Class Constructive Systems IV

It is intended with this UC, that the student will learn: the elements that make up a project, the anatomy of a construction and its connections, following the learning of the previous semester; Know the current construction processes and vernaculars; current placement on site and what materials to use in its various elements, according to the intended objectives. Trinomium: efficiency; beauty and durability;

Understanding the consequences of constructive options in architectural design.

Types of building structures in the various masonry and materials. The importance of representation in construction details
and its coherence with the Architectural object; the Expressiveness and communication of the execution Project

• Apparent materials in construction: Brick; Stone; Concrete; Wood; Plasters and others and their significance in the conceptual understanding of an architectural object.
• Approach to the construction works: Timing and understanding of the different phases of the construction site;
• Humidity, Sun, Temperature and physical and chemical phenomena to be considered;
• Construction insulation and its application in wall and roof systems
• Light structure walls on the outside and inside. Ventilated walls with external insulation and ETIC's.Dimensioning of wall thickness;
• Independent facades and ventilated facades made of glass and other materials. Skins in buildings;
• Deepening of flat roofing techniques - extensive and intensive green roofs;
• Type of materials and sections most suitable to be applied in finishes and in the various details of the construction work;
• Detailing of materials for interiors and exteriors; sections and finishes; scales and dimensions of the various details.

Theoretical and practical aspects very accentuated in the course of classes with the supervision of the Teacher - Theoretical explanation, schemes, drawings. Power Point and execution of regular works diversifying the form of the perception of Architecture through drawing with manual and expeditious representation for the development of creativity, training, artistic sensitivity and scale.

- Scales 1: 50/1: 20/1: 1. Comparison of construction elements at scale and in natural size - representation and comparison of the general with the particular. Graphical representation of the parts of a Project and construction elements.

Weighting in the final grade - individual works from zero to twenty:
1 - executed in the classroom
2 - executed in the classroom
Seminar / visits to shipyards and workshops / conferences (mandatory - the absence implies discounts of
up to 20% in the final classification)
TOTAL - average

• Hoadley, R. Bruce (2000). Understanding Wood. A Craftman's Guide to Wood Technology. Taunton. Newtown. Cota: AQ 232- BC7
• Mascarenhas, Jorge. Sistemas de construção, - Livros Horizonte. Cota : AQ/83-BC , AQ/83.A-BC, AQ/83.B-BC, AQ/83.C-BC , AQ/83.D-BC
• Ford, E. R. (2003). The details of modern architecture Vol. 1 e 2, MIT press.
• Vários, Tectonica Nº 1 a 40, ATC Ediciones S.L., Madrid
• Weston, R. (2003). Materials, form and architecture . Yale University Press.

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