21002067-1 - ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY

The course deals with the design of urban space considering the interaction with the built surroundings and environmental factors, the compatibility and incompatibility at different scales, in order to identify innovative technological solutions, which meet the requirements of users, enhance places and pursue the objectives of environmental sustainability. Key methodologies in performance, parameters, indicators and evaluation criteria guide the various stages of the process.
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Programme

The course considers, methodologically and operationally, several ways of action in order to verify their congruence with both requests and then to evaluate, from the point of view of governing the process of transformation/conservation of the built environment, the appropriateness of the advanced hypothesis.
For the general aspects, the topics concern: the renewal of the built environment, consequent to uses’ evolution; the adaptation to performance and environment regulations; the urban and building upgrading by a bioclimatic approach. For the application aspect: the specificity of the conversion project; the feasibility study and the assessment methods; the definition of the fields of action and of the congruent technical solutions.
These topics are tackled focusing the attention on some possible overall solutions, implemented by innovative technical measures, aimed at improving the built environment performances for all users: accessibility, safety, comfort and attractiveness, both from the physical and psychological point of view, keeping in mind sustainability and environmental impact reduction as goals.

Core Documentation

Dessì V., Progettare il confort urbano, Sistemi Editoriali, Napoli, 2007;
Dierna S., Orlandi F., Buone pratiche per il quartiere ecologico. Linee-guida di progettazione sostenibile nella città della trasformazione, Alinea Editrice, Firenze, 2005;
Martincigh L., Strumenti di intervento per la riqualificazione urbana, Gangemi editore S.p.A., Roma, 2012;
Martincigh L., Mobilità e qualità della vita nella terza età. Indicazioni di intervento per agevolare la fruizione dell’ambiente urbano – Mobility and Quality of life for senior citizens. Indications to improve the use of the urban environment, DEI, Roma, I, 2011;
Martincigh, L., La mobilità sostenibile: un toolbox per la valutazione dei progetti - Sustainable mobility: a toolbox for design assessment, DEI, Roma, 2009;
Moudon a.v., edited by, Public streets for public use, Columbia University Press, New York (usa), 1991.
La bibliografia di riferimento per l’aspetto metodologico e per l’aspetto applicativo sarà fornita durante il corso.

Reference Bibliography

Dessì V., Progettare il confort urbano, Sistemi Editoriali, Napoli, 2007; Dierna S., Orlandi F., Buone pratiche per il quartiere ecologico. Linee-guida di progettazione sostenibile nella città della trasformazione, Alinea Editrice, Firenze, 2005; Martincigh L., Strumenti di intervento per la riqualificazione urbana, Gangemi editore S.p.A., Roma, 2012; Martincigh L., Mobilità e qualità della vita nella terza età. Indicazioni di intervento per agevolare la fruizione dell’ambiente urbano – Mobility and Quality of life for senior citizens. Indications to improve the use of the urban environment, DEI, Roma, I, 2011; Martincigh, L., La mobilità sostenibile: un toolbox per la valutazione dei progetti - Sustainable mobility: a toolbox for design assessment, DEI, Roma, 2009; Moudon a.v., edited by, Public streets for public use, Columbia University Press, New York (usa), 1991. La bibliografia di riferimento per l’aspetto metodologico e per l’aspetto applicativo sarà fornita durante il corso.

Type of delivery of the course

The course is structured in two parts. - one is theoretical, organized in lectures and short thematic seminaries; - one is devoted to applied work, carried out both at university and at home, that takes the student to face some phases of the design process, concerning various levels of compatibility check and assessment, the definition and analysis of alternative technical solutions, the selection and drawing of the most appropriate ones. The lectures are targeted, on the one hand, to provide a design methodology based on a requirement/performance approach and implementation guidelines, on the other hand, to support students in the development of the theme of the year. The aim is to steer them towards the choice of energetically sustainable solutions, congruent with the prefixed performance goals, and of innovative technologies apt to use the environment’s potentialities (eco-efficiency) at the best. Such solutions are to be applied in the re-design of the town connective texture, constituted by outdoor paths and sojourn places, and in the urban mobility re-organization, with the aim to control the interaction between buildings and urban spaces and to improve their liveability.

Attendance

The attendance of the course is compulsory for at least 75% of the hours.

Type of evaluation

The student final evaluation will be based on her/his participation to the activities of the course, on the applied work carried out, turned in and assessed during the course, spanning over one semester, on the individual design elaborated before the exam and on the oral examination itself. In the summer session, the exam is conducted as an oral test, in remote mode, by an audio-video conference, using the Microsoft Teams software. The oral examination entails: - a discussion on the applied work carried out during the semester; - an illustration and defence of the final, individual design developed for the exam; - questions related to the course contents. A week before the date of the exam, students will have to hand over all the applied work, the overall plan and the individual, final design both in editable (dwg and psd) and not editable format (jpg and pdf) by e-mail to lucia.martincigh@uniroma3.it and to mdiguida@uniroma3.it, by a WeTransfer link, downloadable by the teaching staff.