’n Oorsig oor boukonstruksie as vak in argitektuur aan die Universiteit van Pretoria in die tydperk 1943-2005

Abstract

Building Construction is traditionally a core subject in the degree course in Architecture at the University of Pretoria. The subject examines the skill of building, and delivers an important contribution to the study of the design of buildings. The course of the subject since inception of the Department of Architecture in 1943 at UP is described, during which time it had to keep up with a changing world. A review of early global construction training reveals the thread of craft and workmanship through the Middle Ages, the struggle and demise of the Arts and Crafts Movement, the industrialisation of the Modern Movement, and today’s commercialism. Change in emphasis on teaching and learning in Construction at UP is influenced by circumstance and teaching personnel, and is divided into three periods: the period 1943-1960, a time of awakening and the start of unparalleled growth; the period 1961-1985, dominated by a scientific approach and vast building activities; the period 1986, following on political and social change and an explosion of knowledge and building products.
*This article is written in Afrikaans