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The main goal of this course is to use the relation between form and force to design efficient and expressive structures.
Specific learning goals
You should be able to…
- apply basic structural principles;
- use graphic static techniques for main structural types;
- dimension structural elements for typical building materials;
- translate methods for 2D structures into 3D structures;
- critically analyze structures using appropriate terminology and objective arguments;
- use and analyze historical and contemporary references; and
- choose an appropriate, efficient and expressive structural system for a given design challenge.
Course reader
The course reader for Strucutral Design I+II is FAUSTFORMEL: Tragwerksentwurf (Block, Gengnagel and Peters, 2013). Strongly recommended is the book Form & Forces: Designing Efficient, Expressive Structures (Allen and Zalewski, 2009).
Teaching platform
The interactive platform eQUILIBRIUM is used as central learning tool.
Team
Coordination: Doz. Dr. Gianni Birindelli, dipl. Arch ETH SIA
2009-2010
Teaching Assistants: Marcel Aubert, Christoph Becker, Valentina Cima, Juliana Felkner, Maria Vrontissi
Student Assistants: Steve Gallay, Christian Huber, Stefan Kindschi, , Cihan Kuyucu, Lukas Prestele (Fall '09), Andreas Kaufmann (Spring '10)
2010-2011
Teaching Assistants: Marcel Aubert, Valentina Cima, Lara Davis
Student Assistants: Matthias Alder, Martin Caduff, Christian Huber, Andreas Kaufmann, Stefan Kindschi, Hannah Kuby, Olivia Künzli, Cihan Kuyucu, Tanja Menghini, Virginia Parri
2011-2012
Teaching Assistants: Marcel Aubert, Michaela Burch
Student Assistants: Lars Aebersold, Marlen Aeschlimann, Matthias Alder, Flurin Arquint, Martin Caduff, Daniel Itten, Stefan Kindschi, Hannah Kuby, Cihan Kuyucu, Nico, Läser, Sebastian Linsin, Pablo Valsangiacomo.
2012-2013
Teaching Assistants: Marcel Aubert, Michaela Burch, Hannah Kuby
Student Assistants: Moritz Berchtold, Rossella Dazio, Julius Grewe-Rellmann, Daniel Itten, Nico Läser, Sebastian Linsin, Eva Luginbühl, Marius Näf, Simon Reist, Michael Stirnemann, Pablo Valsangiacomo, Angela Wiest.
2013-2014
Teaching Assistants: Marcel Aubert, Michaela Burch
Student Assistants: Noël Fäh, Luca Grünenfelder, Daniel Itten, Nico Läser, Eva Luginbühl, Markus Pfauntsch, Simon Reist, Michael Stirnemann (Fall '13), Simon Zemp, David Ziegler, Angela Wiest (Spring '14).
2014-2015
Teaching Assistants: Marcel Aubert, Michaela Burch
Student Assistants: Maximilian Fritz, Michael Stirnemann, Daniel Itten, Maurin Elmer, Lea Frauenfelder, Eva Luginbühl, Angela Wiest, Nadja Friesch, Nico Läser, Markus Pfauntsch.
