Course syllabus

Integrated Design: Architectural Design - Structural Design
Integrerad design: Arkitektur - konstruktion

AAHN10, 7.5 credits, A (Second Cycle)

Valid for: 2024/25
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering LTH
Decided by: PLED A
Date of Decision: 2024-04-16
Effective: 2024-05-08

General Information

Main field: Architecture with specialization in Advanced Architectural Design Depth of study relative to the degree requirements: Second cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Mandatory for: MARK1
Elective for: A4
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English

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.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

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.

Examination details

Grading scale: UG - (U, G) - (Fail, Pass)
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.

The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.

Modules
Code: 0111. Name: Integrated Design: Architectural Design - Structural Design.
Credits: 7.5. Grading scale: UG - (U, G).

Admission

Admission requirements:

The number of participants is limited to: 36
Selection: Completed university credits within the program. Within programmes where the course is given as a mandatory or elective mandatory course students are guaranteed admission. There after priority is given to students enrolled in programmes that include the course in the curriculum.
Kursen överlappar följande kurser: AFO280 VSMN15

Reading list

Contact

Course coordinator: Maria Rasmussen, Maria.Rasmussen@abm.lth.se

Further information

The course is linked to the designing course AAHN06 Advanced Architectural Design II. The course is given by the Divisions of Architecture and Structural Mechanics. The course is arranged together with the course “Integrated Design: Structural Design – Architectural Design” (VSMN15) and assumes balance between the number of architect and engineering students.