Università Roma Tre

Training objectives of the course
GIVE THE STUDENTS INFORMATION ABOUT CONTENTS, METHODS AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL PROCESSES CONCERNING THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE AND STRUCTURAL MECHANICS.

Prerequisites
CRITICAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS LEARNING

Course programme
EVEN THOUGH IT IS COMMONLY RECOGNIZED THAT THE TECHNICAL THOUGHT IS A CRUCIAL PART OF THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PROCESS, SOMETIMES ONE IS NOT AWARE THAT A FAIR USE OF THE TECHNIQUES CAN BE ACHIEVED ONLY WHEN THEIR GOVERNING SCIENTIFIC PARADIGMS ARE KNOWN.
THE AIM OF THESE LECTURES IS TO EXPLORE THE INTERSECTIONS AND CONTRIBUTION THAT THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR CAN GIVE TO THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, BY MEANS OF A FIRST APPROACH, ESSENTIALLY QUALITATIVE, TO THE MATTER.

Didactic Methods
LESSONS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STUDENTS

Learning assessment procedures
DISCUSSION ON THE COURSE MATTER

SELECTED PARTS OF BOOK SCANNED BY THE TEACHER
TEACHERS NOTES

Training objectives of the course
THE STUDIO PROVIDES A FIRST APPROACH TO THE DESIGN OF BUILDINGS, IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEX METHODOLOGICAL, TECHNICAL, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL INTERACTIONS WITHIN A SIMPLE ARCHITECTURAL EXERCISE

Course programme
CONTENT
PROCEEDING BY STAGES, THE STUDENT WILL BE GUIDED TO THE DESIGN OF A SMALL BUILDING.
THE PROJECT THEME IS A DETACHED HOUSE . LECTURES SERIES WILL PROVIDE A SCOPE OF KNOWLEDGE AND PERSPECTIVE ON ARCHITECTURAL THINKING AS WELL AS CRAFTS.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
ARCHITECTURE DEALS WITH PEOPLE’S LIVING ENVIRONMENTS, PLACES OF INTERACTION, SPACES, CONSTRUCTION.
THE DESIGN OF A BUILDING IS THE RESULT OF A LONG PROCESS OF INVESTIGATION. THIS IS TRUE FOR ANY KIND OF BUILDING TYPES REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE AND OF THE USE OF IT.
THE CHOICE OF THE DETACHED HOUSE DESIGN WAS MADE FOR STUDENTS APPROACHING THIS PROCESS FOR THE FIRST TIME.

ASSESSMENT METHODS
THE DESIGN LAB CONSISTS OF:
- LECTURES
- TABLE CRITICS
- CLASSROOM EXERCISES
- DURING THE FINAL EXAMINATION THE STUDENTS WILL BE REQUESTED TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR PROJECT, BOTH VISUALLY AND VERBALLY, AND TO DEFEND THEIR PROJECT AND IDEAS

LITERATURE REFERENCES AND MATERIALS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED DURING THE LAB HOURS.

Prerequisites
THE COURSE IS INTRODUCTORY , THERE ARE NO NECESSARY PREREQUISITES

Course programme
THE COURSE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS. AN INTRODUCTORY SEMESTER AND A MORE APPLICATIVE SECOND ONE.
THE TWO PARTS ARE STRUCTURED AROUND THEORETICAL LECTURES, DESIGN EXERCISES AND VERIFICATION SEMINARS
THE LESSONS PROVIDE A BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND ARE INTENDED TO STIMULATE STUDENTS DEVELOP A PERSONAL APPROACH TO ARCHITECTURE.
LESSONS DEAL WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE ARCHETYPES OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND WILL FOCUS IN THE ANALYSIS OF SOME WORKS FROM THE HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE, IN WHICH TO READ THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ART AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.

THE STUDIO WORK IS INTENDED TO STIMULATE STUDENTS’ CREATIVITY AND PROVIDES FORMAL, MATERIAL AND CONCEPTUAL AWARENESS IN CONCEIVING THE PROJECT.
THESE CLASS EXERCISES HAVE DIFFERENT TIMING AND ORGANIZATION.
FROM THE DAY EX-TEMPORE, THE ONE-WEEK WORKSHOP, AND THE 2 SEMESTERS LONG PROJECT.

