ABSTRACT
Figure1. Student early physical models demonstrating thought to lateral wind load and the bay size The process of transferring theoretical knowledge of innovative construction systems to practice is no easy task. As faculty, we knew so well the end of term projects where student work displays no practical awareness of columns or structural bays, only outlandish forms. If the students does not grasp fundamentals of structure (in the early years, primarily column spacing, diameter, beam depth, lateral x bracing), final semester reviews can be humiliating. More importantly, the student leaves the semester without grasping the holistic and integrated system of Architecture. It becomes even more difficult to make this part of the process flow instinctually later on and can be compared to driving a car ‘jerky’. We knew we had to aim differently to get different results.
