BUILDING TECHNOLOGY 1

PROJECT 1

This is a group project whereby students will employ and demonstrate the knowledge which they have gained in Building Materials, Building Construction 1 and 2 as well as Building Structures. In this project each group is required to choose one of the group members’ previous semester’s design projects. Then each group needs to propose the alternative, more recent and complex construction systems that suit the local context, facilitated by appropriate precedent studies. Finally, a complete documentation including a report and a set of working drawings of the modified design shall be produced.

BUILDING TECHNOLOGY 1

ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS

Advanced Roof & Industrialised Building System

PROJECT 2

PROJECT 2 GROUP REPORT (precedents)

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This project which consists of group and individual assessment components, predominantly relates to the topics of advanced roof construction, Industrialised Building System (IBS) as well as the embodied energy calculation. Prior to work on this project, students will be exposed with different types of advanced roof construction, IBS system and the calculation of embodied energy of different building materials in the classroom. This project consists of two parts. The first part is a group component where each group is required to conduct a case study of a building which was constructed using an advanced roof construction and IBS system, to understand the systems better. The second part is an individual component where each student has to apply the construction systems that have been studied to their own building design.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Identify and collect relevant research data.

2. Evaluate existing construction system and detailing of the selected project.

3. Critique issues pertaining to construction principles, materials, techniques, process of assembly and detailing.

4. Critique issues pertaining to energy efficiency, embodied energy as well as ecological impact.