Scope: Teaching

Engineering for Architects

Architectural Technology 3 — Advanced Structures

Each fall Will Laufs teaches a course titled “Advanced Structures” to Architecture Masters students at Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. The course is outlined below.

Course Outline

A4113 — Architectural Technology III

  1. Introduction to Advanced Structures
  2. Loading, Force Flow
  3. Stresses, Deflections
  4. Bending – Beam, Slab, Cantilever
  5. Vertical Elements – Columns, Walls, Foundation
  6. Lateral Systems – Bracing, Frame, Diaphragm
  7. Folding
  8. Formfinding – Membranes, Fabric Structures
  9. Pneumatic Bubbles
  10. Cables, Tensegrity Systems
  11. Shell Structures, Arches, Domes

Engineering Course

Will Laufs teaches a course titled “The Buckling of Structures” to Engineering Masters students at Columbia University, the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Course Outline

CIEN E4213 — Buckling of Structures

  1. Introduction of Buckling
  2. Euler Cases – part 1 (Beams)
  3. Euler Cases – part 2 (Frames)
  4. Euler Cases – part 3 (Wired Systems)
  5. Stability Theory for Structures

Public Lectures

  • February 2019
    "Powerskin" Munich Bau Fair
    speaker at facade conference
  • July 2018
    Chicago: GlassCon Global Conference
    Speaker
  • January 2018
    TU Braunschweig University Lecture
    Will Laufs was invited to lecture at TU Braunschweig University in Germany about our advances in 3D printed connections with structural load-carrying capacity.
  • July 2016
    Boston: GlassCon Global Conference
    Speaker
  • July 2014
    Boston: GlassCon Global Conference
    Speaker
  • April 2014
    New York City: Facades Plus Conference
    Moderator, materials panel
  • August 2013
    Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
    Innovative molded facades
  • April 2013
    Harvard Graduate School of Design
    Structural typologies
  • October 2012
    Chicago: FACADE + INNOVATION
    http://facade.archpaper.com/chi2012/
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