Course Details

1. Understand the architectural profession and its role in society, in particular, in preparing briefs that take account of social factors.
2. Analyse structural design and solve problems of construction
3. Identify all the stages of the study and preparation of a project and the type of drawings and number of copies that each one of them includes.
4. Investigate the process and preparation of construction drawings
5. Recognize the composition processes and the relations and interdependences from the other studies that accompany the architectural study
6. Identify the relation of the architect’s responsibilities as regards: planning regulations, client demands and approval processes.

Introduction to the practise of the architecturalprofession: Thebriefs and regulations that  and its rolein society, in particular in preparing briefs that take account social factors.

Structural design: Analysis of structuraldesign, potential problems of construction from the time of the preliminarydesign to the final building production and their avoidance.

The stages of the study and preparation of aproject: Investigationof the phases of a preparation of a project study. client-architectagreements, preliminary design, final design, types of drawings needed for eachstage and number of copies that each one of them includes.

Investigate the process of and the preparation ofconstruction drawings: Planning permit requirements and building permit requirements, the civilengineers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, quantity surveyor’sinput towards the composition processes and the relations and interdependences fromtheir studies that accompany  thearchitectural study.

No specific textbook required

• Various government guides to Planning and building rules and regulations and forms.

The course is taught through lectures conducted through power point presentations. Lectures notes and the presentations are available to the students in electronic form. Lectures are supplemented with site visits to projects and architects offices in order for the students to view the process and the final result, seeing in real life, potential problems that might have risen during the production (design to construction) of the building.