Teaching Statics and Strength of Materials Using Digital Technology

Abstract

Developing innovative approaches to education is not unique to architecture, but as the technical component of a creative degree program, developing innovative approaches to the teaching of structures within the architecture curriculum is not only desirable, but absolutely necessary. The fundamental problem is that although understanding structure lies at the core of the education of the architect, architecture faculty and students struggle with a traditional engineering-based approach to structures instruction, which is increasingly proving to be ineffective in the classroom.