Course detail

History of Building Trades

FAST-AG29Acad. year: 2011/2012

Implementation of development building trades from oldest time to end 19.century, claryfying conventional building processes with accent on the historic skilled hardwork into detail.
Knowledges are using one the one hand in area restoration of monuments, one the one hand for understanding contemporary technologies and possibility solution of design details from point of view architectural and building construction.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. arch. Michal Werner

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will manage the goal of the subject, i.e. extended knowledge acquired in subject Building construction, where is supplement to understanding of historic context and building trades.

Prerequisites

Subject use of knowledges acquisition in subjectes Buiding construction and History of architecture and is preparation for follow subjectes Detail in architecture.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. Short development of buildi¨ng trades and their positio from
antiquity to close 19.century.
2. Stonework - development method preparation of stone, masonry
pillars, vaults.
3. Stonework - shields, oriels, balconyies and development trade
rendenring.
4. Stonework - stone facing, cornises, adjustments of details windows
and doors.
5. Bricklaying - development of trade, brickwork, walling bedding and
jointing, vaults, cornises, stairs.
6. Bricklaying - modify external and inside of surface, brick
pavings, plasters, stuke, patent stone.
7. Carpentry - development of trade, curb and timber frameworks,
historic roof trusses.
8. Carpentry - walls, ceilings, roofings.
9. Carpentry - development of trade of doors and gates.
10.Joinery - windows, sho-windows.
11.Tinsmith´s workshop and roofer´s workshop - development of trades
roofings, racewazs by channels and aris gutters.
12.Smithery - debelopment of trade connections, windows, daylights,
chimneys, rails, grates.
13.Excursion.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Subject extendes knowledges acquire in subject Building construction, where is supplement to understanding of historic context and building trades.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

JUNDROVSKÝ R.: Kamenictví. Grada Praha, 2001. (CS)
KOHOUT J., TOBEK A.: Tesařství. Grada Praha, 1996. (CS)
KOHOUT J., TOBEK A.:: Zednictví. Grada Praha, 1998. (CS)
KOUŘIL J., BUBEN F.: Truhlářství. Grada Praha, 2003. (CS)
PLUMBRIDGE A., MEULENKAMP W.: Ziegeln in der Architektur. DVA Stuttgart, 1996. (DE)
ŘÍHÁK J.M.: Pokrývačství. Grada Praha, 2003. (CS)
TITSCHER F.: Stavitelství. Grada Praha, 2002. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-APS Bachelor's

    branch APS , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Michal Werner