222-0406 – General technical requirements for buildings I. (OTP1)

To gain basic knowledge about the principles of design for housing design, including requirements for the barrier-free use of apartment buildings. An integral part is the mastering of the orientation in the legal regulations and the Czech technical standards influencing the design of the building - general requirements for construction.

Learning outcomes of the course unit The subject deals with the basic general typological principles for the design of residential buildings focusing on the general and technical requirements stipulated by legal regulations, including the knowledge of barrier-free housing. It includes residential buildings, houses for individual housing, buildings for common housing, typological requirements of buildings for people with reduced mobility or orientation, including the principles of editable dwellings and special purpose dwellings. The subject is focused on comparison of the Czech legislative environment with foreign experience. Lectures: 1. Introduction to the subject, basic terms and terminology of buildings for housing 2. General technical requirements - living and living rooms, communication spaces 3. General technical requirements - holes fillings, sanitary facilities, dressing rooms 4. General technical requirements for the barrier-free use of buildings - Part A 5. General technical requirements ensuring the barrier-free use of buildings - Part B 6. Housing construction - introduction, general and technical requirements 7. Housing Concept of the Czech Republic - Objectives and Priorities - Accessibility, Stability, Quality 8. Apartment - basic terms, functions and areas of the apartment, generosity 9. Flat ownership and technical requirements 10. Lifelong housing - basic principles of general technical requirements in relation to apartment house and flat 11. Requirements for barrier-free housing - special purpose house, special purpose apartment, editable apartment, nursing home 12. Family houses 13. Residential buildings I. - characteristics, functional divisions, interior spaces 14. Residential buildings II. - staircases, wardrobes, corridors, terraces, residential buildings with built-in civic amenities and services

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