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Cyprus International University
TR

CONTEMPORARY STRUCTURES

Course
ARCT308 - CONTEMPORARY STRUCTURES
Department
Architecture - English - Undergraduate
Course Type
Scientific Preparation
Status
Required
Language
English
Credit
0
ECTS
0
T+P+L
0 + 0 + 0
Course Coordinator(s)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Sertaç İLTER
Prerequisite
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Keywords
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Course Description

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CONTEMPORARY STRUCTURES

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Course outcomes

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Course Syllabus

Week Topic
Week 1 12.2.2026 Introduction to the course procedure, subject of the project and lectures.
Week 2 19.2.2026 Overall look at contemporary structural systems, Masonry and contemporary masonry structures, frame systems
Week 3 26.2.2026 General information about high-rise building structures, tectonics of high-rise buildings, cores in high-rise buildings.
Week 4 05.3.2026 Wind problem and its solutions in high-rise building structures, Strategies to increase height, Frame and shear wall systems
Week 5 12.3.2026 Tubular structures, Diagrids, Exoskeletons, Mega-columns, structural details in high-rise buildings
Week 6 19.3.2026 Strategies to increase span of buildings, tensile structures and their problems/solutions. Cables, membranes, pneumatic structures, negative curvature shells
Week 7 23.3.2026 - 10.4.2026 Midterm Exams and Jury Week
Week 8 16.4.2026 Suspended glass systems
Week 9 30.4.2026 Compression structures, their problems/solutions, modern arch, vault, dome, geodesic dome, shell, grid shell
Week 10 7.5.2026 Truss family of structures, 2D trusses, 3D trusses, space frames
Week 11 14.5.2026 Long-span bending structures- compound beams, box girders, folded plates, long-span cantilevers. New structural materials and their applications- Acrylic, carbon fiber, titanium
Week 12 18.5.2026 – 12.6.2026 Final Exams and Jury Week
Week 13 -
Week 14 -
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Reference Books & Course Materials

  1. 01 Lecturer’s presentations
  2. 02 Hurol, Y (2016) Tectonics of Structural Systems- An Architectural Approach
  3. 03 Contemporary World Architecture, Hugh Pearman, Phaidon, 1998.
  4. 04 The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture, Phaidon, 2004.

Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes

  1. P01 Solving the architectural problems by making use of the research methods (skill).
  2. P02 The ability to carry out a specialistic study related to architecture independently. (Competence to work independently and take responsibility).
  3. P03 Developing new strategic approaches to solve the unforeseen and complex problems arising in the practical processes of architecture and coming up with solutions while taking responsibility (Competence to work independently and take responsibility).
  4. P04 Fulfilling the leader role in the environments where solutions are sought for the problems of architecture (Competence to work independently and take responsibility).
  5. P05 Assessing the specialistic knowledge and skill gained through the study with a critical view and directing one’s own learning process (Learning Competence).
  6. P06 Systematically transferring the current developments of architecture and one’s own work to other groups in and out of the area; in written, oral and visual forms (Communication and Social Competency).
  7. P07 Ability to see and develop social relationships and the norms directing these relationships with a critical look and the ability to take action to change these when necessary (Communication and Social Competency).
  8. P08 Proficiency in inglish- and establishing written and oral communication with english (Communication and Social Competency).
  9. P09 Using the computer software together with the information and communication technologies efficiently and according to the needs of architecture (Communication and Social Competency).
  10. P10 Paying regard to social, scientific, cultural and ethical values during the collecting, interpreting, practicing and announcing processes of the architectural data and the ability to teach these values to others (Area Specific Competency).
  11. P11 Developing strategy, policy and application plans concerning the architectural issues area and the ability to evaluate the end results of these plans within the frame of quality processes (Area Specific Competency).
  12. P12 Using the knowledge and the skills for problem solving and/or application (which are processed within the architecture) in inter-disciplinary studies (Area Specific Competency).
  13. P13 In the programs with thesis, the ability to present one’s own work within the international environments orally, visually and in written forms (Area Specific Competency).

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