Erasmus +
ERASMUS+ is part of EU's new programme for boosting skills and employability through education, training, youth, and sport. ERASMUS+ contains a wide range of measures designed to support the European activities of higher education institutions and to promote the mobility and exchange of their teaching staff and students. DIT has been an active participant in the ERASMUS+ programme since its inception in 1987. This programme allows DIT students to study or train in another EU state (or in Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway or Turkey).
The TU Dublin School of Architecture, Building and Environment is also playing host to an ERASMUS+ funded, one-way mobility of carpenter-joiner students from the training centre in Biberach, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. They are joining us to learn BIM and construction management, gain experience in English, and to explore timber construction and team work through design-and-build projects.
When: September 2017 to May 2018.
What: As happened in 2016 eleven carpenter-Joiner apprentices and three managers from ZI Holzbau arrived in late September for two weeks. They came to improve their English and BIM skills, visit building sites, attend lectures and collaborate with DSA students. Project A involved half the Germans working with DT169/2 students to design and build oak panelling for the Gallery of the reconstructed Bremore Castle. The other half worked on Project B alongside DT175/2 students to design and build cutaway models of a timber frame NZEB building. While Project B concluded during the visit, Project A continues when time allows.
Where: Bremore Castle in Balbriggan, North County Dublin.
Who (DIT): The students of DT69 Timber Product Technology, Year 2 with lecturer Alan O’Donnell; The students of DT175 Architectural Technology, Year 2 with lecturers Noel Brady and Tony Hayes; and Joseph Little (AHoS).
Who (ZI-Holzbau & Fingal CC): The ZI-Holzbau team from Biberach, Germany and Kevin Halpenny and his team from Fingal Co. Co. Parks Dept.
Sponsors (Group A): Fingal County Council Parks Department supplied all building materials and paid for the students transport to and from the Castle.
Sponsors (Group B): Brooks (who supplied timber and sundries), Ecological Building Systems (who supplied membranes and insulants), and Masonry Fixings (who supplied long screw fixings, bolts and sundries).
The Erasmus+ Build Projects 2017
When: September 16 to May 17
What: Eleven carpenter-Joiner apprentices and three managers from the ZI-Holzbau training centre in the town of Biberach (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) joined Dublin School of Architecture on a two week Erasmus-funded mobility in late September. They came to improve their English and BIM skills, attend lectures and collaborate with DSA students. The design-and-build project was to create a 3.5m high, 30 m2 building materials shelter. It was built over many months by students and lecturers.
Where: Dublin School of Architecture and rear yard of DIT Linenhall.
Who (DIT): The students of DT175 Architectural Technology, Year 2 (especially Michael Wood, Liam McKiernan, Kevin O’Halloran, Nala Ghantous, Jordan Heeney and Alex Forde, Dariusz Grabus); The students of DT69 Timber Product Technology, Year 2 (Alex Byrne, Jamie Black, Robert Blake, Eoghan Purtell, Cianan McNally); student Jiri Dobrovolny of DT117/4 (who assisted with health and safety overview). Lecturers involved were Alan O’Donnell, Noel Brady, Tony Hayes, Ray English, Jim Roche, Aidan Ryan and Marcin Wojcik, Joseph Little (AHoS).
Who (ZI-Holzbau ): The ZI-Holzbau team from Biberach, Germany.
Sponsors: Materials suppliers: Brooks (who supplied timber and sundries), Irish Rollforming (who supplied metal deck, gutters, downpipes and trims), and Masonry Fixings (who supplied long screw fixings, bolts and sundries). Financial support: Some funding support carried over from the Peter Rice Summer Workshop of Summer 2016. Festool and Topcon also contributed equipment and time.
The Erasmus+ Build Project 2016
