Jonathan Ochshorn
Room 121-B, Rand Hall
Department of Architecture
Cornell University
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ARCH 366/666: The Tectonic Articulation of Structure
Course Outline, Spring 2003


week date topic reading1 assignment1

1 1/20 intro, tectonics

2 1/27 discussion of
tectonics
Sekler, Herrmann, Anderson notes on readings

3 2/3 axial stress, concentrations,
streamlined form
Bush, Thompson notes on readings

4 2/10 articulation, constraints
connections
Mainstone, Nervi, Rice+Robertson notes on readings
assign#1

5 2/17 skin and glass Ochshorn (curtain-wall), Rush, Rice notes on readings

6 2/24 frames, indeterminacy Moore, Rowe notes on readings
assign#2

7 3/3 masonry expression Ochshorn (brick, stone), Heyman, Mark notes on readings

8 3/10 reinforced concrete
expression
Billington notes on readings
assign#3

9 3/17 break

10 3/24 funicular form;
structural manipulation
Allen notes on readings

11 3/31 timber expression Gutdeutsh, Muller notes on readings

12 4/7 steel expression Ochshorn (steel), tba notes on readings

13 4/14 in-class review assign#4

14 4/21 craft and visual thinking Abel, Ferguson notes on readings

15 4/28 critique of tectonics Frampton notes on readings

1due on date listed

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