to develop extensive familiarity with the documentation of technical, scientific and regulatory references and professional communication tools (specifications and graphic material).
It also aims to develop a global overview of materials and techniques involved in the process of building.

Aims

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

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”.

Bibliography

Le Petit DICOBAT : Dictionnaire général du bâtiment, Jean de VIGAN, Edition ARCATURE, Paris
Construire l'architecture ' du matériau brut à l'édifice, A.Deplazs & Coll., 2008, Birkhauser, Bâle.
Construire des façades, Th Herzog & Coll., 2004, Edition DETAIL & Presses polytechnique et universitaires romandes, Lausanne.
Guide pratique des règles de l'art, M.Proces, O.Haenecour & Th.Loth, 2016, Edition Larcier, Bruxelles

Faculty or entity

LOCI

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

Title of the programme

Sigle

Credits

Prerequisites

Aims

Master [120] in Architecture (Bruxelles)

ARCB2M