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 Summerterm 2019:

• to be announced
• There is no lecture on 21.03.2019

- Presence / Attendance

- Research Work (as part of the "V"-part of the VU)

- Detailling and 3D/BIM-Representing content (as "U"-part of the VU).

The registration currently can only be performed by students with curricular number 066444 (Master of Buildind Science & Technology), 066443 (Master of Architecture), or 066505 (Civil Engineering)

If you want to participate (but are not a Master of Building Science student), please send a message to lecture2593@tuwien.ac.at, including all necessary data (Matrikelnummer/Student ID, Name) and a short letter of intent, why you think this lecture is of interest to you.

healthy portion of common sense.

Basic Knowledge of Building Construction / Hochbau

Interest in the Matter

Please: Take this course only if you are interest in its subject, not just because it is held in english language.