Course syllabus for Building design methodology

Course syllabus adopted 2021-02-26 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameProjekteringsmetodik husbyggnad
  • CodeARK675
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerTISAM
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyCivil and Environmental Engineering
  • DepartmentARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language Swedish
  • Application code 61125
  • Maximum participants48
  • Block schedule
  • Open for exchange studentsNo

Credit distribution

0117 Project 6 c
Grading: TH
6 c
0217 Project 1.5 c
Grading: UG
1.5 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

BOM205 Buildings functions and design 
BOM195 Building materials
BOM265 Building technology  
BOM275 Urban planning - theory and application (recommended) 

Aim

The course aims to give the student the ability to handle a design methodology which handles energy efficient solutions, comfortable indoor climate and a building technology in progress. The student shall also be able to work towards high quality engineering in a building project on the larger scale as well as in detail.

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

With a new or advanced building technology problem/theme as a starting point, the students shall after completed course be able to:
- Describe the field of the problem after introduction lectures
- Produce a comprehensive sustainable design of a building integrating building technology, energy efficiency and technical systems for comfortable indoor climate.
- Compile the proposal in an exhibition consisting of correct drawings in scales describing both overall design and technically advanced details
- Describe, motivate, evaluate and discuss the proposal as well as the proposal of fellow students as part of a final exhibition with critics from both Chalmers and the practice.

Content

Constructing a building with building components and details is a capability which is the result of practical training. Working with details where technical and esthetical perspectives merge is emphasized in this course. The process reaches from rough sketches to precise formal drawings. A voluntary study trip to Austria seeks to widen the perspectives in the field of building technology.

Organisation

The project is carried out as group work.
Lectures, study visits and tutoring is adapted to the chosen problem/theme.

Literature

Is adapted to the chosen problem/theme.

Examination including compulsory elements

There is no exam in the course.
To pass the course it is necessary to hand in a passed project and to be present at all lectures, study visits, the final exhibition, introductions and reviews, The projects are graded fail, 3, 4 and 5.

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.