New York City College of Technology – City University of New York
300 Jay Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201
Department of Architectural Technology
ARCH 3630 ADVANCED DETAILING STUDIO
2 Classroom hours, 6 lab/studio hours, 5 credits.
Course Description:
This is an in-depth study and survey of some the various construction assemblies employed in the construction industry. The course focuses on architectural detailing as it applies to the use of materials, material assemblies and their components in the construction of buildings. Details of floor, interior and exterior walls, roof and foundation assemblies including materials and their responses to the elements and building loads are explored.
Course Context:
This course is an extension and outgrowth of the sequence of four Building Technology Courses offered in the associates’ degree program. It is designed to offer students an opportunity to focus in greater detail on the material assemblies’ aspect of building construction.
Prerequisites:
ARCH 2480 Principles of Stability of Structures
ARCH 2400 Architectural Drawing IV
Required Text:
Fundamentals of Building Construction Materials and Methods, by Edward Allen and Joseph Lano, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Building Construction Illustrated, by Francis Ching, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Recommended Text:
Architectural Graphic Standards; (Student Edition), by Ramsey, Charles George, Harold Reeve Sleeper and Bruce Bassler, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Masonry Design And Detailing, by Christine Beall, McGraw-Hill.
Attendance Policy:
No more than two absences will be permitted during the semester. For the purpose of record, being late for class twice will be considered as one absence. Being more than 10 minutes late for class will be considered lateness. Exceeding this limit will expose the student to failing at the discretion of the instructor.
Course Structure:
This course will combine weekly lectures focused on particular materials and construction assemblies with studio lab time to develop a series of assigned construction details related to the lecture materials and field visits. There will be a comprehensive final exam. A portfolio will be developed to document the series of two and three-dimensional detail assignments given during the semester that will be graded. This will include details that are hand sketched and in digital format.
Grading:
Students are expected to keep lecture notes and sketches in an orderly manner in a notebook, which will be graded during the final exam. A term project consisting of a number of detail assignments will be part of the final grade. There will be a comprehensive final exam.
Final Exam 25%
Term Project Assignments 70%
Notebook 5%
Academic Integrity:
Students and all others who work with information, ideas, texts, images, music, inventions and other intellectual property owe their audience and sources accuracy and honesty in using, crediting and citation of sources. As a community of intellectual and professional workers, the college recognizes its responsibility for providing instruction in information literacy and academic integrity, offering models of good practice and responding vigilantly and appropriately to infractions of academic integrity. Accordingly, academic dishonesty is prohibited in The City University of New York and is punishable by penalties, including failing grades, suspension and expulsion.
Learning Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student is expected to be able to:
- Understand the nature, performance and role of various materials used in building construction.
- Understand and detail various construction assemblies.
- Understand how to assemble building components to best respond to building loads and the elements.
- Analyze construction assemblies and details for their efficiency and effectiveness.
- Hand sketch and draw details in 2D and 3D views in both analog and digital formats.
- Demonstrate knowledge of professional construction drawing standards with regard to construction details.
- Understand the available technologies employed in construction assemblies.
Assessment:
The following will be undertaken to evaluate the students’ achievement of the stated learning objectives:
- Test students understanding of materials, construction assemblies their components and performance, and the vocabulary of architectural terminology through a final exam.
- Review the students’ responses to the analysis of various construction details assigned.
- Progressively review the student assignments during their development.
- Assess student assignments for proper use of architectural and construction vocabulary.
- Review students’ notebooks for material content and proper representation of the material presented.
- Final assessment of the final presentation of students’ portfolios of all the classroom assignments.
Course Outline
Week 1: Introduction & Course Overview: (Aug 28/13)
- An introduction outlining the scope and intent of this course. A brief overview of the type of materials, structural systems and material assemblies to be covered and the requirements of the students. Designing exterior building envelopes to control water movement across them.
Weeks 2: Exterior Wall Systems & Water Movement: (Sept 9 & 11/13)
- Methods of moisture transportation. Air Leakage and Vapor Diffusion Retarders. Permeable, semi-permeable, impermeable, insulating and non-insulating sheathing materials and their applications in different climate zones.
- Methods of drying of exterior construction.
Case Studies: Wall assemblies for different climates; their drawback, limitations & successes explored.
Project Assignment #1: Design a wood framed envelope with wood/ vinyl/ siding and/ or brick for a cold climate, then for a hot-humid climate and a mixed climate.
Weeks 3: Review of Assignment #1. Foundations & Moisture Penetration: (Sept 16 & 18/13)
- Review of assignment #1.
- Sealing of exterior envelopes with air and vapor retarders.
- Water migration at foundation walls and slabs. Rising ground water; pressure slabs; under-slab water redirection, collection and disposal.
Case Studies: Foundation assemblies; their drawback, limitations & successes explored.
Homework: Update details in assignment #1 as per review. Research durable, tough, self-healing and waterproofing materials in lieu of the traditional ones normally used for ground slabs and foundation walls. Research methods for draining rising ground water to prevent penetration of ground slabs.
Weeks 4: Foundations & Moisture Penetration: (Sept 23 & 25/13)
- Water migration at foundation walls and slabs cont’d.
