Course detail

Elaboration of Bachelor´s Thesis

FA-BPP-AAcad. year: 2023/2024

In this course, students work on their architectural and/or urban design of their Bachelor’s thesis. By elaboration of the Bachelor’s project, students demonstrate the acquired skills, abilities and knowledge required by the graduate profile. Students elaborate the technical, structural, and functional design of their assignment; in case of urban design, they also design transportation and/or other technical design for the assigned area. Students consult the technical aspects of the Bachelor’s project.
In the studio part, the student prepares the architectural and urban part of the bachelor's thesis according to the assignment, in the seminars he has the opportunity to consult its technical aspects with relevant specialists.
Through the expert lectures, the student gets to know newest construction techniques and the principles of technical design of specific constructions, elements and equipment in buildings.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

30

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Department of Monument Care (UPP)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

To complete the course successfully, students must submit the complete project on time and in accordance with the assignment and the internal regulations The Rules of Study at FA.
The particular requirements are specified in the assignment of the Bachelor's thesis which the students receive in written form. The Bachelor's thesis must include:
  1. URBAN CONTEXT
    Clearly-arranged location plan documenting the connections of the designed building or area to the urban structure of the locality (scale according to the type of the assignment – 1:5000; 1:2000; 1:1000).
  2. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
    Standard set of graphic materials/drawings that correspond with architectural or urban concept design (study): site plan; floor plans of all levels; sections – at least two; elevations of all facades; spatial design (perspectives, visualizations…)  (scale according to the character of the assignment – 1:100; 1:200…).
  3. INTERIOR
    Individual design of a selected detail including materials, in case of urban design assignment it is interior of public urban space (scale – 1:50; 1:20; 1:10…).
  4. STRUCTURAL-TECHNICAL DESIGN
    • Cross-section through the proposed building in the scale 1:100 (or 1:50). The drawing will represent the foundation of the building, connection to the terrain, protection from the weather and elements, structural arrangement of the building, and roofing. The main structures will have specified the assemblies (namely the assembly of the floor on the terrain, above unheated storey, assembly of roof skin, assembly of external and basement walls…). The cross-section will contain the annotation of volumes, the legend of materials and basic dimensions.
      (As defined by the supervisor – the cross-section of the construction detail in the scale 1:10 (1:5) complemented with technical description.)
    • Schematic axonometric visualisation of the load-bearing structure of the designed building including material solution. In case of urban design, the architectural-structural designis replaced by transportation and/or other technical design for the assigned area.
  5. REPORT
    • Introductory information – identification of the building.
    • Author's report in scope of 2 standard pages.
    • Technical report (basic information characterising the development and its future operation; overview of the initial data and materials and the compliance with them; justification of the design goals; design conception; architectural concept of the design; comprehensive technical report). In the technical description, students will provide structural design, supply with energies, technical equipment of the building, and will justify the structural and architectural design, will evaluate the building in terms of sustainable development, and will estimate the total building costs of the building.
  6. PHYSICAL MODEL
In the studio part, it is mandatory to attend one consultation per week as specified by the supervisor and interim critiques.
In the seminar part, the student must actively attend at least 3 of the 5 seminars. Replacement of missed seminars is possible with another study group.
Attendance at lectures is not controlled. Lectures are non-refundable. .

Aims

The aim of the course is to prepare the Bachelor´s project.
  • The student acquires the ability to develop the documentation of architectural or urban concept design.
  • The student acquires principles of spatial design with adequate operational, structural and urban design interconnections according to the specific type of the assignment.
  • The student is able to understand the context of a place and reflect it in their design.
  • The student knows the basic standard requirements for designing buildings and is able to apply them in the design.
  • The student acquires the ability to design architectural and operational proposal for various types of buildings and for a whole range of requirements on operation with an adequate number of functions.
  • The student is able to adequately select a structural system suitable for the given designed building or complex of buildings.
  • The student is able to think critically about the complex concept of the technical design of the solved building or group of buildings.
  • The student gains orientation in specific and advanced technical design principles.
  • Student bude schopen lépe navrhovat stavebně a technologicky vyspělé budovy s pozitivním dopadem na jejich energetickou efektivnost, zdravotní nezávadnost a bezpečnost při užívání.
  • The student improves skills in designing structurally and technologically advanced buildings with a positive impact on their energy efficiency, health safety and safety during use..

