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A tribute to Amogh N P
Building Materials & Construction II
The course where concrete grows steel. Reinforced cement concrete is the workhorse of modern Indian building, and this studio teaches how to detail and build it, element by element: the footing that meets the soil, the column that carries the load, the plinth, grade and lintel beams that tie and span, the beams and slabs that make the floors, and the staircase that connects them. Reinforcement, bar bending, cover, general-arrangement and detailed drawings — to the Indian codes. The practical counterpart to Concept of Building Structures.
Course byAmogh N P· Architect & interior designer
The syllabus
5 units · 5 liveTranscribed from the official B.Arch syllabus. All 5 units are live as full interactive lessons — with original diagrams, a reinforcement explorer, a staircase explorer and a self-assessment quiz.
Unit 1 — RCC Footings
LiveWhat reinforced cement concrete is — concrete in compression, steel in tension; footing types — isolated, combined, continuous, raft; the bottom reinforcement mesh, nominal cover and bar bending; detailed drawings, specifications and the bill of quantities.
Unit 2 — RCC Columns
LiveColumn types — tied and spiral; square, rectangular and circular; the column marking layout from the grid; vertical (longitudinal) bars and lateral ties; minimum steel, bar diameters and tie spacing (IS 456); detailed drawings.
Unit 3 — Plinth, Grade & Lintel Beams
LiveThe beams that tie and span at the lower levels — the plinth beam, the grade/tie beam and the lintel beam (with its sunshade); their site-level structural role; general-arrangement versus detailed drawings.
Unit 4 — RCC Beams & Slabs
LiveBeam reinforcement — main tension bars, stirrups for shear, bent-up bars, anchorage; singly and doubly reinforced beams; one-way and two-way slabs; general-arrangement drawings and detailed beam sections.
Unit 5 — RCC Staircase
LiveComponents — tread, riser, going, waist slab, landing; the 2R+T comfort rule; types — dog-legged, open-well, bifurcated, quarter-turn, spiral, helical; waist-slab reinforcement and the landing junction; handrail and baluster; and current trends — floating, folded-plate and helical stairs.
Course outcomes
What you will be able to doUnderstand reinforced cement concrete — how concrete and steel act together — and read RCC general-arrangement and detailed drawings.
Detail an RCC footing — types, bottom reinforcement, cover and bar bending — with drawings and a bill of quantities.
Detail RCC columns — tied and spiral types, the marking layout, vertical bars and lateral ties.
Detail RCC plinth, grade and lintel beams, and RCC beams and slabs (one-way and two-way).
Detail an RCC staircase — components, types and reinforcement — including current trends.
Prepare reinforcement details and quantities to the Indian codes (IS 456, SP 34, IS 2502).
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 →From the footing to the staircase.
The footing, the column, the beams, the slab and the stair — read the five units, try the reinforcement and staircase explorers, and test yourself.
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