Addressing the constructions systems for completing the building: non-load bearing facades and roofs, contemporary techniques, and related materials. It emphasizes the design of facades; conventional, claddings, screens, panel, curtain wall, openings and their filters, and design of roofs, as well as the performance of the facades and roofs according to the climate conditions, architectonic possibilities, and construction requirements.

Requirements for combining diverse elements of a building and materials in a single comprehensive system or package of technical drawings, knowing the different strategies from the conceptual principle to the constructive solution, covering the construction vocabulary; building elements; comfort requirements; construction techniques and materials. It covers the necessary introduction to all materials used in the structural systems and finishing systems of a building.

Basic requirements of providing shelter (comfort). Basic construction techniques for erecting structures and the related materials to each technique (masonry, rammed, casting, assembling, ceramics -brick–, earth, concrete, and wood) while understanding life-cycle assessment, study the application to basic structures, know the construction basics for erecting: wall structures, pillars, beams and slabs, explore the ground and how the building is accommodated over it:  types, technical design and construction process of foundations and retaining walls.

Utilization of Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology, a practical hands-on introduction to BIM and related computer-based techniques, documentation and modelling of designed structures, the principles of component modelling, and the process of assembling those components with association to the technologies, BIM model and other range of design analysis packages.

Introduction to fundamentals of buildings´ technical systems (including HVAC systems, electrical systems, water and sewage systems, and fire safety), studying in detail HVAC systems (heating, ventilation, air-conditioning), water and wastewater infrastructure, electric installations, basics of fire safety (fire alarm systems, sprinkler systems, fire smoke exhaust), introduction to building controls and automation.

Introduction to the scientific foundations of building acoustics, room acoustics, daylighting and illuminating engineering, studying the visual aspects: introduction to visual perception, physics of light, daylighting, electrical lighting fundamentals, lighting design, studying the topics in acoustical aspects : introduction to acoustical perception, physics of acoustics, building acoustics, room acoustics.

Introduction to the fundamentals of thermal aspects of building performance, building physics, heat and mass transfer in buildings, thermal comfort, energy performance of buildings, determination of heating and cooling loads of buildings, solar controls and shadings, thermal optimization of buildings, energy-efficient and sustainable building design, human ecology, climate, moisture control in buildings, thermal properties of building materials and components.

The aim of this course is to enable students to design public spaces based on an understanding of how people perceive, understand, and utilize urban space, that would in turn lead to future places that are supportive to what people want to do, minimizing the chance of misuse or neglect of these spaces. The course covers the seminal normative theories of urban design and landscape design fundamentals highlighting to students how they relate to other courses such history of urban form, dwelling and neighborhood design and the theories of environment-behavior interaction.

Introduction to Modern Architecture and the Contemporary Architecture of the 21st century,  developments followed the 19th C.

Understanding architectural terminology, themes and building types used in world architecture from Greek and Roman periods up until the 17th Century, acquire the knowledge of significant structures and buildings in their historical, regional, and cultural contexts in this period, explore the definitions of architecture and style as well as the relation between the built environment and the socio-cultural dimensions. It covers a synopsis of architecture, art, and city design in both East and West cultures the Early Christian (including Coptic Cairo), and Byzantine.