Diploma in Architect Engineer

Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY II
Course Unit CodeAPX133
Course Unit DetailsInt.M. Architectural Engineering (Required Courses) - BA Architecture (Required Courses) -
Number of ECTS credits allocated5
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. The understanding of the most common construction system in Cyprus, Greece and generally over the Eastern Mediterranean area the so called ‘’Concrete Structures’’. This construction system uses reinforced concrete leasing components, brick wall construction and plaster finishes.
  2. Deal with the requirements, selection criteria, specifications and individual characteristics of the main parts of a building: the load bearing framework (from foundation to roofing), the envelop (lower floor, exterior walls, Upper Floor), the building skin (Interior partitions, floors, ceilings), landscape (immediate exterior spaces of the building and the surroundings)
  3. The complete understanding of the purpose of the requirements, selection criteria and principles of construction in relation to the overall protection, waterproofing and thermal insulation of buildings and their application to all parts of a concrete structure.
  4. Understanding the role of building technology in architectural design process through the study of a simple construction.
  5. Understand the relationship of the form produced along with the construction options.
  6. Get the experience of producing final plans with integrated construction details of a simple concrete structure.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesAPX131Co-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsJ. Gordon, Structures of why things don’t fall down, Da Capo Press,1978

N. Hawkes, MACmillan P.G.,Structures the way things are built, Oxford,1993
Course ContentsThe course deals with the technology and design of the reinforced concrete structure and its components. In particular, this course deals with the concrete bearing structure, the external and internal walls and floors, the stairs, the openings, the frames and the finishes. It also stresses the importance and the appropriate application of the basic design guidelines in order to achieve sufficient thermal insulation and waterproofing of the buildings.
Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Hristos Athanasopoulos, Building construction, design and technology, Hristos Athanasopoulos Edition, 2003.
References
  • N. Kalogeras, Ch. Kirpotin, G. Makris, I. Papaioannou, S. Rautopoulos, M. Tzitzas, P. Touliatos, Architectural Technology, Symmetria Editions, Athens, 1999.
  • Mario Salvadori, Why Buildings stand up- The strength of Architecture, Norton and Co, 1990.
  • W.Huntington-R. Mickadelt, Building Construction Materials and Types of Construction, J. Viley and Sons, 1981.
  • Mario Salvadori, The bearing structure in architecture, Themeli Editions, Athens, 1981.
Planned learning activities and teaching methodsThe taught part of the course is delivered to the students by means of lectures and computer-aided presentations. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the relevant textbooks.
Lectures are supplemented with project work carried out on an individual basis. Students are requested to design and produce construction details for a demanding light structure such as bridge etc. During the semester, course instructors are making comments and corrections on the students’ proposals, at every stage of the process.
Assessment methods and criteria
Project35%
Final Exams 65%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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