Course detail

Project – Building Constructions

FAST-BHA017Acad. year: 2025/2026

Throughout the practices of this particular course the students are to work on part of the building design documentation for building permit application of an individually assigned building. The drawings and reports they make should respect the latest amendments of Building Code and accompanying decrees as well as the latest standards. The individually assigned building should be a detached or semi-detached house with a simple disposition, and a partial or full basement. Also, it should have at most 2 above ground storeys, whereas the second floor can be replaced by a loft space. While the students are working on the building documentation (drawings, reports) they are to demonstrate their knowledge regarding building construction, structural mechanics, building physics, … - therefore the knowledge they obtained by studying at the university. Albeit that’s not all, with this approach the students will acquire some skills helpful for them into the future. In general, some skill related to individual work or work in groups.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Jan Pěnčík, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Entry knowledge

It is assumed that the student has at the beginning of the subject knowledge from building constructions and computer graphics. At the same time knowledge of the fundamentals of constructive geometry, structural mechanics, statics of building structures, elasticity and plasticity, soil mechanics, the design of foundations and the design of concrete, metal and wooden constructions are expected.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

The target of subject is to inform students about drawing in building constructions and variant material solution by simply building construction (family house) to use their knowledges in traversed building constructions, static building constructions, thermal-technics and acoustic characteristics and typology of buildings.
The target is to complete this simply building to present it for building licence.


Student is able to design the complex project of a simple buidling and its constructions and technical drawings in accordance of the technical standard requirements.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization E , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPC-MI Bachelor's 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Project

52 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jan Pěnčík, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction to practices. Building design documentation decree – A Primary accompanying report. B – Summary technical report.
  • 2. Building documentation decree – C Site and block plans.
  • 3. Location plan. Site plan. Block plan.
  • 4. Plans of each floor. In case of 4 and multi-storey buildings at least 3 floor plans are to be drawn (1st basement, 1st above ground floor and last floor).
  • 5. Formwork drawing of 2NP floor and roof / attic space.
  • 6. Roof construction drawing (flat or pitched roof) – plan and sections.
  • 7. Foundation plan drawing.
  • 8. Stairway design. Supplementing the floor plans by stairway.
  • 9. Simplified thermo-technical analyses of structures (1x wall composition, 1x floor composition).
  • 10. Longitudinal and transversal section.
  • 11. Elevations.
  • 12. Primary accompanying report.
  • 13. Submission and final evaluation of presented work.