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Today’s subject is about statics and architecture of the building. There was a guest lecturer for the course, he is Özhan Akay. He has his own project-design-construction company and started to talk about the statical system of building and how this system resists the environmental situations. Then he continued with the material of this system and according to his examples, these materials shape the whole system of a building. One of his examples was masonry construction but we can not use this type anymore because it does not resist the earthquake and we cannot create big openings in this style. Then he gave the example of the reinforced-concrete type of building and requirements of this type. He mentioned the regulations and pros and cons of this type of buildings such as usage of energy. Moreover, we compared steel constructions with the reinforced concrete one. Steel buildings are much more expensive than the other one.

Esthetic purposes help us to reshape our design sometimes. That’s why he gave an example of the tectonic movements of Turkey. As an example, we talked about Japan and their regulations. Their system is based on their educational background, that’s why they take care more about the structural system of these buildings and be approved by more experienced engineers. Also, their advantage is that earthquakes come from the ocean in Japan. It is easy to prevent worst situations in this case.

As an environmental effect, we talked about seismic and wind, especially in the high rise buildings. We should take into consideration all the situations while we are designing. For example, if the steel part is longer than the building, most probably the building will effect from wind and other natural effects.

Thank you so much for his speech to him because it was really helpful for me to understand building materials and their cons-pros. Especially while he is talking, he also compared them with examples.