Code: | 200204 | Acronym: | 200204 |
Keywords | |
---|---|
Classification | Keyword |
CNAEF | Architecture and construction |
OFICIAL | Building Technology |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Tecnologia da Construção (TC) |
Course/CS Responsible: | Integrated Master Degree in Architecture |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIARQ | 165 | MIARQ | 2 | - | 9 | 142,5 | 243 |
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.
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.
Lectures:
1. Architectural constructive systems. An historical overview
1.1 Pré-historical construction - From the cave to primitive hut;
1.2 Mediterranean - The apogee of trabeated system;
1.3 Roman empire - the vault, the arch, the concret, introduction of civic equipments;
1.4 Gotic - Cathedrals, the sublimation of masonry structures;
1.5 Renaissance - The separation between design and building;
1.6 The age of enlightenment - Science applied to buildings;
1.7 The industrial revolution - Steel and composite structures;
2. The construction of Oporto's Architecture - between tradition and international influences.
2.1 Historical context;
2.2 Foundations;
2.3 External walls;
2.4 Slabs;
2.5 Roofs;
2.6. Partition walls;
2.7. Window and door frames;
2.8 Singular elements.
3. Constructive systems - general notions
3.1 Introduction - Project versus construction;
3.2 Foundations;
3.3 Structure;
3.4 Basement walls;
3.5 Containment walls;
3.6 Types of floor slabs and flat roofs;
3.7 Types of structure in wood or metal pitched roofs;
3.8 Exterior walls:
3.8.1 Resistant or fill;
3.8.2 Simple, double, composed and ventilated;
3.8.3 Waterproofing, thermal and acoustic insulation;
3.8.4 Transitions and terminals (foundations / ground floors, and roof openings);
3.8.5 Resistance and stability;
3.8.6 Formal characterization (language of buildings)
3.9 Flat and sloped roofs:
3.9.1 Waterproofing;
3.9.2 Thermal insulation;
3.9.3 Coatings;
3.9.4 Singular elements (skylights, dormers and chimneys);
3.9.5 Transitions and trim (flashings, gutters and downspouts);
3.9.6 Formal characterization (language of buildings).
3.10 Facade openings - exterior Frames:
3.10.1 Components;
3.10.2 Types;
3.10.3 Environmental adequacy (natural lighting, ventilation, water tightness, thermal comfort and acoustic comfort);
3.10.4 Functional adequacy (visual relationships, use of space, security);
3.10.5 Types of exterior frame profiles.
4. 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 history of architecture representative buildings from the first half of the twentieth century;
- 2nd Practical Work (individual) - Study of the constructive system of a building in development or developed in the CU Projecto 2, 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 drawn by hand and coordinated with the final delivery of Project 2.
In coordination with CU Project 2, joint classes will be held, on a date to be defined.
Lectures
It is considered that the matters addressed in lectures allows students to acquire basic knowledge on the historical evolution of 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.
designation | Weight (%) |
---|---|
Participação presencial | 40,00 |
Trabalho laboratorial | 60,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
It is assumed that a student must be present at least to 75% of the number of classes due according to timetable.
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 (40% for the 1st. and 60% for the 2nd.), 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.
In accordance with the applicable legislation.
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.