Class Id: 8038
Days: MW
Start Time: 10:00 AM
End Time: 10:50 AM
Building: MCCOH
Room: 50
Course Id: 3572
Departments and Numbers: ARC 262A, ART 262, CEE 262A, EGR 262A, URB 262A
Area:
Title: Structures and the Urban Environment
Description: This course focuses on structural engineering as a new art form begun during the Industrial Revolution and flourishing today in long-span bridges, thin shell concrete vaults, and tall buildings. Through critical analysis of major works students are introduced to the methods of evaluating structures as an art form. Students study the works and ideas of individual structural artists through their elementary calculations, their builder's mentality and their aesthetic imagination. Students examine contemporary exemplars that are essential to the understanding of 21st century structuring of cities with illustrations taken from various cities.
Prerequisites:
Professors: David P. Billington, Maria E. Garlock
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