The purpose of this course is to give to students the knowledge required to ensure that the buildings they design can be built safely and that they can be made weatherproof so as to fulfill their intended function. Construction Technology is taught in all five years of this architecture course and in BAC 3 the students learn about the following topics:
- Relevant technical terms in English
- Deep foundations, including piling
- Chimneys and service ducts
- Windows and doors in wood, steel, aluminum and plastics with an emphasis on the energy performance of these important elements of a building. The course also includes an overview of the properties of glass
- Roof windows of all types, shapes and sizes
- Metal coverings for roofs i.e. zinc, copper and lead
- Flat roofs. In this part of the course, we look at flat roofs across time from their earliest appearance in Mesopotamia to the present time. There is a concentration on the wide range of possible materials used and on how to ensure that the flat roof will be waterproof.
- Roof gardens and green roofs. These two very different approaches are getting more and more widely used and are therefore gaining in importance.
Classes are given each Monday morning in the Second Semester from 08h30 to 10h30. The room will be announced closer to the start date in 2016.
The course is given in English by Adrian Joyce, who can be contacted at: adrian.joyce@uclouvain.be
- Docente: Joyce Adrian