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

NEUFERT, Ernst a Peter NEUFERT. Navrhování staveb: zásady, normy, předpisy o zařízeních, stavbě, vybavení, nárocích na prostor, prostorových vztazích, rozměrech budov, prostorech, vybavení, přístrojích z hlediska člověka jako měřítka a cíle. 2. české vyd., (35. něm. vyd.). Praha: Consultinvest, 2000, 618 s. : il., plány. ISBN 80-901486-6-2. (CS)
Vyhláška č. 268/2009 Sb. o technických požadavcích na stavby (CS)
Vyhláška č. 398/2009 Sb. o obecných technických požadavcích zabezpečujících bezbariérové užívání staveb (CS)
MINKE, Gernot. Zelené střechy: plánování, realizace, příklady z praxe. Ostrava: HEL, 2001. ISBN 80-861-6717-8. (CS)
ČERMÁKOVÁ, Barbora a Radka MUŽÍKOVÁ. Ozeleněné střechy. Praha: Grada, 2009. Stavitel. ISBN 978-80-247-1802-6. (CS)
NOVOTNÝ, Marek, Ivan MISAR a Stanislav ŠUTLIAK. Hydroizolace plochých střech: poruchy střešních plášťů. Praha: Grada, 2014. Stavitel. ISBN 978-802-4750-026. (CS)
CHALOUPKA, Karel a Zbyněk SVOBODA. Ploché střechy: praktický průvodce. Praha: Grada, 2009. Stavitel. ISBN 978-80-247-2916-9. (CS)
MASOPUST, Jan. Rizika prací speciálního zakládání staveb. Praha: Pro Asociaci dodavatelů speciálního zakládání staveb a Českou komoru autorizovaných inženýrů a techniků činných ve výstavbě vydalo Informační centrum ČKAIT, 2011. Technická knižnice (ČKAIT). ISBN 978-808-7438-107. (CS)
MASOPUST, Jan. Zakládání staveb 1. Praha: České vysoké učení technické v Praze, 2015. ISBN 978-800-1058-374. (CS)
MASOPUST, Jan. Zakládání staveb 2. Praha: České vysoké učení technické v Praze, 2016. ISBN 978-800-1059-388. (CS)
TURČEK, Peter. Zakládání staveb. Bratislava: Jaga, 2005. ISBN 80-807-6023-3. (CS)
NEZNAL, Matěj a Martin NEZNAL. Ochrana staveb proti radonu. Praha: Grada, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-3065-3. (CS)
BENEŠ, Petr, Markéta SEDLÁKOVÁ, Marie RUSINOVÁ, Romana BENEŠOVÁ a Táňa ŠVECOVÁ. Požární bezpečnost staveb: modul M01 : požární bezpečnost staveb. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2016. Studijní opory pro studijní programy s kombinovanou formou studia. ISBN 978-807-2049-431. (CS)
POKORNÝ, Marek a Petr HEJTMÁNEK. Požární bezpečnost staveb: sylabus pro praktickou výuku. 2. přepracované vydání. V Praze: České vysoké učení technické, 2018. ISBN 978-80-01-06394-1. (CS)
KUPILÍK, Václav. Stavební konstrukce z požárního hlediska. Praha: Grada, 2006. Stavitel. ISBN 80-247-1329-2. (CS)
GEBAUER, Günter, Olga RUBINOVÁ a Helena HORKÁ. Vzduchotechnika. 2. vyd. Brno: ERA, 2007. Technická knihovna (ERA). ISBN 978-80-7366-091-8. (CS)
KUKLÍK, Petr a Jiří STUDNIČKA. Dřevěné a kovové konstrukce: pro SPŠ stavební. Praha: Informatorium, 2006. ISBN 978-807-3330-477. (CS)

Recommended reading

NORBERG-SCHULZ, Christian, Petr KRATOCHVÍL a Pavel HALÍK. Genius loci: krajina, místo, architektura. 2. vyd. Praha: Dokořán, 2010, 219 s. : il., mapy, plány ; 25 cm. ISBN 978-80-7363-303-5.nius loci (CS)
GEHL, Jan. Města pro lidi. Brno: Partnerství, 2012, xi, 261 s. : il. (převážně barev.), plány ; 26 cm. ISBN 978-80-260-2080-6. (CS)
LYNCH, Kevin, Lenka POPELOVÁ a Jaroslav HUŤA. Obraz města = The image of the city. Praha: Polygon, 2004, xi, 202 s. : il., plány. ISBN 80-7273-094-0. (CS)
SITTE, Camillo a Vladimír BURIÁNEK. Stavba měst podle uměleckých zásad. 2. české vyd. ÚÚR : ABF, 2012, 111 s. : il., 1 portrét, plány, faksim. ; 23 cm. ISBN 978-80-87318-21-8. (CS)
OSWALT, Philipp. Shrinking cities. New York: Distributed by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, 2006. ISBN ISBN978-3-7757-1682-6. (CS)
ARCHITIZER. The World's Best Architecture. Phaidon Press, 2020. ISBN: 978-1838660666. (CS)
Detail. Review of architecture and construction details. München: Detail Business Information GmbH, 1961. ISSN: 1614-4600. (EN)
Detail Engineering – series. Detail, 2011. ISBN: 978-3920034867. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B_A+U Bachelor's, 4. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    specialization --- (do 2022) , 4. year of study, summer semester, compulsory