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BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
• Building technologies have tended to vary widely from place to place
and methods of technology transfer from one culture to another.

BUILDING TECHNOLOGY 1
AN INTRODUCTION TO BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

BUILDING TECHNOLOGY BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

• Influenced by Geography, Politics, Religion, Society, and
others.

BLDG TECHNOLOGY

• THE MANNER OF BUILDING A STRUCTURE USING PROPER,

PRACTICAL & SAFE CONSTRUCTION METHODS.
• A SYSTEMATIC METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION
• BRIDGE BETWEEN AN INTANGIBLE IDEA AND THE MATERIALIZED
BUILDING

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FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF

BUILDING TECHNOLOGY BUILDINGS
• WATTLE & DAUB • DURABILITY OF MATERIALS
- A basic wall construction
system using clay and woven • QUEST FOR A GREATER HEIGHT AND SPAN
acacia sticks
• CONTROL OVER THE INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT

• ENERGY IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS

BUILDING BUILDING

• ANY MAN MADE STRUCTURE INTENDED FOR SUPPORTING OR • building construction became a necessity to protect man
SHELTERING ANY HUMAN ACTIVITY OR FOR CONTINUOUS from harsh elements
OCCUPANCY
- WEATHER
• AN ACT OF CONSTRUCTING, ERECTING OR ESTABLISHING
• A STRUCTURE THAT HAS A ROOF AND WALL AND STAND MORE OR
LESS PERMANENTLY IN ONE PLACE
• A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human
habitat and the outside world

 Protection from hot and cold weather

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BUILDING BUILDING MATERIAL

• building construction became a necessity to protect man from harsh

elements • IS ANY MATERIAL WHICH IS USED FOR A CONSTRUCTION
- WILD ANIMALS PURPOSES

BUILDING BUILDING MATERIAL

• IN A MORE GENERAL SENSE, THE ART OF BUILDING EMBRACES • THESE ARE NATURALLY OR ARTIFICIALLY MADE, FABRICATED
ALL OF MAN’S EFFORT TO CONTROL HIS ENVIRONMENT AND OR PRE-FABRICATED IN DIFFERENT WAY WITH INDIVIDUAL
DIRECT NATURAL FORCES ACCORDING TO HIS OWN NEEDS IDENTITY THAT MAKE A STRUCTURE STAND

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BUILDING MATERIAL
BUILDING MATERIAL
• MATERIALS FOR BUILDING REQUIRE CERTAIN QUALITY AND
STANDARD FOR IT TO BE STRUCTURALLY USEFUL, THUS:

• MATERIALS IS TYPICALLY SEGMENTED INTO SPECIFIC

SPECIALTY TRADE SUCH AS CARPENTRY, ROOFING, PLUMBING
AND INSULATION WORKS
1. IT MUST BE ABLE TO CARRY LOAD OR WEIGHT WITHOUT
CHANGING IN SHAPE PERMANENTLY. WHEN LOAD IS APPLIED
TO A STRUCTURAL MEMBER, IT MAY DEFORM, THAT IS; A
REINFORCEMENT WILL STRETCH OR A BEAM WILL BEND, WHEN
LOAD IS REMOVED, THE REINFORCEMENT AND BEAM WILL
RETURN TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSITION & SHAPE

BUILDING MATERIAL
BUILDING MATERIAL
• MATERIALS FOR BUILDING REQUIRE CERTAIN QUALITY AND
STANDARD FOR IT TO BE STRUCTURALLY USEFUL, THUS:

• THEY CONTEMPLATE IN THE TOTALITY OF HABITATS AND

STRUCTURES 2. IF DEFORMATION IS PRESENT IN THE STRUCTURE AFTER
REMOVAL OF THE LOAD, REPEATED APPLICATION OF LOAD WILL
EVENTUALLY INCREASE THE DEFORMATION TO THE POINT
WHERE STRUCTURE WOULD BECOME USELESS

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BUILDING MATERIAL
ARCHITECTURAL FORM
• MATERIALS FOR BUILDING REQUIRE CERTAIN QUALITY AND
STANDARD FOR IT TO BE STRUCTURALLY USEFUL, THUS:
• ENVIRONMENT MAY AFFECT BOTH THE SHAPE AND APPEARANCE OF
THE BUILDING AND SIMILARLY, THE FORM OF THE BUILDING IS
3. IF THE LOAD WILL INCREASE ABOVE RANGE, TWO TYPES OF AFFECTED BY VARIOUS SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS SUCH AS;
BEHAVIOR MAY OCCUR: BRITTLENESS & PLASTICITY
A. LAND COST
B. TENANCY
C. BUILDING BUDGET
D. ZONING RESTRICTIONS

PRIMARY
STRUCTURAL FORM
BLDG CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES
1. POST AND LINTEL
• IN THE TECHNOLOGY OF BUILDING, STRUCTURAL SYSTEM OF 2. ARCH
EVERY STRUCTURE MUST ATTAIN A BALANCE BETWEEN: 3. TRUSS
1. THE FORCES OF GRAVITY
4. CANTILEVER
2. SHAPE OF THE STRUCTURE
3. STRENGTH OF THE MATERIAL USED

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POST & LINTEL ARCHES

• An arch is a curved structure that spans a space and may or
may not support weight above it
CLASSICAL GREEK METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION WHEREIN A • An arch is a pure c
HORIZONTAL BEAM IS PLACED ACROSS THE SPACE BETWEEN
TWO SUPPORTING POSTS • Compression form
• Mesopotamian origin masonry construction

ARCHES

- Consists of wedged masonry blocks assembled to form a

curved line
- The principle of the arch is that no masonry block will fall
inward without pushing the other block out because of their
wedge shape

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TRUSS

A structural form based in the principle of triangles, and is formed by a

complex of triangles arranged in a span of distances

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CANTILEVER

- Structural form wherein the supporting elements are projected

outwards
- Developed from corbelling