Mekelle University

Ethiopian Institute of Technology-Mekelle

Department of Architecture and Urban Planning
Theory and Design of Structures III

















1. Course objective: This course gives an overview on specialized structural systems as engineering
architecture.
- Providing the student with knowledge on specialized structural systems such as light weight
structures, space trusses, shells and bridges.
- Enhancing the understanding by practical model building and excursions


2. Course contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Foundation System
Chapter 2: Space frames
Chapter 3: Tensile Structures
Chapter 4: Shells and Domes
Chapter 5: Bridge Structures
Chapter 6: Stadium Roofs
Chapter 7: Engineering Expressions in Architecture
3. Basic teaching materials and references:
G.G. Schierle, Architectural Structures; Angus J. Macdonald, Structure and Architecture
4. Assessment/Evaluation & Grading System
50 % assignments, quizzes, excursions, design tasks 50 % written examination

Instructor: Temesgen K.