Diploma in Architect Engineer

Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY IX
Course Unit CodeAPXE35
Course Unit DetailsInt.M. Architectural Engineering (Architectural Electives) - BA Architecture (Architectural Electives) -
Number of ECTS credits allocated3
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Review digital design and theory of design computing, digital fabrication, new construction techniques.
  2. Review new material technologies like nanotechnology (“Self Cleaning”, “Air Purifying”, “Easy to Clean”, “Anti- Graffiti”, “Anti- Reflective” properties etc.) or textile manufacture for tensile structures.
  3. Analyze prototyping tools and methods, for CAD/CAM machinery at full-scale component manufacturing.
  4. Review the development of timber and steel structures and the production of new materials. Recognize membrane and tensile structures. Compare the natural material of wood and the industrially produced steel.
  5. Use material protection specifications based on new technologies.
  6. Analyze contemporary case studies in terms of use of the available technology of materials.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesAPX233Co-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program components

Gyula Sebestyen, New Architecture and Technology,Architectural Press, 2003, ISBN 0-7506-5164-4.

“A Green Vitruvius, Principles and practice ofsustainable architectural design”, 1999, ISBN 978-1-873936-94-8.

Sylvia Leydecker, “Nano Materials inArchitecture, Interior Architecture and Design”, 2008, ISBN978-3-7643-7994-0.

Klaus- Michael Koch, “Membrane Structures”,2004, ISBN 3-7913-3049-7.

J. Gordon, Structures of why things don’t falldown, Da Capo Press,1978

Course Contents -  Digital design: Theory of design computing, digital fabrication and innovative construction techniques.
-  CAD/CAM Manufacturing: Theory and implementation on prototyping tools and methods, for CAD/CAM machinery at full-scale component manufacturing.
-  Contemporary structural materials and innovative design: Development of timber and steel structures in the ancient and modern times. Properties and production of new materials. Membrane and tensile structures.
-  New Technologies: Application of new technologies like nanotechnology (“Self Cleaning”, “Air Purifying”, “Easy to Clean”, “Anti- Graffiti”, “Anti- Reflective” properties etc.) or textile manufacture for tensile structures. Analysis of contemporary case studies in terms of use of the available technology of materials. Material specifications and methods of use.

Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Hristos Athanasopoulos, Building construction, design and technology, Hristos Athanasopoulos Edition, 2003.
  • N. Kalogeras, Ch. Kirpotin, G. Makris, I. Papaioannou, S. Rautopoulos, M. Tzitzas, P. Touliatos, Architectural Technology, Symmetria Editions, Athens, 1999.
References
  • W.Huntington-R. Mickadelt, Building Construction Materials and Types of Construction, J. Viley and Sons, 1981.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods The 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 and specifications for a small structure. During the semester, course instructors are making comments and corrections on the students’ proposals, at every stage of the process.
 

Assessment methods and criteria
Project 100%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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