Architecture

The laboratory aims to guide students to the knowledge and the appropriation of the design methodologies and processes that lead to the formulation of an architectural project. During the course the student will be provided with basic theoretical and practical knowledge to deal with the architectural project with awareness and complexity. The subject of the course is the complete elaboration of a residential architecture project, both single and aggregate, of small dimensions but which presents all the issues on which the architect is called to question such as the relationships with the urban and as well as the context, the scope and social consequences of the project, the paradigm of sustainability. The course is divided into a succession of didactic phases starting from the study of planning tools and design of the anthropic space, up to a deepening of the theme and meaning of contemporary living, and the study of housing as a complex spatial unit in relationship to the urban landscape. The accommodation is studied in its many functional, quantitative, distributive, functional and technological characteristics, with particular attention to the theme of sustainability and bioclimates which are fundamental issues for any contemporary project.

No specific prerequisites are required but it is highly recommended to have taken the exam in History of Contemporary Architecture and Science of Representation I.

(A mandatory book to be read) Marco Vitruvio Pollione, De Architectura. Libri X, trad. di Franca Bossalino, Edizioni Kappa, 2002 Bruno Zevi, Saper vedere l’Architettura, Piccola Biblioteca Einaudi Ns, 2009 Rosalba Belibani, Franca Bossalino, L'educazione per il progetto sostenibile, Roma, Writeup Site, 2017 Ludovico Quaroni, Progettare un edificio, otto lezioni di architettura, Mazzotta, Milano 1977 Hertzberger H., Lezioni di architettura, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1996 (other books to read) Le Corbusier, Verso un’architettura, Longanesi, Milano 1973 Bruno Zevi, Storia dell’architettura moderna, Torino 1961 Bruno Zevi, Il linguaggio moderno dell’architettura, Piccola biblioteca Einaudi, Torino 1973 P.O. Rossi, La costruzione del progetto architettonico, Roma-Bari 1996 Georges Perec, Specie di Spazi, Bollati Boringhieri,1989 Paola Gregory, Rosalba Belibani, Alessandra Capanna, Roberta Causarano, Giulia Turano, RI-Habitat Roma. Riqualificazione sostenibile per l'edilizia residenziale pubblica degli anni '50 del XX secolo, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, Roma, 2019 Francesco Cellini, Manualetto. Norme tecniche, costruttive e grafiche, Novara 2008

The course alternates theoretical lessons and design exercises which are to be carried out both in the classroom and independently on a weekly basis. The student is required to maintain his own notebook of sketches in A4 format in order to keep track of any design reflections developed during the course. The notebook is also to be enriched with the drawings that the student independently will prepare every day, from the initial idea to the gradual approach to the final result of the project; so as to encourage the search for a personal graphic style and the congruence of a compositional process. Part of the weekly exercises will consist in the production of drawings in the notebook, others in documents to be produced in A3 / A2 format. There are three mandatory deliveries related to the project and which will consist in the presentation of a table in A1 format and a PowerPoint presentation:

The final evaluation takes into account the entire learning process and participation in the course. The exam consists in evaluating the design documents (4 A1 format tables, a power point presentation and a scale model 1:100), and verification of compulsory reading through an interview. The results achieved in the three compulsory as well as the weekly exercises and the evaluation of the drawing notebook contribute to the final grade.

The course alternates theoretical lessons and design exercises which are to be carried out both in the classroom and independently on a weekly basis. The student is required to maintain his own notebook of sketches in A4 format in order to keep track of any design reflections developed during the course. The notebook is also to be enriched with the drawings that the student independently will prepare every day, from the initial idea to the gradual approach to the final result of the project; so as to encourage the search for a personal graphic style and the congruence of a compositional process. Part of the weekly exercises will consist in the production of drawings in the notebook, others in documents to be produced in A3 / A2 format. There are three mandatory deliveries related to the project and which will consist in the presentation of a table in A1 format and a PowerPoint presentation: