Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2025-26

The building as a constructive exponent, historical or contemporary, is analyzed to know its state of “health”, the possible pathologies and the pertinent interventions for its adequate conservation and use.

The technical architect participates in the intervention process, in the maintenance and/or rehabilitation of buildings, therefore, he/she must put into value the knowledge acquired in construction history, structures, construction, materials, installations, etc. so as to be able, first of all, to identify if a building has lesions, the origin and seriousness of these and, subsequently, to propose constructive solutions and maintenance plans.

 

 

Course competencies (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2025-26

Specific Competences (CE)

  • E10 : Ability to rehabilitate buildings and restore and preserve the Architectural Heritage.
  • E11 : Capacity to draft manuals and maintenance plans and manage their implantation in buildings.
  • E9 : Capacity to pass judgement on the causes and manifestations of building lesions, propose solutions to avoid or rectify the pathologies and analyse the useful life cycle of building elements and systems.

 

General Transversal Competences

  • G12 : Computer and information technology skills.
  • G13 : Oral and written communication skills.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2025-26

General objective
Acquire the ability to rule on the causes and manifestations of injuries in buildings, propose solutions to prevent or remedy pathologies, and analyze the useful life cycle of construction elements and systems.

Secondary objectives:

  • To introduce to the field of building pathology and maintenance.
  • To promote the ability to search for existing documentary sources.
  • To develop the capacity for data collection, diagnosis and opinion.
  • To study and plan building maintenance.
  • To develop skills and abilities for the work of a building pathologist.
  • Ability to collect and interpret relevant data in site inspections.
  • Ability to transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions in public (oral presentations, trials, debates, congresses, etc.).
  • Organizational and planning skills.
  • Reasoning the use of different constructive solutions, depending on the type of building, means, materials, etc. As well as the demands of society.
  • Develop a sense of observation, critical sense and comparison.
  • To use in an adequate way the technical language and the graphic expression of constructive elements (details).
  • Acquire criteria for the use of traditional or new materials, as appropriate.

 

 

General

Code: 16032
Lecturer responsible:
Céspedes López, María Francisca
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 0,00
Practical credits: 2,40
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: Building Sciences and Urbanism
    Area: ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS
    Theoretical credits: 0
    Practical credits: 2,4
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

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