BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS

Taylors Graduate Capabilities

In the building construction and materials module, communication skills are vital for seamless collaboration, conveying technical information, engaging stakeholders, resolving challenges, ensuring safety, and achieving client satisfaction, fostering successful project outcomes.

Building construction and materials lifelong learning embraces changing technology, laws, and best practises, encouraging innovation, problem-solving abilities, safety awareness, and sustainable practises, assuring professional relevance and success in the fast-paced business.

In the design and selection of building materials, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities are crucial. They promote collaboration, innovation, efficiency, safety, and sustainability, facilitating the effective completion of projects and ongoing professional development.

Assignment 1

Famous Architect’s building

Each student will choose a building that they find "interesting" from a list of architects that is provided. Five architectural construction materials and two structural building materials utilised in the chosen building will be identified and examined. The concepts and theories underlying material choice and architectural design will be studied by the students. Additionally, they will describe how one particular material is installed. On a single A2-sized board, the findings will be collated and the building's details, components, importance, and installation method will be shown. The purpose of this assignment is to help students comprehend material choice and how it affects architectural design while graphically presenting their study on the presentation board.

Assignment 2

Construction Detailing of Building Elements

We have the exciting opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of building construction through meticulous drawings in this project. It highlights the critical interaction between technological know-how and design. One of the main objectives of this task is to promote awareness and comprehension of the profound effects that design decisions have on building techniques, material choice, and structural integration. The success of a design project depends on the designer's ability to negotiate the complicated web of construction issues. We understand the critical significance of this information by delving into the technical aspects of building design and construction. This project arouses interest by emphasising the crucial part that technical knowledge plays in influencing the built environment. It fosters critical, imaginative, and practical thinking in students, giving us the tools they need to successfully negotiate construction's difficulties and achieve success in their future design endeavours.