Equilibrium, material and shape

Abstract

The concepts of equilibrium, material and shape (geometry) and their relationships are analyzed in order to contribute to improve and enrich the teaching of architecture. Since the project integrates these concepts, our methodology is to approfondish in deduced relationships of physical laws that make up the three parameters. We analyze the contents of two physics courses taught in the first year of the architect titol of the ETSAB, the first one is adapted to the structural field and the second one is adapted to the facilities field of buildings . Structural functionality is based on the static balance expanded by material and shape. Thermal insulation, acoustics and lighting also take advantage of these concepts but our interpretation is different especially in the acoustics and lighting parameteres.