Building Materials, Methods and Modeling II

Catalog description

This course covers materials and methods of construction used in residences, and the preparation of working drawings for a small building. The course objective is for students to understand construction documents, to communicate construction information with sketches, and to create drawings and specifications. The course is organized around a series of modules related to working drawings. These modules consist of: 1) reading and interpreting construction documents, 2) creating hand drawn sketches, from existing mock-ups, from existing drawings, from assigned details of existing campus buildings, from only given material and connection parameters, and 3) generating CAD drawings of plans, elevations, wall sections, building sections, details, schedules. The final partial construction documents will be in accordance with CAD standards and building various codes, including zoning. This course prepares students for further study in the advanced architectural engineering courses. Student evaluation and individual grades are based on a combination of homework, projects, in class assignments, exams, quizzes and attendance. In class assignments are generally short and given to demonstrate a concept or as practice. Special facilities consist of: 1) the drafting room, where various drawings and specifications are utilized and where students prepare sketches, 2) the computer lab, where students have access to computer aided design software, presentation software and communication software, 3) the material samples room, where actual material samples and fasteners are examined and understood and 4) the hands-on mock-up room, where true size mock-ups that represent the students' drawings are built by student groups.