Università Roma Tre

The Design Studio 2M starts from a project developed in the Design Studio 1M and works on deepening or discovering its tectonic qualities, thanks to the interaction with the contributions of building technology, cost engineering and energy simulation that all concurr to the definition of constructive solutions and utimately to architectural quality.

W. Benjamin (1936), L'opera d'arte nell'epoca della sua riproducibilità tecnica,
Einaudi, MIlano

F. Cellini (1999), “catene evolutive”
in: Ricerche di Storia dell’arte n. 69, Gangemi editore, Roma

M. Gargano (2006), Forma e materia. «Ratiocinatio e fabrica» nell'architettura e nell'età moderna,
Officina Edizioni, Roma

S. Poretti (2008), Modernismi italiani,
Gangemi Editore, Roma

P. Desideri, A. De Magistris, C. Olmo, M. Pogacnik, S. Sorace (2013), La concezione strutturale,
Allemandi & Co, Torino

M. G. Grasso Cannizzo, S. Marini (ed.) (2014), Loose Ends,
Lars Müller Publishers, Zurigo

A. Caruso, H. Thomas (2014), Asnago Vender and the Construction of Modern Milan,
E T H Honggerberg Zurich, Zurigo

L. Ciccarelli (2017), Renzo Piano prima di Renzo Piano,
Quodlibet Habitat, Macerata

The laboratory is proposed as an integrated course between several specialized aspects:
- construction technology,
- mechanical design,
- economic evaluation of the project.
The laboratorio is coordinated with the laboratorio 1M: students, who have developed their project up to preliminary level, during this semester will continue the process of development especially from a construction, mechanical and economic point of view.
The objective of the laboratory is to let the student experience the methodological and theoretical aspects of the architectural project as a synthesis of skills and specialisms of various nature and origin.

The student, after having elaborated a preliminary project in the previous laboratory, will have to deepen all the arrangements during this workshop, so as to be able to draw up a definitive project capable of being eventually tendered, that is complete with a very wide range of characteristics and detailed elements .

During the course of the workshop, in a series of weekly revisions, the student will study the various assets of the project starting from a self-assessment of the same according to a feasibility sheet provided at the beginning of the laboratory.

The deepening of the building carried out through the coordination of a series of project systems:

- the structural system
- the infrastructural/mechanical system
- ground attack
- the base and ground system
- the roof system
- the system of interior spaces
- the economic control of design choices
- the drafting of the project specifications through the collection of the details of the producers

In the initial phase of the laboratory, during a series of lectures, a series of case studies will be analyzed, which can be used as a guideline for the design.
Subsequently, a series of specific references relating to the various aspects of the case studies projects will be provided.

These references will be available by accessing a shared Google drive of the Laboratorio.

For the detailed definition of the building project it is required that students acquire the specifications and construction guidelines of all the building components used

The design studio’s goals for the building construction design are to increase the students awareness of the complex transformation process of an architectural idea in a real building. The student competence to create coherence regarding content and design subject is our main aims.

A.Raimondi Lecture notes

Books:
-A. Deplazes: Constructing Architecture – materials processes structures- Birkhauser, Basel 2005
-Heino Engel, Structure Sistem, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Stuttgart, 2013

The aim of the Building Technology Module is to provide all the appropriate tools for students to manage design relations between materials, building elements, working techniques, requirements and regulations involved since the concept design. All that fully aware of the strong link between typological-stylish features and technological-architectural ones of the building conceived as a whole of interrelated and organized parts, according to a systemic and performance design approach.
To this end, the program is divided into three parts:
1_in the first part, and with reference to examples of contemporary architecture, the main technological solutions are examined with particular attention to structural elements (foundations, vertical and horizontal structures, floors) and envelope;
2 in the second part, manufacturers of building components will be asked to illustrate to the students the technical characteristics useful for the elaboration of the design project;
3_the third part will be dedicated to design project reviews.

In addition to the material that will be indicated by the teacher during the lessons, the following texts are indicated for the elaboration of the design project:
AA.VV. [Varie]. Grandi Atlanti dell’Architettura, UTET, Milano.
Marrone P., Morabito G., La tecnologia che serve agli architetti. Come si costruisce oggi e (forse si costruirà) domani, Firenze 2008
Marrone P., Morabito G., La tecnologia che serve agli architetti 2. L’attacco a terra, Firenze 2010
Marrone P., Morabito G., La tecnologia che serve agli architetti 3. La struttura, Firenze 2011
Marrone P., Morabito G., La tecnologia che serve agli architetti 4. L’involucro, Firenze 2014
Marrone P., Morabito G., La tecnologia che serve agli architetti 4. La copertura, Firenze 2016.

The following were made available on the OneDrive repository (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1buRFEzBkUlEZuTYKTK54lpHfjohxKLxV): further bibliographical references cited at the end of each lesson and other documentation related to the topics of the lessons.

The work that takes place in the applied physics for architecture module 2M, aims to bring the work done in the previous 1M Laboratory to a final design level.

