Architectural Structures 1
EDAD227-01
Start Date
06/04
Time
Mon/Wed/Thu, 9am–Mon, 1pm; Wed/Thu, 12pm
Room
Tower TBA
End Date
07/07
Meeting Day
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
Credits
3
Students are introduced to construction at a domestic scale through lectures, slides, and field trips. Structural calculations include safe selection of building parts by stress analysis, beam equations, and column computations. Students learn sufficient wood and masonry building techniques to design a small wood frame building. Assignments include structural models and calculations.
This class meets in person at MassArt.
No class, June 19: Juneteenth Holiday
Lisa T. Rosenbaum
Lisa T. Rosenbaum has been a visiting lecturer on architectural structures and building technology over the last 10 years at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Architectural Design from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.