Programme

The course aims to make the student aware of the problem of architectural space, gradually building up the typological, structural and aesthetic connections that define its peculiar characteristics.
This process will be pursued through targeted lessons, readings of canonical examples and individual composition exercises that help to build a solid aesthetic awareness.

Core Documentation

B. Zevi, Saper vedere l'architettura. Saggio sull'interpretazione spaziale dell'architettura, Torino, Einaudi, 1953.
L. Quaroni, Progettare un edificio. Otto lezioni di Architettura, Milano, Mazzotta, 1977.
P.O. Rossi, La costruzione del progetto architettonico, Bari, Editori Laterza, 1996.
H.Hertzberger, Lezioni di architettura, Bari, Editori Laterza, 1996.
L. Altarelli et al., Forme della composizione, Roma, Kappa, 1997.
G. Ponti, Amate l’architettura, Genova, Vitali e Ghianda, 1957, (ristampa in commercio: Milano, CUSL, 2004).

Reference Bibliography

B. Zevi, Saper vedere l'architettura. Saggio sull'interpretazione spaziale dell'architettura, Torino, Einaudi, 1953. L. Quaroni, Progettare un edificio. Otto lezioni di Architettura, Milano, Mazzotta, 1977. P.O. Rossi, La costruzione del progetto architettonico, Bari, Editori Laterza, 1996. H.Hertzberger, Lezioni di architettura, Bari, Editori Laterza, 1996. L. Altarelli et al., Forme della composizione, Roma, Kappa, 1997. G. Ponti, Amate l’architettura, Genova, Vitali e Ghianda, 1957, (ristampa in commercio: Milano, CUSL, 2004). R. Moneo, Inquietudine teorica e strategia progettuale nell’opera di otto architetti contemporanei, Electa, Milano, 2005 M. Bonaiti, Architettura è. Louis I. Kahn, gli scritti, Electa, Milano, 2002

Type of delivery of the course

In the event of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions that regulate the methods of carrying out the teaching activities and student assessment will be implemented. In particular, the following methods will be applied: To take the exam remotely, the student must send 7 days before the exam date the images of his project, including the images of the three-dimensional model (Jpeg or Pdf format) in suitable resolution, to allow the commission to examine the documents. These documents will be uploaded to your personal folder in the Google Drive space of the Design laboratory, indicating the initials of surname and name and the word "exam" with the date of the appeal (YY, month, day) in the title of the files. The examination will be held by video conference on the Cisco WebEx Meetings platform, used in the course of the semester for classes and revisions, and the candidate will present and discuss their project with the commission, answering questions that this will address him.

Attendance

Attendance at the course is mandatory for 75%

Type of evaluation

In the event of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions that regulate the methods of carrying out the teaching activities and student assessment will be implemented. In particular, the following methods will be applied: The evaluation will refer to the technical and aesthetic quality of the architectural project, and to the candidate's ability to exhibit and interact with the commission's requests.

Programme

In the second semester, the commitment is 100 hours and the design theme is addressed, relating to a residence for eight refugees for whom to design a residence that proposes a specific way of living for this small temporary community, the guests' stay is six months. The project area is an agricultural land in Ventotene, near the small town and some important historical and natural presences. The goal is to create a story and references around the project theme, so that the student can develop a specific proposal and the fruit of his suggestions rather than a neutral and impersonal solution. This is in the belief that learning is greater if accompanied by a personal and interpretative idea of ​​work.

The course contents are proposed and verified through lectures, exercises, educational visits, individual and collective reviews. The final exam mark takes into account all the activities carried out by the student during the year, the quality of the final project is obviously crucial in assigning the mark itself. All processing of the work is done by hand, the use of the C.A.d.

The didactic path is traced according to a method of teaching architectural composition based on the following steps:

- Elaboration of an "architectural concept" by means of a model, inspired by a relative lesson in which the architectural concepts underlying illustrious works are shown and told, in the field of architecture and contemporary art.

- Proposition of a "way of living" through an image, an author's photograph or a work of art that clearly express this content.

- Elaboration of a "settlement principle" that is aware of typological choices related to the residential theme, in strong symbiosis with the context in which the project is elaborated, thus making clear choices in relation to the soil and other natural elements of the place.

- Proposal for a "generating section" on a scale of 1: 100 with which to investigate the type of space to be proposed in relation to the theme and the place, focusing in particular on the elements: light, soil, spatial thresholds.

