Architecture - Urban Regeneration

General objectives This module focuses on technological and design-based trials in converting the built environment, in line with an approach that takes into account the needs and performance of existing architectural organisms and estates during regeneration processes. The module aims to train students in the design of architectural, techno-morphological and construction solutions that take into account local surroundings, the environmental and microclimatic characteristics and overall aims in terms of quality. Through the development of a project designed at an urban scale and developed for an individual building and its details, students will have the chance to apply processes, technologies, construction systems and components, with a particular focus on the final ecological efficiency, energy efficiency and bioclimatic behaviour of proposed design improvements, inspired by values such as environmental sustainability and the resilient regeneration of buildings. Specific objectives Knowledge and ability to understand At the end of the course the student must have acquired knowledge and understanding skills, as well as skills that allow to support, from a theoretical-methodological point of view, the setting up of regeneration strategies for the built environment. Furthermore, the student must have acquired an adequate and specific knowledge of the procedures and application tools to operate in the field of regeneration of the built environment, also by means of project verification methods at the various levels of investigation and the technological feasibility of the proposed regenerative solutions , demonstrating the appropriateness of design and construction, at various scales, with respect to the cultural, and environmental context. The verification of knowledge will be carried out through the design experimentation conducted during the Design Studio, through in itinere tests and the final examination. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate the acquisition of specific cultural, theoretical and methodological references to the technology discipline, the full knowledge of the experimental and analytical-methodological approach that articulate the Design studio and the learning of contributions brought to the setting activities during the seminar. The student will also have to develop and verify, through integrated application processing, the knowledge and understanding skills acquired, aimed to solve complex problems related to the appropriate practice of material processes and technologies that oversee the complex relationship between the project in its methodological and instrumental contents, the construction system and the environmental system. The goal is to guarantee the sustainability requirements, intended as the result of both the functional organization and the physical-spatial variables that define the "internal" structures of the constituent parts, both of the "external" macro-environmental components which, determined by the more general settlement process, have a direct and significant impact on the quality of living. In particular, the student must be able to make explicit and consistent the logical and operational structure followed in the application of the procedures and techniques adopted and in the formalization and communication of the results related to the creation of a resilient and environmentally sustainable Smart Environment. These capacities will be verified in the context of experimental and design activities, through simulations of regeneration processes related to architectural realities and concrete experiences, aimed at developing the ability of individual and group approach to applicative and professional problems. The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests in itinere. Autonomy of judgment At the end of the course the student must demonstrate the ability to acquire knowledge and experience, to evaluate and rework them for the purpose of forming an independent and original judgment. In particular, the student must demonstrate skills in the autonomous management of the necessary consideration and integration of the different interacting environmental factors in the same formulation of the urban regeneration project program, the preventive evaluation of the intrinsic, direct and indirect effects related to the transformation, deriving from the processes of construction, in order to achieve, in trend, an ecological state of equilibrium in the planning, implementation and management of the project intervention, with the aim of restoring technologically innovative and environmentally sustainable solutions. The achievement of these critical and autonomous judgment skills will be acquired during the experimental and project activities, through simulations of regeneration processes related to territorial realities and concrete experiences. The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests in itinere. Communication skills At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate, for the acquisition and the operational capacity with respect to the theoretical methodological, technical and design knowledge, typical of teaching, to be able to communicate them, in an effective and innovative way, within of project proposals, using advanced and multimedia communication tools in the field of representation and different forms of language: verbal and written-graph. The achievement of these skills will be acquired during the experimental and design activities of the Design Studio that ensure full possession of the specific expressive and illustrative skills of the project. The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests in itinere. Learning ability At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate a high capacity for autonomous learning, which allows to continuously update and increase their knowledge and skills in the field of technological design and, more generally, the issues related to urban regeneration strategies. The acquisition of these skills will take place through specific theoretical contributions given by the teacher during the course, aimed at expanding the skills framework to access innovative methodologies, tools and applications and through constant participation in the laboratory's experimental and design activities, dialectical field verification of acquired knowledge, within concrete design experiences. The verification of skills will take place, above all, through the exam test, structured in such a way as to highlight the autonomy in organizing one's own learning.