Entry requirements

General entry requirements and Physics 2, Chemistry 1, Mathematics 3c or Physics B, Chemistry A, Mathematics D

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• show skills in drawing according to current standards
• show basic knowledge about presentation technique for hand drawings and within the frame of some selected
• Computer Aided Design (CAD)-software.
• show basic knowledge in visualisation - and presentation technique,
• use 3D modelling within the frame of some selected Building Information Model (BIM)-software such as Autodesk Revit.

Content

• The different stages of the building design process and involved parties in drawings within a construction project.
• Introduction to plan and solid geometry.
• Drawing according to building standards.
• Introduction to projection methods
• Introduction to picture analysis.
• Introduction to the basic principles of the CAD software.
• Introduction to the concept BIM - both as virtual prototype and design method. The conceptual differences between CAD and BIM.
• Drawing plans, facades, sections and details, and 3D modelling.
• Presentation technique: modelling of a small residential building with the aid of a BIM software such as Autodesk Revit.

Instruction

Lectures, exercises and project work. Assignments are made in groups and are presented orally and in writing.

Assessment

Passed practical assignments (1 credit), passed project work through written and oral presentation (3 credits) and written examination (1 credit).

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.