Architecture

The "Technological Design of Architecture Synthesis Studio" aims to conduct a concrete design experimentation that allows the acquisition of skills and tools to ensure the realization of an architectural “product” of high quality in each of the multiple and articulated aspects that characterize it; skills and tools that, moreover, are the basis of a professional training that facilitates the student's entry into the working world. In specific terms, the "Studio" aims to deal with the problems of environmental, economic, and social sustainability in an integrated way in each of the phases in the building process, thus responding to the need to take more effective action considering the recent EU and national regulatory measures to face the increasingly pressing climate change and the new social and demographic dynamics. To achieve this complex goal, operational tools (of knowledge, analysis, prefiguration, and evaluation) will be identified, selected, and fine-tuned to ensure the necessary coherence between the process phases and the development of a design capable of meeting the articulated needs of the community, also making use of innovative data-driven computational design approaches. The student's training experience is thus targeted towards acquiring skills and tools that, in line with the technological approach to the project and considering the objectives outlined thus far, identify, interpret, and propose concrete and operative solutions concerning: - developing the necessary social infrastructures (services and residences) that the society demands, implementing choices regarding technical solutions based on sustainability principles and criteria, and verifying their appropriateness concerning the levels of project depth; - achievement of higher levels of safety and comfort in the use of spaces by users, following a design approach based on the principles of Universal Design, which prioritizes meeting the needs of all users involved; - achieving a suitable diffuse architectural quality referring to the spaces and elements that connote them, implementing innovative solutions (elements/components) "smart" and able to interact with the indoor and outdoor environment. - achievement of high performance through the adoption of passive solutions and materials and components selected in a 'life-cycle" of reuse and recycling viewpoint (superuse and upcycling); - controlling and containment of development and management times and costs. Given these objectives, as it is a final synthesis elaboration, the student will have to put together what learned in the entire course of study, both in terms of design methods and the technical-operational tools to be deployed, in order to direct them to the specificity of a design intervention applied to a real case. It is thus a matter of following a path aimed at demonstrating and verifying the student's capacity for synthesis in dealing with real issues in the current process of constructing works of architecture (from the technical and economic feasibility design to the executive design), , while also concurrently allowing for reflection on further developments and insights as part of the “Smart Living Senior Hub” Graduate Thesis Lab. In detail, consistent with new social dynamics related to an aging population and the development of new housing models to meet the specific needs of the self-sufficient elderly population, the theme of the design trial of the Workshop is proposing a Senior Housing located within the Municipality of Rome, in Val Cannuta area. The particular target users will allow the student to engage in the interpretation of specific needs through the definition of requirements connoting residential and collective spaces, on the basis of which to define the characteristics of the building. Particular attention will also be paid to the specificities of the chosen urban context, for a correct and appropriate design aimed at overall social, economic and environmental sustainability at different scales, including through verifications and simulations of the behavior of the building both from the morphological point of view and the technological solutions adopted.

In order to enroll in the “ Synthesis Laboratory in Architectural Technology Design”, the student must have passed the IV Architectural Design Laboratory and preparatory exams required by the study plan. It is also essential to have supported the 3rd year Technological Design Laboratory. Those who have to take more than 6 exams (excluding the Synthesis Studio) of which three are compulsorily from the 5th year and only three possibly to be made up cannot enroll in the “Synthesis Laboratory in Architectural Technology Design”.

