Course detail
Structures and Indoor Environment of Buildings
FA-KPR-KAcad. year: 2020/2021
The course consists of two blocks that deal with load bearing structures and the indoor environment of buildings.
The course broadens students´ knowledge on the indoor environment, energy consumption of buildings and economic efficiency of building proposals while providing required comfort for the users and complying with the current requirements of technical and energy consumption legislation.
The second block deepens students´ knowledge of designing load bearing structures, mostly bridges, that are illustrated on outstanding structures that set the trend of development and push the limits of construction feasibility.
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Number of ECTS credits
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
– Students will respect the current trends and requirements on energy performance of buildings.
– Students will be able to design the load bearing structure of a bridge.
– Students will gain knowledge on how to design the concept of structure for buildings which exceed the common standard of construction.
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Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course curriculum
2. Summary of construction and building physics requirements applied on buildings in order to provide required quality of indoor environment - HVAC, acoustics, daylighting and insolation
3. The concept of low energy, passive and nearly zero energy building; the legislation and requirements
4. Energy performance of buildings in terms of general technical requirements on construction - energy performance certificate of building, energy performance certification of buildings in CR and other countries
5. The Energy Management Act, energy assessment and its application in subsidized projects
6. Alternative sources of energy and their impact on the total energy balance of a building, economic efficiency of energy saving measures and selected building technologies
7. Structure as an essential component of architecture
8. Outline of the structural systems of the 19th and 20th century
9. Structural systems of the 21st century
10. Extreme structures in terms of vertical and horizontal dimensions
11. Design of bridge structure - substructure (material, concept, solution, design requirements)
12. Beam, arch, suspended and cable-stayed bridges I
13. Beam, arch, suspended and cable-stayed bridges II
Work placements
Aims
2. It is the mission of architects to contribute by the knowledge of terminology, structural system, and requirements of technical solution to the realisation of buildings, including bridges. The knowledge gained in this course should complete the information in this field. The principal part of the course will be focused on the bridge structures in architecture in order to introduce existing possibilities of the design with regards to material capacities and the significance of the selection of the structural system.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
- recommended prerequisite
Building Elements 1 - recommended prerequisite
Building Elements 2 - recommended prerequisite
Building Elements 3 - recommended prerequisite
Basics of Structural Mechanics - recommended prerequisite
Building Materials - recommended prerequisite
Basics of Building Physics
Basic literature
ŘEHÁNEK, Jaroslav, a kol. Tepelně-technické vlastnosti a energetické vlastnosti budov, PRAHA, GRADA 2002, ISBN 80-7169-582-3 (CS)
ŘEHÁNEK, Jaroslav, a kol. Tepelně-technické vlastnosti a energetické vlastnosti budov, PRAHA, GRADA 2002, ISBN 80-7169-582-3 (CS)
VAVERKA, Jiří, a kol., Stavební fyzika 2- stavební tepelná technika (CS)
VAVERKA, Jiří, a kol.. Stavební tepelná technika a energetika budov. Brno: VUTIUM, 2006. ISBN 80-214-2910-0 (CS)
Vyhl. č. 78/2013 Sb. v platném znění (CS)
Zák. č. 406/2000 Sb. v platném znění (CS)
Recommended reading
MACDONALD, Angus J. Structure and architecture. 2. vyd. Oxford: Architectural Press, 2001, 151 s. ISBN 07-506-4793-0. (EN)
RICE, Peter. The engineer's contribution to contemporary architecture. 1st ed. London: Thomas Telford, 2001, 187 s. ISBN 07-277-2770-2. (EN)
Elearning
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme N_A+U Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Elearning