Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sinead MacNamara, Syracuse University; Robert A. Svetz, Syracuse University

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Architectural

architectural history and theory discourses. He has worked professionally in various New York City offices and was previously a special lecturer at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Svetz holds an M.Arch. from Yale University, where he received the David C. Taylor Memorial prize on architectural writing and criticism. Page 23.659.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Hidden in Plain Sight: Campus Scavenger Hunt to Teach Structures and Technology to Architects.1. IntroductionLook down the street, what do you see? Buildings with windows and doors, a

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Architectural Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allen C Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Margot Kally McDonald AIA, NCARB, LEED BD+C, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; Gregory F. Starzyk JD, Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo

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Architectural

,architecture and construction disciplines, particularly at the lower division level. Toenhance this collaboration, the college committed to providing an upper division,interdisciplinary experience for every student in the form of a project based, teamoriented five unit studio laboratory that every student would take. The course is now inits fifth year and requires small teams of architecture, engineering and constructionstudents to complete the schematic level design of an actual building for a real client.The course has two learning objectives which create a dynamic tension and compete foremphasis on how the course is executed:1. Create an integrated building design that includes a sound project approach (scope/budget/quality & constructability

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Architectural Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James P. Mwangi P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Architectural

(UEH) and exchangenotes with the future Haitian engineers and architects in regard to building design andconstruction curriculum. The group was also able to visit a riverbed where sand and gravel werebeing harvested for the ongoing reconstruction and also witnessed firsthand the roadsideproduction of concrete masonry units (CMU). It was not all disappointments as the studentsspent the last day of their visit at the beautiful Haitian beaches. Figures 1, 2 and 3 capture someof the student visit activities.Figure 1: Community Visits (a), (b) Devastated Neighborhood and (c) New ConstructionSite Page 23.305.3Figure 2: Community Visits (a) New

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Architectural Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shahnaz J. Aly, Western Kentucky University; Laura Elizabeth Leach, Western Kentucky University

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Architectural

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Contextual Learning Concepts Drive Architectural Education to Partner with IndustryIntroductionThe field of architecture is people oriented, which cannot be practiced in isolation. From conceptto completion the focus is always on the end user. According to Gutman, buildings are objects ofuse apart from being objects of pleasure [1]. Architecture is so essentially a social art that noarchitect can talk about his (or her) medium or about his (or her) schemes without reference tohow they will be used by people [1]. Once the idea for a facility has been conceptualized, thedesigner begins to conceptualize solutions for that particular structure, while taking

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Jan Cowan, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kirsten Hill, IUPUI Student; Mary Ann Frank, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Architectural

adversity to living within a steelbox that is rusty, dirty, claustrophobic, and inappropriate in scale and dimension. As notedarchitect Kalkin states, it is the process of “transforming a commodity into poetry, the vulgar intothe sublime” (p 22-1)8 that is the challenge of this type of architectural problem.Containers have been used as homes and offices to great success (see Figures 1, 2 and 3). Yet thecreation and development of these have not come without their particular challenges. As notedby Ohtake9, the lack of public support for this type of construction has kept the future of thecontainer home in limbo. Building codes are also often the single largest challenge of usingcontainers as a substrate. Yet he continues in a more positive tone by

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations and Global Issues in Architectural Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James P. Mwangi P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Architectural

building material design courses in ARCE are offered over a period of two years asshown in Table 1.Table 1: Mandatory Material Design Courses Year of Quarter Instruction Max. Number of Course Study Units Format Students per Class ARCE 303: Steel Design 3 Lecture 36 ARCE 304: Timber Design 3 Lecture 36 3 ARCE 305: Masonry Design 2 Lecture 36 ARCE 372: Steel Structures Laboratory 3

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Architectural Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University; John W. Lawson, Architectural Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Architectural

contribute. This admissions experiment was short-livedand terminated due to funding constraints (Zweifel 2012)2. Figure 1 ARCE ActivityWith the strong belief that ARCE, ARCH and CM studentsshould remain together in the basic statics and strength ofmaterials classes, ARCE 211 and ARCE 212, the ARCEDepartment embarked on a bold effort to raise passing ratesof non-engineering majors without compromising thecourse content. In 2005 the department completelyreconfigured the courses covering statics and strength ofmaterials, ARCE 211 and ARCE 212 (Dong 2006)1. One ofthe major course revisions was to change the method ofcontent delivery from (3) one-hour lectures per week to (2)one-hour

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations and Global Issues in Architectural Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James P. Mwangi P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Architectural

assess the success of thetraining program. The trainings as presented were found to be very successful.IntroductionHaiti, located on the western one-third portion of the Hispaniola Island in the Caribbean attainedher independence on January 1, 1804 from France. Since independence, Haiti has been plaguedby political instability that has led to social and economic hardships placing this country of tenmillion people1 as the poorest in the Americas2. Although French is the official language, onlyabout ten percent of the population is proficient in speaking, reading and writing in French. Thegeneral population communicates, but most cannot read or write in the second official language;the Haitian Creole, a French based creole with African

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Graham C. Archer P.Eng, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Cole C McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University; Pablo D. Ramos

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Architectural

Dyynamics LaboratoryyIn 1965, a class of un ndergraduatee students3 laaunched a prroject to utiliize the roughh terrainsurroundding their loccal campus. Their T solutioon was to spaan a ravine with w a bridgee-like structuure(Figure 1) 1 similar to that of Miess Van Der Roohe’s Glass House. Oveer the years, the buildingg hasmostly beeen forgotten n and has faallen into a sttate of disreppair. Fortunnately, in 20111 another teeam 8of studennts took on thet task of reevitalizing thhe building anda has creaated a living structuraldynamicss laboratory.. The relatively small buuilding has a clearly visibble

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations and Global Issues in Architectural Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hollee Hitchcock Becker, The Catholic University of America

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Architectural

natural and formal ordering systems are a good prelude to structural systemsand as such should be emphasized within the Level 1 studio.NCARB requires an introductory understanding of structural systems in Level II Design Studios,a general proficiency in the complete design of simple buildings in Level III and a generalproficiency in the total synthesis of complex buildings including structural systems in Level IV.Since these studios take place in the undergraduate architecture curriculum and in years two,three and four, respectively, it is logical that structures should be taught in years two and three ofthe undergraduate architecture curriculum. Once students understand the basics of statics andstrength of materials, the typical design studio

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations and Global Issues in Architectural Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Orla Smyth LoPiccolo, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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Architectural

Post-TestGroup A Out of 8 out of 8 Difference Group B Out of 8 out of 8 Difference 1 3 8 5 1 3 3 0 2 2 7 5 2 1 6 5 3 3 8 5 3 0 5 5 4 1 8 7 4 1 5 4 5 3 8 5 5 2 6 4 6 1 8 7 6 3 5 2 7 3 8 5 7 1

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacob Nathan Dunn, University of Idaho Integrated Design Lab; Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg; Sherry McKibben, IURDC, University of Idaho

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Architectural

23.1307.3performance projects and must be taught to both professionals and students. Utilizingthis technology not only has the potential to improve the process of design, but it canalso improve the process of collaboration. Substantial integration of energy anddaylight modeling, early in the design process, has the potential to redefine thedisciplinary relationships for both academic and professional praxis. By usingperformance modeling as a vehicle, multi-disciplinary teams of university students canmore effectively learn the process of integrated design and project delivery 1.Incorporating performance modeling throughout the design process requiresinvolvement from multiple professions across a project‟s lifecycle. For example, asarchitects employ energy