KEY ISSUES ADDRESS BY THE STUDIO;

FIGURES AND OBJECTS COMPOSITION THROUGH THE USE OF GEOMETRY, COLOR AND MATTER,
TWO-DIMENSIONAL COMPOSITION (DRAWINGS AND COLLAGES)
THREE-DIMENSIONAL FORM (SCULPTURES, MODELS) AND THEIR ASSEMBLY COMPOSITIONS ACCORDING TO THE CENTRAL AND LINEAR;
ARTIFICIAL OBJECT INSERTION OF AN IN A ABSTRACT NATURAL LANDSCAPE
FINAL PROJECT: SMALL-SCALE SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING

Didactic Methods
IS AN EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY AND PROVIDES A CLEVER USE OF HANDS AND CREATIVITY.

BY THE END OF THE FIRST SEMESTER STUDENTS HAVE A MIDTERM TEST BASED ON THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION.
BY THE END OF THE SECOND SEMESTER THE FINAL EXAM VERIFIES THE WORK DONE DURING THE ENTIRE COURSE AND THE EVALUATIONS OF THE EXAM REQUIREMENTS; A LAB WORK FOLDER; A COMPLETE SKETCH BOOK WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE PROJECT, FIVE A1 BOARDS (59.4 × 84.1 CM) WITH DIAGRAMS, SITE PLANS, 1: 100 FLOOR PLANS, ELEVATIONS, SECTIONS, TEXTS, ONE OR MORE PROJECT’S THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES; ALL THE STUDY MODELS PRODUCED DURING THE SEMESTER AND A FINAL 1:100 FOR THE EXAM.

Reference Texts
ON COMPOSITION AND MODERN ART HISTORY:
- VASILIJ KANDINSKIJ, PUNTO, LINEA, SUPERFICIE. CONTRIBUTO ALL'ANALISI DEGLI ELEMENTI PITTORICI, (1926), ADELPHI, MILANO 1968, € 14,00
- MARIO DE MICHELI, LE AVANGUARDIE ARTISTICHE DEL NOVECENTO, FELTRINELLI, MILANO 1988, € 15,00
- ROSALIND KRAUSS, PASSAGGI. STORIA DELLA SCULTURA DA RODIN ALLA LAND ART, BRUNO MONDADORI, MILANO 1988, € 25,00

ON HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE:
- BENNO ALBRECHT, LEONARDO BENEVOLO, LE ORIGINI DELL'ARCHITETTURA, LATERZA, BARI 2002, € 15,00
- SIGFRIED GIEDION, SPAZIO, TEMPO, ARCHITETTURA. LO SVILUPPO DI UNA NUOVA TRADIZIONE, (1941), HOEPLI, MILANO 1954, € 37,00
- PAOLO PORTOGHESI, DOPO L’ARCHITETTURA MODERNA, LATERZA, BARI, 1998, € 18,59
- LUIGI PRESTINENZA PUGLISI, THIS IS TOMORROW, 1999, HTTP://ARCHITETTURA.SUPEREVA.COM/EXTENDED/20000325/

ON DESIGN AND BUILDING:
- HEINRICH TESSENOW, OSSERVAZIONI ELEMENTARI SUL COSTRUIRE, (1916), A CURA DI G. GRASSI, FRANCO ANGELI EDITORE, MILANO 1988, € 19,00
- LUDOVICO QUARONI, PROGETTARE UN EDIFICIO, OTTO LEZIONI DI ARCHITETTURA, (1977) ED. KAPPA, ROMA 2001, € 18,50
- FRANCESCO CELLINI, MANUALETTO. NORME TECNICHE, COSTRUTTIVE E GRAFICHE PER LO SVOLGIMENTO DI UNA ESERCITAZIONE PROGETTUALE SUL TEMA DELLA CASA UNIFAMILIARE, CITTÀSTUDI, MILANO 1998, € 12,50

ON MODERN ARCHITECTURE HISTORY:
- LEONARDO BENEVOLO, STORIA DELL'ARCHITETTURA MODERNA, LATERZA, BARI 1960
- BRUNO ZEVI, SPAZI DELL'ARCHITETTURA MODERNA, EINAUDI, TORINO 1973
- KENNETH FRAMPTON, STORIA DELL'ARCHITETTURA MODERNA, ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA 1986

This part of the course is aimed to help the student understand the main features of the structural systems that determine the material shape of the architecture. They are presented as tools required by the physical laws and instruments useful to communicate the architectural language.

Teacher's notes

This part of the course is aimed to help the student understand the main features of the structural systems that determine the material shape of the architecture. They are presented as tools required by the physical laws and instruments useful to communicate the architectural language.

Teacher's notes