✓ The course will provide students with basic knowledge of structural analysis and design for buildings, bridges and other large structures. The course will emphasize the historical evolution of the structural form and the evolution of structural design knowledge, from the Gothic cathedrals to the suspension bridges.
✓ Key concepts (structure, structural system), structural elements, basic types of loads, basic internal loadings, load flow, brief reference to the history of structural systems, historical structural systems (beam on columns), modern structural systems (cable structures, membranes, shells etc.), selection of the structural system/criteria (architectural, economical, etc.), the relationship of architecture with the structural form through examples, timeless approach of the subject.