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ARCHITETTURA E COMPOSIZIONE ARCHITETTONICA II

	0660100016
	DIPARTIMENTO DI INGEGNERIA CIVILE
	CORSO DI LAUREA MAGISTRALE A CICLO UNICO DI 5 ANNI
	BUILDING ENGINEERING - ARCHITECTURE
	2013/2014

PERCORSO COMUNE

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2012
	ANNUALE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	ICAR/14	9	90	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	THE COURSE GOALS CONCERN THE FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE DESIGN PROCESS THAT IS THE SPATIAL COMPOSITION WITHIN THE INTERACTION WITH THE HUMAN BODY. THIS WILL LEAD TO READING AND DESIGNING SPACE IN RELATION TO MEASURES, VIEWS AND THE PATH. THE COURSE AIMS AT FURNISHING THE ESSENTIAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION EXPLORING THE PRACTICE OF THE SPATIAL MODELLING THROUGHOUT THE CONTROL OF THE SPATIAL AND VISUAL RELATIONS WITHIN A WORK WHICH DRAWS TOGETHER IDEATION AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL EXPLORATION. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: TO UNDERSTAND THE DESIGN PROCESS AS A SPATIAL PRACTICE. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: TO ACQUIRE SKILLS IN DESIGNING SPATIAL SEQUENCES; TO READ AND CREATE ARCHITECTURAL SPACES THROUGH THE RELATION AMONG SOLIDS AND VOIDS, CONTINUITIES AND DISCONTINUITIES, RHYTHM AND SURFACE SHAPING, USING VIEWS AND PATHS; LEARNING HOW TO RESPOND TO THE SPECIFICITY OF A SITE. MAKING JUDGEMENTS: CRITICAL READING OF ARCHITECTURAL SPACES THROUGH COMPARISON AMONG A VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS, UNDERSTANDING ANALOGIES AND DIFFERENCES. COMMUNICATION SKILLS: TO COORDINATE VERBAL, GRAPHIC AND SPATIAL COMMUNICATION IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN DESIGN CONTENTS; TO BE ABLE TO WORK IN TEAM. LEARNING SKILLS: TO TRANSFER THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND SITUATIONS.

THE COURSE GOALS CONCERN THE FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE DESIGN PROCESS THAT IS THE SPATIAL COMPOSITION WITHIN THE INTERACTION WITH THE HUMAN BODY. THIS WILL LEAD TO READING AND DESIGNING SPACE IN RELATION TO MEASURES, VIEWS AND THE PATH. THE COURSE AIMS AT FURNISHING THE ESSENTIAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION EXPLORING THE PRACTICE OF THE SPATIAL MODELLING THROUGHOUT THE CONTROL OF THE SPATIAL AND VISUAL RELATIONS WITHIN A WORK WHICH DRAWS TOGETHER IDEATION AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL EXPLORATION.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: TO UNDERSTAND THE DESIGN PROCESS AS A SPATIAL PRACTICE.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: TO ACQUIRE SKILLS IN DESIGNING SPATIAL SEQUENCES; TO READ AND CREATE ARCHITECTURAL SPACES THROUGH THE RELATION AMONG SOLIDS AND VOIDS, CONTINUITIES AND DISCONTINUITIES, RHYTHM AND SURFACE SHAPING, USING VIEWS AND PATHS; LEARNING HOW TO RESPOND TO THE SPECIFICITY OF A SITE.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS: CRITICAL READING OF ARCHITECTURAL SPACES THROUGH COMPARISON AMONG A VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS, UNDERSTANDING ANALOGIES AND DIFFERENCES.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS: TO COORDINATE VERBAL, GRAPHIC AND SPATIAL COMMUNICATION IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN DESIGN CONTENTS; TO BE ABLE TO WORK IN TEAM.

LEARNING SKILLS: TO TRANSFER THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND SITUATIONS.

