Welcome to Design Studies 1A STRUCTURES

who am I ? Mike Rosenman where am I ? Room 279 contact ? Ph: Fax: /21

web BDes Year 1 - Design Studies - Structures Course Material 3/21

texts Cowan H. J., Gunaratnam D. and Wilson F. (1995). Structural Systems, Dept of Arch and Design Science, University of Sydney 4/21 Building Principle Notes (on web)

course objectives ● introduce concepts of structure in architecture ● introduce some simple building structural systems ● introduce the structural use of materials 5/21

course outcomes ● an understanding of the physical properties and behaviour of materials ● an understanding of the forces acting on buildings and the way structures respond to these forces ● the ability to analyse and design simple structural systems ● a familiarity with different simple structural systems 6/21

assessment ● labs & reports x 3 (1 + 2) ● assignment (sem 1) ● work sheets x 8 (sem 2) MASTERY TASKS SUMMATIVE FORMATIVE 7/21 ● test (sem 2)

why learn structures? ● not to make you structural engineers ● better designers ● able to communicate with structural engineers 8/21

what’s it all about ? ● preventing gross errors ● making intelligent decisions regarding ● selection of structural system 9/21 ● selection & sizing of members

229. If a builder build a house for some one, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built fall in and kill its owner, then that builder shall be put to death If it kill the son of the owner the son of that builder shall be put to death If it kill a slave of the owner, then he shall pay slave for slave to the owner of the house If it ruin goods, he shall make compensation for all that has been ruined, and inasmuch as he did not construct properly this house which he built and it fell, he shall re- erect the house from his own means If a builder build a house for some one, even though he has not yet completed it; if then the walls seem toppling, the builder must make the walls solid from his own means. code of Hammurabi

11/21 nature of structure l a building is a balancing act l human space does not exist until enclosed by structure enclosure of space resistance of structure vs forces of nature T R U C T U R SE

function of structure ● to resist all the forces (loads) acting on the building ● to transfer them to supports (the ground) 12/21

3 main considerations S tability - equilibrium building must not move - up, sideways or overturn all forces and moments must balance S trength building must not break / collapse S tiffness - functionality building must continue to serve its purpose must not deform too much 13/21

designing structures no right answer larger the enclosed space - more need for structural efficiency 14/21 little skill required to design building which will stand up

Reading Structure 15/21

16/21 W. H. Smith (1980). The world’s Great Architecture, Hamlyn, London Vickers G. (1998). Key Moments in Architecture, Hamlyn, London images from

why 17/21 make certain decisions? what is the functionality? why this form? why this system and materials? why these sizes?

what are we looking at? 18/21

loads & failure 19/21

structural systems 20/21

materials 21/22

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