On the general themes of Architectural Technology: - Campioli A., Lavagna M. (2013), Tecniche di architettura, Milano, CittàStudi - Ferrante T. (2015), Innovazione tecnologica. In: Carbonara G. Strappa G. (a cura di). Wikitecnica.com. Torino: Wolters Kluwer Italia https://www.teknoring.com/wikitecnica/tecnologia/innovazione-tecnologica/ - Nastri, M. (2018), Techne e Poiesis. Cultura tecnologica ed elaborazione esecutiva del progetto, F. Angeli Milano - UNI 10838:1999 Terminologia riferita all’utenza, alle prestazioni, al processo edilizio e alla qualità edilizia - UNI 8289 Edilizia. Esigenze dell’utenza finale. Classificazione Norma elaborata nell’anno 1981 - UNI 8290 Edilizia Residenziale. Sistema Tecnologico On the topics of removing architectural barriers and fire prevention design: - D.M. 236/89: eliminazione delle barriere architettoniche - UNI CEI EN 17210:2021 Accessibilità e usabilità dell'ambiente costruito - Requisiti funzionali - DM 16 maggio 1987, n. 246 - DM 3 agosto 2015 Codice di prevenzione incendi (allegato I) - DM 25 gennaio 2019 dal titolo: “Modifiche ed integrazioni all’allegato del decreto 16 maggio 1987, n. 246 concernente norme di sicurezza antincendi per gli edifici di civile abitazione” On urban planning standards: - PRG Roma - Norme tecniche di attuazione - Art. 7. Parcheggi pubblici e privati; Art. 8 Standard urbanistici - -DM 02-04-1968, n. 1444. Limiti inderogabili di densità edilizia, di altezza, di distanza fra i fabbricati e rapporti massimi tra gli spazi destinati agli insediamenti residenziali e produttivi e spazi pubblici o riservati alle attività collettive, al verde pubblico o a parcheggi, da osservare ai fini della formazione dei nuovi strumenti urbanistici o della revisione di quelli esistenti - Legge 24-03-1989, n. 122. Disposizioni in materia di parcheggi, programma triennale per le aree urbane maggiormente popolate, nonché modificazioni di alcune norme del Testo unico sulla disciplina della circolazione stradale On the topics of innovative wood technologies: - Ferrante T. (2008), Legno e innovazione, Alinea, Firenze - Costa, A. (2018), Pratica strutturale: edifici in legno realizzati con X-LAM, Maggioli, Santarcangelo di Romagna. - Benedetti, C. (2024), Costruire in legno. Edifici a basso consumo energetico (2° edizione), Bolzano University Press, Bolzano. On the topics of bioclimatic architecture and passive technical solutions: - Grosso, M. (2017), Il raffrescamento passivo degli edifici in zone a clima temperato, Maggioli, Santarcangelo di Romagna - Rogora, A. (2012), Progettazione bioclimatica per l'architettura mediterranea: metodi esempi, Milanofiori, Assago. On the general topics of social housing and senior housing: - Ferrante T. (2015). Housing sociale: come cambia la residenza in funzione dei “servizi alla persona”. In M. Perriccioli (a cura di). Re-Cycling Social Housing (ISBN:978-88-8497-531-7), Clean, Napoli, pp. 82-91 - Ferrante, T., & Villani, T. (2012). Housing sociale: tecniche di prefabbricazione in legno. Social housing: wood prefabrication techniques. TECHNE Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, 4, 124-131, online ISSN 2239-0243, print ISSN 2240-7391.from http://www.fupress.net/index.php/techne/article/view/11511 - Falasca C.(eds). (2017), Domiciliarità e residenzialità per l'invecchiamento attivo, Auser. disponibile su www.auser.it - Zallio, M. & Zanutto, O. (2022). Housing a misura di Senior. Progettare abitazioni age-friendly. Maggioli Editore. - [ENG] Gromark, S. & Andersson, B. (2021), Architecture for Residential Care and Ageing Communities, Routledge - [ENG] Eastman, P. (2013), Building Type Basics for Senior Living, Wiley. - [ENG] Park, J. & Porteus, J. (2019), Age-Friendly Housing. Future design for older people, RIBA Publishing. Websites: - https://seniorhousingitalia.it/ - http://www.abitareeanziani.it/rivista/ - https://www.housinglin.org.uk/ Specialized journals: - Arketipo - Costruire in laterizio - Detail - El Croquis - L'Industria delle Costruzioni (Italia) - Legnoarchitettura - Il Progetto Sostenibile - Modulo - TECHNE Journal of Technology of Architecture and Environment - The Plan

Attendance is mandatory. Students must achieve at least 75% classroom attendance

Assessment of the design materials and a discussion of the various topics dealt with in class. Verification of the acquisition of cultural, theoretical, and methodological references specific to Architectural Technological Design and assessing the contents of the project illustrated.

The Studio’s work will be organized through classroom lectures, seminars, and expert presentations, within the general framework of the technological area disciplines, which include issues related to the building process and to the quality control of the architectural “product” in relation to the context, with particular reference to aspects of maintainability, management, and social, economic, and environmental sustainability. The design experimentation, structured into levels of definition progressively aimed at the executive detailing of technical and construction solutions, will be carried out in groups of two students. It will address the outlined objectives, developing and deepening them within three main phases: 1) The first phase (group work), related to the development of exemplary contents for the “Feasibility Document of Design Alternatives”, aims to build the ability to select, among different design solutions, the one most appropriate in relation to the study of the settlement context, from the urban-territorial, landscape, bioclimatic, socio-economic, and other perspectives. For this purpose, this phase will include: - a critical analysis of the settlement context characteristics, with particular attention to biophysical factors (vegetation type, morphology of urban settlements, etc.), bioclimatic factors (sun exposure, ventilation, humidity, etc.), and socio-economic factors (demographic and economic features, real estate market trends, etc.); - the definition of the distributional/functional characteristics of a Senior Housing intervention, consistent with ongoing socio-demographic transformations, aiming at the maximum flexibility of functional aggregations and spaces, also through the study of successful examples realized in Italy and abroad; - simulations and studies to optimize thermo-hygrometric comfort conditions, such as ventilation, natural lighting, and sun exposure of both open and enclosed spaces, by adopting bioclimatic design strategies; - the identification of the design alternative that best meets the project’s social, economic, and environmental sustainability objectives, through a multicriteria evaluation regarding the consistency of the adopted solutions with the settlement context and the specific nature of the SH intervention. 2) The second phase (group work) concerns the meta-design development of the selected alternative and the elaboration of some contents of the “Technical-Economic Feasibility Project”. The objective of this step is the definition—also through the use of virtual environment simulations—of the qualitative features (requirements) of the architectural “product” in a needs/performance-based perspective, considering the specific context and intended use. Within this phase, further investigation will be required on the compliance of the adopted solutions with the project objectives, in relation to the planned times and costs, also through multiparametric evaluations for the selection of technical solutions (components, semi-finished products, and materials). The evaluation criteria for the adopted solutions will concern: - durable performance over the entire “planned life cycle” (maintainability, integrability, replaceability, disassembly and recycling of components, and speed of execution), privileging the use of prefabricated wood-based components; - adoption of passive solutions (in relation to external climatic conditions) to ensure good levels of thermo-hygrometric comfort, natural lighting and ventilation, as well as to improve energy saving and the rational use of natural resources; - adoption of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) and home automation technologies and devices for dwellings, integrated with technical elements and furniture, to enable system and appliance control, facilitating their use and reducing consumption; - adoption of technical solutions for external areas to maximize usability and accessibility, in line with the intervention’s purposes. 3) The final phase (individual work), at the executive design level, will involve the detailed study of a significant part of the building in order to investigate and verify its feasibility, consistently with the required performance response, while optimizing both the time and costs of the intervention.