Course detail

History of Building Trades

FAST-AG29Acad. year: 2024/2025

Implementation of development building trades from oldest time to end 19.century, clarifying conventional building processes with accent on the historic skilled handwork 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

Department

Ústav architektury (ARC)

Entry knowledge

Subject uses knowledge acquisition in subjectes Building construction and History of architecture and it is preparation for follow subjects Detail in architecture.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

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

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

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

Recommended literature

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Michal Werner

Syllabus

1. Short development of building trades and their position from antiquity to close 19.century. 2. Stonework - development method preparation of stone, masonry pillars, vaults. 3. Stonework - shields, oriels, balconies and development trade rendering. 4. Stonework - stone facing, cornices, adjustments of details windows and doors. 5. Bricklaying - development of trade, brickwork, walling bedding and jointing, vaults, cornices, 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, raceways by channels and aris gutters. 12.Smithery - development of trade connections, windows, daylights, chimneys, rails, grates. 13.Excursion.