Design of (Infra-)Structures

An introduction to transport infrastructures. The course focuses on the design of a civil structure such as a bridge, a tunnel or a series of infrastructures. This as part of a route design through a landscape or as part of a traverse through a city representing a higher scale and system level.

The design process stretches from the integration of the design in the urban or landscape context to the architectural engineering of the design. Cross over and introductory workshops dedicated to environmental integration, mapping out roads and waterways, geometric road design and construction, hydraulic structures design and construction are part of this course.

The course will be finished by oral and written presentations with drawings, sketches, schemes and models by teams of students based upon a case from practice presented by a commissioner for the design of transport infrastructures. This case will be aligned with the assignment for the final design project.