Università Roma Tre

The course proposes the study of a historical artefact in order to teach the main phases of architectural restoration: cognitive analysis through direct and indirect sources; survey and critical study of the artefact; design hypothesis. Through lectures, seminars and weekly reviews, the student is guided through the different phases of critical reading and philological analysis of the study theme. Individual or group research is conceived as a project tool, necessary to instruct guidelines and specific restoration and valorisation actions. The lectures and application activities of the course are also carried out with the contribution of external specialists (public institution officials, companies and restorers).

- P. Marconi, F. Giovanetti, E. Pallottino (a cura di), "Manuale del Recupero del Comune di Roma", Roma 1989.
- Francesco Giovanetti (a cura di), "Manuale del Recupero del Comune di Roma", II edizione ampliata, Roma 1997.
- P. Marconi, "Materia e significato. La questione del restauro architettonico", Bari 1999.
- P. Marconi, “Il recupero della bellezza”, Milano 2005

The course aims to teach students the basic elements of architectural restoration of an element of the Roman historical building fabric in a context with strong historical-architectural stratification.
Students will be offered a case study suitable to represent the historical stratification of the building fabric of the center of Rome and offer the opportunity to decline the analysis from different points of view.
Based on the documentation provided by the course and bibliographic and archival research to be conducted under the guidance of the teaching staff, students, individually or in groups of up to three people, are called to conduct a cognitive/design process including different disciplinary aspects.
Critical-historical analysis - Preliminary activity indispensable to the design is the knowledge of the architectural complex, this consists of three phases: reconstruction of the historical phases of the area on the basis of comparative reading of historical cartography and archival documents; reconstruction of the most significant historical phases in plan and axonometry; "critical" relief with the mapping of materials and "signs" of historical stratifications.
Philological restoration project - The design project will have to provide typological, architectural and functional reorganization on the basis of the consolidated transformation phenomena of Roman historical urban fabric for the purpose of reuse aimed at a compatible destination.
Structural adjustment, with the use of techniques belonging to the pre-modern construction tradition detected in the case of study and compared with those documented by the Manual of Recovery of the City of Rome.

A.P. Frutaz, Le piante di Roma, Istituto di Studi Romani, Roma 1962.
F. Giovanetti (a cura di), Manuale del recupero del Comune di Roma, Roma (DEI) 1997.
F. Doglioni, Stratigrafia e restauro – Tra conoscenza e conservazione dell’architettura, Trieste ED. LINT, 1997.
P. Marconi, Materia e significato. La questione del restauro architettonico, Bari (Laterza) 1999.
F. Geremia, M. Zampilli, Casali della campagna romana. Esperienze di ricerca per la didattica, Aracne editrice Roma, 2013.

The module is articulated according to a reading of the constructive language of historic buildings that will be defined through the comparison of different material and constructive components of architecture. This reading will serve to deepen a critical and operative knowledge prior to the restoration project.

Bibliografia di riferimento
- P. Marconi, F. Giovanetti, E. Pallottino [a cura], Manuale del Recupero del Comune di Roma, DEI, Roma 1989
- F. Giovanetti [a cura], Manuale del Recupero del Comune di Roma, II edizione ampliata, DEI, Roma 1997
- P. Marconi, Materia e significato. La questione del restauro architettonico, Laterza, Bari 1999

The course is structured into three integrated parts:
a) Ex-cathedra lectures focusing on the restoration project, its methodologies, and its tools, the construction techniques of modern architecture, also through the presentation of concrete examples and and specific reflections related to the case study; special attention is given to the regulatory framework, with particular reference to 20th-century architectural heritage;
b) Review of students' work in close collaboration with the head professor of the laboratory.

