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Architecture Technology
REGGIO DI CALABRIA
Overview
Date/time interval
Syllabus
Course Objectives
In order to achieve the expected results for the course program and the proposed experimentation, the educational offer articulated in the different activities pursues the following:
- Qualifying educational objectives: The course is oriented to provide students with the operational tools to govern their own choices, with a technological approach, and provides a program characterized by a methodology that, tending to produce a technical feasibility project, a final project and partial experiences of executive design, leads above all to reasoning about the project.
- - Specific learning objectives (with reference to the course/workshop theme): The theme of the year will be an exercise based on typological and technological design of a housing module with traditional and low-complex construction technologies. The objective is to have the student apply a theoretical and operational method to understand the implications arising from the design of living.
Course Prerequisites
In line with the provisions of Article 19 of the Didactic Regulations in order to be able to take the examination of the Technology of Architecture course, it is necessary to have already taken, certifying (and possibly having taken) the course "Materials for Architecture" 1st year) since, it is assumed that the student must have already acquired the basic knowledge referring to the technologies of materials, their production cycle and their place in the realization process of the final good.
Teaching Methods
1. TYPOLOGY OF TRAINING ACTIVITIES:
Lectures: (classroom hours/year): 20
Exercises: (hours/year in the classroom): 25
Practical activities: (hours/year in the classroom): 15
2. SELF-EMPLOYMENT OF THE STUDENT
1 cfu=25 hours (10 hours frontal/15 by the student*)
- In-depth study/study on bibliography (theoretical part)
- Test preparation (experimentation)
- Exam preparation
The student will be required to study on the recommended texts the topics covered in the lectures, will have to critically draw the construction elements explained in the classroom supporting the graphical papers with photographic documentation, and will have to prepare summary sheets on the building components. It is expected that the graphic works will elaborate on the aspects covered up to the executive scale. During the course, students will be supervised at every stage of the project and, in the classroom, verification of what they have worked out will take place for everyone independently.
Assessment Methods
Type of examination:
The course will have essentially two moments of assessment. An intermediate assessment on the theoretical topics through a test to be taken in the classroom and a final assessment, which will takè into consideration the outcomes of the intermediate assessment, the overall preparation on the theoretical topics and the outcome of the annual practice test.
In relation to the topics covered in the teaching modules, students are required to carry out exercises and partial tests, according to deadlines to be specified. In support of these activities, teaching materials will be provided in advance, with specific bibliographies, bibliography-typesheets, knowledge sheets on technological systems, anthology materials, etc.
The year's assessment, aimed at certifying the 8 credits provided, consists of an interview, reconsideration of the partial assessments, and evaluation of the papers produced during the year: exercises, writings and graphics, photographic documentation, etc., enclosed in a book, and a communicative project paper.
The book will be a kind of "personalized textbook" produced at the direction, containing the overall communication of the final product/project placed in the assigned context of reference.
The work will be individual and, in part, produced in the classroom. Checks will occur periodically, based on scheduled progress; partial checks may be translated into "credits" useful for examination purposes.Criteri di valutazione:
Grades:
30 - 30 cum laude: Excellent ability to devise and develop a design of an original and reproducible object; ability to make original judgments and evaluations; excellent language and communicative property including on different registers (drawing, presentation, etc.);
26- 29: Exhaustive ability to conceive and develop a project with innovative content; ability to apply acquired knowledge and make judgments; good ability to articulate a specialized discourse even through different communicative registers;
22 - 25: Sufficient ability to devise and develop a project with innovative elements; basic ability to apply acquired knowledge and make judgments; and ability to
articulate a specialized discourse
18-21: Minimal ability to devise and develop a project with elements of innovation, to apply acquired knowledge and make judgments, and minimal expository and communicative skills
Insufficient: Severe difficulty in devising and developing a project; major formative gaps; inability to apply acquired knowledge; inappropriate language.
ES (simulation)
0_ test to check basic knowledge (start in training activities): Summary of what was acquired in the previous year with regard to the topics covered. Test on some basic theoretical concepts to be taken between the first and second week (mid-term verification on the program on lectures and seminars Jan. 8-12, 2024)
2 _ final verification - Final Review/ WORKSHOP (May 13-31, 2024)
Mode of conducting the examination: Theory/Practice.
The work produced in the classroom and at home, partly individual, partly developed by groups, will be checked and evaluated periodically, based on scheduled progress and collectively. Ongoing verification deliveries are planned throughout the year. Verifications will be translated into "credit" for passing the exam.
In relation to the topics covered in the teaching modules, students are required to carry out exercises and partial verifications, according to deadlines to be specified.
In support of these activities, teaching materials will be provided in advance, with specific bibliographies, bibliography-typesheets, knowledge sheets on technological systems, anthology materials, etc.
The year's verification, aimed at certifying the planned 6 credits, consists of an interview, reconsideration of partial assessments and evaluation of the papers produced during the year: exercises, writings and graphics, photographic documentation, etc.
1_ test per verificare le conoscenze di base (avvio in attività formative): Riepilogo di quanto acquisito nell’anno precedente relativamente ai temi trattati. Test di verifica su alcuni concetti teorici di base da sostenersi tra la prima e la seconda settimana (verifica intermedia sul programma su lezioni frontali e seminari 8-12 genn. 2024)
2 _ verifica finale – Final Review/ WORKSHOP (dal 13 al 31 maggio al 2024)
EMethod of conducting the examination: Theory/Practice.
The work produced in the classroom and at home, partly individual, partly developed by groups, will be checked and evaluated periodically, based on scheduled progress and collectively. Ongoing verification deliveries are planned throughout the year. Verifications will be translated into "credit" for passing the exam.
In relation to the topics covered in the teaching modules, students are required to carry out exercises and partial verifications, according to deadlines to be specified.
In support of these activities, teaching materials will be provided in advance, with specific bibliographies, bibliography-typesheets, knowledge sheets on technological systems, anthology materials, etc.
The year's verification, aimed at certifying the planned 6 credits, consists of an interview, reconsideration of partial assessments and evaluation of the papers produced during the year: exercises, writings and graphics, photographic documentation, etc.
Texts
- Puglisi V., Cazzaniga M. (2019) Costruire un edificio. Tecniche, sistemi e materiali costruttivi, Collana Politecnica, Maggioli Editore, Rimini. (recommended for experimentation)
- De Capua A. (2002), Nuovi paradigmi per il progetto sostenibile, Gangemi, Roma. (theoretical text)
- Campioli A., Lavagna M. (2013), Tecniche e Architettura, CittàStudi Edizioni, Torino. (recommended for experimentation)
- Malacarne G. (2013), La Casa. Forme e luoghi dell’abitare urbano, Skira, Ginevra-Milano. (year topics text)
- Nardi G. (2001), Tecnologie dell’architettura, Clup, Milano (theoretical text)
Contents
1_DESCRIPTION.
As specified in Art.5 Teaching Regulations of the CdS, the course, mainly oriented to basic training and experimentation of experiences of applied synthesis of knowledge, belongs to the traditional disciplinary corpus of Architecture studies and its name expresses the disciplinary contents of Technology of Architecture, the aim of which is the study of the processes of realization in architecture. It provides a program that is characterized through a methodology that, tending to produce a technical feasibility project, a final design and partial experiences of executive design, leads above all to reasoning about the project.
A more general objective is to contribute to the formation of a new construction culture, one that is capable of mending the separation between the ideational moment and the construction moment.
The course is intended to be an applied experience of technological design, built on the rejection of an autonomous and separate conception of the project; useful for understanding "building processes" and how technological knowledge intervenes in the design process. The aim of the course is to gain knowledge of the social role of the designer and the relationships that are established in the construction of architecture, between form and content, between environmental and social ends, between the use of materials and their performance, between the logic of spaces, the logic of functions and structural reasons.
2_PROGRAMME OF THE COURSE
The didactic activity is articulated through "ex cathedra" teaching activities on the basic themes and theoretical and technical cognitions (first phase), and through the tutoring activity for the elaboration of the project (second phase), the conception of which must be simultaneously expressed materially and technologically and then deepened at the appropriate scale.