- Proposal for a "regulatory plan" that regulates the program in a specific typology and in a clear compositional structure, focusing in particular on the elements: proportions, quality of accommodation, distribution, space organization modules.

- Conscious choice of a "construction system" in relation to the previous elaborations, with particular attention to the role of the structural system to be adopted: masonry or system of linear elements, and its relationship with non-load-bearing elements, such as infill and internal dividers. This passage also defines the materials with which the project is endowed and with which the language of architecture is defined.

Development of a "correct representation" of the project in orthogonal projections, consistent with the canonical graphic codes but also with the design choices adopted.

Core Documentation

Books:

LE CORBUSIER, Verso un architettura, Milano 1973

F. VENEZIA, Che cos’è l’architettura, Milano 2011

J. UTZON, Idee di architettura. Scritti e conversazioni, Milano 2011

Handbooks:

A. Desplazes, Constructing architecture, materials processes structures, a handbook, Basel, 2005

F. Cellini, Manualetto, Norme tecniche, costruttive e grafiche per lo svolgimento di una esercitazione progettuale sul tema della casa unifamiliare, Palermo, 1991

Reference Bibliography

General Bibliography L. BENEVOLO, Introduzione all’architettura, Bari 1960 G. FANELLI, R. GARGIANI, Il principio del rivestimento, Bari 1994 K. FRAMPTON, Tettonica e architettura, Milano 2000 H. HERTZBERGER, Lessons for students in architecture, Rotterdam 1991 LE CORBUSIER, Une petite maison, Reggio Calabria 2004 M. MANIERI ELIA, Architettura e mentalità dal Classico al Neoclassico, Bari 1989 L. MIES VAN DER ROHE, Gli scritti e le parole, Milano 2010 L. QUARONI, Progettare un edificio, otto lezioni di architettura, Roma 1977 B. RUDOFSKY, Architecture without architects, New York 1964 P. ZUMTHOR, Pensare Architettura, Milano 2003 P. ZUMTHOR, Atmosfere. Ambienti architettonici. Le cose che ci circondano, Milano 2007 Handbooks E. Neufert, Enciclopedia pratica per progettare e costruire, A.Zimmermann, Constructing landscape : materials, techniques, structural components Basel, 2011

Type of delivery of the course

The laboratory takes place through lectures, thematic deliveries, individual and collective reviews. If possible, also through direct visits to specific architectures and interventions by teachers outside the laboratory. In addition to the instructor in charge, students of the subject and doctoral students also follow the students' work, directing it towards greater awareness and towards more didactic choices. "In the event of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions that regulate the methods of carrying out the teaching activities and student assessment will be implemented. In particular, the following methods will apply:… - use of the moodle platform - lessons and reviews on the Microsoft Teams platform - publication of all work phases on a dedicated facebook group

Attendance

Attendance of 75% of the lessons is compulsory

Type of evaluation

In the second semester the evaluation concerns the work on the given project theme. This work is carried out with tables of drawings and models that are displayed during the examination according to the methods requested by the teacher. In any case, the evaluation also partly takes into account the path taken by the student and the ways in which he attended the workshop. Required documents, drawn in pencil on A1 boards: Planivolumetry and section in scale 1: 200, on a single table so that the drawing occupies it all. With orientation, shadows, contour lines, trees, roads and existing buildings, the design of the external arrangements and roofs is very important. All the plants in 1: 100 scale well designed according to the classic graphic standards, quoted and furnished, with the elevations where necessary and the structural metrics in evidence. The plants of the various levels must be aligned in order to facilitate their reading. The ground floor plan is very important, it represents the contact of the project with the context, the external arrangements must be well represented as spaces proper to the project, as well as the internal ones. At least two sections in room 1: 100 chosen from among the most significant of the project, well designed, dimensioned with the correct thicknesses of all the construction elements. Elevations must always be represented. The structure of the horizontals, beams and floors, must be represented and must be clear and evident. Sections are not isolated drawings that wander into thin air, they must always include part of the context. Attention to represent not only what is sectioned but also what is seen behind in projection, with the right hierarchies of sign. All external elevations in 1: 100 scale with shadows. Plan of a well furnished and priced 1:50 accommodation Scale model 1: 100, with some context, accurate terrain modeling. The model must be openable and the structure clearly understandable. The materials and methods of elaboration of the model must be discussed with the teachers in the pre-exam meetings. Avoid any frills, such as railings, glass, trees, grass, floors, etc. Three-dimensional drawing that tells the qualities of the project, it can be a perspective section (in many cases desirable to tell both construction and spaces), a perspective, an exploded axonometry, etc. Choose simple points of view and techniques, perspectives always at eye level as if it were a photograph, and preferably drawings in black and white. Section 1:50 of detail, with an excerpt of the plan, where the construction system and the technological solutions of attachment to the ground, crowning of the building and nodes between floors and perimeter walls are evident. In the event of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions governing the methods of carrying out teaching activities and student evaluation will be implemented. In particular, the following methods will be applied: - the exam will take place online, with the publication of the images of the requested material on the platform indicated by the teacher

