MIM 231E - Building Materials

Course Objectives

1. Acquisition of the ability to qualify in the design and application phases of architectural projects: the functions, types, properties, conditions of production and application, and the performance of materials as objective inputs of design.
2. Understanding the principles and standards related to the production, use, and application of building materials and components.
3. Comprehension of the influence of material selection on design.
4. Acquisition of the ability to select the most proper material alternatives that will reply to environmental and human factors acting on the design.

Course Description

A compulsory course introducing inter-relationship among Building-Material-Design, basic properties of building materials and types of building materials to the students.