Course detail

Building Elements 1

FA-PS1-KEAcad. year: 2024/2025

The Building Elements course set deals with the structures of civil engineering structures that affect the function of the building work in its above and below ground parts. The introductory course Building Elements 1 deals with vertical and horizontal load-bearing structures and vertical communications.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Lucie Žižková, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Engineering (US)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Credit is awarded upon meeting the required attendance, submitting all independent work and passing two credit tests. The deadlines for the submission of individual assignments and the dates of the control tests are set by the teacher in the form of a written assignment at the beginning of the semester and are binding.
The course is passed by successfully passing an oral examination consisting of a theoretical and practical (drawing) part.
Compulsory attendance at seminars with two excused absences, further absences can be replaced by agreement with the lecturer in another seminar or excused for particularly serious health reasons.
Lectures are optional.
In the case of a student's apology and with approval of the course guarantor, personal participation may be substituted with online participation in the lesson.

Aims

The Building Elements course set introduces students to the design of building structures. In interdisciplinaryconnection with other technical and natural science disciplines, the set provides a foundation for the design of architectural work. Its primary goal is to provide students with the knowledge, understanding and skills that will enable them to optimally design theoretically sound civil engineering structures. The curriculum focuses on following a line that leads from the creative development of an architectural concept to the creative and imaginative design of a structural detail.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

KOOLHAAS, Rem. Elements of Architecture. Taschen, 2010. ISBN: 978-3836556149. (EN)
DEPLAZES, Andrea, ed. Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures. a Handbook. Německo, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2022. (EN)
CRUVELLIER, Mark, et al. The Structural Basis of Architecture. Routledge, 2019. ISBN: 9781138651982. (EN)
SKIBA, Isabella, BIELEFELD, Bert. Basics Technical Drawing. Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2017. ISBN: 9783035612738. (EN)
MEISTERMANN, Alfred. Basics Loadbearing Systems. John Wiley & Sons, Limited, 2020. ISBN: 9783035621884. (EN)
Detail Engineering – series. Detail, 2011. ISBN: 978-3920034867. (EN)
Engineering Nature – Structures. Detail, 2021. ISBN: 978-3955535520. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BE_A+U Bachelor's, 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Lucie Žižková, Ph.D.

Seminar

39 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Lucie Žižková, Ph.D.