DRAD 2020 - Structural Systems

Credit Hours: 3.00

Upon completion of the course the student will interpret terminology, conventions, techniques and symbols of the building forces.

Objectives:

1. Identify the language of structural engineering including shear, strain, bending, and deflection.
2. Recognize symbols, connections, and annotation within the analysis and completed documentation of structures.

Outcome 2

Upon completion of the course the student will analyze various methods of structural systems within nature and our built environment.

Objectives:

1. Classify various material and structural properties of a tree, spider web, eggshell, soap bubbles and the human body.

Outcome 3

Upon completion of the course the student will analyze the structural forces in various building forms and materials.

Objectives:

1. Examine general theory of structures including loads, forces, and properties.
2. Identify structural components within the systems.
3. Compare steel, concrete, timber and other materials.

Outcome 4

Upon completion of the course the student will research the structural principles within existing case studies.

Objectives:

1. Identify projects with new processes, fabrication methods, and geometric configurations.
2. Discover the structural pioneers who tested the limits of contemporary engineering with new models of our built environment.

Outcome 5

Upon completion of the course the student will create a physical model of structural forms.

Objectives:

1. Gather several materials.
2. Develop models with materials found in nature and man-made.

Outcome 6

Upon completion of the course the student will evaluate various computer programs used for structural analysis.

Objectives:

1. Identify connections between architecture and structural analysis computer software.
2. Generate structural layouts and connections using BIM technology.

Outcome 7

Upon completion of the course the student will critique architectural drawings for the purpose of determining the structural system and detail requirements.

Objectives:

1. Develop sketches of the structural system within existing construction documents.
2. Generate details of various structural connections.

Outcome 8

Upon completion of the course the student will create basic architectural structural drawings.

Objectives:

1. Draw structural floor plans, sections, and details of a small structure.

Outcome 9:

Upon completion of this course, students will create a course architectural design portfolio.

Objectives:

1. Present a collection of drawings created in the course.
2. Identify the portfolio creation process.

1. Introduction to structures and design
2. Graphical communication for structural design
3. Case Studies
4. Design of structural materials: Concrete, Timber, Steel, Plastic
5. Analytical studies of structural systems
6. Examination and experimentation with various Case Studies
7. Structural Drawings
8. Course Portfolio