Course syllabus for Architectural technology: Theme brick

Course syllabus adopted 2023-02-13 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameForm och teknik: tema tegel
  • CodeACE275
  • Credits4.5 Credits
  • OwnerTKARK
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyArchitecture
  • ThemeArchitectural design project 1.5 c
  • DepartmentARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • GradingUG - Pass, Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language Swedish
  • Application code 45139
  • Open for exchange studentsNo
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0123 Written and oral assignments 4.5 c
Grading: UG		 4.5 c

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Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

The same as for the programme that owns the course.
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

  • Architectural design and aesthetics, or equivalent
  • Architectural technology: theme wood, or equivalent
The course is part of the learning sequence Architecture and technology and builds on and deepens knowledge of architecture's materials and technical systems on different scales which were covered in the in the above-mentioned courses.

Aim

The course is part of the learning sequence Architecture and technology that give the student knowledge of architecture's materials and technical systems on different scales. In the course Building reconstruction technology and detailing: theme brick, the student will gain knowledge about load-bearing frame and climate shell in a conversion project of a brick building. An essential starting point is the characterization of the existing building and assessment of both technical and architectural values of materials and technical systems. At the building level, this includes analyzing and describing the existing load-bearing frame and existing climate shell and explaining how the interventions that the transformation entails affect the frame and climate shell. At the detail level, this includes analyzing and describing details before and after conversion.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

  1. Describe how the parts of a conversion project, before and after conversion, are logically arranged to carry horizontal and vertical loads (gravity and wind).
  2. Describe a conversion project's indoor climate before and after transformation (temperature, humidity and air quality).
  3. Describe and explain various overarching principles/concepts for the climate shell of brick buildings and basic mechanisms for heat and moisture transport and carry out a building physical dimensioning of a building part before and after conversion.
  4. Describe and explain the construction of the building parts of the brick construction technique and explain the various functions of the constituent parts through a construction section and a selection of critical details before and after conversion.
  5. Describe the material brick in terms of internal structure and properties, processes and products, processing and joining, use in construction and environmental impact.
  6. Reflect on how the load-bearing structure, indoor climate, climate shell, building details and choice of materials interact with the building's architectural qualities and the demand for sustainable and high-quality functional solutions.

Content

The course covers four themes: the brick load-bearing structure, its functions and principles and rules of thumb; the climate shell's functions and qualities that characterize a good indoor climate; construction of walls and beams and type details; material knowledge with particular focus on bricks (internal structure and properties, processes and products, processing and joining, environmental impact). The course uses built examples at different scale levels to highlight the interplay between the architecture, its materials and its technical systems. Different representational media and tools introduced in previous courses (sketch, drawing, physical model) are used.

Organisation

The course uses project-based teaching where students learn from and with each other in the studio in combination with tutoring by teachers. In addition to project work, the course consists of lectures, design laboratories and seminars. The lectures introduce the students to the four themes in the course: load-bearing structures, indoor climate and climate shell, detailing and material knowledge. The design laboratories give students, based on relatively simple design tasks to investigate a new topic and explore different design alternatives that are further developed in the more complex projects in design courses. Seminars aim to give students an opportunity to reflect on both the work of others and their own work. The course is carried out independently, but in the applied parts seeks collaboration with the parallel design project. The course ends with a moment of reflection on acquired experiences from the course that are collected in the students' portfolio.

Literature

Literature will be announced at the start of the course.

Examination including compulsory elements

Examination takes place through
  • ­ Assignments that correspond to 4.5 credits and mainly examines learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
  • ­ Obligatory reflection which mainly examines learning outcome 6
  • ­ Active participation in the course
Submission requirements and compulsory moments are announced at the start of the course.

A student who is not approved in the course after the regular examination must be given the opportunity to be examined through supplementation after the end of the course if the examiner considers it feasible. If, after two attempts at completion, the student still cannot be approved, the student must retake the course. Assessment of completions takes place during Chalmers' re-examination periods. It is the student's responsibility to check reported study results in Ladok after each study period and to contact the course examiner for instructions on supplementation if an approved result is missing.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.