Course detail

Timber buildings

FAST-BHA029Acad. year: 2025/2026

This course gives students an overview of timber building design, including:
- introduction to timber buildings
- timber frame buildings
- SIP (structural insulated panel) buildings
- timber log buildings
- special timber buildings
- building physics in timber buildings
- fire safety in timber buildings

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Karel Šuhajda, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge of building design, fire safety of buildings, building physics and timber structures complying with preceeding courses.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

Not applicable.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

HORÁČEK, Petr. Fyzikální a mechanické vlastnosti dřeva I.: systémy nosných konstrukcí, obvodové pláště. 2., přeprac. vyd. Brno: Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita v Brně, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7375-169-2. (CS)
KOLB, Josef. Dřevostavby: systémy nosných konstrukcí, obvodové pláště. 2., aktualiz. vyd. v České republice. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-4071-3. (CS)
KUKLÍK, Petr. Dřevěné konstrukce. Praha: ČVUT v Praze, 2005. (CS)
PAVLAS, Marek. Dřevostavby z vrstvených masivních panelů: technologie CLT. 2., aktualiz. vyd. v České republice. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2016. ISBN 978-80-271-0055-2. (CS)
RŮŽIČKA, Martin. Moderní dřevostavba. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-3298-5. (CS)
ŠLEZINGEROVÁ, Jarmila a Libuše GANDELOVÁ. Stavba dřeva: systémy nosných konstrukcí, obvodové pláště. 2., přeprac. vyd. Brno: Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita, 2002. ISBN 80-715-7636-0. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-EVB Bachelor's 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Karel Šuhajda, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction: Single- and multi-storey timber buildings, available construction materials with regard to indoor and outdoor climate, construction processes, protection of structural timber.
  • 2.-3. Timber frame buildings: Existing variants, design, advantages and disadvantages, typical details.
  • 4. SIP (Structural Insulated Panel) buildings: Description, design, advantages and disadvantages, typical details.
  • 5. Mass timber (gluelam) buildings: Description, design, advantages and disadvantages, typical details.
  • 6. Timber log buildings: Existing variants, design, advantages and disadvantages, typical details.
  • 7. Special timber buildings: timber buildings in flood zones and seismic zones, high-rise timber buildings, etc.
  • 8. Maintenance, repairs and rehabilitation of timber buildings.
  • 9. Building physics: Thermal performance of timber buildings in comparison to traditional masonry buildings.
  • 10. Building physics: Indoor climate in timber buildings
  • 11. Fire safety in timber buildings: Residential buildings.
  • 12. Fire safety in timber buildings: Industrial buildings and warehouses.
  • 13. Fire safety in timber buildings: Public buildings

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Karel Šuhajda, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Assignment of semestral projects: Redesign of the building elaborated in Building design 1 to 4 courses into a basementless timber building. Approximate calculations of dimensions of load-bearing elements.
  • 2. Design of timber frame building foundations.
  • 3. Design of timber frame building walls with regard to building physics, technical systems, piping, etc. Assembly scheme of one wall. Ground floor plan drawing.
  • 4. Design of variants to timber frame building walls (SIP, timber logs, etc.). Variant ground floor plan drawing.
  • 5. Design of timber frame building floor and ceiling. Floor structure drawing.
  • 6. Design of variants to timber frame building floor. Variant floor structure drawings.
  • 7. Presentation of previous works, discussion, group consultations.
  • 8. Design of sloped roof of timber frame building. Roof truss drawing.
  • 9. Design of variants to timber frame sloped roof. Variant roof truss drawings.
  • 10. Design of flat roofs of timber frame building. Flat roof drawing.
  • 11. Assembly details of timber buildings. Assembly detail drawings.
  • 12. Presentation of previous works, discussion, group consultations.
  • 13. Final consultations and classification.