Course Details
Making Buildings: From Caves To Towers
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Victoria University Community Continuing Education
Level 2, Rutherford House, 23 Lambton Quay, Wellington City
More Than 1 Week
6:00pm - 8:00pm
6:00pm - 8:00pm
$0.00
Overview:
This course explores the technology associated with the development of civilisation. It considers the technologies used by the earliest cave dwellers, through the classical architecture of the ancient Greek and Roman civilisations to the planning and construction of modern buildings - with a particular focus on New Zealand.
The evolution of modern building materials, methods and construction will be studied in the context of a number of specific periods and locations within which comparatively rapid development took place. These include the explosion of creative energy that occurred in medieval Europe; the rapid social and technological developments of the Italian Renaissance; the impacts on building methods and technology of Empire and colonisation; and the technical and social upheaval of the Industrial Revolution. Particular attention will be paid to developments over the past 200 years and their impact on the development and use of building technology in New Zealand, which will be illustrated by a three-hour walking tour around Wellington after the lecture series.
Target Audience:
This course will be relevant to anyone from the general public who is interested in architecture, construction or history. It will also be suitable for professionals from the fields of architecture, design, planning, engineering, construction, and project management.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the course, students will have developed an understanding and critical awareness of:
* social and economic factors that affected architecture and building technology
* links between functional and aesthetic requirements
* changes in societal definitions of comfort and performance in relation to changes in building technology
* the evolution of construction methods and materials
* the scientific and industrial revolutions
* trends in the development of the technology of building and societal changes particularly as they relate to New Zealand.
Course Outline:
Over six lectures this course will explore the development of building construction and technology over time. Topics include:
* Caves, tents and arches
* Dark Ages to Renaissance
* Industrial Revolution
* Enlightenment - 18th Century
* New Zealand pre-20th Century
* Sustainability
NZIA Members:
Each of the 6 sessions of this course will attract 10 CPD points.
Course Format:
Two-hour lectures are held one evening a week over six weeks. The course includes a three-hour walking tour in Wellington to be held on a Saturday afternoon immediately after the end of the lecture series.
Schedule:
Wednesday, 9 March 2011 6:00pm - 8:00pm Lecture
Wednesday, 16 March 2011 6:00pm - 8:00pm Lecture
Wednesday, 23 March 2011 6:00pm - 8:00pm Lecture
Wednesday, 30 March 2011 6:00pm - 8:00pm Lecture
Wednesday, 6 April 2011 6:00pm - 8:00pm Lecture
Wednesday, 13 April 2011 6:00pm - 8:00pm Lecture
Saturday, 16 April 2011 1:00pm - 4:00pm Field Trip
This course explores the technology associated with the development of civilisation. It considers the technologies used by the earliest cave dwellers, through the classical architecture of the ancient Greek and Roman civilisations to the planning and construction of modern buildings - with a particular focus on New Zealand.
The evolution of modern building materials, methods and construction will be studied in the context of a number of specific periods and locations within which comparatively rapid development took place. These include the explosion of creative energy that occurred in medieval Europe; the rapid social and technological developments of the Italian Renaissance; the impacts on building methods and technology of Empire and colonisation; and the technical and social upheaval of the Industrial Revolution. Particular attention will be paid to developments over the past 200 years and their impact on the development and use of building technology in New Zealand, which will be illustrated by a three-hour walking tour around Wellington after the lecture series.
Target Audience:
This course will be relevant to anyone from the general public who is interested in architecture, construction or history. It will also be suitable for professionals from the fields of architecture, design, planning, engineering, construction, and project management.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the course, students will have developed an understanding and critical awareness of:
* social and economic factors that affected architecture and building technology
* links between functional and aesthetic requirements
* changes in societal definitions of comfort and performance in relation to changes in building technology
* the evolution of construction methods and materials
* the scientific and industrial revolutions
* trends in the development of the technology of building and societal changes particularly as they relate to New Zealand.
Course Outline:
Over six lectures this course will explore the development of building construction and technology over time. Topics include:
* Caves, tents and arches
* Dark Ages to Renaissance
* Industrial Revolution
* Enlightenment - 18th Century
* New Zealand pre-20th Century
* Sustainability
NZIA Members:
Each of the 6 sessions of this course will attract 10 CPD points.
Course Format:
Two-hour lectures are held one evening a week over six weeks. The course includes a three-hour walking tour in Wellington to be held on a Saturday afternoon immediately after the end of the lecture series.
Schedule:
Wednesday, 9 March 2011 6:00pm - 8:00pm Lecture
Wednesday, 16 March 2011 6:00pm - 8:00pm Lecture
Wednesday, 23 March 2011 6:00pm - 8:00pm Lecture
Wednesday, 30 March 2011 6:00pm - 8:00pm Lecture
Wednesday, 6 April 2011 6:00pm - 8:00pm Lecture
Wednesday, 13 April 2011 6:00pm - 8:00pm Lecture
Saturday, 16 April 2011 1:00pm - 4:00pm Field Trip
Nigel Isaacs is a Teaching and Research Fellow at the School of Architecture, Victoria University. As well as a regular series on Radio NZ National's 'Sounds Historical', Nigel has written extensively and spoken widely on the development of building technologies in New Zealand.
David Kernohan is a former Associate Professor of Architecture at Victoria University and is an author of a number of books on the history of New Zealand buildings, including Wellington's Old Buildings and Wellington's New Buildings. David will join Nigel in leading the walking tour around Wellington.
David Kernohan is a former Associate Professor of Architecture at Victoria University and is an author of a number of books on the history of New Zealand buildings, including Wellington's Old Buildings and Wellington's New Buildings. David will join Nigel in leading the walking tour around Wellington.