Duration
12h Th, 12h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor in architecture | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
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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 course "Structure 1" is directly oriented towards architectural training ; the architect is seen as a designer integrating the structural dimension into his approach to the project.
The course focuses on the fundamental principles of structural analysis (top-down approach) in preparation for the "Structure 2" course offered in the second quadrimester where compositional aspects will be further discussed (bottom-up approach).
It consists of an introduction :
- to the links between architectural and structural designs ;
- to the principles of elementary equilibria of forces and stresses and their evaluation principaly through graphic resolution ;
- to fundamental structural elements.
The course is split between theory classes and the resolution of exercises.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Students should be able to identify surface, linear and point loads based on density of materials in a simple structure such as a floor, wall, column, beam or foundation slab.
Students should be able to identify the supporting reactions through the graphic or analytical balance of current isostatic systems and to deduce the behaviour of the whole from this.
They should also be able to express the structural properties of simple frameworks and their contribution to the relations between materiality, construction and architecture.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Basics mathematics from secondary school.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures in the lecture hall with slide shows or videos, illustrated by explanatory diagrams and sketches made during the course by the teacher.
Use of interactive applications (i.e. Socrative) to interrogate students in session.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
In class
Recommended or required readings
Reference book: Introduction à l'Analyse des Structures, F. Frey, M-A. Studer, Presses polytechniques fédérales Lausanne.
Recommended book (in preparation of the course "Structure 2") : Building structures illustrated, Patterns, Systems, and Design, F.D.K. Ching, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Slide-shows used in course will be distributed to students (MyUliege platform).
Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam : theory and exercises (multiple choice, true/false, open questions).
A transversal question can be asked with the other EU to encourage the student to create links between themes.
Work placement(s)
No work placements are planned
Organizational remarks
Students who have a laptop or smartphone are welcome to take it to class.
Contacts
thibaut.brogneaux@uliege.be