Università Roma Tre

The course of History of Architecture and Methods of Analysis aims at critically retracing the composition process - either ideological, methodical or procedural- at the basis of every architecture. Lessons in chronological sequence, from the Italian Quattrocento to the XX century, are dedicated to masterworks or lesser known architectures, discussing the sources required by selected "history making" processes.
This section of the course aims at presenting a series of different historical analysis and interpretations, considered of significant value with respect to the scientific background of the author, to her/his methods of investigations, to research goals, patronage and chronological context. Written sources, such as texts and visual representations, as well as built architectures and urban complexes, are discussed in a critical perspective. A special focus is dedicated to the selection and interpretation of historical sources and to the use of "diagrams" in architectural representations.

SAGGI (minimo 2 a scelta tra i seguenti):
- James Ackerman, La villa. Forma e ideologia, Torino
- Rafael Moneo, La solitudine degli edifici e altri scritti, vol 1, Torino 1999.
- John Summerson, Il linguaggio classico dell’Architettura, Torino 1970.

- Manfredo Tafuri, Progetto e utopia, Roma-Bari, 1973.

ANTOLOGIA (da selezionare in riferimento al tema prescelto per l'elaborato "Parallel & Contrasts":
Ulrich Conrads (a c.d.), Manifesti e programmi per l'architettura del 20. secolo, Firenze 1970 (testi da selezionare in relazione al tema Parallel & Contrasts).

Joan Ockman (ed.), Architecture, culture 1943-1968. a Documentary Anthology,  New York 1993 (testi da selezionare in relazione al tema Parallel & Contrasts).