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Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Dr Miles Lewis.
Prerequisite: 702-137 Building Technology 1A (or an equivalent introductory subject in the field of structural principles in building)
Contact: Two lectures and one tutorial a week throughout one semester or the equivalent time in field trips.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to demonstrate that they have:
- developed a general knowledge of traditional and early modern building construction;
- developed skills in information gathering and critical synthesis, essay and report writing, and visual and oral presentation techniques required for the independent interpretation of these insights.
Content:
A historical study of the use of materials and the means of constructing buildings from antiquity to the twentieth century, including consideration of the evolution of structural engineering, labour conditions, the decoration of buildings and methods of investigation of buildings.
Assessment:
An essay, class paper, reports and exercises (drawn or written) to the equivalent of not more than 5,000 words, and one 90 minute examination. (Details, including the weighting of assessment, will be made available in the first two weeks of semester. )
Prescribed texts:
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (Volume 4 page 46)
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