Duration
24h Th, 24h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor in architecture | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The Structure course is directly oriented towards architectural training in general. It takes place over one term.
It consists of a more detailed look at
- the elementary principles of equilibria of forces and constraints and their evaluation through analytical and graphic resolution
- knowledge of fundamental structural elements and basic structures such as lattices, their names and mechanical, geometric and architectural properties.
- general knowledge of the main phenomena of instability such as buckling, spill over, and warping.
- intuitive knowledge of the main structural systems and their respective capacity in terms of the construction and expression of an architectural project
The course is split between theory classes and the practical resolution of exercises.
Students are required to take part in group work on the intuitive approach to structures during class.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Students should be capable of understanding and implementing the load distribution of a simple structure (e.g. a dwelling or small building) from the roof down to the foundations, clearly distinguishing load transfers through walls, beams and columns.
They should also be able to scale, in terms of resistance and warping, isostatic beams currently used in simple wooden or steel buildings through the admissible load method. (single cross bending).
They must also be able to scale elements in traction and their elongation. They should be able to do the same for wood and steel under compression, and for different thicknesses (from short segments to large thicknesses).
Students should be able to check the supporting conditions for beams and columns depending on the nature of the main materials used in building structures. They should also be able to express the structural properties of simple and slightly more complex frameworks and their contribution to the relationships between materiality, construction and architecture.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
STRUCTURE 1 course in the 1st Bac
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures in the lecture hall with slide shows or videos and the use of an interactive learning tool on how bar and lattice beam structures behave.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
In class
Recommended or required readings
Reference book: Introduction à l'Analyse des Structures
F. Frey - M-A. Studer Presses polytechniques fédérales Lausanne
Slides used in course will be distributed to students
Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam at the end of the 1rst term: Theory (multiple choice and true/false) for half the points and exercises for the other half.