Construction V

Recommended Prerequisites

Recommended Previous Disciplines:

Construction I to IV

Project I and II.

Teaching Methods

Methodology used in lectures: - The subject of each lesson is documented with case studies (architectural works), selected according to their relevance, but having as required conditions a clear cultural position and architectural language refinement, being always presented with reference to their context.

Methodology used in the practical sessions: - Learning is based on the integration of the choices regarding the materialization of architecture in the development of the practical exercises of Project III course unit.

Learning Outcomes

- Envisioning the construction systems (relating them with the other parameters involved in architecture, resulting in the command of the relationship between form and construction system).

- Creating awareness of value of the representations elements (scale model, technical drawing, sketch, photograph, text, language, etc. as design tools to integrate and develop materials and construction options in the design).

- Providing coherence to design decisions at several scales up to details.

- Introducing into the project development the consideration of its life cycle (resulting in the command of the relationship between form, construction system and environmental impact).

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The theoretical part consists of the following subjects:

- Climate

- Climate and Energy

- Sunshading

- End of Materials Lifecycle

    I - Wooden Structures

    II - Steel Structures

    III - Masonry and Rammed Earth Structures

- Dry Construction Systems

 

The practical part consists of one exercise, integrated with Course Unit Project III.

Head Lecturer(s)

Jorge Manuel Ferreira de Carvalho

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 10.0%
Research work: 10.0%
Project: 80.0%

Bibliography

FORD, Edward R., The Details of Modern Architecture, ed. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachussets, London, 1996

DEPLAZES, Andrea, Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures, ed. Birkhauser Verlag, Basel, Boston, Berlin, 2006

AAVV, A Green Vitruvius - Principios e práticas de projecto para a arquitectura sustentável, ed. Ordem dos Arquitectos, 2001.