Name of Department: Architecture

Course Title: Building Technology and Science II

Course Code: AR 152

Type of Course: mandatory

Level of Course: undergraduate (first cycle)

Semester: February-June

Year of Study: 4 hrs/wk; 1st year, 2nd semester

ECTS Credits: 7

Pre-requisite: AR 151

Co-requisite: none

Name of Lecturer: Zeynep Durmuş Arsan  E-mail zeynepdurmus@iyte.edu.tr

Objective of the course: The aim of the course is to offer students of architecture and city planning comprehension of the fundamentals of structural systems at introductory level. Wide-ranging analysis of floor and roof systems will make them aware of functional, elemental, and material differences of carrying and non-carrying building parts. The course also directs students to discover the capabilities of current construction technology: what can or cannot be built? Simple structural problems will be given to enable concentration on more context-specific questions while implementing basic structural knowledge in their designs.

Course Contents: The course covers analytic study of two structural components: floors and roofs. In the first eight weeks, it focuses on solid and suspended floors, floor types, reinforced concrete, timber, and steel floors. Students will deliver presentations about selected topics and will submit midterm homework designing a floor system for a particular project limited to the capacities of given materials like reinforced concrete, timber, and steel. In the subsequent six weeks, they will work on roof systems, roof types (flat and hipped ones) and steel and timber roofs. By the end of the course, they will be able to decipher the structural system of roofs chosen from among building examples in the world and present the system by preparing system model(s) and construction drawings.

Bibliography:
Barry, Robin. (1992). The Construction of Buildings. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.
Ching, Francis D. K. and Adams, Cassandra. (2001). Building Construction Illustrated. New York: John Wiley    & Sons.
Ching, Frank. (1991). Building Construction. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Ching, Frank. (1995). A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Hasol, Doğan. (1993). Mimarlık ve Yapı Terimleri Sözlüğü: Türkçe-İngilizce-Fransızca. Istanbul: Yem    Kitapevi.
Mainstone, Rowland J. (1998). Developments in Structural Form. Oxford: Architectural Press.
McKay, J. K. (1970). Building Construction, Volume I, Fifth Edition. Essex: Longman Scientific and Technical    Press.
Seely, Ivor H. (1994). Building Technology. London: MacMillan Press.

Teaching Methods: 2 hrs/wk lecture for 10 wks, 2 hrs/wk class work (drawing and model making) for 10 wks, 4 hrs/wk of group presentation for 1 wk, 4 hrs/wk of project critique for 3 wks

Assessment Methods: Assignments: 52% (at least 10 assignments for class work and homework); mid-term homework: 15% (4-week project submitted at 9th week of the semester, 5 questions, 50 minutes); written final examination: 10% (90 minutes, 10 questions); final homework: 20% (4-week project submitted at the day of final examination); attendance: 3%. Examinations are held during the regular midterm- and final-examinations periods of the academic calendar.