	Prerequisites
	BASIC SKILLS OF SKETCHING, HAND DRAFTING AND COMPUTER DRAWING. BASIC ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN EXPERIENCE. SOME KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. OPENNESS IN TRANSDISCIPLINARY WORK AND IN EXCHANGING KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL REFLECTIONS.

	Contents
	THE ARCHITECTURAL SPACE: THEORETICAL AND INTERPRETATIVE ISSUES; INTRODUCTION TO THE EXPERIMENTAL WORK. / READING OF SELECTED DESIGN CASE-STUDIES (EITHER HISTORIC, MODERN OR CONTEMPORARY) WITH THE AIM OF INTERPRETING THE SPATIAL RELATIONS AMONG THE BODY AND THE SPACES. / EXTRACTING, THROUGH A WORK OF DECONSTRUCTION, SOME SPATIAL SOLUTIONS, LOOKING AT RELATIONS BETWEEN PLANES, SOLIDS AND VOIDS AND WITHIN THE RELATION WITH THE HUMAN BODY. / GENERATING NEW SPACES THROUGH A WORK OF MANIPULATION. / DEFINITION OF SPACES RESPONDING TO A PROGRAMME, THUS FURTHER DEVELOPING THE PREVIOUS STUDIED SOLUTIONS. / RELATION WITH A SPECIFIC SITE AND SUBSEQUENT NEW MANIPULATION OF SPACES. / DEFINITION OF THE DESIGN PROJECT THROUGH DRAWINGS AND SOLUTIONS AT VARIOUS SCALES.

Contents

THE ARCHITECTURAL SPACE: THEORETICAL AND INTERPRETATIVE ISSUES; INTRODUCTION TO THE EXPERIMENTAL WORK. / READING OF SELECTED DESIGN CASE-STUDIES (EITHER HISTORIC, MODERN OR CONTEMPORARY) WITH THE AIM OF INTERPRETING THE SPATIAL RELATIONS AMONG THE BODY AND THE SPACES. / EXTRACTING, THROUGH A WORK OF DECONSTRUCTION, SOME SPATIAL SOLUTIONS, LOOKING AT RELATIONS BETWEEN PLANES, SOLIDS AND VOIDS AND WITHIN THE RELATION WITH THE HUMAN BODY. / GENERATING NEW SPACES THROUGH A WORK OF MANIPULATION. / DEFINITION OF SPACES RESPONDING TO A PROGRAMME, THUS FURTHER DEVELOPING THE PREVIOUS STUDIED SOLUTIONS. / RELATION WITH A SPECIFIC SITE AND SUBSEQUENT NEW MANIPULATION OF SPACES. / DEFINITION OF THE DESIGN PROJECT THROUGH DRAWINGS AND SOLUTIONS AT VARIOUS SCALES.

	Teaching Methods
	THE DIDACTIC WORK WILL FOLLOW A NONLINEAR PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT BASED ON ASERIES OF DESIGN EXERCISES, WHICH WILL GIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO THE STUDENTS OF REFLECTION AND EXPERIMENTATION. THE LECTURES WILL PROVIDE THE USEFUL REFERENCES TO THE EXPERIMENTAL WORK DEVELOPED DURING THE DESIGN LABORATORY. THE STUDIO-COURSE IS BASED ON AN EXTENSIVE USE OF MODELS IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND SPACE IN THE 3 DIMENSIONS AND THEN ON A WORK THROUGH DRAWINGS, INITIALLY WITH THE SECTION AND LATER WITH THE PLAN. THE DESIGN PROCESS, BASED ON SUCCESSIVE THOUGH INDEPENDENT STEPS, WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERING THE ARCHITECTURAL SPACE FIRST AT A CLOSE RANGE AND THEN OVERALL, CONSTRUCTING A PATH AND A SPATIAL SEQUENCE. DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR THE STUDENT WILL HAVE A SKETCH BOOK FOR SKETCHES MADE DURING THE LECTURES AND PERSONAL STUDY.

