Buckminster Fuller's Biosphere in Montreal, Quebec. (Image courtesy of Nicolas Janberg of Structurae.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. John Fernandez
MIT Course Number
4.461
As Taught In
Fall 2004
Level
Graduate
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Course Description
Course Features
Course Highlights
This course features a unique interactive learning tool that explains structures and structural forces.
Course Description
This course offers an introduction to the history, theory, and construction of basic structural systems as well as an introduction to energy issues in buildings. It emphasizes basic systematic and elemental behavior, principles of structural behavior, and analysis of individual structural elements and strategies for load carrying. The course also introduces fundamental energy topics including thermodynamics, psychrometrics, and comfort. It is a required class for M. Arch. students.