- S. Bortolotto, M. Giambruno (a cura di), I materiali e le finiture del “Moderno”, Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Progettazione dell’architettura, Milano 2008;
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (a cura di), Manuale dell’architetto, Ufficio Informazioni Stati Uniti in Roma, Roma 1946;
- C. Cristallini, A. La Torre, C. Mazzenga, XII/Ristorante Ufficiale, in M. Calvesi, E. Guidoni, S. Lux (a cura di), E42. Utopia e scenario del regime, Vol. II, Venezia, Marsilio 1987, pp. 489-494;
- L. Cupelloni (a cura di), Materiali del moderno. Campo, temi e modi del progetto di riqualificazione, Gangemi editore, Roma 2017;
- S. Dawson, A. Blyth, L. Dezart, D. Jenkins, Architects’ Working Details, The Architects Journal, London 1989-2000;
- W. De Jonge, A. Doolaar (a cura di), Curtain Wall Refurbishment. A Challenge to Manage, Docomomo International, Eindhoven 1997
- S. Di Resta, G. Favaretto, M. Pretelli, Materiali autarchici. Conservare l’innovazione, Il Poligrafo, Padova 2021;
- P. Marconi, F. Giovanetti, E. Pallottino [a cura], Manuale del recupero del Comune di Roma, Edizioni DEI-Tipografia del Genio civile, Roma 1989;
- Ristorante dell’Ente E42, in Esposizione Universale di Roma 1942, «Architettura», XVII, fasc. speciale, 1938, pp. 808-810;
- T. Herzog, R. Krippner, W. Lang, Atlante delle facciate, UTET scienze tecniche, Torino 2005;
- M. Mittag, Details d'architecture: repertoire de solutions d'utilité pratique pour la construction, Eyrolles, Paris 1968.

. Tools and method for reading historical buildings and pre-modern basic construction, examples of reading the historical phases of formation
. Pre-modern construction techniques: masonry and elevated structures
. Pre-modern construction techniques: floors and roofs
. Pre-modern construction techniques: vaults, domes and stairs
. Pre-modern construction techniques: flooring and fixtures
. Pre-modern construction techniques: consolidation interventions (floors and roofs)
. Experiences of restoration sites in Rome
. International experiences of restoration sites
. Surveys in the historic center of Rome aimed at reading building types and recognizing traditional construction elements

• F. Giovanetti (a cura di), Manuale del recupero del Comune di Città di Castello, Roma 1992
• F. Giovanetti (a cura di), Manuale del recupero del Comune di Roma, Roma 1997 (II edizione ampliata)
• F. Giovanetti (a cura di), Manuale del recupero del Centro storico di Palermo, Palermo 1997
• G. Cangi, Manuale del recupero strutturale e antisismico, Roma 2005

The Survey module aims to provide the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to realize a correct survey of the built: at the scale of the artefact, architecture and the city. The different survey methods - direct, indirect and integrated - and the techniques to be adopted to ensure the correct use of measuring instruments will be exposed. It will also deal with the theory of measurement, methods of analysis of graphic sources and their integration with the information derived from historical documentation.
In order to achieve these objectives, the module provides, together with the activities of the Restoration module, the realization of exercises concerning: the visual survey and the realization of the eidotypes for the survey project, the direct survey and the indirect survey through photogrammetric techniques.

The surveying module will be conducted through a series of lectures and direct surveys of the building selected as the case study for the current academic year.
The lectures will cover:
- the history of architectural and urban surveying;
- integrated survey methodologies for the documentation of built heritage;
- archaeological surveying, and
- architectural detail drawing, with particular reference to the survey of classical architectural orders.
-photogrammetric survey.

Specific lessons will also be dedicated to the survey activities to be carried out on the selected case study.

These lectures will be complemented by sessions presenting the results of research projects conducted in the field of heritage surveying, illustrating the procedures and methodologies applied in different operational contexts.

M. Docci, G. Maestri,
Manuale di rilevamento architettonico e urbano, Roma-Bari 2009.

R. Migliari,
Il disegno degli ordini e il rilievo dell'architettura classica, in Disegnare n.2