TEORIA E TECNICA DELLA PROGETTAZIONE ARCHITETTONICA CONTEMPORANEA

Academic Year 2018/2019 - 2° Year
Teaching Staff: Marco NAVARRA
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: ICAR/14 - Architectural and urban design
Taught classes: 60 hours
Term / Semester:
ENGLISH VERSION

Learning Objectives

The course aims to provide students with the basic notions of theory and technique of architectural design. The course aims to provide students with a general understanding of the evolution of thought on architecture and project methodologies. The aim of the course is that students acquire knowledge on the history of architectural theories and understand how to use the tools of the project critically.


Course Structure

The teaching will take place with ex cathedra lessons, a monographic course and exercises.


Detailed Course Content

TOMOGRAPHIES. Topographic sections as an instrument of contemporary architectural design

The course aims to experiment with dissecting methods in the practice of contemporary architecture, paying particular attention to the tomographic sections that will be used as a key to re-reading architectural theories in their evolution.


Textbook Information

  • A. Armando, G. Durbiano, Teoria del progetto architettonico. Dai disegni agli effetti, Carocci editore, Roma 2017;
  • • R. Koolhaas, Junkspace. Per un ripensamento radicale dello spazio urbano, Quodlibet, Macerata 1999.

• M. Navarra, In WalkaboutCITY. Il paesaggio riscritto. Un parco lineare tra Caltagirone e Piazza Armerina, Villa S. Giovanni, Biblioteca del Cenide, 2002.

• M. Navarra, Repairingcities. La riparazione come strategia di “sopravvivenza”, Siracusa, Lettera Ventidue 2008.

  • J. Till , Architecture depends, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England 2009