AAR4552

Wood Architecture

Last taught 2017

Spring and Autumn

Norwegian

Overview

15 candidates

Average grade

B

3.60

0.20

Pass rate

100%

same

Grade distribution
Average over time
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About this course

Content

The Student will work with a serie of short, limited design tasks in order to try out important architectural means. This process ends up with a main design task, a small building that is developed and detailed. The brief is given by the teacher. The student develops an understanding of the wide range of possible use of wood as main material i a building.

Learning outcomes

The Student should develop a thorough knowledge about the spesific architectural means related to wood, and be able to apply this knowledge on a building task.
The Student should develop her/his skills in analysing a task, based on functional and contextual patametres, and apply this in a building design based on the use of wood.
This means also an understanding of how to connect to other materials.
The students are expected develop a spesific competance in cultivating an architectural expression that is concistent with the aim of his/her project idea.
The factual knowledge about the properties and application of the wood material is acquired in the theory course Wood Architecture B

Teaching methods

Architectural Design of concrete buildings in different sizes and scales, group discussions and individual guidance.

The theory course Wooden Architecture B is mandatory.