ARH 602 Structures

Gain an understanding of how structural systems and materials impact architectural form and structural design. You will study the elements, connections, and organizations used in the construction process from elemental to complex structures in different materials.

Prerequisite: None

Software: Adobe Creative Cloud

Course Learning Outcomes

• Understand and discuss the basic concept of structural engineering and how it overlaps with architecture.
• Analyze and discuss different types of loads in a building, types of construction, and types of structural components in a building.
• Come up with rough sizes of various types of beams, slabs, and columns.
• Recognize main lateral structural systems, vertical and horizontal trusses, wind loading, and foundations with the respect to active fault lines and soil, retaining walls and typical thickness of walls.

NAAB Criteria

• This course addresses part of NAAB SC.1 Health, Safety, Welfare in the Built Environment (Understanding): How the program ensures that students understand the impact of the built environment on human health, safety, and welfare at multiple scales, from buildings to cities
• This course addresses part of NAAB SC.4 Technical Knowledge (Understanding): How the program ensures that students understand the established and emerging systems, technologies, and assemblies of building construction, and the methods and criteria architects use to assess those technologies against the design, economics, and performance objectives of projects