Course Details
Timber buildings
Academic Year 2024/25
BHA029 course is part of 1 study plan
BPC-EVB Summer Semester 3rd year
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
- 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
Credits
4 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
summer
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Entry Knowledge
Basic knowledge of building design, fire safety of buildings, building physics and timber structures complying with preceeding courses.
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)
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)
KOLB, Josef. Dřevostavby: systémy nosných konstrukcí, obvodové pláště. 2., aktualiz. vyd. v České republice. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-4071-3. (cs)
RŮŽIČKA, Martin. Moderní dřevostavba. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-3298-5. (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)
KUKLÍK, Petr. Dřevěné konstrukce. Praha: ČVUT v Praze, 2005. (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)
KOLB, Josef. Dřevostavby: systémy nosných konstrukcí, obvodové pláště. 2., aktualiz. vyd. v České republice. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-4071-3. (cs)
RŮŽIČKA, Martin. Moderní dřevostavba. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-3298-5. (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)
KUKLÍK, Petr. Dřevěné konstrukce. Praha: ČVUT v Praze, 2005. (cs)
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
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
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
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.