Programme

The lessons of the second semester will be directly dedicated to the development of the design exercise and aimed at stimulating students' reflections and critical choices. The year's theme is the detached house, for a family of four, in an open and significant place from the point of view of its orography and landscape. The communications will be very practical, aimed at illustrating the design aspects and the historical references; the relationship with the soil; the relationship between spatial structure and supporting structure. The lessons will be alternated with moments of collective and individual discussion on individual projects.

Core Documentation

_Bruno Zevi, Saper vedere l’architettura. Saggio sull’interpretazione spaziale dell’architettura, Einaudi, Torino 1948
_Le Corbusier, Vers une architecture, (a cura di P. Cerri e P. Nicolin), Milano, Longanesi 1984
_Ludovico Quaroni, Progettare un edificio. Otto lezioni di architettura, Kappa, Roma 2001 [1° ed. 1977]
_Franco Purini, L’architettura didattica, Gangemi, Reggio Calabria 1980
_Gaston Bachelard, La poetica dello spazio, Dedalo, Bari 1975
_Christian Norberg-Schulz, Il significato nell'architettura occidentale, Electa, Milano 1994
_Franco Purini, Comporre l’architettura, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2000
_Iñaki Ábalos, Il buon abitare. Pensare le case della modernità, Cristian Marinotti Edizioni, Milano, 2009
_Francesco Venezia, Che cos’è l’architettura. Lezioni, conferenze e un intervento, Electa, Milano 2011
_Francesco Cellini, Manualetto. Norme tecniche, costruttive e grafiche per lo svolgimento di una esercitazione progettuale sul tema della casa unifamiliare, Città Studi, Milano 1991
_Bruno Messina, Spazi domestici del XX secolo. Lettera Ventidue, Siracusa 2008

Reference Bibliography

_L. Zevi (coordinatore scientifico), Il nuovissimo manuale dell’architetto. 2 Voll., Mancosu Editore, Roma 2003. _L. Benevolo, Storia dell’Architettura Moderna, Laterza, Bari 2010_A. Loos, Parole nel vuoto (Ins Leere Gesprochen, 1921), ed. it. Adelphi, Milano 1972. _A. Rossi, L'architettura della città, Marsilio, Padova 1966; n. ed. Quodlibet, Macerata 2011. _K. Frampton, Tettonica e architettura. Poetica della forma architettonica nel XIX e XX secolo, Skira, Milano 2005 _M. Biraghi, Storia dell'architettura contemporanea, I (1750-1945) - II (1945-2008), Einaudi, Torino 2008 _Le Corbusier, Vers une architecture, (a cura di P. Cerri e P. Nicolin), Milano, Longanesi 1984 _Francesco Venezia, Francesco Venezia: le idee e le occasioni, Electa Mondadori, Milano 2006 _R. Moneo, Inquietudine teorica e strategia progettuale nell’opera di otto architetti contemporanei, Electa, Milano 2005

Type of delivery of the course

The semester is dedicated to the development of the design exercise, a detached house for four people. The moments of project review will be alternated with supplementary lessons aimed at guiding the design process and illustrating examples. In the event of a protracted health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions governing the methods of conducting educational activities and the evaluation of remote students will be implemented. Lectures and exercises will take place in person, but remote transmission will be guaranteed through the dedicated Teams platform.

Attendance

Attendance is highly recommended for all students who are able. remote transmission and evaluation will be guaranteed for those who request it with valid reasons.

Type of evaluation

The final exam consists in the discussion of the detached house project developed during the Laboratory, through the presentation of the following graphical drawings (planimetry in scale 1: 200, plans and sections 1: 100, excerpts of sections 1:50, axonometries and details , and a 1: 100 scale model). the exam will take place in presence with collective exposure of the works. In the event of a protracted health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions governing the methods of carrying out teaching activities and the evaluation of students for the final remote exam will be implemented. The remote examination procedure will be guaranteed (for those authorized) through the dedicated Teams platform.