Architecture (ARCH) |
210 Lawrence, 541-346-3656
College of Design
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P - This course has special meeting dates. Academic Deadlines stated below do NOT apply. Please contact the academic department for more information.
V - On DuckWeb, cannot drop on/after first class day (after 5pm Fri if starts Sat/Sun) or add after term deadline. To drop or add after these dates, email registrar@uoregon.edu from your UO email. Deadlines based on days of course complete when contacted.
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Course Data
| ARCH 461 Structural Behavior |
6.00 cr. |
| Develops understanding of behavior of structural elements and systems and their implications on architectural form with reference to historical and contemporary buildings. Sequence with ARCH 462. |
| Grading Options: |
Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
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| Instructor: |
Akinnuoye M |
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Only Open to Majors:
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Architecture
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 Prereqs/Comments: |
Prereq: PHYS 201; ARCH 470; passing score on diagnostic examination or completion of zero-week prerequisite course. |
 Web-related Resources: |
Structural Behavior
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CRN |
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Location |
Instructor |
Notes |
Lecture |
10357 |
0 |
82 |
0900-1050 |
mtwrf
9/23-9/29 |
177 LA |
Akinnuoye M |
!PV |
| 1700-1850 |
mtwrf
9/23-9/29 |
177 LA |
| 1000-1150 |
mw |
115 LA |
| 1000-1150 |
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129 MCK |
Final Exam: |
1015-1215 |
w 12/11 |
115 LA |
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Associated Sections |
+ Lab |
10358 |
0 |
16 |
1800-1950 |
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100 LA |
Rocha C |
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+ Lab |
10359 |
0 |
16 |
0800-0950 |
r |
100 LA |
Lee S |
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10360 |
0 |
18 |
1400-1550 |
r |
383 LA |
Lee S |
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10361 |
0 |
16 |
1600-1750 |
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100 LA |
Guyer M |
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10362 |
0 |
16 |
1200-1350 |
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383 LA |
Guyer M |
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Academic Deadlines
| Deadline |
Last day to: |
| September 29: |
Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| October 5: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| October 5: |
Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| October 6: |
Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded) |
| October 6: |
Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded) |
| October 7: |
Add this course |
| October 7: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| October 13: |
Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 13: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 20: |
Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 20: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 27: |
Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded) |
| October 27: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
| November 17: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
| November 17: |
Change grading option for this course |
 | You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day. |
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Expanded Course Description
| In past ages, the construction of buildings was an integrated activity in which aesthetics, planning, structure, and construction were all considered to be part of a single unified activity. In some cases, buildings were constructed under the direction of a single master builder who was an expert in all these areas. In other cases, they were built by the people themselves—their culture having evolved to a level that the entire population understood the qualities and capabilities of the materials used to make buildings. The outcomes of such traditions were buildings in which there was an elegant, and sometimes profound, integration of structure, space and construction. Structural members not only held up the roof: they shaped space, conveyed feeling, and connected with people.
Today, the construction of buildings follows a much more fragmented process in which specialists are responsible for discrete parts of the overall activity. The entire team may include architects, numerous engineers, specialist consultants, project managers, a general contractor and many subcontractors. It is naturally the contractors—the people who touch the materials and build the buildings—who have the most complete understanding of how the materials go together from a practical point of view, and the engineers—those who study the structural capabilities of the materials and calculate the strength of members and connections—who have the most complete understanding of how the building behaves from a structural point of view.; Architects, if removed from these fundamental concerns (both in school and in practice), will have little chance to create buildings that have an essential and meaningful integration of structure and space.
As an architect, you have the legal responsibility to oversee all areas of a building project, but in order to effectively integrate construction and engineering with your designs, you must have real control over the way a building is built, both during the process of design and during the process of construction. In order to have this control, there are two principal areas of knowledge that are required: first, you need to understand materials and how buildings are put together, and second, you need to understand how buildings behave structurally.
Our goal in this course is to begin to develop your understanding in these two general areas, aiming to enable you to use structure as a creative design force throughout all phases of design. Major topics will include a general examination of how structure and construction play an essential role in building design; reviews of exemplary case studies; discussion of an integrated design process; detailed study of the behavior of structures; and structural analysis.
Structural Behavior is the first half of an integrated two-term sequence of courses and will directly lead into Structural Design taught in winter term.
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