This course covers the basics of architectural structural systems i.e. construction methods and its relation to designing architectural spaces. 

 

The primary objective of this module is to enable acquiring a broad general knowledge regarding one of the basic structural rules in architecture and to gain a fundamental understanding of tectonics in the structural field. Generally, tectonics is recognized as a term related to the technologies required to construct buildings such as structures, construction methods, materials, and details. In this module, we try to go a little further and think about how tectonics affects the designed space. Students will first pick up modern architecture that has an interesting concept or a specific program in the building or other design features and then describe the structure of the building.