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DIVISION OF BUILDING RESEARCH
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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
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PREPARED FOR Limited Distribution
SUBJECT BUILDING SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS FOR ARCHITECTS
The introduction of Building Science into
Architecture will create an immediate need for textbooks. Ultimately there may be available as many as five or more texts covering anyone subject, and dividing the overall subject area in various ways. From these, teachers might select and arrange the material for their courses. In the meantime, it would be of great value to have at least one comprehensive series.
There are other advantages in the exercise of deciding how the field might be appropriately divided in the minimum number of texts. This assists. in deciding on what should be covered in any particular text, even though it may be many years before all are written. More specifically, an attempt is now being made to write the first book of such a series which quite clearly should deal wi th the basic and applied physics of environment, .which is prerequisite to almost all other building topics which are dependent on building science. The selection of material for it and particularly the decisions regarding the cut-off points for various topics which will be developed
pro-gressively in the associated texts can only be properly made against some concept of an overall pattern of texts.
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-The writer and his colleagues have discussed these and related topics from time to time. Recent dis-cussions have led to a suggested pattern of texts and subject divisions which are now set out for further dis-cussion. This pattern envisages the introduction of a substantial building science content into an architectural course. It is assumed that such material will be
introduced in the first year of a course and continued in a logical fashion through subsequent years, closely integrated with the other work in each year. It is anticipated also that the student will already have had high school physics.
It is assumed that engineering subjects such as materials structures and air-conditioning will be dealt with in a different fashion than in the past, making a rigorous selection of material, to be presented in a form which makes it more compatible with the architect's approach
and with his needs.
The proposed subject divisions, each to be the subject of a text are presently envisaged as outlined below. 1. Building Science: Physics of Environment.
This text; the basic one will attempt to provide the physics and applied physics beyond high school physics. It will deal with air-vapour mixtures, heat and radiation, air in motion, acoustics, illumination, and other applied physics aspects of environment.
2. Building Science: Mechanics and Properties of Materials. This should be a new and improved text in
materials, setting out first the requirements and functions of materials, the general characteristics to be expected of them anq proceeding to the discussion of materials-in detail against this background. This is the reverse of the usual presentation.
3. Building Science: Indoor Environment.
This text should deal with the elaboration of
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-with one another and -with the characteristics of the room. It should be concerned with thermal comfort, thermal properties, radiation, air motion, acoustics,
illumination, room height, shape and surface characteristics. 4. Building Science: The Separation of Environments.
This will be a key text, dealing with walls, windows, roofs and foundations as the separation between indoor and outdoor environments, following closely the
approach of the Building Science Seminars. This text more than any other, will delineate the special problems in
Canadian building as related to climate. 5. Building Science: Structure.
This text should begin where No.2, Mechanics and Properties of Materials leaves off and should develop structure, closely allied with materials and with form; in ways which are most meaningful to the architect. It will of ｮ･｣･ｳｾｩｴｹ have to introduce loads and present load data. 6. Building Science: Services.
This text should follow No. 3 and be concerned with the hardware necessary to accomplish lighting, air-conditioning, all piping services, electrical distribution, elevators and so on.
