Diploma in Architect Engineer

Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY V
Course Unit CodeAPX332
Course Unit DetailsBA 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. Identify, by on site measurement, an existing traditional building structural system. Analyze its basic principles of design from the constructural point of view.
  2. Review traditional building practices. Record the pathology and vulnerability of historical buildings and their ability to undertake dynamic loads.
  3. Relate the various effects on the constructural system through ages with its behavior during dynamic load. Identify the role of proper planning.
  4. Manage information from multiple sources. Analyze monuments by interpretation of findings. Identify primary and secondary structural members, connections and components. Distinguish additions, repairs and modifications. Analyze the loading bearing system.
  5. Identify causes of deterioration and damages. Distinguish construction phases. Develop immediate measures for protection and restoration proposals.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesAPX233Co-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsEuropean Timber Constructions, EU Raphael Programme (Management of the European Wooden Building Heritage), A. Soikkeli, P, Touliatos, C.B. Cestari, University of Oulu, University Press 2000, ISBN 951-42-5659-X.
Course ContentsIdentification and measurement of a selected traditional building leads to its constructural analysis, a basic prerequisite for the understanding of its behaviour in loads and stresses through the ages. In particular, the course deals with the traditional building systems, their pathology and vulnerability and especially their ability to undertake dynamic loads. It also stresses the importance of pointing out the weakness and vulnerability of a historical building, by a thorough constructural analysis of its bearing system and building method.
Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Prof. P.Touliatos, Research on the antiseismic behavior of traditional structures in Greece, National Technical University Athens, Antiseismic Protection Organisation Greece, 2001.
References
  • Prof. P. Touliatos, Architecture and Earthquakes, National Technical University Athens, 2004.
  • Venice Chart (1964), ICOMOS, 1994.
  • Prof. P. Touliatos, Identification and Analysis of Local Historical Constructural Systems, Ministry of Culture, Technical Chamber of Greece.
  • Prof. P. Touliatos, The Holy Monastery of Doheiarios, Mount Athos, Greece, National Technical University Athens, 2008.
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 a team basis. Students, in teams of 10-12 persons, are requested to measure and produce plans of an existing historical monument, analyze its constructural system and propose methods of restoration. During the semester, course instructors are making comments and corrections on the students’ work, at every stage of the process.
 
Assessment methods and criteria
Project70%
Final Exam30%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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