BIW4-81 Earth building

General information

Lecturer responsible:

© Stefan Gröschel

Director and Professor of Concrete Structures

Name

Mr Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steffen Marx

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Contact Information

Organization Name

Technische Universität Dresden - Institute of concrete structures

Technische Universität Dresden - Institute of concrete structures

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Visiting address:

BEY Beyer-Bau, Floor 0, Room E 08 George-Bähr-Str. 1

01069 Dresden

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Address postal

Postal address:

TUD Dresden University of Technology Institut für Massivbau

01062 Dresden

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TUD Dresden University of Technology Institut für Massivbau Helmholtzstr. 10

01069 Dresden

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Inclusion in the following catalogs

KI-3

Qualification objectives

The module is intended to raise awareness of clay as a resource in contemporary
building and contribute to the preparation of widespread use in Europe. Students will be able to use earth as a building material and master the basic principles of the approach to characterizing the material through manual and laboratory tests. They are familiar with the usual load-bearing earth building methods and their dimensioning according to current standards. They are also able to assess sustainable building materials that can be used in conjunction with earth. They have in-depth knowledge of the development and application of various construction methods over time, from renovation to new construction. They are also familiar with current research fields and needs as well as the tension between tradition and digitalization.

Contents

• Development of earth building from the past to the present
• Basic building methods and building constructions in earth building
• Suitability tests and test methods
• Properties of earth as a building material
• Building physics aspects and building climate advantages
• Dimensioning and verification
• Building trade & building law aspects
• Renovation and reconstruction of historically significant earthen buildings
• Wet earth techniques and lightweight earth construction
• Industrial production of raw and finishing components
• Digitalization in earth building (3D printing and robotics)

Teaching methods

3 SWS lecture, 3 SWS seminar, self-study

Prerequisites for participation

No special knowledge is required.

Applicability

The module is a compulsory elective module in the Civil Engineering degree program.
The module is a compulsory elective module in the Civil Engineering postgraduate degree program.

Prerequisite for the award of credit points

Credit points are awarded if the module examination is passed.
The module examination consists of a collection of documents with a colloquium of
of 80 hours in total.

Credit points and grades

8 credit points can be acquired through the module.
The module grade is calculated from the unweighted average of the grades of the two
of the two examinations.

Frequency of the module

The module is offered every academic year, starting in the winter semester.

Workload

The total workload is 240 hours.

Duration of the module

The module comprises two semesters.