Course Details

Rural and Farm Buildings

Academic Year 2023/24

BGA016 course is part of 1 study plan

BPC-APS Winter Semester 2nd year

Design of rural and farm buildings. Grasp of the principles of urbanistic, architectural, typological and structural execution of buildings while meeting the requirements for the identity of the country and environmental protection. Current test of information, laws, regulations, standards and data regarding physiological claims, spatial and technological needs which, in summary, enable optimum and energy-efficient solution of rural and farm buildings.

Course Guarantor

Institute

Objective

Knowledge of the rural environment and architecture, specialities of designing residential and public buildings in the country, buildings for agricultural production and storage.

Knowledge

Student will manage the goal of the subject, i.e. knowledge of the rural environment and architecture, specialities of designing residential and public buildings in the country, buildings for agricultural production and storage.

Syllabus

1. Characteristics of the country, cultural, regional and technical specificities in construction
2. Housing construction in the country
3. Structures of public and servicing facilities
4. Greenery, small architecture and engineering equipment
5. Family agricultural farms, agro-turism
6. Location of farm buildings in the country side, structural and technical aspects
7. Microclimate of inner space and hygiene of working environment
8. Architecture of farm buildings
9. Horse breeding and sheep farming buildings, riding manéges
10. Cattle and pig breeding and production buildings
11. Poultry farming and production buildings, fur animal husbandry buildings
12. Greenhouses, potatoes and fruit stores, corn silos
13. Fodder and animal excrement stores

Prerequisites

Elementary knowledge of the building constructions, building physics and typology.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

3 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

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

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Characteristics of the country, cultural, regional and technical specificities in construction 2. Housing construction in the country 3. Structures of public and servicing facilities 4. Greenery, small architecture and engineering equipment 5. Family agricultural farms, agro-turism 6. Location of farm buildings in the country side, structural and technical aspects 7. Microclimate of inner space and hygiene of working environment 8. Architecture of farm buildings 9. Horse breeding and sheep farming buildings, riding manéges 10. Cattle and pig breeding and production buildings 11. Poultry farming and production buildings, fur animal husbandry buildings 12. Greenhouses, potatoes and fruit stores, corn silos 13. Fodder and animal excrement stores

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Analysis of broader urban relations 2. Analysis of the master plan agricultural centre 3. Analysis of the master plan agricultural centre 4. Analysis of the agricultural centre in relation to the architecture 5. Analysis of the structural system 6. Analysis of the structural system 7. Analysis of the rural urbanism 8. Analysis of the rural urbanism 9. Analysis of rural residential buildings 10.Analysis of rural residential buildings 11.Analysis of rural public works 12.Analysis of rural public works 13.Final evaluation of the results of the work