The Use of Concrete in Architecture

Since 2016

Institutions:

* Harvard Graduate School of Design | Teaching Fellow 2016-2018

* Wentworth Institute of Technology | Adjunct Professor 2018-2021

Professor / Lecturer:

* Ignacio Cardona

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The board shows an excerpt from a lecture about the use of CONCRETE as a construction system in architecture.

The lecture starts with a brief historical review of the system. Then, it continues with the basic rules and terminology of the system. Specifically, this lecture seeks to provide a general but diaphanous understanding of reinforced concrete and rebar, formwork, and concrete mixture’s role in building a monolithic architecture. Finally, the lecture uses Corbusier’s Domino House to explain the construction phases of the system while showing typical steel details.

In addition to serving as teaching material on construction systems, this lecture has become an exercise in comparative research between different construction systems, specifically: wood, concrete, and steel.