Rehabilitation of Façades and Roofs

Recommended Prerequisites

No specific requirements beyond the general requirements for admission to the course.

Teaching Methods

Teaching model both theoretical and practical, combining in a balanced way theoretical presentations, presentation and discussion of case studies, critical participation by students (including the development of mini-projects), and also the contact with entities and relevant external projects, either through guest speakers, or through field visits.

Learning Outcomes

With this course unit it is intended that the student acquires a set of critical tools and knowledge to help taking, and justifying, technical, methodological and strategic decisions in the context of assessing the condition and specific overall performance of the outer envelope (façades and roofs) of modern buildings (post 1950's) and the corresponding project of rehabilitation. It is critical that students acquire solid knowledge in the study of solutions and materials and their suitability to specific cases, with different levels of complexity, enabling a critical and coherent counseling of the solutions proposed by the market, either in a local perspective or internationally.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1 . Introduction to non-structural pathologies

1.1 Defects in current façade walls

1.2 Causes and agents of degradation

1.3 General strategies for intervention

2. Cracking of masonry walls

2.1 General causes, manifestations, prevention

2.2 Inspection, recording, monitoring and diagnosis

2.3 Rehabilitation of cracked walls

3. Dampness in masonry walls

3.1 General causes, manifestations, prevention

3.2 Inspection, recording, monitoring and diagnosis

3.3 Rehabilitation of walls with damping efects

4. Corrective coatings

4.1 General solutions , ETICS and ventilated façades

4.2 Support model to the selection of corrective coatings

5. Pathology and rehabilitation of roofs

5.1 Construtive characterization and anomalies

5.2 Errors of design, of implementation and of use of materials

5.3 Anomalies in current zone , peripheral limits , singular points

5.4 Techniques and materials for rehabilitation

6. Particular constructive situations ( pathology and rehabilitation).

Head Lecturer(s)

José António Raimundo Mendes da Silva

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Frequency: 50.0%
Resolution Problems: 50.0%

Bibliography

AA-ZZ, “Cadernos de apoio ao ensino da tecnologia da construção e da reabilitação de anomalias não estruturais em edifícios”, Vol.  1-17, coord, edit. J. Mendes da Silva, DEC-FCTUC, Coimbra, 2008-2009

SILVA, J. Mendes-"Fissuração das alvenarias. Estudo do comportamento das alvenarias sob ações térmicas", Tese de Dout., Universidade de Coimbra, 1998.

Abrantes, V., Silva, J. Mendes, “Método simplificado de diagnóstico de anomalias em edifícios”, Livros d’Obra #1, Edições Gequaltec, FEUP, 2012, Porto. (Português/English)

Silva, J. Mendes; Abrantes, V., “Reabilitação de paredes fissuradas”, Livros d’Obra #1, Edições Gequaltec, FEUP, 2013, Porto. (Português/English)

Addleson, Lyall, “Building Failures: A Guide to Diagnosis, Remedy and Prevention”, Architectural Press; 3rd Revised edition edition (June 1992).

Addleson, Lyall; Rice, Colin, “Performance of Materials in Buildings: A Study of the Principles and Agencies of Change”, Butterworth-Heinemann (July 1991).