Arch.Uth Postgraduate Course Postgraduate Course Postgraduate Course Postgraduate Course Arch.Uth UTH.gr Ελληνικά
ATMOSPHERES AND MATERIALITY OF ARCHITECTURE
ΤΕ0316, TECHNOLOGY,
Obligatory, Semester 1, ECTS: 4
Cognitive Fields (2005/36/EU): Architectural Design, Human Needs and the Built Environment, Physical Issues, Building Technology.
Generic Competences: Ability to search for, process and analyse information from a variety of sources using the necessary technologies, Ability to adapt to and act in new situations and cope under pressure, Ability to make reasoned decisions, Ability to work autonomously, Ability to work in a team, Ability to work in an interdisciplinary environment, Ability to interact constructively with others regardless of background and culture and respecting diversity, Commitment to conservation of the environment, Ability to demonstrate social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues, Ability to be critical and self-critical , Ability to promote free, creative and inductive thinking.

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, Evaluation

SUBJECT

 This course provides an overview of construction physics with an emphasis on materials and their environmental properties. The principles of building physics as well as the main families of building materials will be presented. The course will also focus on the sensible dimensions of these materials and their ability to create remarkable architectural atmospheres: The course is divided into 3 main sections

• A. Physics of constructions: Forces, Moments, Simple mechanisms

• B. Physics of materials: Material families (Stones, Wood, Steel, Glass, Reinforced Concrete, Plastics, Fabrics)

• C. Natural Phenomena / Atmospheres (Sound / Light / Air): Acoustics: Sound Properties, Thermal Comfort, Air Motion - Natural Ventilation, Climate & Habitat: Solar Geometry, Solar Radiation, Climatic Conditions, Environmental Design Principles, Biological Analysis

The course alternates theoretical courses and practical exercises:

- that is, it alternates the presentation of the natural concepts that are necessary for the understanding of the sensitive phenomena of architecture (sound, heat, light, wind)

- with a series of lectures on the physics of buildings supplemented by the presentation of remarkable buildings

- The 3 basic units are also studied through the design and construction of small "fantastic" structures which, obviously, use these concepts but reproduce them to favor the creation of "new" architectural forms and volumes.

COMPULSORY BIBLIOGRAPHY

 Pete Silver, Will Mclean, Dason Whitsett, Εισαγωγή στην Αρχιτεκτονική Τεχνολογία: Κατασκευή και Μορφή, ISBN : 9789604910021, Κωδικός Ευδόξου: 93485

Τσινίκας, ΝίκοςΠ., Αρχιτεκτονικήτεχνολογία, Εκδότης: University Studio Press, Κωδικός Ευδόξου: 9789601203690

e-CLASS LINK

https://eclass.uth.gr/courses/ARCH_U_224/