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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Edinburgh College of Art : Architecture - History

Undergraduate Course: Structure and Architecture: The Birth of the Design Team (ARHI10019)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis 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 description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: ( Architectural History 1 (ARHI08005) OR Architectural History 1A: From Antiquity to Enlightenment (ARHI08001)) AND ( Architectural History 1B: Revivalism to Modernism (ARHI08004) OR Architectural History 1C (ARDE08002))
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Computing Fee
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVisiting students should have at least 3 History of Art/Architectural History/Architecture courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.

** as numbers are limited, visiting students should contact the Visiting Student Office directly for admission to this course **
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. A knowledge of the contribution (symbolic and literal) which structural technology has made to the development of Modern architectures.
  2. A knowledge of the prominent structural engineers of the twentieth century and of their principal works.
  3. A knowledge of the different philosophical approaches which are possible to the relationship between structural engineering and architecture.
  4. A knowledge of the methodology and vocabulary of scholarship and criticism as it may be applied to the field of architectural technology.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserProf Angus Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)50 2306
Email: Angus.Macdonald@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Rosie Hall
Tel: 0131 651 5802
Email: r.hall@ed.ac.uk
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