Structure and Architecture: The Birth of the Design Team (U01193)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : ACE-3-ASSA1

This course surveys the relationship between structural engineering and architecture from the late nineteenth century until the present day. In particular, it deals with the effect which structural technology has had on the visual aspects of architecture and is concentrates on the evolution of the design-team method of working in the context of the development of the British High Tech movement and its successors. Specific themes which are covered are the types of relationships which have existed between architects and engineers, the different philosophical approaches which are possible to the relationship between structural design and architectural design, the engineer as designer and constructor and the public perception of engineering.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Architectural History 1 or 1A and 1B or 1C or Honours entry to History of Art or its combined degrees, or Honours entry to BMus (Music) or by agreement of the Head of Subject Area

? Costs : Computing Fee

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Architecture - History, (School of Arts, Culture and Environment, Schedule A)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	14:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The principal learning outcomes of the Course are as follows:
- a knowledge of the contribution (symbolic and literal) which structural technology has made to the development of Modern architectures.
- a knowledge of the prominent structural engineers of the twentieth century and of their principal works.
- a knowledge of the different philosophical approaches which are possible to the relationship between structural engineering and architecture.
- a knowledge of the methodology and vocabulary of scholarship and criticism as it may be applied to the field of architectural technology
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