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063-0901-00L 2 Credits MSC D-ARCH
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Construction History: The Construction Site and Its Technology

Konstruktionsgeschichte: Herstellungstechnik und Baustelle

Lecturers & Examiners: Prof. Dr. Stefan Holzer
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Abstract

History of the construction site and its technology

Objective

Introduction to Construction History and the so-called "building archeology": ability to perform a "cloe reading" of historic built fabric, based on an in-depth knowledge on historic production techniques, both in the workshop and on the construction site itself.

Content

This lecture series deals with the history of the production of buildings. This history draws heavily on pictorial and archival sources, but the lecture will always establish the link to traces observable on site. In that sense, the lecture is an introduction to the wide topic of "building archeology". Among others, we will cover the following topics: - construction materials, tools and tooling of construction elements - material flow and economic boundary conditions of the construction site - construction site technology and construction machinery (scaffolding, cranes, etc.) - historic methods of architectural planning - history of building production This lecture is closely related to current research projects.

Resources

Lecture Notes

PDFs of the lecture slides will be provided before the lecture. Furthermore, the audience will be granted access to recent journal articles and book chapters providing in-depth insight into the topics covered by the lecture.

Learning Materials (Links)

General Information

Language
German
Levels
MSC
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
session examination
Mode
written 60 minutes
Aids
Wörterbuch (nicht elektronisch)Weitere Informationen: https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/arch/idb/holzer-dam/images/Lehrveranstaltungen/Merkblatt/IDB__Merkblatt_Leistungskontrollen__2018.pdf
Digital
The exam takes place on devices provided by ETH Zurich.

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture with exercise Konstruktionsgeschichte: Herstellungstechnik und Baustelle
Keine Lehrveranstaltung am 28.10. (Seminarwoche) sowie am 16./23.12. (vor Schlussabgaben).
  • Thu 08:00-09:35 (HIL E 1)
2 h weekly

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