Module Code - Title:
AR4045
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ASSEMBLY AND TECHNIQUES 4
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
AR4043
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
The aims of this class are:
a. to introduce students to the initial studies required to later generate a comprehensive set of working drawings of a third year design studio project.
b. to develop further the studentÆs own intuitive skills in technique alongside knowledge of available construction technology today.
c. to develop the students capacity to interrogate and develop design decisions through construction principles
Syllabus:
Developed principles of assembly and techniques will be further studied concurrently with the production of a full set of working drawings.
DRAWING EXERCISE: Each weekly exercise will concentrate on developing one technical aspect of a building. The culmination of the term will be that each student would have completed a comprehensive set of working drawings.
LECTURE COURSE: A weekly lecture will introduce students to developed construction principles, systems and methods. Students will be asked to choose a construction system/method at the start of the year. Each student will complete a short dissertation on the chosen topic for the end of the module.
DIARY OF A BUILDING: Students will be assigned a building of appropriate complexity at the start of the year. Fortnightly supervised visits will be made to the building site.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
At the end of this module students should be able to:
Make detailed working drawings of selected key building element interfaces, including windows, parapet/roof/wall junctions and stairs
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
see above
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
see above
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
This course will introduce basic constructional principles through the detailed study of elements of simpler constructional technology. This technology is considered from the point of view of design intent, logic of assembly and the quality of the resulting climate/environment.
The suitability of various forms of construction to different design ambitions will be considered with particular emphasis put on developing an understanding of the size and dimensions of various constructional systems.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Andrea Deplazes (2005)
Constructing Architecture Materials Processes Structures
, Birkhauser
Other Relevant Texts:
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Module Leader:
miriam.dunn@ul.ie