This course is intended for second-year Architecture undergraduate students who are beginning a serious study of the various mental and physical processes which are involved during the creation of a building. The factors involved in the creation of a building are complicated, numerous and varied. To understand them in detail it would first be necessary to clearly identify each, and, after placing in a sequential order of dependence, provide a thorough analysis of the role they play. This would be an onerous task, since the factors are closely interdependent and generate subfactors which make a structured sequential order somewhat arbitrary. However, the various factors can be combined and simplified, an order established which relates to purpose and elementary knowledge, and a brief description given to clarify some of the considerations. So first, the focus will be on is an analysis of a building in terms of what it is expected to do: its function and performance. Then, an analysis of a building in terms of typical construction methods, the interaction of components and the processes for assembly.
- منشئ المقرر: Leila Sriti