Syllabus 2011/2012 AAHN10

Syllabus academic year 2011/2012
(Created 2011-09-01.)

INTEGRATED DESIGN: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STRUCTURAL DESIGN

AAHN10

Credits: 7,5. Grading scale: UG. Cycle: A (Second Cycle). Main field: Architecture. Language of instruction: The course might be given in English. AAHN10 overlaps following cours/es: AFO280. Optional for: A4. Course coordinator: Professor Christer Malmström,, christer.malmstrom@arkitektur.lth.se, and professor Göran Sandberg, goran.sandberg@byggmek.lth.se, Architecture. Prerequisites: A: At least three years approved full time education at university level (or a Bachelor degree) in architecture, or equivalent. V: VSMN30 The Finite Element Method - Structural Analysis or FHL064 The Finite Element Method or VSMF05 Engineering Modelling: Analysis of Structures. The course might be cancelled if the number of applicants is less than 10. Assessment: Assessment of project work. In the final project, engineering and architectural students work together in close cooperation. The project is presented at a seminar. To pass, the student must have participated in 75% of the teaching activities and the presentation must consist of a qualitative discussion that leads to a project proposal. Further information: The course is given by the Divisions of Architecture and Structural Mechanics and assumes balance between the number of architect and engineering students. The course differs from the course Integrated Design; Structural Design Architectural Design through its chosen thematically content.

Aim
The aim of the course is to establish a common frame of concepts relating to structures, optimisation and architectural expressions, in the interaction between engineers and architects in the final part of their studies.

Further, the aim of the course is to show that structural mechanics concepts and architectural expressions are related by our way of understanding, one by a natural science organization, the other by intuitive understanding.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Be able to explain the general behaviour of various types of structures.
Be able to develop the relation between structural design and architecture.
Be able to take an active part in an architect - structural engineer discussion about expression and function in a building.

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

For architectural students:

Be able to develop ideas about form into structures in a dialogue between architect and structural engineer.

For engineering students:

Be able to formulate and analyse structures, from conceptual sketches to complete projects.
Be able to develop structural mechanics principles in relation to form issues.
Be able to use advanced computational computer codes in conceptual projects.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

Have insight into that a fruitful cooperation between architect and structural engineer is obtained by a dialogue, and not by sequential work.
Be able to take an active part in a cooperation between architect and engineer.
Present a proposal for a structure and describe how the proposal is a consequence of cooperation.

Contents
The course starts with a series of lectures and discussions about structural concepts and a general description of the relation between structural mechanics/engineering and architecture. Further, structural elements are discussed, as well as how these contribute to give different expressions and how the structural design concepts vary with the expression.

The course is organized as a project course where both architectural students and engineering students contribute with their own future field of expertise. The projects are defined so that spatial qualities meet structural challenges. The literature constitutes a foundation for discussion in seminars concerning the interfacing and negotiation of spatial expression and structural design.

Literature
1. Finding Form; Towards an Architecture of the Minimal, Frei Otto, Bodo Rasch, ISBN 3-930698-66-8.
2. Engineering a New Architecture, Tony Robbin, ISBN 0-300-06116-1.
3. Structural Principles, Engel, ISBN: 0138540195.
4. New Architecture and Technology, Gyula Sebestyen, ISBN 0-7506-5164-4.
5. The Art of the Structural Engineer, Bill Addis, ISBN 1-874056-41-2.
6. Manuals for Solid Works.