Building Construction 1

Code:

200204

Acronym:

200204

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Architecture and construction
OFICIAL	Building Technology

Instance: 2014/2015 - A

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Tecnologia da Construção (TC)
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Degree in Architecture

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIARQ	157	MIARQ	2	-	9	142,5	243

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Studying the architectural space in its constructive dimension, by raising awareness and acquiring basic scientific knowledge about the materials and techniques involved in the construction processes.
Ensure that this learning, which is based on the study of generic building becomes necessary instrumentation to support architectural practice and theoretical action, permanently referred to the context of the place and the production system.

Learning outcomes and competences

Development of a "constructive consciousness" can instill in students a new sense critical of the process / method of project design and analysis / understanding of architecture.
Understanding technical issues involving the construction of architecture not only pragmatically, as the corset creative act, but rather as a source of inspiration and encouragement.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Lectures:
1st. Description of the constructive system of Porto bourgeois houses between the seventeenth and nineteenth
1.1 Brief historical context;
1.2 Foundations;
1.3 Walls;
1.4 Structure and lining the roofs of two and four slopes;
1.5 Coatings and trim the hedges (eaves, gutters and flashings);
1.6 Types of walls paneled interiors and exteriors - structure, coatings and finishes;
1.7 Coatings of masonry walls (sharecropping and front);
1.8 Types of interior stairs - structure and coatings;
1.9 Types of skylights - structure and coating;
1:10 Types or attic dormers - structure and coating;
1:11 Frames exterior and interior (type details).
1:12 Case study: rehabilitation processes involving survey and diagnosis of pre-existence

2nd. Elements of the construction of a building - general notions
2.1 Foundations continuous, timely, and mixed;
2.2 Structures resistant - continuous, timely, and mixed;
2.3 Walls of basements;
2.4 Containment walls;
2.5 Types of floor slabs and flat roofs;
2.6 Types of structure in wood or metal pitched roofs;
2.7 Exterior walls:
2.7.1 Resistant or fill;
2.7.2 Simple double, composed and ventilated;
2.7.3 waterproofing, thermal and acoustic insulation;
2.7.4 Situations transition and shot (foundations / ground floors, and roof openings);
2.7.5 Resistance and stability;
2.7.6 Characterization formal language (of buildings)
2.8 flat and sloped roofs:
2.8.1 Waterproofing;
2.8.2 Thermal insulation;
2.8.3 Coatings;
Natural Elements 2.8.4 (skylights, dormers and chimneys);
2.8.5 Transitions and trim (flashings, gutters and downspouts);
2.8.6 Characterization formal language (the buildings).
2.9 Openings facade - exterior Frames:
2.9.1 Components;
2.9.2 Types;
2.9.3 Environmental adequacy (natural lighting, ventilation, water tightness, thermal comfort and acoustic comfort);
2.9.4 Functional adequacy (visual relationships, use of space, security);
2.9.5 Types of exterior joinery profiles.
3. Due to the articulated development of the exercise with the program chair Project II it will be held a theoretical analysis and description of the constructive system of exemplary buildings, which fits into the typology (s) subject (s) under study on that chair, complementing the support completion of 2. nd Practical Work. These classes will focus particularly on the structural system, materials used, types of exterior walls, interior walls, floor slabs, roof slabs, closing the gaps interior and exterior details and type.

Practical classes:
- 1st Practical Work (Group) - Survey, analysis, research and interpretation of the constructive system of Oporto´s bourgeois houses from the eighteenth / nineteenth including if possible a building built in the early twentieth century with another building system;
- 2nd Practical Work (individual) - Study of the constructive system of a building in development in the Chair Project II, regarding the structural system, exterior walls, roof and floor slabs, including a reflection text on the construction options relative to the functional organization and language. These elements will be coordinated with the final delivery of Project 2.

Mandatory literature

Allen Edward; Como funciona un edificio. ISBN: 84-252-1089-5
Branco José da Paz; Manual do pedreiro
Costa F. Pereira da; Enciclopédia prática da construção civil
Fernandes Francisco Barata; Transformação e permanência na habitação portuense
Grech Chris 340; Diccionario plurililingue de terminos de arquitectura y construcción. ISBN: 84-252-1762-8
Neufert Ernst; Arte de projectar em arquitectura
Oliveira Ernesto Veiga de; Arquitectura tradicional portuguesa. ISBN: 972-20-0959-1
PARICIO, Ignacio; Vocabulario de arquitectura y construcción, Bisagra, 1999. ISBN: 84-923125-6-4
Mascarenhas Jorge; Sistemas de construção. ISBN: 972-24-1299-x
Paricio Ignacio; La construcción de la arquitectura
Segurado João Emilio dos Santos; Alvenaria e Cantaria
Segurado João Emilio dos Santos; Trabalhos de carpintaria civil
Segurado João Emilio dos Santos; Serralheria civil
Tacla Zake; O livro da arte de construir
Teixeira Joaquim José Lopes; Provas de aptidão pedagógica e capacidade científica
Teixeira Gabriela de Barbosa; Diálogos de edificação. ISBN: 972-9419-38-8
Silva Jorge Henrique Pais da; Dicionário de termos de arte e arquitectura. ISBN: 972-23-3336-4
Mascarenhas Jorge; Sistemas de construção. ISBN: 972-24-1480-1
Mascarenhas Jorge; Sistemas de construção. ISBN: 978-972-24-1668-9
Mascarenhas Jorge; Sistemas de construção. ISBN: 972-24-1442-9
Mascarenhas Jorge; Sistemas de construção. ISBN: 972-24-1221-3
Mascarenhas Jorge; Sistemas de construção. ISBN: 972-24-1350-3
Schmitt Heinrich; Tratado de construcción. ISBN: 84-252-0092-X
Porto Câmara Municipal 070; Casas do Porto
Deplazes Andrea 340; Constructing architecture. ISBN: 3-7643-7189-7

