Course detail

Building Constructions 4 (APS)

FAST-BHA043Acad. year: 2025/2026

The subject links up to the subject of Building Constructions 3. The main topic of this subject deals with building envelopes, i.e. peripheral walls and roofs. In the first part of the semester, flat and pitched roofs are presented. Pitched roofs are presented with load-bearing structures of traditional trusses and modern truss systems. Attention is paid to roof coverings (overview of pitched roof coverings) and design of the thermal insulation layer of roofs above the heated indoor spaces. Concerning the flat roofs, the design principles of warm roofs and cold roofs are presented in several structural and material variations including tinsmith´s product details. The second part of the semester is aimed at the building envelopes of civil and industrial buildings. This theme includes the information about the thermal protection of buildings and design requirements for thermal insulation of the major facade types: single-layer homogeneous external walls, multi-layer and ventilated facades and curtain walling. Lectures will also include the issue of openings in peripheral wall structures, i.e. windows and external pedestrian doorsets and gates.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Lubor Kalousek, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Entry knowledge

The students deepen their knowledge of building design. It is assumed that students already have a fundamental knowledge of building design, building materials, physics and descriptive geometry.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Successful completion of the course requires:

  • completing practise classes with compulsory attendance,
  • elaboration and submission of all assignments,
  • granting credit,
  • passing of a written exam.

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

To obtain fundamental knowledge in the field of contructions of roofing, external walls, windows, doors and gateways in external walls, windows in roofs of building, to aquire theoretical and functional relationship, to gain experience and ability for design.

The graduate obtains comprehensive information about building envelopes.
The graduate will acquire knowledge especially of design of external walls, roofs, windows and doors and curtain walling.
The graduate will be able to elaborate technical documentation and perform a basic assessment of designed building envelope structures.
The graduate will be able to apply the acquired knowledge in all contexts in the design of buildings.
The graduate will be able to apply the knowledge in building design in follow-up courses and their bachelor projects.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ČSN EN 13119. Lehké obvodové pláště – Terminologie. Praha: ÚNMZ, 2018.  (CS)
ČSN 73 0540-2. Tepelná ochrana budov – Část 2: Požadavky. Praha: ÚNMZ, 2011. + Změna Z1. (CS)
ČSN 73 1901-1. Navrhování střech – Část 1: Základní ustanovení. Praha: ÚNMZ, 10/2020. (CS)
ČSN 73 1901-2. Navrhování střech – Část 2: Střechy se skládanou krytinou. Praha: ÚNMZ, 10/2020 + Oprava 1. (CS)
ČSN 73 1901-3. Navrhování střech – Část 3: Střechy s povlakovými hydroizolacemi. Praha: ÚNMZ, 10/2020 + Oprava 1.  (CS)
ČSN 73 2901. Provádění vnějších tepelněizolačních kompozitních systémů (ETICS), Praha: ČNI, září 2017. (CS)
ČSN 73 3610. Navrhování klempířských konstrukcí. Praha: ÚNMZ, 2008. + Změna Z1. (CS)
ČSN 74 6077. Okna a vnější dveře - Požadavky na zabudování. Praha: ÚNMZ, 2018.  (CS)
CHUDLEY, Roy and Roger GREENO. Building Construction Handbook. Routledge, 2017. ISBN 978-1138408807. (CS)
MATĚJKA, Libor. Pozemní stavitelství III: šikmé a strmé střechy. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7204-540-2. (CS)
PETŘÍČEK Tomáš. M02-Střechy. Studijní opora. Brno: FAST VUT, 2016. (CS)
PEXOVÁ Jana, Ladislav ŠTĚPÁNEK a Antonín FAJKOŠ. M01-Vybrané stati z pozemního stavitelství. Studijní opora. Studijní opora. Brno: FAST VUT, 2009. (CS)

Recommended reading

MARSHALL, Duncan; WORTHING, Derek; HEATH, Roger; DANN, Nigel. The Construction of Houses. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2013. ISBN 978-0080971001. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-APS Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Lubor Kalousek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Building envelopes – terminology, function, climatic and boundary design conditions, loads, fundamental design principles. Introduction to the roofs of buildings.
  • 2. Roofing of buildings – classification of roofs, main structural parts and components, types of the roof dewatering. Warm flat roofs – design principles, roof dewatering, material variants of individual layers of flat roofs.
  • 3. Warm flat roofs – design variants (i.e. the classical arrangement of layers, inverted, combined, compact), green and walkable flat roofs, safety in use of roofs.
  • 4. Cold flat roofs – structural design principles, roof dewatering, material variations, layers of flat roof composition, design of roof ventilation system. Truss girders.
  • 5. Roof trusses – classification, carpentry joints, basic types of trusses. Purlin roofs – design solution at the hipped end and at the gable. Modern roof trusses – collar beam trusses and rafter systems.
  • 6. Compositions of thermally insulated roofs above residential attic spaces.
  • 7. Flashing – design of sheet metal constructions of roofs, walls, etc. Implementation and structural details of flat roofs.
  • 8. Basic types of roof coverings, design principles and requirements for application. Implementation and structural details of pitched roofs.
  • 9. External wall structures - design requirements for multi-layer and sandwich walls with an external (or internal) thermal insulation system. ETICS – materials and application technology of external insulation layers (i.e. anchoring, bonding, surface finishes). Principles of a solution of multi-layer wall structures with external thermal insulation and ventilated facade.
  • 10. External wall structures – design principles, material variations of single-leaf homogeneous structures. Openings in external wall structures: windows – variants and materials.
  • 11. Openings in external wall structures: windows – requirements for installation. External pedestrian doorsets and gates - variants, materials, requirements for installation. Ways of fitting windows and doors. Roof windows.
  • 12. Curtain walling – application, structural and material types, anchoring of components.
  • 13. The final lecture, examination instructions.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Lubor Kalousek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction to practical classes, conditions for obtaining credits. Individual assignment of the building ground plan for the semester work, design of the floor structure above the last floor of a residential building.
  • 2. Theoretical solutions of roof dewatering, variant designs.
  • 3. Design of the warm flat roof. Design and evaluation of roof layers, design of the roof dewatering system.
  • 4. Design of the cold flat roof. Design and evaluation of roof layers, design of the roof dewatering system, design of ventilation openings of the cold roof.
  • 5. Design of roof truss of the pitched roof, choosing the right solution for the roof structure above residential attic spaces.
  • 6. Design and evaluation of layers of residential attic space structures. Cross-sectional drawing of residential attic space.
  • 7. Complex solutions of structural details of designed flat roofs, i.e. warm flat roof / cold flat roof.
  • 8. Complex solutions of structural details of designed pitched roofs.
  • 9. Design and evaluation of layers of the external wall structure.
  • 10. Design of front facades - technical elevations.
  • 11. Design of the suitable window type, details of installation.
  • 12. Consultation lesson.
  • 13. Semester work submission and final assessment.