INAR 342

1. INAR 342 FINISHING

2. INAR 342 : FINISHING • Aim of the Course • This course is designed to heighten the student’s understanding of the rules and principles of finishing for various building components, with reference to interior spaces. • Basically three aspects of an interior space are covered: wall finishes, flooring, and ceiling.

3. Properties and implementation techniques of the following subjects will be explained: • Wall Finishes plastering, painting, wall papers, plaster boards, timber boards, stones, pressed bricks, ceramic tiles, wall partitions • Flooring screeds,terrazzo,ceramic tiling, wood blocks, parquet, and wood boards... • Ceiling moulded ceilings, bench works and suspended ceilings.

4. Methodology/Classroom Procedures • Each week a specific subject matter will be lectured during the first 2 hours of the class meeting. • In the remaining part of the class hours, the student is required to complete a given exercise, which is normally related to the topic of the week. • The student is expected to complete the studio exercise independently in the studio, while the instructors provide regular critique to her/him. • If the studio exercise can not be completed during the studio hours, the student can submit the exercise untill the beginning of the next course.

5. Studio Drawing Exercises • There will be weekly, drawing exercises for the courseFinishing to be completed by each student every week, in the second part of the class, following the lecture part which normally lasts two hours from the beginning of the class meeting. • Each of the design exercises (DE) is normally related to the subject that is covered in the lecture part of the class.

6. It is required that all of the design exercises of a student relate to the same building, which will be called here and then MASTER BUILDING. • For this reason the student is required to select or develop a MASTER BUILDING of his own during the first two weeks of the semester.

7. The requirements that the MASTER BUILDING should fulfill are outlined below: Any design that’s either previously done by the student as a course requirement, or borrowed from any source of book, magazine or builder is acceptable as long as it fulfills these requirements

8. Requirements for the Proposed Master Building • Maximum dimensions of a floor (width and length) : • 14 – 20 Mt. • Max. no of floors : 1 • Practical purpose (function of bld) : • - hotel suit • - apartment house / single family house • - exhibition hall with storage, and wc units • - cocktail / dining hall with storage, and wc units • - social club house with storage, and wc units • - commercial building (shop, small office)

9. Requirements • The requirements of the course include attendance to weekly lectures, studio exercises, midterm and final exams. • Thestudent must attend 80% of the weekly, class meetings, otherwise she/he may be dismissed of rights to be evaluated for the course. Accordingly, failure to attend the classes more than 3 times will result in receiving NG grade.

10. Evaluation and Grading • Drawing Exercises35 % • Research and Presentation 20 % • Class Attendanceand Participation05 % • Final Exam40 %

11. Weekly Schedule/Summary of TopicsWeek 102/03/2004 • Course organization • An introduction to finishing component of a building • Wall, floor and ceiling finishes • Proposal of a Master Building

12. Week 209/03/2004 • Lime/cement plasters • Mortar mixes, tools, and equipments • DE 1: Floor Plans and 2 sections ofmaster building with plasteredwalls; Scale: 1/50andimplementation technique of gypsum plasterwith sketches

13. Week 316/03/2004 • Pre-mixed gypsum plasters • Paintings • DE 1

14. Week 423/03/2004 • Plaster boards • Submission of DE 1 • DE 2: Rooms with plaster boardedwalls; Requirements: • Plan and a section of a room: 1/20 • 2 Point details: 1/5

15. Week 5 30/03/2004 • Timber wall finishes • Timber boarding and hardboard wall panels • DE 3: Rooms with timber boardedwalls; Requirements: • Plan and a section of a room: 1/20 • 2 Point details: 1/5

16. Week 606/04/2004 • Cladding of wall surfaces with masonry (natural / manufactured stone, and pressed / faced bricks) • DE 4: Room with masonry (stone orbrick) veneered walls; Requirements: • Plan and a section of a room: 1/20 • 2 Point details: 1/5

17. Week 713/04/2004 • Wall board partitions • DE 5: Rooms with wallboardPartitions; Requirements: • Plan and a section of a room: 1/20 • 2 Point details: 1/5

18. Week 9 27/04/2004 • Screeds • Marble floor and stair finishes and skirtings • Ceramic tiling • DE 6: Bathroom with ceramic tiledfloor and wall surfaces; Requirements: • Plan and a section of a bath room: 1/20 • 2 Point details: 1/5

19. Week 10 04/05/2004 • Timber board, wood block and parquet floor finishes • DE 6: Bathroom with ceramic tiledfloor and wall surfaces; Requirements: • Plan and a section of a bath room: 1/20 • 2 Point details: 1/5

20. Week 1111/05/2004 • Suspended ceilings • DE 7: Rooms with timber board or • parquet floor finishes andwith suspended ceiling; Requirements: • Plan and a section of a room: 1/20 • 4 Point details: 1/5

21. Week 12 18/05/2004 • DE 7: Rooms with timber board or • parquet floor finishes andwith suspended ceiling; Requirements: • Plan and a section of a room: 1/20 • 4 Point details: 1/5

22. Week 13 25/05/2004 • Benchwork: Moulding techniques and materials for ceiling finishes • PRESENTATIONS

23. Week 1401/06/2004 • PRESENTATIONS

24. Week 15 08/06/2004 • FINAL JURY WEEK