Complementary Bibliography

Oliveira Ernesto Veiga de; Construções primitivas em Portugal
Kind-Barkauskas Friedbert; Concrete construction manual. ISBN: 3-7643-6724-5
Ford Edward R.; The details of modern architecture. ISBN: 0-262-56201-1 978-0-262-56202-7
Ford Edward R.; The details of modern architecture
González José Luis; Claves del construir arquitectónico. ISBN: 84-252-1695-8
Herzog Thomas; Timber construction manual. ISBN: 3-7643-7025-4
Herzog Thomas; Facade construction manual. ISBN: 3-7643-7109-9
Paricio Ignacio; Las claraboyas. ISBN: 84-923125-5-6
Paricio Ignacio; La fachada de ladrillo. ISBN: 84-923125-1-3
Paricio Ignacio; Las cubiertas de chapa. ISBN: 84-923125-7-2
Pfeifer Gunter; Masonry construction manual. ISBN: 3-7643-6543-9
Quaroni Ludovico; Proyectar un edificio. ISBN: 84-85434-09-9
Segurado João Emilio dos Santos; Edificações
Barreiros Guilherme Bomfim 070; Ferros forjados do Porto
Schunck Eberhard 070; Roof construction manual. ISBN: 3-7643-6986-8
Segurado João Emilio dos Santos; Materiais de construção
Teixeira Luis Manuel; Dicionário ilustrado de Belas-Artes
Rodrigues Maria João Madeira; O vocabulário técnico e crítico de arquitectura. ISBN: 972-589-017-5
Oliveira Ernesto Veiga de; Casas esguias do Porto e Sobrados do Recife

Teaching methods and learning activities

It is considered that the matters addressed in lectures allows students to acquire basic knowledge on key technical issues involving the construction of a building: the concept of structure, resistant walls, partitioning or fill, floor slabs, roof slabs , the notion of waterproofing, thermal and acoustic insulation, closures of openings as well as on the importance of detail.
The chosen examples aim to highlight the importance of the drawing act in different analysis scales, as an important instrument of thought and representation, connected with the processes and methods of project's devellopment.
The studied matters will be illustrated with tipified schemes or remarkable buildings, trying to present examples which are based on a criterion of constructive pluralism, demonstrative of different ways of conceiving, studying and solving the technical issues of buildings, turning them into consistent and exemplary architectural solutions.
Pratical classes
In Practical classes two exercises are conducted, each lasting approximately one semester.
In the 1st Practical Work, by drawing and analysis of an existing building is intended that the students develop reasoning and interpretation of some building issues, simple and elementary, sort of universal and defining of the construction of traditional architecture.
In the 2nd Practical Work, through the study of one of the buildings developed in the Curricular unit Project 2, it is intended that students develop an autonomous process of reasoning that allows them to make choices about the logical and coherent structural system adopted, privileging the ability of experimentation and synthesis. In this sequence, students must develop a critical sense, capable of evaluating the relationship between the mode of solving technical problems and the language of architecture.
It is understood that practical work should be the preferred means for students to assess the importance of drawing - hand raised and technical - as the main instrument of reflection and representation of issues of construction, integrated into the method / process of Project design.
Where deemed appropriate, study visits will be made to buildings in construction, thus allowing students to carry out "in situ" close contact with the materials covered in classes.

keywords

Technological sciences > Architecture
Humanities > History > History of science > History of technology
Technological sciences > Technology > Construction technology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	40,00
Trabalho laboratorial	60,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

It is assumed that a student must be present at least to 75% of the number of classes due according to timetable.

Calculation formula of final grade

To obtain the final classification is necessary to fulfill the attendance criteria specified in the preceding paragraph.
The final grade will be the weighting of the results obtained in both practical work, with the apreciation of the criteria associated with continuous assessment.
Failure to file a practical work means the exclusion of the student, without the possibility of performing rescuing assessment.
Both works will be the subject of situation points with eventual qualitative assessment.
Final deliveries will be subject to quantitative classification.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the applicable legislation.

Classification improvement

The rating of 1st Practical Work can be improved, individually or in groups, during the 2nd Practical Work, by correcting the negative aspects highlighted as in its assessment.