Description
?Building a Pterodactyl? - Course Description
Eric Owen Moss? Pterodactyl Project ? an office building under construction in Culver City, CA, becomes a case study as the ?Building a Pterodactyl? course attempts to offer an insight into methods and benefits of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), Parametric/ Associative geometry modeling and the value of a Building Information Model (BIM) with emphasis on Structural Analysis and Fabrication.
The course is to be taught as a collaboration between architect and structural engineer as a way to:
1. Offer an opportunity for students to leave the classroom and participate in the on-going interaction between project architect, engineer, design team, contractor and fabricators through construction site visits, fabrication shop visits and discussions on design intent, structural and fabrication complexities. Topics such as team formation, responsibilities and scope of services are addressed, as well as the effectiveness of 2D docu