Università Roma Tre

The applied physics for architecture programme focuses on accompanying the architectural design process up to the preliminary stage. The concept design will be then further developed up to the executive level inside the 2M course.

The training that will be carried out during the course and which will be subject of the final exam is scheduled as follows:
1. Analysis of external environmental characteristics (sunshine, prevailing winds, noise sources, land morphology, surrounding urban fabric, etc.) and what impact these variables have on the design of the volumes and surfaces of the envelope and on the orientation building in a site.
2. Analysis of the activities that will take place in each area of the building and identification of the optimal environmental conditions for them
3. Sizing / verification of the dimensions of the glass surfaces in 2 environments (one large space that characterizes the common areas, and a second one that represents the private space of the rooms) through the method of calculating the daylight factor
4. approximate calculation of summer and winter heat loads and ventilation requirements; verification of compliance with current regulations regarding the containment of energy consumption
5. Location and approximate sizing of the technological plants: thermal power station plant, refrigeration plant, environments containing the air treatment units
6. Passive fire prevention design: identification of escape routes, emergency exits, compartmentalization.

The teaching material consists of the handouts available online, integrated on the different topics by the below listed books.

MEASURE’S UNIT REVIEW: Physical characteristics, nomenclature, terminology and units. Foundations of physics with practical laboratory work

1. HEAT TRANSMISSION RECALLS PROPOSED TO THE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL BUILDING INTERACTIONS
1) Heat conduction
General information on thermal fields; Fourier’s law in cartesian coordinates without developing internal heat. Examples of exact solutions: stationary regime. The similarity electricity. Outline of variable regime: Regime periodic stabilized in half semi-infinite. Applications
2) Convection
Definition. Natural convection and forced convection. Schematic of the phenomenon. Definition of the coefficient of heat exchange. Dimensional analysis. Index method. Determination of varying dimensional characteristics of heat transfer. Applications.
3) Radiation
Kirchhoff's law. Planck's law, Stefan-Boltzmann and Wien. Gray bodies. Applications.
4) complex phenomena
Heat transfer by adduction. Applications.

2. REVIEW OF PLANTS AND COOLING SYSTEMS
1) Guide to the integration of technical installations in buildings: the role of the architect, project standards definition and classification of technical systems (mechanical and electrical).
2) Heating: sizing and applications. Air conditioning systems design and applications. Air conditioning systems: free cooling system (UTA). Mixed systems (elements).

Italo Barducci, "Heat transmission", Esa Editrice
Giuliano Dall’O “Architettura e impianti”, CittàStudi

The objective of the workshop is to lead students to formulate a complete and definitive project.
Teaching will involve a series of theoretical lectures held in parallel to the implementation stage of the project.
Students will have to try their hand at designing a medium-sized architectural structure in an already established area of considerable historical and environmental value. Comparison with the history of the places will be the salient point when making typological and form related choices.
Plant engineering aspects, energy saving measures, and structural and technological solutions must be investigated even if in the form of a schematic.
The scales for the project will be as follows: territorial insertion rep. 1: 500, architectural project rep. 1: 200, model rep. 1: 200
Work groups of up to three students are allowed.
The exam will consist of a critical presentation of the project and an oral exam on the topics covered during the lessons.

- Krampton K., Storia dell'architettura moderna, Zanichelli, Bologna 1993 (History of Modern Architecture)
- Quaroni L., Progettare un edificio, Otto lezioni di architettura, Mazzotta, Milano 1977 (Designing a Building, Eight Architecture Lessons)

The aim of the Design Studio is to develop a project of an office building in the Ostiense area of Rome.
The didactic is divided in four seminars:

1_volume and the public space (3 weeks)
2_structural system (4 weeks)
3_internal distribution (3 weeks)
4_building envelope (3 weeks)

In the last part of the Design Studio students will be asked to synthetize the results of the four seminars into their final work.

P. Desideri (1978), "Pier Luigi Nervi", Zanichelli, Bologna
P. Desideri (1995), "La città di latta", Costa & Nolan, Genova
P. Desideri (2002), "Ex-city", Meltemi, Roma
P. Desideri (2004), "International Style?", Meltemi, Roma