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2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Architecture and Building Engineering Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment

Structural Design Practice

Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
Instructor(s)
Yuki Terazawa
Class Format
Lecture
Media-enhanced courses
-
Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)
Class
-
Course Code
UDE.S422
Number of credits
200
Course offered
2025
Offered quarter
3-4Q
Syllabus updated
Mar 19, 2025
Language
Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

Structural design (structural planning) is important for architectural design, regardless of the design or structure. Structural design applies universal structural technology to adapt to the individuality of each building. It is important to find a balance between the required criteria, combining so-called universality and individuality. The instructor in this course explains the principles of structural planning, while introducing students to ample structural design examples, including the process used to create them.
The goal of this course is for students to learn practical structural design, and specifically it is comprised of two elements. First is learning structural design examples, gaining an understanding of structural design principles through them. The other is gaining an understanding of lecture content to then analyze the structural design of real buildings .

Course description and aims

Students will be able to do the following by taking this course.
1) To think about the relationship between architectural design and structural design, and to create a structural design plan for a building
2) To understand the relationship between structural mechanics, material mechanics, vibrational science, etc. and structural design and to learn the basics of making technical decisions

Student learning outcomes

実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)

Senior structural designers are invited as the lectures. The lecturer has designed various kind of buildings with many architect, and practical examples are introduced in the lecture.

Keywords

Structural design, Structural plan

Competencies

  • Specialist skills
  • Intercultural skills
  • Communication skills
  • Critical thinking skills
  • Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Theory of structural design is provided using a distributing documents following each theme. Students are required to submit assignments. Also students have to make presentations of the assignments and arguments for those.

Course schedule/Objectives

Course schedule Objectives
Class 1 Role of structural design and design process Students will gain understandings of a role of structural design and design process
Class 2 Day 1st of "Structural design and structural mechanics of building structures" Students will gain understandings of structural design and structural mechanics of building structures
Class 3 Day 2nd of "Structural design and structural mechanics of building structures" Students will gain understandings of structural design and structural mechanics of building structures
Class 4 Day 3rd of "Structural design and structural mechanics of building structures" Students will gain understandings of structural design and structural mechanics of building structures
Class 5 Day 1st of "Structural materials and structural design" Students will gain understandings of relationships between structural materials and structural design
Class 6 Day 2nd of "Structural materials and structural design" Students will gain understandings of relationships between structural materials and structural design
Class 7 Day 3rd of "Structural materials and structural design" Students will gain understandings of relationships between structural materials and structural design
Class 8 Day 1st of "Seismic design by using damping modification systems (制振) and seismically isolated systems (免震)" Students will gain understandings of seismic design by using damping modification systems and seismically isolated systems
Class 9 Day 2nd of "Seismic design by using damping modification systems (制振) and seismically isolated systems (免震)" Students will gain understandings of seismic design by using damping modification systems and seismically isolated systems
Class 10 Day 3rd of "Seismic design by using damping modification systems (制振) and seismically isolated systems (免震)" Students will gain understandings of seismic design by using damping modification systems and seismically isolated systems
Class 11 Day 1st of "Collaboration with architectural design and structural design" Learning integration between architectural design and structural design
Class 12 Day 2nd of "Collaboration with architectural design and structural design" Learning integration between architectural design and structural design
Class 13 Day 3rd of "Collaboration with architectural design and structural design" Students will gain an understanding of principal and application about isolated structure　and vibration controlled structures.
Class 14 Recent and future topics of structural design Students will gain an understanding of recent and future topics of structural design

Study advice (preparation and review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 30 minutes preparing for class and another 30 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

none

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Y.Kanebako: Theory and Practice for Structural Design, Kenchiku-gijyutu, 2010
Y.Kanebako:Structural Design payed attention detail.
K.Watanabe, M.Araya, Y.Kanebako: VA Endeavor for Structural Design

Evaluation methods and criteria

Credits are determined based on reports (100%).

Related courses

  • ARC.S301 ： Structural Design I
  • ARC.S302 ： Structural Design II
  • ARC.S303 ： Structural Design III
  • ARC.S421 ： Applied Building Structural Design
  • UDE.S461 ： Applied Building Structural Design

Prerequisites

Comprehension of Japanese