Construir y romper estructuras: un curso práctico de introducción a las estructuras

Abstract

The communication presents the experience developed in the last three years in a new subject organized by several professors of the Department of Structures and Building Physics (DEFE) of the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM) of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM ) in the degree in Fundamentals of Architecture. In the first semester, the degree has a compulsory experience workshop, which students must take by choosing a workshop among the offers made by each department. The experience discussed corresponds to one of the proposals by the DEFE and is called Build and Break Structures. The objective of the workshop corresponds to what is stated in the title, is that students propose a solution to a structural problem, carry out the project of that construction, build it and, finally, submit it to the expected loading situation. In the event that it exceeds the expected situation, the load continues to increase until it reaches breakage.