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Building Materials & Construction I
The foundation construction course — how India's traditional buildings are actually made. From a typical building section through rural materials, earthen construction, bamboo, and timber roofing & joinery, learnt the way architecture is learnt: by drawing every detail and handling the real material.
Course byAmogh N P· Architect & interior designer
The syllabus
5 units · 5 liveTranscribed from the official B.Arch syllabus. 5 of 5 units are live as full interactive lessons — the rest are in production. Every unit ends with a hand-drawing studio task.
Unit 1 — Building Section & Components
LiveTypical section for load-bearing and R.C.C. structures — foundation, plinth, wall, lintel, roof and their relationships.
Unit 2 — Traditional Rural Materials
LiveRural building concepts — bamboo, thatch, tile, straw bale. Properties, uses, and traditional techniques.
Unit 3 — Mud, Stone & Lime
LiveMud wall, flooring, plastering and mud bricks; stone wall, floor and foundations; lime plaster and lime as an adhesive.
Unit 4 — Bamboo
LiveBamboo types and techniques — wall, roof, floor, furniture. Bamboo joints; properties, uses, traditional construction.
Unit 5 — Timber — Roofing & Joinery
LiveTimber trusses (lean-to, king post, queen post, closed-couple); joinery for windows, doors, furniture, columns; Madras terrace, Mangalore tiles, pot tiles.
Course outcomes
What you will be able to doUnderstand typical sections of load-bearing and RCC structures, identifying their key components.
Explore the properties and uses of traditional rural materials — bamboo, thatch, tile, straw — and apply traditional construction techniques.
Analyse the applications of mud, stone and lime in building construction.
Apply knowledge of bamboo as a building material, including techniques for walls, roofs, floors and furniture.
Understand traditional timber joinery and roofing methods — king post, queen post, closed-couple, Madras terrace.
Evaluate building materials and construction methods through site visits, material samples and detailed drawings.
The author
Amogh N P
Architect, interior designer, and creative polymath. Studio Matrx began in his notebooks — his vision of design made honest, useful, and open to everyone. Its Academy is written and taught in his memory, and free, forever.
More about Amogh →Begin with bamboo.
The most visual, hands-on unit in the course — and the benchmark for every lesson to come. Learn the material, study the joints, then draw it yourself.
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