Skip to main content
Till KTH:s startsida

AF1745 Building Techniques, Detached Housing Project 10.0 credits

Administer About course

Information per course offering

Choose semester and course offering to see current information and more about the course, such as course syllabus, study period, and application information.

Termin

Information for Spring 2026 Start 13 Jan 2026 programme students

Course location

KTH Campus

Duration
13 Jan 2026 - 1 Jun 2026
Periods
P3 (5.0 hp), P4 (5.0 hp)
Pace of study

33%

Application code

60046

Form of study

Normal Daytime

Language of instruction

Swedish

Course memo
Course memo is not published
Number of places

Places are not limited

Target group
No information inserted
Planned modular schedule
[object Object]
Schedule
Schedule is not published

Contact

Examiner
No information inserted
Course coordinator
No information inserted
Teachers
No information inserted

Course syllabus as PDF

Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format.

Course syllabus AF1745 (Spring 2023–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus AF1745 (Spring 2023–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

  • House building technology for smaller buildings
  • Sustainable building techniques
  • Water demand for a real estate unit
  • The formation, structure, composition and classification of soil types
  • Building services techniques
  • Project planning with CAD
  • Project task ”Villa”

Intended learning outcomes

After passing the course, the students should be able to:

  • describe building construction for a small building
  • explain the correlation between house building technology and society's sustainability goals
  • describe rock and soil types in Sweden
  • calculate the total water demand and the runoff of waste and storm water for a real estate unit
  • plan and project part of a villa with specified dimensions for construction and building services equipment using suitable software

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

No.

Literature

You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and completion

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • PROA - Project assignment, 5.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
  • TENA - Written exam, 5.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Examiner

Profile picture Åsa Laurell Lyne

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

ABE/Constructional Engineering and Design

Main field of study

Technology

Education cycle

First cycle

Additional regulations

Replaces AF1738 from academic year 21/22.