Case Studies: Foundation assemblies for preventing moisture migration; their drawback, limitations & successes explored.
Project Assignment #2: Design a poured concrete foundation wall abutting an existing property line foundation wall to combat moisture migration and rising ground water. Show wall section and a floor plan showing drainage.
Weeks 5: Review of Assignment #2. Drywall Systems & Miscellaneous Details: (Sept 30 & Oct 02/13)
- Review of assignment #2.
- Drywall assemblies; materials; waterproofing and applications.
- Cold Form framing.
- Miscellaneous details.
Case Studies: Exterior drywall assemblies & miscellaneous details; their drawbacks, limitations & successes explored.
Homework: Update details in assignment #2 as per review.
Project Assignment #3: Complete drywall assemblies’ and miscellaneous details assigned.
Weeks 6: Waterproofing & Roofing: (Oct 7 & 9/13)
- Review of Assignment #3.
- Fundamentals of waterproofing. Historical survey of waterproofing materials and applications.
- Roofing assemblies and materials.
- Probes, leak tests and methods of finding leaks in buildings.
Case Studies: Waterproofing and roofing assemblies; their drawback, limitations & successes explored.
Project Assignment #4: Complete waterproofing and roofing details assigned.
Weeks 7: Waterproofing Assemblies – Part 1: (Oct 15 &16/13)
- Review of assignment #4.
- Water migration and protection at parapet walls, windows, doors, lintels and shelf angles.
- Waterproofing materials and their limitations and applications.
Case Studies: Parapets, window and door assemblies, lintels and shelf angles for preventing moisture migration; their drawback, limitations & successes explored.
Homework: Update details in assignment #4 as per review.
Project Assignment #5: Complete waterproofing details for parapets, windows, doors, lintels and shelf angles assigned.
Weeks 8: Waterproofing Assemblies – Part 2: (Oct 21 & 23/13)
- Review of assignment #5.
- Water migration and protection at building facades and below grade.
- Waterproofing materials and their limitations and applications.
Case Studies: Facade and foundation assemblies, for preventing moisture migration; their drawback, limitations & successes explored.
Homework: Update details in assignment #4 as per review.
Project Assignment #6: Complete waterproofing details for facades and foundations assigned.
Weeks 9: Assignments’ Review & Summary of Waterproofing Techniques: (Oct 28 & 30/13)
- Review of assignment #6.
- Overview of detailing to arrested moisture migration in building envelopes.
Homework: Update all details previously assigned as per reviews.
Weeks 10: Cast Iron Detailing & Restoration: (Nov 04 & 06/13)
- Cast Iron detailing and restoration methods.
- Waterproofing of cast iron buildings.
Case Studies: Cast Iron assemblies; their drawback, limitations & successes explored.
Project Assignment #7: Complete cast iron restoration details assigned.
Weeks 11: Cast Iron Detailing & Restoration/ Cementitious Materials: (Nov 11 & 13/13)
- Review of assignment #7.
- Introduction to cementitious materials such as cast stone, stucco, plaster and precast panels.
Case Studies: Cementitious material assemblies; their drawback, limitations & successes explored.
Homework: Update details in assignment #7 as per review.
Project Assignment #8: Complete cementitious material assemblies’ details assigned.
Weeks 12: Cementitious Assemblies & Masonry Walls: (Nov 18 & 20)
- Review of assignment #8.
- Manufacture and uses of cementitious materials.
- Cavity walls; bonded walls; movement; control joints; expansion joints.
Case Studies: Masonry assemblies; their drawback, limitations & successes explored.
Homework: Update details in assignment #8 as per review.
Project Assignment #9: Complete masonry details assigned.
Weeks 13: Glazing, Curtain Walls & Window Walls: (Nov 25)
- Review of assignment #9.
- Use of glass in exterior construction.
- Window glazing types and performances.
- Advantages of window walls over curtain walls.
- Glass block.
Case Studies: Glazing assemblies; their drawback, limitations & successes explored.
Homework: Update details in assignment #9 as per review.
Project Assignment #10: Complete glazing, curtain wall and window wall details assigned.
Weeks 14: Emerging Materials: (Dec 02 & 04/13)
- Review of assignment #10.
- Emerging materials and reuse of traditional materials such as concrete, glass and metals.
- Textile reinforced concrete (TRC), concrete cloth, liquid graphite, carbon fiber and insulated concrete.
Case Studies: Material assemblies; their drawback, limitations & successes explored.
Homework: Update details in assignment #10 as per review.
Project Assignment #11: Complete material assemblies’ details and research assigned for emerging materials.
Week 15: Acoustical Details: (Dec 09 & 11/13)
- Review of assignment #11.
- Exploration of the types of acoustical assemblies used for sound control.
- Solid borne vs. air borne noise.
- Floating floors
- Window and door assemblies
Case Studies: Acoustical assemblies; their drawback, limitations & successes explored.
Homework: Update details in assignment #11 as per review.
Assignment #12: Develop assigned acoustical details in response the existing conditions given.
Week 16: Final Exam: (Dec 16 & 18/13)
- Review of Assignment #12
- Review of Semester’s Portfolio of Details.
Final Examination