In particular, the program that will be carried out during the course and which will be the subject of discussion during the final exam is structured as follows:
1. Verification of the choices defined during the course of the 1M Lab, in relation to the overall design evolution, with particular reference to the following points:
2. Sizing / verification of the dimensions of the glass surfaces in 2 environments (one, to represent the large spaces that characterize the common environments, one, the private space of the rooms) through the method of calculating the daylight factor.
3. Approximate calculation of summer and winter heat loads and ventilation requirements; verification of compliance with current regulations regarding the containment of energy consumption
4. Location and approximate dimensioning of the technological plants: thermal power plant, refrigeration plant, environments that contain the air treatment units.
5. Distribution diagram of air channels and their dimensioning limited to the critical path (longer and more articulated path)
6. Acoustic design of 2 rooms (one large space that characterizes the common areas, and a second one that represents the private space of the rooms)
7. Passive fire prevention design: identification of escape routes, emergency exits, compartmentalization
8. Concept design of the artificial lighting system, as one of the elements characterizing the style and atmosphere of the hotel, in relation to the target audience of reference
9. Building Automation (domotics) for rooms and common areas

Teaching material consists of the handsouts available online, integrated on the single topics by the below listed book

The lectures review basic subjects as heat transfer, psycrometrics, climatic conditions, thermal and visual comfort and are focused on their relation with energy and environmental performance of the buildings. Heating and cooling loads. Passive (bioclimatic architecture) and active (plants, building services..) systems are also illustrated in the lessons.
Students will deal with the following topics:

1. Building Envelope design, focusing on energetic behavior and thermal properties.
2. Heating and cooling loads estimation.
3. Building plants and mechanical services integration in architecture – Location and sizing.
4. HVAC systems type choice, design and distribution.
5. Solar Technologies integration in buildings for heating and electricity production.
6. Daylighting, FLD calculation.
7. Acoustics.

Good basis knowledge of thermodynamics, heat transfer, building physics, lighting, acoustics is required.

DALL’O G., Architettura e impianti, CittaStudiEdizioni
CAMMARATA G., IMPIANTI TERMOTECNICI, UNIV. DI CATANIA, 2009
MONCADA LO GIUDICE G., DE SANTOLI L., PROGETTAZIONE DI IMPIANTI TECNICI, CASA EDITRICE AMBROSIANA, 2000
BIANCHI F., CARRATÙ R., MANUALETTO DI FISICA TECNICA APPLICATA ALL''ARCHITETTURA. L''ILLUMINAZIONE DIURNA E METODI DI CALCOLO. ARACNE EDITRICE.
Didactic material will be made available during the course

The Course of Real Estate Evaluation (REE) will be developed in parallel with the Course of Urban Markets and Real Estate Operators (UM&REO), of which, although it is not to be considered a constraint, the frequency is recommended. The context in which costs and prices of architecture are formed as a market product will be studied in depth during the UM&REO’s Course. In consideration of the specificity of the REE’s Course - specialist contribution to the work of Architectural Design Laboratories 2M - the contents of can be summarized as follows.
The Course is structured in four main conceptual sections:
i. The first section – Understanding the Project Development Process – simply explains the stages in the project development cycle, and the roles of the key players in the construction process.
ii. The second section – Initial Project Costs and Cost Varying Factors – explains the main elements in the initial cost estimate for a project as well as reviewing some of the many factors which lead to changes to the original estimate.
iii. The third section – Methods of Controlling Costs – discusses the way in which cost and time control of infrastructure projects can be improved by risk management and more realistic estimation of contingency budgets.
iv. The final section – An Approach to Cost Appraisal and Monitoring – provides a step-by-step guide to improved monitoring of the costs of architectural projects.
The first section – Understanding the Project Development Process – simply explains the stages in the project development cycle, and the roles of the key players in the construction process. The second section – Initial Project Costs and Cost Varying Factors – explains the main elements in the initial cost estimate for a project as well as reviewing some of the many factors which lead to changes to the original estimate. The third section – Methods of Controlling Costs – discusses the way in which cost and time control of architectural projects can be improved by risk management and more realistic estimation of contingency budgets. The final section – An Approach to Cost Appraisal and Monitoring – provides to the students a step-by-step guide to improved monitoring of the costs of the project developed inside the Laboratory.
In parallel with the in-depth analysis related to the formation of intervention costs, elements useful for estimating the real estate value of the designed works will be provided. With this second data family we will proceed with the development of the economic and financial feasibility study, verifying the plausibility and sustainability of the project in the market conditions characteristic of the time and place in which it takes shape.

Testi di Riferimento:
L. Gaeta, Il mercato immobiliare. Beni, diritti, valori, Carocci, 2009.
D.C. Ling, W.R. Archer, Real Estate Principles. A value approach, Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin, 2008 (chapters 1, 2, 6-9, 17, 18, 24).
M. Grillenzoni, G. Grittani, Estimo, Edizioni Agricole, 1990, (o altro manuale di estimo, di livello universitario, a scelta dello studente).
Collegio Ingegneri Architetti Milano, Prezzi Tipologie Edilizie, DEI, 2010.
A. Bassi, Costi per tipologie edilizie, Maggioli Editore, 2011.