Lectures

Arch 4251

Architectural Structures & Design Integration I

Architectural Structures I covers the design of building structures in wood and structural steel. The focus is on structures whose elements are brought to the building site as individual prefabricated components. The overall objectives of Structures I are as follows:

• To introduce you to the structural design process: geometric synthesis → structural idealization → structural idealization → load rundown → structural analysis → structural design;
• To familiarize you with reading and creating typical structural framing plans in steel and wood structures
• To review and expand your knowledge of solid structural materials; to define what constitutes a 'structural' material ad to quantify the engineering properties of these material;
• To introduce structural steel and other metals important to architecture and the building trades;
• To introduce you to the wood products used in residential and commercial buildings – both common dimensional lumber and the so-called engineered wood product and wood composites;
• To review the form that residential construction in wood commonly takes, the western frame, along with alternatives like heavy timber construction;
• To review common modes of steel framing using hot-rolled sections, open-web steel joists, steel deck and concrete fill;
• To introduce connection methodologies used in wood and steel structures: nailing, screwing, bolting, welding
• To introduce structural design in steel and wood using allowable stress design for tension members, compression members, and flexural memebers

Arch 4252

Architectural Structures & Design Integration II

Architectural Structures I covers the design of building structures in reinforced concrete. In addition, issues of overall structural planning for lateral load resisting systems are considered for all structural materials. Specific objectives for the term include:

• To introduce cementitious materials: Portland cement, mortar, sand concrete, and normal concrete through descriptions of how Portland cement is manufactured, how it hydrates, and how it is combined with fine and coarse aggregates to make concrete;
• To describe the mechanical, thermal, and weathering properties of plain concrete and reinforced conrete in terms of both 'engineering' units and in non-quantitative terms;
• To review the practical aspects of concrete construction: concrete mix design, formwork, shoring, rebar placement, concrete placement, finishing, and curing;
• To present the design of common reinforced concrete floor systems: concrete joist systems, one-way slabs, waffle-slabs, flat plates and flat slabs;
• To review design of typical structural members of reinforced concrete: beams, columns, slabs, spread foundations;
• To introduce the design of architectural and load-bearing pre-cast concrete;
• To introduce the design and behavior of pre-stressed concrete; and
• To investigate the forms that design in reinforced concrete lends itself to – methods of manufacture, formwork, assembly and concrete placement.

Arch 4831/8831/BC4803

ST: Architectural Technology

This course focuses on means, methods, strategies, and technologies to improve the energy efficiency and performance of buildings, and to reduce the environmental impact of buildings. The course focuses on building design, materials selection, construction processes, building operations, and assessment.

Professor Gentry is responsible for assignments and grades in the class. Corrine Benedek and her colleagues at SouthFace will deliver approximately one-half of the lectures.

Arch 6218

The Material Logic of Architecture

This elective course aims to introduce students of architecture to the basics of material science. The course will focus on manufacture, fabrication, application, and life cycle of architectural materials. The fundamental nature of solid materials will be explored, from an introduction to atomic structure through study degradation processes. This course will not focus on form – a historical reflection on how others have used materials will not me presented. Rather, the focus in this class is on understanding the inherent nature of building materials and how this logic impacts design.