Module Code - Title:
AR4068
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ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION 2
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
An extended and clearly structured curriculum in construction design to induce a more innovative and imaginary approach to materials and details. In order to ensure the expected high level of competency in advanced building construction (at an industrial scale and with respect to contemporary and innovative technologies) SAUL introduces a set of Advanced Construction modules throughout Y4 and Y5 in close relation to and in support of the Design Studio projects.
Syllabus:
Architecture students learn best by imagining, developing and realising (full-scale) prototype structures through which ideas can be tested, documented and communicated.
Through actual engagement in all the stages of making and building, students have a unique opportunity to develop a rich phenomenal understanding of architecture. Closely related to Design Studio, Advanced Construction informs and supports the students individual design studio projects; directed and independent research on advanced construction is applied to these projects.
Students test radical and experimental alternatives to the conventional processes of building because architecture is facing unprecedented pressure to reinvent itself in response to a new set of economic and environmental realities. The responsibility to pre-empt the needs of future built environments demands new approaches. The modules provide an overview of advanced building construction at an industrial scale and with respect to contemporary, emerging and innovative technologies. Students study the design implications of new construction technologies, and investigate precedents and potential applications.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
Research new, emerging and alternative materials and technologies;
Understand their design implications and potential for innovation;
Apply directed and independent research to design problems;
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
Follow and give instructions on a specific fabrication method or technique;
Integrate structural and environmental considerations (and systems) into their technological experiments;
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
Imagine, develop and construct a (full-scale) prototype through applying some of the advanced fabrication techniques.
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Brandt, J., Kauhsen, B., Kind-Barkauskas, F., Polonyi, S. (2002)
Concrete Construction Manual. 1st ed.
, Basel: Birkhäuser
Achtziger, J., Pfeiffer, G., Ramcke, R., Zilch, K. (2001)
Masonry Construction Manual 1st ed.
, Basel: Birkhäuser
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online resources at www.irishconcrete.ie
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Other Relevant Texts:
Auch-Schwelk, V., Fuchs, M., Hegger, M., Rosenkranz, T. (2006)
Construction Materials Manual. 1st ed.
, Basel: Birkhäuser
Herzog, T., Krippner, R., Lang, W. (2008)
Facade Construction Manual. 1st rev. ed.
, Basel: Birkhäuser
Balkow, D., Schittich, Ch., Schuler, M., Sobek, W., Staib, G. (2007)
Glass Construction Manual. 2nd ed.
, Basel: Birkhäuser
Giebeler, G., Fisch, R., Krause, H., Musso, F., Petzinka, K-H., Rudolphi, A.
(2009)
Refurbishment Manual. 1st ed.
, Basel: Birkhäuser
Barthel, R., Kießl, K., Oster, H-J., Schunck, E. (2003)
Roof Construction Manual. 1st ed.
, Basel: Birkhäuser
Schulitz, H. Sobek, W., Habermann, K. (2000)
Steel Construction Manual. 1st ed.
, Basel: Birkhäuser
Herzog, T., Natterer, J., Schweitzer, R., Volz, M., Winter, W. (2004)
Timber Construction Manual. 1st rev. ed.
, Basel: Birkhäuser
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Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Module Leader:
javi.burongarcia@ul.ie