Construction Technology and Design 2 continues the study of the construction of buildings. It addresses the super-structure components, walls, stairs, windows and doors and roofs for buildings not more than two storeys high. It also deals with wind and fire resistance concerns.
This third course in Construction Technology and Design completes the requirements of this section of the programme by examining the design of progress charts for project management; provision of building services of water supply; solid and liquid waste control; and external works related to roads and pavements.
This course provides students with a simulation exercise of the full process involved in a design/research project within their discipline. Quasi-realistic projects are awarded to project groups and, on completion, these projects are presented before a panel of professionals.
Conceptual Structures I and II provide an understanding of structural concepts. Without attempting to produce structural engineers, these courses give students the opportunity to appreciate how structure may be integrated into the architectural design rather than be applied afterwards. In Conceptual Structures I, students are introduced to the structural requirements of form and function, structural properties of materials, philosophies of structural design and rules of thumb in sizing structural members. This first course covers forces, bending moments, stress and strain, the elastic and plastic range of materials and primary/secondary loads. It also examines framed structures, arches, two and three-dimensional trusses and the parallelogram, triangle and polygon of forces and Bow’s notation.
Conceptual Structures I and II provide an understanding of structural concepts. Without attempting to produce structural engineers, these courses give students the opportunity to appreciate how structure may be integrated into the architectural design rather than be applied afterwards. Conceptual structures II explores the theory of structure as it relates to simple beams and columns. The course analyses causes of beam failure, loading methods, laws of bending and introduces simple shear force, bending moments and defection diagrams. Column properties and causes of failure are treated in an examination of slenderness ratio, stress and strain, effective length and radius of gyration. For the final evaluation of the Conceptual Structures segment of the Architectural Programme, students will integrate into the programme’s Comprehensive Design Project a component of structure. This will be evaluated against the main criteria of appropriateness of material, stability, form and size.
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