Undergraduate Course: Structure and Architecture: The Birth of the Design Team (ARHI10019)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Arts, Culture and Environment |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Architecture - History |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
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. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
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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Assessment Information
Coursework 50%
Degree Exam 50% 2 hours |
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Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof Angus Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)50 2323
Email: Angus.Macdonald@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Claire Davies
Tel: (0131 6)50 2309
Email: c.davies@ed.ac.uk |
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