Building Structures
Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language |
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500BS | KZ | 2 | 2P+0C | English |
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- Supervisor:
- Faculty of Architecture
- Synopsis:
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Load-bearing structures made of various materials; types and forms of historical and contemporary structures; examples of load-bearing structures according to prevailing exposition of load and according to their typology.
- Requirements:
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Seminar work:
Analysis of a load-bearing structure of one architecturally interesting building according to student's choice, excluding the buildings analysed in Orton, Andrew: The way we build now: form, scale and technique. (Short essay 1-2 pages of text and PPT presentation 5-10 minutes which will be presented during the 12th lecture. Essay and presentation should be up-loaded to Moodle by May 10, 2024.)
- Syllabus of lectures:
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1. Introduction to Loadbearing Structures
2. Materials in Loadbearing Structures
Properties of materials
Masonry
3. Materials in Loadbearing Structures
Cement and Concrete
4. Materials in Loadbearing Structures
Metal
5. Special Lecture on Concrete Bridges
6. Materials in Loadbearing Structures
Wood
7. Structural analyses in Architecture
Loadbearing Systems according to the Prevailing Load - Tension
8. Structural analyses in Architecture
Loadbearing Systems according to the Prevailing Load - Thrust
9. Structural analyses in Architecture
Loadbearing Systems according to the Prevailing Load - Bending
10., 11. Reserve
X. Lessons in Loadbearing Structures are cancelled(May 2, 2024)
Lessons are held according to Wednesdays time schedule
12. Presentations of Seminar Works (May 16, 2024)
- Syllabus of tutorials:
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Introduction of load bearing structures from architectural point of view.
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Recommended literature:
Orton, Andrew: The way we build now: form, scale and technique. SponPress Taylor&Francis, London 2011 (originally published by VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD, Wokingham 1988.)
Muttoni, Aurello: The Art of Structures. Introduction to the Functioning of Structures in Architecture. Lausanne: EPFL Press + Routledge, 2011.
Millais, Malcolm: Building Structures. Understanding the Basics. London: Routledge, 2017.
Addis, Bill. Building: 3000 Years of Design Engineering and Construction. PHAIDON, London 2007
Achtziger, Joachim: Masonry Construction Manual, Birkhäuser Verlag, 2001.
Kind-Barkauskas, Friedbert: Concrete Construction Manual, Birkhäuser Verlag, 2002.
Schulitz, Helmut C.: Steel Construction Manual, Birkhäuser Verlag, 2000.
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- Further information:
- No time-table has been prepared for this course
- The course is a part of the following study plans: