Course Details

Professional Spanish in Architecture

Academic Year 2024/25

VYS005 course is not part of any programme in the faculty

This course of Spanish offers students practice in reading, understanding and discussion of architectural topics at the B2- level of the CEFR which requires a student to be able to find out information, thoughts and opinions in authentic professional texts within his/her field of study.
Practice of active participation in discussions and presentation of their own project.

Credits

2 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

Mgr. Daniel Rodriguez

Institute

Institute of Social Sciences

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

Students need the knowledge of general Spanish at the level B1 according to CEFR (Common European Frame of Reference).

Aims

The aim of this course is to practice speaking language by conversations about actual themes.

Basic Literature

Vybrané texty zaměřené na odbornou španělštinu ve stavebnictví.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/284973

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. House – types, description of structure.
  • 2. Plan and elevation – description of plans, sections, elevations.
  • 3. Housing – types, renovation, social housing.
  • 4. Public buildings – types, functions.
  • 5. Building renovation, preservation of historical buildings.
  • 6. Industrial buildings, brown fields.
  • 7. Green buildings – description of green features.
  • 8. City – sections of a city, urban development.
  • 9. Sustainable urban development – problems, urban sprawl.
  • 10. Materials – contemporary materials, wood in architecture.
  • 11. Greenery - integration of greenery, green facades.
  • 12. Interiors and exhibitions.
  • 13. Credit test.