Syllabus:

Technology of construction and optimization, 8 credits

The course is discontinued from 2023-12-20

Swedish name: Konstruktionsteknologi och optimering

This syllabus is valid: 2011-09-05 and until further notice

Course code: 5AR502

Credit points: 8

Education level: Second cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: Architecture: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements

Grading scale: Pass, Fail

Responsible department: Umeå School of Architecture

Required Knowledge

To qualify for this course the following courses (or comparable courses) are required:
Bachelor's degree in architecture, minimum of 180 ECTS or equivalent foreign degree and work samples/portfolio .

Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish upper Secondary course English A/5.
Where the language of instruction is Swedish, applicants must prove proficiency in Swedish to the level required for basic eligibility for higher studies.

Literature

Valid from: 2013 week 40

Baker Nick
The handbook of sustainable refurbishment : non-domestic buildings
London : Earthscan : 2009 : x, 172 s. :
ISBN: 978-1-84407-486-0 (inb.)
Mandatory
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Janssen Jules J. A.
Building with Bamboo : a handbook
2. ed : London : Intermediate Technology : 1995 : 65 s. :
ISBN: 1-85339-203-0 (pbk) ;
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Lengen Johan van
The barefoot architect : a handbook for green building
Bolinas, Calif., U.S.A : Shelter publications : cop. 2008 : 705s. :
ISBN: 978-0-936070-42-1
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