BUILDING SYSTEM DESIGN

No. of Units
2 Units Lecture
1 Unit Laboratory

No. of Contact Hours

2 hours Lecture per Week
3 hours Laboratory per Week

BARTOLOME I. LUCEÑA JR.

Instructor
 COURSE
ORIENTATION
 Course Description
• Building Construction is examined from the stand point of life safety (including
fire safety and zoning constraints on site planning); architectural and building
service system (plumbing, electrical, vertical transportation, security, fire
protection); materials, sustainability, and life cycle analysis; accessibility;
technical documentation and outline specifications; buildings enclosure system;
and interior finish system.
• The lecture course will focus on developing knowledge of building systems,
including architectural design building materials and construction techniques,
and will foster the skills required to adopt a building system approach compliant
to the National Building Code and its referral codes. The students developed
knowledge of building system will also include understanding of different types
and application of building materials and diverse construction techniques.
Sustainability principles’ impact on the property lifecycle, and how these will
integrate and apply to skills and knowledge to industry based case studies will
also be examined. The course will at least one visit to an operating building in
the locality.
• The laboratory class will focus on the tools and techniques to create a computer
generated building model, and applied tools for working with computer model
exploring output simulation. Students will develop techniques looking at both
realistic and schematic representation, and the integration of building systems
modeling as a tool to inform and enhance the design process.
 Course Outcomes
At the end of the course, the students must be able to:
1. Identify appropriate provision of the National Building Code and its referral
codes as these apply to buildings;
2. Codes and Regulations: Ability to design sites, facilities, and systems that are
responsive to relevant codes and regulations, and include the principles of life
safety and accessibility standards.
3. Technical Documentation: Ability to make technically clear drawings, prepare
outline specifications and construct models illustrating and identifying the
assembly of materials, systems, and components appropriate for a building
design.
4. Building Envelop System and Assemblies: Understanding of the basic principles
involve in the appropriate selection and application of building envelop systems
relative to fundamental performance, easthetics, moisture transfer, durability,
and energy and material resources.
5. Building Materials and Assemblies: Understanding of the basic principles used
in the appropriate selection of interior and exterior construction materials,
finishes, products, components and assemblies based on their inherent
performance, including environment impact and reuse.
 Course Outcomes
6. Building Service Systems: Understanding of the basic principles and
appropriate application and performance of building service systems, including
lighting, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, communication, vertical
transportation, security, and fire protection systems.
7. Financial Consideration: Understanding of the fundamentals of building costs,
which must include life cycle costs.
 Course Outline
LECTURE:
I. Codes and Regulation:
National Building Codes of the Philippines
Architectural Code of the Philippines
National Structural Code of the Philippines
Electrical Code of the Philippines
Fire Code
National Plumbing Code
Sanitation Code of the Philippines

II. Technical Documentation:

Space Planning
Calculation
Specification
Quantity Survey and Cost Estimate
Building Permit
 Course Outline
III. Building Envelop Systems and Assemblies:
Fundamentals of Performance
Aesthetics
Moisture Transfer
Durability
Energy and Material Resources

IV. Building Materials and Assemblies:

Appropriate selection of interior and exterior construction materials
Finishes, Products, Components, and
Environmental Impact and Reuse of Materials

V. Building Service Systems:

 Course Outline
V. Building Service Systems:
Lighting
Mechanical System in Buildings including Vertical Transportation
Plumbing System in Building
Electrical, Communication, and Security
Fire Protection Systems

VI. Financial Consideration:

Fundamentals of Building Costs
Life Cycle Costs
 Course Outline
LABORATORY:

Description:

• The laboratory course focuses on the tools and techniques to create a computer
generated building model, and apply tools for working with computer model
exploring output and simulation. In this course, students are taught on how to
apply their knowledge of building systems such as architectural design, civil
works, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection (MEPF), as well as
building materials and construction method by creating a model using computer
programs such as AutoCAD and Revit. Through this, students will develop
techniques looking at booth realistic and schematic representation, and the
integration of building information modeling (BIM) as a tool to inform and
enhance the design process.
 Course Outline
EXERCISES:

I. Building Planning and Conceptualization:

Perspective
Floor Plans
Elevations
Section
Schedule of Door and Windows

II. Structural Plan/Details:

Foundation Plan
Floor Framing Plan
Roof Framing Plan
Concrete Slab Detail
Column Schedule/Details
Footing Schedule/Details
Beam Schedule/Details
Steel Truss Details
 Course Outline
III. Plumbing Plans/Details:
Sewer Line Layout
Water Line Layout
Storm Drain Layout
Plumbing Details, (i.e. Septic Tanks)
Isometric Layout

IV. Electrical Plans

Lighting Layout
Power Layout
Schedule of Loads
Line Diagram

V. Mechanical Plans
Fire Suppression System
Air Conditioning System
Generator Plan
 Course Outline
VI. Electronic Plans
Fire Alarm System
Security System
CCTV

VII.
 Reference
1. Codes and Standards

National Building Code of the Philippines

Architectural Code
National Structural Code of the Philippines
Electrical Code
Fire Code
National Plumbing Code
Sanitation Code

2. Fundamentals of Building Construction, 6th Ed.

By:Edward Allen and Joseph Iano

3. Building Construction Illustrated 5th Ed.

By: Francis D.K. Ching
 Reference
4. Max B. Fajardo Jr. Reference

Simplified Methods of Building Construction

Planning and Designers Handbook
Simplified Construction Estimate
Electrical Layout and Estimate
Plumbing Design and Estimate
Specification and Contracts