Architecture (Conservation)

The course aims to provide theoretical and practical skills useful for the design and management of architectural conservation and / or archaeological value. To achieve this, will be given general knowledge on: a) methods of approach to conservation site, b) analytical and diagnostic techniques; c) materials’ recognition and characterization; d) intervention techniques, pointing out recent and innovative developments; e) elaboration data and their use. The course is divided into theoretical and practical lessons during the which various topics will be addressed through case studies and exercises. In order to promote a continuously updated, will also provide information for search literature. Lessons will address in particular: references to the theory of the restoration discipline; the archival, iconographic and bibliographic research; direct and detailed analysis of the monument, in its geometric, spatial, tectonic, typological and functional characteristics; relief and its graphic restitution; metrological and modular analysis; analytical and diagnostic techniques for the conservation of monuments; methods and tools for material characterization, degradation recognition, checks during construction, testing and maintenance; new materials and innovative technologies for conservation; preliminary project, final and enforceable conservation: content and technical aspects (elements).The project will focus on a single monument, with historical and aesthetic quality and in need of a restoration, agreed with the teacher. Will be necessary to create a series of drawings aimed for the analysis and subsequent conservation project. The program includes a block of about 50 hours for theoretical lectures, divided between the reference to the main theoretical foundations of the discipline (20 hours) and the study of methodological and design aspects (30 hours); the remaining 75 hours are destined to laboratory activities, finalized to the elaboration of the project theme (external inspections can be foreseen). Teaching support: PC and Video projector.

The course doesn’t have prerequisites with other courses. However, it is considered fundamental condition to have basic knowledge on the theory and practice of restoration, on architectural survey and on historical research in the architectural field.

Mandatory texts: CARBONARA Giovanni, Restauro dei monumenti. Guida agli elaborati grafici, Liguori, Napoli 1990. CARBONARA Giovanni, Avvicinamento al restauro, Liguori, Napoli 1997. DOGLIONI Francesco, Stratigrafia e restauro, Lint, Trieste, 1997. GIULIANI Fulvio Cairoli, L'edilizia nell'antichità. Nuova edizione con CD-ROM, Carocci, Roma 2006.

the course includes lectures and exercises; various topics will be addressed through case studies and exercises. The conservation project will focus on a single monument, with historical and aesthetic quality, which shows conservation problems. Will be necessary to make some drawings aimed for the analysis and subsequent conservation project:. 1- survey drawings (as a critical analysis of the 'architectural text'), strictly aimed at full comprehension, in particular historical-aesthetic, tectonic and diagnostic, of the building (1:50, 1:20, 1:10); 2- historical-critical research with the identification of the most important historical phases; 3 - comparison analysis on typological, stylistic, metrological, proportional and material aspects; On the facade or on the most significant side: 4 - map of decay phenomena; 5 - conservation project.

Lectures, with an annual duration, include an obligation to attend.

The final exam will consist of an individual, oral test on the lesson’s topics and basic bibliography and a valuation, with comments and clarifications on the subject and manner of the restoration project. The two components of the test are aimed at verifying the acquisition of the necessary skills and the ability to apply them to a specific, practical, topic.

BOATO Anna, L' archeologia in architettura: misurazioni, stratigrafie, datazioni, restauro. Introduzione di B. Paolo Torsello, Marsilio, Venezia 2008. BRUSCHI Arnaldo, Indicazioni metodologiche per lo studio storico dell'architettura, in Lineamenti di storia dell'architettura, Roma, Carucci, 1978, pp.13-29; Trattato di restauro architettonico, diretto da Giovanni Carbonara, 4 voll., Utet, Torino 1996. TORSELLO B. Paolo, MUSSO Stefano. F., Tecniche di restauro architettonico, 2 voll., Utet, Torino 2003.

the course includes lectures and exercises; various topics will be addressed through case studies and exercises. The conservation project will focus on a single monument, with historical and aesthetic quality, which shows conservation problems. Will be necessary to make some drawings aimed for the analysis and subsequent conservation project:. 1- survey drawings (as a critical analysis of the 'architectural text'), strictly aimed at full comprehension, in particular historical-aesthetic, tectonic and diagnostic, of the building (1:50, 1:20, 1:10); 2- historical-critical research with the identification of the most important historical phases; 3 - comparison analysis on typological, stylistic, metrological, proportional and material aspects; On the facade or on the most significant side: 4 - map of decay phenomena; 5 - conservation project.