Teaching Methods

THE DIDACTIC WORK WILL FOLLOW A NONLINEAR PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT BASED ON ASERIES OF DESIGN EXERCISES, WHICH WILL GIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO THE STUDENTS OF REFLECTION AND EXPERIMENTATION.
THE LECTURES WILL PROVIDE THE USEFUL REFERENCES TO THE EXPERIMENTAL WORK DEVELOPED DURING THE DESIGN LABORATORY.
THE STUDIO-COURSE IS BASED ON AN EXTENSIVE USE OF MODELS IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND SPACE IN THE 3 DIMENSIONS AND THEN ON A WORK THROUGH DRAWINGS, INITIALLY WITH THE SECTION AND LATER WITH THE PLAN. THE DESIGN PROCESS, BASED ON SUCCESSIVE THOUGH INDEPENDENT STEPS, WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERING THE ARCHITECTURAL SPACE FIRST AT A CLOSE RANGE AND THEN OVERALL, CONSTRUCTING A PATH AND A SPATIAL SEQUENCE.
DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR THE STUDENT WILL HAVE A SKETCH BOOK FOR SKETCHES MADE DURING THE LECTURES AND PERSONAL STUDY.

	Verification of learning
	ALL THE DESIGN EXERCISES, THE MODELS AND THE DRAWINGS HANDED IN DURING THE YEAR WILL BE SHOWN AT THE EXAM AND REORGANIZED IN AN EXHIBITION WHICH WILL OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EVALUATION OF THE WHOLE DESIGN PROCESS STIMULATING DISCUSSIONS AND REFLECTIONS TOGETHER WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE DESIGNERS INVITED AT THE EVENT AS GUEST CRITICS. AN INDIVIDUAL COLLOQUIUM WILL FOLLOW THE EVENT. THE STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE AN ASSESSMENT FOR EACH PART OF THE WORK, AND THE FINAL MARK WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE DESIGN EXERCISES, THE PERSONAL SKETCH BOOK AND THE FINAL COLLOQUIUM HELD DURING THE EXAM REGARDING THE TOPICS COVERED DURING THE COURSE, THE THEORETICAL READINGS AND THE STUDIED DESIGN WORKS.

Verification of learning

ALL THE DESIGN EXERCISES, THE MODELS AND THE DRAWINGS HANDED IN DURING THE YEAR WILL BE SHOWN AT THE EXAM AND REORGANIZED IN AN EXHIBITION WHICH WILL OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EVALUATION OF THE WHOLE DESIGN PROCESS STIMULATING DISCUSSIONS AND REFLECTIONS TOGETHER WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE DESIGNERS INVITED AT THE EVENT AS GUEST CRITICS. AN INDIVIDUAL COLLOQUIUM WILL FOLLOW THE EVENT.
THE STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE AN ASSESSMENT FOR EACH PART OF THE WORK, AND THE FINAL MARK WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE DESIGN EXERCISES, THE PERSONAL SKETCH BOOK AND THE FINAL COLLOQUIUM HELD DURING THE EXAM REGARDING THE TOPICS COVERED DURING THE COURSE, THE THEORETICAL READINGS AND THE STUDIED DESIGN WORKS.

	Texts
	A. COMO, DAL CORPOALLOSPAZIOABITATO / FROM THE BODY TO THE HABITED SPACE, ROMA 2010 / LE CORBUSIER, UNE PETITE MAISON (A SMALL HOUSE), 1923 / LE CORBUSIER, THE MODULOR [EXTRACTS] / G. PEREC, SPECIES OF SPACE AND OTHER PIECES, 2008 / M. DE CERTEAU, THE PRACTICE OF EVERYDAY LIFE, 2002 / G. BACHELARD, THE POETICS OF SPACE, 1994 / MATERIAL FURNISHED IN PHOTOCOPIES FROM A SERIES OF TEXTS.