The workshop has the triple objective of:
- to refine and deepen the ability to read and operate in the urban fabric at different scales;
- to acquire familiarity with the redevelopment of degraded urban areas in a context characterised by pre-existing buildings to be enhanced.
- To develop a greater awareness of how the effectiveness of a single intervention is directly proportional to its ability to integrate into a broader framework.
The objective will be achieved by working on a specific part of the city, chosen in order to stimulate understanding of how the complexity of the context and the constraints imposed by the pre-existences and their interpretation play a key role in the contemporary design process.
- to refine and deepen the ability to read and operate in the urban fabric at different scales;
- to acquire familiarity with the redevelopment of degraded urban areas in a context characterised by pre-existing buildings to be enhanced.
- To develop a greater awareness of how the effectiveness of a single intervention is directly proportional to its ability to integrate into a broader framework.
The objective will be achieved by working on a specific part of the city, chosen in order to stimulate understanding of how the complexity of the context and the constraints imposed by the pre-existences and their interpretation play a key role in the contemporary design process.
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We will look into what is happening in other affected cities in southern Europe; through the studying of reference projects of contemporary architecture we will understand how architecture can respond to seasonal temperature extremes.
What would work for Rome? We will move on to design experimentation, and we need radical solutions.
Mutuazione: 21010034 LAB - Learning from Abroad in Architettura - Progettazione architettonica LM-4 BRORSON SUSANNE
Programme
The studio project is set up as an experimental laboratory. During an initial research for design phase we will learn about passive architectural strategies that can respond to extreme heat. For that, we will look into vernacular architecture in hot climates; we will try to extract scalable design principles that could be applied today. This also includes the studying of certain materials used, and how they are linked to typological aspects of climate-responsive architecture.We will look into what is happening in other affected cities in southern Europe; through the studying of reference projects of contemporary architecture we will understand how architecture can respond to seasonal temperature extremes.
What would work for Rome? We will move on to design experimentation, and we need radical solutions.
Core Documentation
Thematic lectures and inspections of the areas covered are plannedType of delivery of the course
You will work in groups of two, but we will work together as one big collective in trying to find answers to the pressing question how architecture can adapt to a changing climate and how to create spaces for well-tempered cohabitation. As a semester project, you will design housing within an existing industrial structure.Attendance
Students must have attended at least 75 percent of the classes to be admitted to the examType of evaluation
Oral test and project evaluation.