ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 4

Segment

Course Sheet

Course code:

AI215

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019

Year of supply:

2022/2023

Divisions:

Gruppo A

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Degree:

Course of Single Cycle Degree 5 years in ARCHITECTURE

Disciplinary Sector:

Architectural and Urban Composition

Is part of:

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 4

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

BILO' Federico

Cycle:

Single Annual Cycle

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Hours of classroom activity:

140

Individual study hours:

210

Prerequisites:

Students must have taken the architectural composition exam 3, and the preparatory exams, as required by the degree course.

Objectives

For architectural composition 4 the objectives are: - to make known the techniques of development of the complex architectural and urban project and the multiscalar procedures and for differentiated implementation phases; - to experiment with the relationship between architectural artefacts and critical interpretation of the shape of urban territories; - identify the criteria for the choice of technical and constructive alternatives; - develop a complex transformation project addressing infrastructural, landscape and urban issues in particular from the territorial to the architectural scale.

Contents

The course is divided into two phases: the first, lasting five days in intensive mode (workshop) and the second lasting the second semester (laboratory).
Attendance is compulsory and is recorded in the classroom during all the laboratory days
The topics addressed in the two introductory phases the student of the 4th year to the development of a project that requires the alternation of the transition of scale from the understanding / interpretation of the landscape to the study of the building, up to the understanding of the architectural detail. In particular, the course takes as its broader background theme the redevelopment of the river landscape and the design of related neighbourhood services.

Extended Syllabus

1. Didactic purposes and theme of the course
The topics addressed in the two phases introduce the 4th year student to the development of a project that requires the alternation of the transition of scale from the understanding / interpretation of the landscape to the study of the building, up to the understanding of the architectural detail. In particular, the course takes as a broader background theme, the redevelopment of the river landscape and the design of connected neighborhood services.
First phase (WORKSHOP 5-9 September)
Project theme: temporary public structures for a Sailing School at the mouth of the Saline river (Montesilvano – PE).
The course consists of a design test that takes as a broader background theme, the redevelopment of the abandoned river landscape at the mouth of the Saline river.
The context is strongly characterized by the presence of tourist accommodation facilities, by congress centers with relative large areas intended for parking, today oversized compared to the real use and the question. This condition significantly affects the cancellation of the presence of the river, already heavily damaged by pollution, compared to local urban life. Starting from acquiring as a priori an appropriate reclamation of the area, the exercise involves the design of temporary and removable minimum service structures for activities public related to the livability of the river and its enhancement even in non-seasonal periods.

Second phase (LABORATORY. Second semester)

The theme of the Laboratory is developed within an "on-board" area between the valley of the Aniene Park and the front of the Garden City – Montesacro – in Rome. The place, currently characterized by the presence of the abandoned buildings of the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, represents an important hinge between the environmental system of the River Aniene and the Garden City of Montesacro, which, designed in 1919 by a team of architects led by Gustavo Giovannoni, still preserves a good part of the original historical heritage.
The design exercise involves the mending between the Park and the neighborhood through the redevelopment of the former IPZS area with the inclusion of new cultural and sports activities, for psychophysical well-being .
Design exercise : New Spas.
In analogy to the thermal buildings of antiquity, the artifact provides for the coexistence of two large families of activities: those dedicated to the body and those dedicated to the mind (mens sana in corpore sano). The first one is about changing rooms, gyms, swimming pool, sports fields, a spa etc ... At the second the library, a multipurpose room, a small conference room, etc ... Common to both are the general services, including the reception, catering, bar ...
Considering the river context and the richness of the program, the design of the open spaces pertaining to the building assumes great importance, both for its better location and for the outdoor expansion of indoor activities.

2. Organization of the Course:
The course is divided into ex-cathedra lessons and seminar moments: the first consist of the communications of the teacher of the course itself or of other teachers, specially invited. The seminar sessions are bothcollective discussions on specific issuesand collective reviews of learners' elaborations.

Recommended Bibliography

Specific texts and review of examples on hybrid buildings. Essays on project theories
.
Design manuals, reviews of examples in books and magazines, regulations

Teaching Methods

The course includes four teaching methods: - the
lesson held by the teacher or by invited personalities;
- the seminar for the deepening of specific problems, with presentations entrusted to the students;
- the collective review of the progress of the project agreed on dates to be defined;
- the revision of the individual working groups by the teacher on a weekly basis. on the progress of the project
The working groups can be composed of a maximum of three students. The course is divided into two areas:
1 Lessons: The theoretical issues of Composition are identified and treated in close relation to the practical exercises in progress.
2 Practical exercises organized and followed by teaching according to two moments:
- Group Seminars
- Individual work correspond to them work sessions in the classroom and individual reviews.

The Laboratory provides in both phases of the Course, the drafting of physical models of study.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The final evaluation of the course will take into account the work done in both phases of the laboratory.
On the last day of the first phase, an exhibition / presentation will be made by each individual student of the work produced, to which an evaluation will be attributed , considered then in the general vote at the end of the laboratory.
The final exam will take place at the end of the second phase of the course.
The Laboratory has as its objective the drafting of a project and the study inherent in the theories of architecture that support the design path. The graphic drawings established by the teacher at the appropriate time, suitable for understanding the project (graphic tables, study models drawn up) will be evaluated to the different architectural scales, book of design references and project sketches. During the exam there will be an interview with the student who will focus on the design choices undertaken and on the architectural theories deepened during the lessons

Contacts/More Information

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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