Projeto Integrado 1

Código:

MBUILD05

Sigla:

PI1

Áreas Científicas
Classificação	Área Científica
CNAEF	Construção civil e engenharia civil

Ocorrência: 2023/2024 - 1S

Ativa?	Sim
Página Web:	https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/ucurr_geral.ficha_uc_view?pv_ocorrencia_id=519485
Unidade Responsável:	Departamento de Engenharia Civil
Curso/CE Responsável:	Mestrado em Projeto, Construção e Gestão Sustentáveis do Ambiente Construído

Ciclos de Estudo/Cursos

Sigla	Nº de Estudantes	Plano de Estudos	Anos Curriculares	Créditos UCN	Créditos ECTS	Horas de Contacto	Horas Totais
MBUILD	19	Plano de estudos oficial	1	-	6	56	162

Língua de trabalho

Inglês

Objetivos

The objective of this module is the development of a CONCEPT PROPOSAL FOR A MODULAR HOUSING SYSTEM that may be implemented throughout Europe.

Housing is one of the greatest problems that several European communities have been facing.  Among others, the widening of non-traditional tourist accommodation demand (Airbnb, etc.), digital nomads with high purchasing power and investment ventures driven by – mainly - non-EU citizens with large financial resources, has placed a heavy pressure on the existing housing markets, both new and refurbished. This, associated with the lack of in-time supply from the part of the industry, has driven prices up, equally for the purchase and rental market, with a large inability of the governments to give an adequate response for matching their citizen’s economic capability with the current market prices of the properties.

Some construction companies have been devoting a lot of effort to research and investment into two relatively recent approaches, aiming at increasing production and providing the market with suitable response under a reasonable timeframe: offsite production and modular construction.

For this module, the students are challenged to develop and present a Proposal For a Modular Housing System, at Concept Level, that may be applied in various European countries, therefore possible to adapt to each one’s national code requirements and social preferences.

Resultados de aprendizagem e competências

• Develop a comprehensive research on one of the several influencing factors for the objective at hand;


• Present the research to the class, in a way possible to be understood and incorporate in each group’s individual part of the project;


• Be able to define and organise input-output stages of development of work and contribute for its gathering into a single proposal.

Modo de trabalho

Presencial

Pré-requisitos (conhecimentos prévios) e co-requisitos (conhecimentos simultâneos)

Basic knowledge about sustainable concepts in design, construction and managements of buildings and infrastructures.

Programa

For tackling with this challenge, the class was divided into 5 groups (architects and engineers in each), and the work was decided to be carried by means of the strategy described below.

3.1. Stage 1 - Diagnosis – Housing in Europe

Development of a detailed analysis of the current and vernacular state of the art in housing construction in Europe, addressing the following items:

• Climate Patterns - Temperature, Precipitation, Solar Light, Snow, Wind, Earthquake, Topography;
• Climate Studies – Current Situation, Adapted Vernacular Solutions, Projections for the future;
• Housing in Europe – Availability, Type, Economic Trends and Wages, Employment;
• Sustainable Strategies – Bioclimatic, Smart Use of Space, Materials, Renewable Energies, PassiveHaus;
• Codes and Regulations – Thermal, Daylight, Ventilation, Areas and Dimensions.

For each of these items, a group compiled the findings into an easy-to-use system, including the results, technical schemes and references, so that the global class group will have access to all data and information and carry on to the next stage.

This stage is finished and was developed during the first part of the semester. Its outcomes were presented to the class in the first week of December.

