This course focuses on formal representations of constitutive elements of building construction. Selected topics of the current practice of building construction planning will be discussed. Thereby the role of contemporary planning tools and knowledge¿based design and construction will be emphasized, such as Building Information modelling and performance¿guided building design. Students are expected to gather experience in the application of building construction principles as required in a wide range of use cases (Building Performance Modeling, Design Decision Support, etc.).

The course contains a theory component and an exercise part. The lecture part
introduces to the fundamental elements of building construction based on contemporary practice and state¿of¿the¿art tools. Current challenges and trends will be considered in the specific definition of each semester's theoretical foci. In the exercise part, participating students will be asked to specifically approach a specific area of building construction, which is to be subjected to representational inquiries and numeric analyses. 

Schedule Winterterm 18/19:

• Preliminary Meeting in the framework of the design studio 4 in a row: 08.10.2018 14:00
• It is recommended that participants of Elements of Building Construction also enroll in the design studio. However, there is possibility to take the class without doing the design studio at the same time.
• 10.12.2018, 12:00 | IEMAR
• 20.12.2018, 16:00 | IEMAR
• further meetings to be announced

Contact:

only via lecture2593@tuwien.ac.at  (Subject: 259445 - and a short wording about the needed help/information)

• Mandatory presence
• collaboration in class
• timely deliverables
• (presumably small) exam(s)

This lecture is in english language and is intented for graduate (Master) students of Building Science, Architecture, or Civil Engineering. Students of other curricula may send an email to lecture2593@tuwien.ac.at to illustrate their interest in a short (3-5 sentence) explanation

Interest about the content and willingness to invest some time and work on deliverables.