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The course aims to teach students the basic knowledge relating to the classification, analysis and design of construction systems. The acquisition of this knowledge also provides insights into the relationship between materials, structures and forms, in architecture and the relationship between the building organism and the natural environment.
The lessons are divided into two phases, the first theoretical and the second of practical application.
The theoretical phase includes lectures on the material, structural and constructive characteristics of massive, skeletonized and light systems. The concepts relating to the systemic conception in the breakdown of the building organism and the demand-performance approach in the development of the project will also be explained. These concepts will be tested in the practical application phase through the systemic breakdown, performance analysis and reading of the construction system of a given building or to be designed. Specifically, a cycle of lessons is envisaged that relate to:
1. The classification of building systems and the relationship between materials, structures and shapes
to. Heavy massive systems (with examples of traditional and contemporary / innovative architecture)
b. Massive pushing systems (with examples of traditional and contemporary / innovative architecture)
c. Frame systems (with examples of traditional and contemporary / innovative architecture)
d. Lightweight systems (with examples of traditional and contemporary / innovative architectures)
2. The breakdown of the building system (up to the reading of the functional layers and their relationship with the materials)
to. C.U.T. Structures
b. C.U.T. Closures
c. C.U.T. Partitions
3. The demand-performance approach to the project
The practical application involves both the study of an artifact through systemic decomposition and the needs-performance analysis and the design of a minimum housing unit.
Books
1. Campioli A., Lavagna M., Tecniche e Architettura, CittàStudi, 2013.
2. M.C. Forlani, Materiali strutture forme – note per la progettazione strutturale, Alinea Editrice, Firenze 1983.
3. AA.VV., Progettare nel processo edilizio, Ed. Luigi Parma, Bologna, 1981.
4. AA.VV. Manuale di progettazione edilizia (Volume 4 Tecnologie: requisiti, soluzioni, esecuzione, prestazioni). Hoepli Milano, 1985.
5. Mandolesi E., Edilizia (4 vol.) - Utet, Torino.
6. AA.VV., Sistemi costruttivi per l’architettura, Libreria Clup, Milano, 2002.
7. A. De Angelis, Tecnologia dell’architettura: guida ai sistemi costruttivi, Dei, Roma, 2003.
8. E. Arbizzani, Tecnologia dei sistemi edilizi, Maggioli, 2008.
9. D. Radogna, Kalhöfer & Korschildgen. Flessibilità ed esigenze d’uso. Soluzioni progettuali per un quadro prestazionale variabile, Sala editori, Pescara, 2008.
10. Del Nord R., Felli P., Torricelli M.C., Materiali e tecnologie dell’architettura, Laterza, Bari, 2012.
Objectives
The main objective of the course is to provide the student with adequate knowledge of the building systems with respect to which architecture is classifiable as well as the ability to analyze and design a building system according to the systemic and demanding-performance approach. In particular, the student will have to acquire sufficient knowledge of the relationships between materials, structural types and morphological and dimensional characteristics in the architectural project, also with specific reference to the impacts that a building generates on the environment throughout the building process.
Teaching method
Frontal lessons
Guided practical experimentation
To take the final exam, participation in the course activities and carrying out the proposed exercises are required.
Final check with an exam interview aimed at ascertaining the knowledge of the topics covered in the cycle of lessons and the ability to hold a discussion on one's own paper also in relation to the main topics of the course.
