The course is organized to be followed in the course of a whole accademic year, and means, in the first sementer, to stimulate students in the study of architecture as a moment of critical acquisition, putting them in a position to grasp the original nature and essential principles that constitute the architectural practice and to trace the complexity of the phenomenon towards the archetypal essentiality of the basic elements.
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ii. A sketch of the fundamentals of Statics.
iii. Main features of the mechanical behaviour of the structural elements and their assemblage, and consequently of the global structural response.
iv. Some examples of both structural and architectural design choices, with a particular focus on common building materials.
Lecture notes.
Programme
i. Introduction to basic aspects of the structural concept.ii. A sketch of the fundamentals of Statics.
iii. Main features of the mechanical behaviour of the structural elements and their assemblage, and consequently of the global structural response.
iv. Some examples of both structural and architectural design choices, with a particular focus on common building materials.
Core Documentation
Daniel L. Schodek, Strutture, Pàtron Editore, 2008.Lecture notes.
Reference Bibliography
Daniel L. Schodek, Strutture, Pàtron Editore, 2008. Edoardo Benvenuto, La scienza delle costruzioni e il suo sviluppo storico, Roma 2010, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura. Karl‐Eugen Kurrer, The History of the Theory of Structures: From Arch Analysis to Computational Mechanics, 2008 Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin.Type of delivery of the course
The course is taught by lectures and practical exercises. Teaching bases on regular interaction between teacher and students. 2-3 formative assessments are foreseen during the course, where students provide some graphical exemplification of the theoretical topics treated in class.Attendance
Students are strongly encouraged to attend to their class for both theory and practice.Type of evaluation
Both the intermediate and final examinations are conducted in coordination with those foreseen by the principal course. Formative assessments contribute to the final evaluation. teacher profile teaching materials
Design is a multifold activity. In the case of structural design the fundamental task is to transfer loads to the foundations. Loads can be due to gravity but also to other natural actions in many cases external ones. This is the case of seismic action, wind and others.
The course intends to clarify the difference between the real problem to be solved: build the structure, and the instruments with whom we tackle and solve the design procedure.
Structural design is intended essentially as the solution to two main aspects: safety and functionality of the construction. However these former should be attained while respecting many other conditions imposed to the structures due to social functional aesthetic economic and others which contribute to the sustainability evaluation of the realization.
With reference to existing constructions taken as examples, the structure and its behavior is discussed. The physical interpretation of the behavior from the mechanical point of view is illustrated with reference to simple models. Alternative solutions are therefore discussed. First simple indications are given concerning definitions of structural elements in which a structure can usually be decomposed to simplify their structural conception. The whole structure as well as beams columns shear walls and stairs are therefore dealt with as well as of the different construction materials..
Finally the concept of the scale is discussed to present the representativeness of scaled models.
Mario Salvadori (1998). Perchè gli edifici stanno in piedi. Strumenti Bompiani, collana diretta da Umberto Eco.
Programme
The subject of this course is to show in a simple and intuitive manner, without loosing the rigor of a university course, which are the goals of structural design within the framework of the design of civil realizations.Design is a multifold activity. In the case of structural design the fundamental task is to transfer loads to the foundations. Loads can be due to gravity but also to other natural actions in many cases external ones. This is the case of seismic action, wind and others.
The course intends to clarify the difference between the real problem to be solved: build the structure, and the instruments with whom we tackle and solve the design procedure.
Structural design is intended essentially as the solution to two main aspects: safety and functionality of the construction. However these former should be attained while respecting many other conditions imposed to the structures due to social functional aesthetic economic and others which contribute to the sustainability evaluation of the realization.
With reference to existing constructions taken as examples, the structure and its behavior is discussed. The physical interpretation of the behavior from the mechanical point of view is illustrated with reference to simple models. Alternative solutions are therefore discussed. First simple indications are given concerning definitions of structural elements in which a structure can usually be decomposed to simplify their structural conception. The whole structure as well as beams columns shear walls and stairs are therefore dealt with as well as of the different construction materials..
Finally the concept of the scale is discussed to present the representativeness of scaled models.
Core Documentation
Reference texts and tutorial materials are given by the teacher during lessons.Mario Salvadori (1998). Perchè gli edifici stanno in piedi. Strumenti Bompiani, collana diretta da Umberto Eco.
Reference Bibliography
AICAP, Costruzioni in Calcestruzzo, Costruzioni composte acciaio-calcestruzzo, Commentario alle Norme Tecniche per le Costruzioni D.M. 14/1/2008, 2011.Type of delivery of the course
The module is divided into frontal lectures which integrate with all the activities required for the design laboratory. Reference texts and tutorial materials are given by the teacher during lessons.Type of evaluation
oral exam, project evaluation teacher profile teaching materials
Programme
Introduction to the fundamentals of mechanics of the point particle. Concept of force. Rigid body. Concept of moment of forces. Introduction to mechanics of structural materials (steel, concrete, wood, glass): stress, strain, elastic moduli. History of scientific thought in relation to beam models. Deformable beams: normal force and bending moment. 2D Framed structures. Spatial organization of a framed building. Trusses. Plane and spatial curved structures. Structural examples of constructions of relevant architectural interest.Core Documentation
Course handoutsType of evaluation
In connection with the fundamental architectural design course, students will bring some structural drawings. Practical lab tests on the mechanical foundations will be kept in the educational lab of mechanics.