3.2. Stage 2 – Concept Proposal for a Highly Adaptable Housing Module

After the previous Diagnosis – in fact, a wide-ranging State-of-the-Art - of what will have to be considered and what good ideas can one learn from our ancestors – the class group will develop a Concept Proposal for a Housing Module that will aim to comply with:

• Housing Spaces’ Types and Areas – adaptable to the largest number of code and/or social requirements; as an orientation, the Base Module (or associated multiples of it) must be able to provide a dwelling with Living Room + Kitchen + Bathroom + 1 bedroom. The same Base Module must be able to be used for increasing the size of the dwelling for up to 3-4 Bedrooms and extra 1‑2 Bathrooms.
• Structure – flexible for 2D or 3D offsite construction and taking into account the conditions for transportation.
• Energy Efficiency – module envelope observing the required code parameters, using a solution that may be easily adjusted to their variation.
• Water Efficiency – solutions with low water consumption and recycling/reuse of greywater and/or rainwater.
• Materials – concentrating in materials with low carbon footprint and high potential for reuse.
• Production and Assembly – proposed strategy for the assembly of elements, both under a 2D or a 3D approach.

The Proposal will be described by means of the Deliverables to be defined in the planning of the module. As this is a CONCEPT Proposal, no detailed calculations are required; nevertheless, some pre-dimensioning should be performed so that, for instance, the type and dimensions of the main structural elements or the width of external walls and roofs, may be represented under a reasonable basis, to be further analysed and detailed in the next IP modules.

Bibliografia Obrigatória

Carvalho, B R ; Methodological proposal for the development of integrated housing project in Portugal evolutionary, PhD Thesis, FEUP, Porto, Portugal., 2013
Moreira da Costa, J M F ; Design Quality Evaluation Methods for Housing Buildings, PhD Thesis, FEUP, Porto, Portugal, 1995
Nigel Ostime; RIBA Job Book. ISBN: 978-1-85946-496-0
Steven Cross; Guide to using the RIBA Plan of Work 2013. ISBN: 978-1-85946-504-2
McKinsey and Co.; Modular Construction:, From projects to products, 2019
AIA; Design for Modular Construction:, An introduction for architects, 2019
Mostafa S et al; Leagile Strategies for Optimizing the Delivery of Prefabricated House Building Projects. , , DOI: 10.1080/15623599.2018.1494674, 2018
National Institute of Building; Permanent Modular Construction: , Process, Practice, Performance, 2015
RIBA Plan of Work ; Design for Manufacture and Assembly, 2013
Other references to be provided during the module; .

Bibliografia Complementar

Other references to be provided during the module and according to the addressed subjects and its development in the coursework; .

Métodos de ensino e atividades de aprendizagem

Lectives and class-oriented development of courseworks, with individual research.

Tipo de avaliação

Avaliação distribuída sem exame final

Componentes de Avaliação

Designação	Peso (%)
Participação presencial	5,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	15,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	80,00
Total:	100,00

Componentes de Ocupação

Designação	Tempo (Horas)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	4,00
Elaboração de projeto	30,00
Estudo autónomo	30,00
Frequência das aulas	52,00
Trabalho de investigação	40,00
Total:	156,00

Obtenção de frequência

GRADING SCALES AND PERFORMANCE

• U.PORTO Portugal<=> Excellent=> 20; 19; 18; | Very Good=> 17; 16; | Good=> 15; 14; | Sufficient => 13; 12; 11; 10; | Fail=> 9; ...; 0; |
• U. CANTABRIA Spain<=> Matrícula de honor=> 10.0; | Sobresaliente=> 9.9; 9.0; | Notable=> 8.9; ...; 7.0;| Aprobado=> 6.9; ...; 5.0; | Suspenso=> 4.9; ...; 0.0; |
• THM GERMANY<=>Excellent=> 100; ...; 88; | Good=> 87;...; 73;| Satisfactory=> 72;..; 58; | Sufficient=> 57;...; 50; | Fail=> 49;...; 0; |

Fórmula de cálculo da classificação final

Normal Assessment
The module will be assessed by:

• Contribution to the development of the project and meetings, including direct discussion, during the teaching period;

Contribution and discussion 100%

Melhoria de classificação

In the case of students that failed the module in the normal assessment, and as the next instance of the module will occur when they will not be in FEUP, the following procedure will be followed:

• Individual re-submission of a part of the Project (defined by the teachers);
• Individual discussion, to be done online.