Building Technology and Rehabilitation for Façades and Roofs (EaD)

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

The methodology followed consists of: (1) individual contact and reflection on study materials (2) sharing of reflection and study among the students, (3) clarification of doubts in the forums moderated by the teacher-mentors, and (4) completion of the proposed activities.

Learning Outcomes

Provide the students with knowledge of building technology:

- To design, calculate and define conditions for implementing primary construction elements (walls, roofs and glazing) depending on the functional requirements and also to adapt them to different situations.

- Knowing the various types of construction materials available for constructing facades, roofs and glazed with identifying their technological features and the limitations of their use.

- To observe, identify and describe constructive solutions existing in facades and roofs, evaluating their expected performance in a particular functional context, particularly in the hygrothermal performance, as well as rehabilitation strategies for their improvement.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1.Requirements (Functional requirements. Specificity of requirements on hygrothermal and acoustic performance).

2. Materials (Description and identification of characteristics of materials for structures, technic layers, finishing and auxiliary components).

3.  Design / project (Multidisciplinary approach to design performance-based - current surface and details)

4. Technology (Technological approach of the several phases of the construction and of the maintenance, including the approach to their constraints).

5. Rehabilitation (Strategy and technical solutions for functional (non-structural) rehabilitation of façades and roofs).   

Assessment Methods

Continuous assessment
This course unit adopts the continuous assessment model, and the final classification of the students is the result of the work developed throughout the course (namely, participation in the forums and the performance of evaluation activities). The final classification of each student will be expressed in a scale of 0 - 20 points: 100.0%

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

FREITAS, Vasco et al. - “CIB W086 State-of-the-Art Report – Building Pathology”, Publication 393, CIB, FEUP,The Netherlands, 2013

Abrantes, V., Silva, J. Mendes, “Simplified method for building anomalies analysis”, Livros d’Obra #1, Ed., FEUP, 2012, Porto. (Português/English)

Silva, J. Mendes; Abrantes, V., “Repair of cracked walls”, Livros d’Obra #2, Ed. Gequaltec, FEUP, 2013, Porto. (Português/English)

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

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

Materiais a disponibilizar na plataforma de e-learning / Readings available online at the e-learning platform