Course attendance will be verified through partial tests and referable to three levels of activity: analytical-concognitive; elaborative; and verification/validation
Cognitive-analytical level
- of means (materials, products, traditional and innovative construction systems)
- of processes and procedures (phases, subjects, organizational models)
- of the subject (requirements, needs, feasibility; legislation, regulations; cultural references)
- of the context (external morphological and climatic, geological, historical, urban planning, architectural data)
Processing level
- Interrelationships needs/means/context and evaluation of design degrees of freedom (the activity tends to produce two different levels of design: preliminary design - definition of the environmental subsystem - and partial experiences of final/executive design - definition of the technological subsystem).
Level of verification/validation
On the partial elaborations, and in progress, verification/validation actions will be developed referring to:
- Construction/environment relationship (appropriateness of choices, minimization of impacts, exploitation of environmental resources, etc.).
- Program/project relationship (translation of the program into construction terms, dimensional, distributional, performance aspects);
- Project/construction relationship (effects of construction choices on architectural image, classifications, procedures, innovations, materials and techniques, working drawings)
- Construction-cost relationship (background information, computations, specifications, etc.).
The year's theme will be an exercise based on the typological and technological design of a housing module with traditional and low-complex construction technologies.
In the design process, students are required to pursue certain guiding principles with respect to requirements such as:
- Safety
- Comfort
- Preservation of the environment (use of environmentally friendly materials and products; optimization of the building-context relationship; alternative sources of energy
- Typological and technological flexibility (adaptability, adaptability, integrability, accessibility usability)
- Commissioning (speed of construction and assembly; level of prefabrication; adaptability to soil type)
- Management (maintainability and replaceability)
- Process reversibility (temporariness - transience, recyclability, reusability).
In support of these activities, educational materials will be provided in advance, with specific bibliographies, bibliography-typesheets, knowledge sheets on technological systems, anthology materials, etc.
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3_EXPECTED OUTCOMES
The objective of the Course is to make the student acquire knowledge of the relationships that in the construction of architecture are established between form and content, between the social ends of environmental transformation and the means offered by production, between the use of materials and their performance, between the logic of spaces, the logic of functions and structural reasons; so as to mature the ability to conceive, design and graphically return the fundamental construction elements and their assemblages, verifying their economic aspects and normative congruities, controlling the role that materials and techniques play in the architectural project, in the realization and, more generally, in the process of programming-design production-use of an artifact.
Conoscenza e capacità di comprensione applicate (applying knowledge and understanding);
The aim is to make the student acquire basic knowledge through the study and in-depth study of methodological and technical aspects that characterize the field of technological design from its conception. The techniques adopted by the masters will serve as a guide for the identification of effective and efficient ways aimed at achieving design solutions appropriate to the historical period and the context within which one moves and with which one relates. The theoretical input is fundamental in order to ensure a correct approach in terms of meta-design as well as governance of the discipline.
The course will be articulated through:
- lectures and/or seminars on materials of architecture (eco-friendly) and basic building technologies;
- Illustration of references and projects of known small architectures relevant to the project proposal;
- Meeting with possible client
- Theoretical and design research;
- Design and discussion (project workshops).
Autonomia di giudizio (making judgements);
The student's ability to develop critical skills and be able to formulate his or her own evaluation and/or judgment, to independently find, select, and use data and information, to be able to take initiative and make decisions (e.g., identify problems and find solutions), and to evaluate his or her own typological and constructional design choices will be monitored.
Abilità comunicative (communication skills);
The completion of the course will coincide with the acquisition not only of the ability to expound, in the examination, what was produced during the course, but also makes use of the fundamental "module" of project storytelling, in order to effectively communicate what was elaborated by falling within the general objectives set by the Degree Course.
The final evaluation will take place during a final workshop with external practitioners. On this occasion, the aim is to form in the student the ability to organize his or her work professionally through the relationship with a specific client who poses a clear brief and demands compliance with time, manner, intermediate results, use of resources, attention to corporate culture and own positioning, etc.
Capacità di apprendere (learning skills).
The goal is to provide students with useful notions and tools for basic understanding of green architecture and architectural technologies. Through answering a real question, students will be confronted with the feasibility of the request. They will be given the opportunity to collaborate in teams by developing the design theme and simultaneously delving into the design object and its classes of technological units (from a functional and performance perspective). The student will acquire, in fact, the skills to read and distinguish an industrial, craft or artistic product through morphological characteristics, context of belonging and production techniques therefore the skills to discern a manifest need (and not), search for sources of self-education and self-updating, apply what has been learned.