Course Details

Residential Buildings

Academic Year 2026/27

BGA008 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-APS Winter Semester 1st year

The aim of the subject is to acquaint students with the principles of architectural design of residential buildings, from the point of view of philosophy and society as a whole and the point of view of building history and development of the building types and, further, from the point of view of function and typology, with the emphasis on the quality of the exterior and interior living environment, the principles of standards and regulations. The subject is a theoretical preparation for conceiving simple tasks in seminars and, above all, for designing residential buildings in the following studio tuition.

Credits

3 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. arch. Juraj Dulenčín, Ph.D.

Institute

Link

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

The subject is involved in the 1st semester of study; it does not connect with any preceding discipline. The prerequisite is the general knowledge of culture and history at the secondary school level.

Aims

Knowledge of the residential building typology, social relations, a flat, a family house, a multidwelling house, residential complexes, housing for the aged, temporary accommodation.
Student will manage the goal of the subject, i.e.knowledge of the residential building typology, social relations, a flat, a family house, a multidwelling house, residential complexes, housing for the aged, temporary accommodation.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/301519

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Introduction, Aspects of Housing

2. The Concept of Typology in Housing Architecture

3. Definition of a Dwelling and Its Components

4. Zoning of the Dwelling, Standards and Regulations

5. Historical Development of the Building Type: Detached and Single-Family Houses

6. Single-Family Houses: Typological Types

7. Historical Development of the Building Type: Apartment Buildings

8. Apartment Building Typology: Exterior and Interior Spaces

9. Typological Types of Apartment Buildings

10. Mixed-Use Buildings, Integrated Housing

11. Social Housing, Residential Complexes

12. Buildings for Temporary Accommodation

13. Housing for Older People

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1.–2. Introduction to study, work methods, assign 1st task
  • 3.–4. Assignment task: family house for analysis
  • 5.–6. Sketches of given house analysis: environment, form, function, structure, dimensional model
  • 7.–11. Presentation of the analyzes specified family house, models
  • 12.–13. Submission of work, the final evaluation