Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Building Construction II
Other languages of instruction: Spanish
Teaching staff
The students mails will be attended or fixing an a video call appointment when required by the student or the professor.
Introduction
Following on from the knowledge acquired in the subjects of Construction 0 and I in relation to land management, flooring and roofing, the Construction II syllabus will concentrate on the materials that make up the structure of a building, with a particular emphasis on houses and their different structural typologies.
Pre-course requirements
Basic knowledge of physics, mathematics, drawing, graphic representation and the subject matter taught in the previous construction syllabuses.
Objectives
To provide students with information on the different building materials and typologies used to find a constructive solution to structural elements.
To provide students with the tools for the correct construction planning of a project in terms of the physical characteristics of the place, the project and planning considerations.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- 12-T - Ability to conceive, calculate, design, integrate in buildings and urban complexes and execute building structures
- 15-T - Ability to conceive, calculate, design, integrate in buildings and urban complexes and execute foundation solutions
- 17 - Ability to apply building and technical standards
- 18 - Ability to preserve the structure of buildings, foundations and civil works
- 24 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the mechanics of solids, continuous medium and soil as well as the plastic, elasticity and resistance properties of materials for structural works
- 25 - To acquire adequate knowledge of conventional building systems and their pathology
- 26 - To acquire adequate knowledge of physical and chemical characteristics, production processes, pathology and the use of construction materials
- 27 - To acquire adequate knowledge of industrialised building systems.
Learning outcomes of the subject
The student should be able to determine the most appropriate building material in each case to solve the structure of a building and, at the same time, be able to establish the most suitable type of construction.
Syllabus
INTRODUCTION
- The significance of material
- The perception of architectural space
- The physics of space
- The physics of perception
STRUCTURAL DEMANDS
- Definition of the structure
- Structural demands
- Equilibrium
- Stability
- Resistance
- Functionality
- Economy
- Aesthetics
- Optimum structures
- Loads: definition and classification
- Common stresses in structures
- Axial
- Shear
- Bending
- Torsion
CONVENTIONAL SOLID CONSTRUCTION VS. LIGHTWEIGHT CONSTRUCTION
- Notions for the choice of structural typology
- Construction comparison: conventional vs. lightweight
SPECIAL HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DEVELOPMENTS
- Cores and claddings according to conventional solid or lightweight construction
- Frameworks, vaults, domes
- Hollows and their impact on the structure, depending on its typology
- Horizontal growth processes
- Extensions
- Additions
- Vertical growth processes
- Spatial overlap
- Load-bearing structures that change
- Combined structure of walls and slabs
LOAD-BEARING WALLS AND FRAMEWORKS IN THE VERTICAL PLANE
- Load-bearing walls
- Definition
- Solving the transmission of horizontal forces
- Conditions required from slabs for bracing the structure
- Frameworks
- Definition
- Solving the transmission of horizontal stresses
THE TERRAIN: CONTAINMENT AND FOUNDATIONS
- The underground, the invisible and their relationship with the exterior
- Characteristics of the terrain that determine the foundations
- Structural factors that determine the foundations
- Types of terrain in terms of material
- Defective land
- Land with no consistency
- Consistent land
- Rock
- Geotechnical surveys
- Preliminary information
- Organization of the survey
- Planning
- Fieldwork
- Laboratory tests
- Geotechnical reports
- Foundations
- Definition
- Materials
- Types
- Foundations for walls
- Foundations for pillars
- Foundations for piles
- Foundations for micro-piles
- Earth containment
- Gravity walls
- Cross-braced walls
- Walls that work by geometry
- Lining walls
- Cantilever walls
- Buttressed walls
- Retaining walls
- Basement walls
§ Underpinnings
§ Diaphragm walls
CONCRETE
- Background and historical introduction
- Mass concrete and reinforced concrete
- Cement, stone aggregates, water, additives
- Active and passive reinforcements
- Solidification and curing
- Concreting in situ
- Recoverable and lost formwork
- Vertical elements
- Pillars
- Walls
- Finishes
- Horizontal elements: floors
- Functions and requirements
- One-way and two-way floors
- Vaulted and beamed floors
- Solid slabs
- Lightweight slabs
- Waffle slabs
- Pre-stressed slabs
- Pre-slabs
- Alveolar slabs
- “PI” slabs
- Example of a concrete house
MASONRY
- Masonry in natural stone
- Masonry
- Mixed masonry
- Rough ashlar masonry
- Smooth ashlar masonry
- Brick masonry
- Introduction to rigging
- Formats
- Concrete masonry
- Example of house in concrete masonry
METAL STRUCTURES
- Background and historical introduction
- Steel: definition
- Steel as a structural material
- Advantages and disadvantages of metal structures
- Types of framework and structural solutions
- Steel profiles
- Elements subject to compression
- Elements subject to bending
- Fire protection
- Joints
- Floors
- Example of a house with a metal structure
TIMBER
- Section of a trunk
- Internal composition and structure
- Physical properties
- Wood products and derivatives
- Sawn timber
- Plywood
- Particleboards
- Inorganic materials made from wood
- Construction systems
- Solid slabs of plywood
- Free-standing Kerto type panels
- Frameworks, building with poles
- Balloon frame
- Frame
- Board system
- Grid system
- Example of a house with a timber structure
Topic 1 Class 1
Teaching and learning activities
In person
Theory and practical classes each represent 50% of the course assignments.
The practical classes will be in person
The practical classes will follow up on the development of the practice addressed during the course. The practice consist of developing the constructive details of the structure, roof and facades of the building produce in the Design Studio course.
| TRAINING ACTIVITY | COMPETENCES | ECTS CREDITS |
|---|---|---|
| Class exhibition | 12-T 13-T 14-T 15-T 16-T 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 | 1,25 |
| Class participation | 12-T 13-T 14-T 15-T 16-T 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 | 0,12 |
| Clase practice | 12-T 13-T 14-T 15-T 16-T 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 | 0,42 |
| Tutorials | 12-T 13-T 14-T 15-T 16-T 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 | 0,71 |
| Individual or group study | 12-T 13-T 14-T 15-T 16-T 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 | 2,5 |
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
FIRST EXAMINATION:
Students will be assessed by monitoring the following evaluation criteria:
Class attendance and 10 short exercises in the theoretical classes
Development of practice using the last Design Studio project
Course examination online. 2 parts: theoretical multiple choice test and a practical test with handmade drawings of construction details. To pass the exam none of the exams could be under 4 (of a maximum of 10 points)
The final grade will comprise the following:
40% practical coursework
20% examination grade
30% the 10 exercises developed in class + assitance to class
SECOND EXAMINATION:
Class attendance and attitude do not count in this case, so 100% of the grade applies to the result of the second examination + course practical exercise.
50% multiple choice test (if you fail this test with less than 4 over 10 points, the handmade drawing test and the course exercise will be not evaluated)
20% handmade drawing test of construction details.
30% the course exercise.
Bibliography and resources
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Ignacio Paricio Ansuategui
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