1 Assoc. Professor Structural Masonry, Department of the Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. a.t.vermeltfoort@tue.nl
ABSTRACT
In highly built up cities, more and more buildings have to be erected on relatively small sites. The employment of load bearing masonry structures may be an advantage as the use of small building units enables “just in time delivery”. To make students acquainted with the problems related to building in condensed urban areas during their education, two assignments were put together. They mainly deal with the architectural and structural engineering aspects in addition to building physics, daylight entry, sound insulation and absorption, construction technology, detailing etc. Two types of assignment are presented: a 300 hour project and a 90 hour exercise as part of a masonry course. Although the question for both assignments is basically the same, design a medium rise residential/commercial building for a city centre location, their focus is different. The study of the interaction between architectural and structural demands is the main objective of the project. In the assignment, the students put together their own exercise to obtain experience with the procedure of the design calculations for various structural elements such as shear walls, columns and facade engineering.
KEYWORDS: education, shear walls, columns, architectural demands
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