TECNOLOGIE E SISTEMI COSTRUTTIVI PER L'ARCHITETTURA M - Z
Academic Year 2024/2025 - 2° YearCredit Value: 10
Scientific field: ICAR/12 - Architectural technology
Taught classes: 56 hours
Exercise: 26 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
Expected Learning Outcomes
The course focuses on the principles of Architectural Technology, a discipline aimed at understanding the processes of implementation and transformation of the built environment, as well as methods and tools required to define, evaluate and control construction choices. The student will gain the basic knowledge needed to analyse and evaluate the construction systems and their elements, understanding their performance in relation to technologies and materials used for their realization.
At the end of the course, students will have acquired an adequate knowledge of:
- the main traditional and contemporary construction systems;
- the most common construction materials;
- the construction elements and the methods of analysis of their performance.
Furthermore, the students will develop operational, critical and synthetic skills:
- to propose, structure and manage design solutions and building performance, according to the expected requirements;
- to assess the compatibility of intervention solutions with the built and the natural environment, in the design, construction and maintenance.
Exercises and tests of learning in progress will guide students in the practical application and verification of acquired knowledge, as a solution to the complexity of building systems. The course will contribute to develop the communication skills of the students, leading them in the organization of the presentation of knowledge, also through exercises which require analysis and project drawings.
Course Structure
The course includes lectures, seminars and practical exercises. Learning process check tests (optional) will be scheduled (open-ended questions and drawings).
Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
The final examination consists of a discussion on the topics covered in the lectures, the ex tempore representation of construction joints and the practical exercises, in order to test the achieved knowledge.
Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
Textbook Information
- McLean W., Silver P., Introduction to Architectural Technology, Laurence King Publishing, London, 2013
- Allen E., How buildings work: the natural order of architecture, Oxford University Press, New York, 2005.
Other references will be suggested as the course progresses, depending on the topics covered in the classes.
Course Planning
Subjects | Text References | |
---|---|---|
1 | Fundamentals of technological design culture | 1,2 |
2 | Performance-Based Building Design | 1,2 |
3 | Class of Needs Usability | 2 |
4 | Class of Needs Comfort | 2 |
5 | Class of Needs Safety | 2 |
6 | Construction systems | 1 |
7 | Foundation | 1 |
8 | Masonry | 1 |
9 | Arch, vault and dome | 1 |
10 | Slab | 1 |
11 | Roof | 1 |
12 | Stairs | 1 |
13 | Window fixtures | 1 |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
The final examination is an interview, intended to test the following results:
1. knowledge of the topics covered in the lectures;
2. ability to present the topics of discussion and knowledge of the technical language;
3. ability to autonomously and critically relate the knowledge acquired;
4.
ability to develop project solutions according to the expected quality
levels, in the critical discussion of the students' work.
The learning check may also be performed online, should the conditions require it.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
Main design criteria to ensure fire safety / user safety / thermohygrometric comfort / acoustic comfort / accessibility and practicability / maintainability / etc.
Building systems in pre-industrial construction.
Difference between pitched roofs with Piedmontese and Lombard-style frames.
Construction systems for pile foundations.
Technical devices and their functions.
The main exercise topics are also given:
Description of the Building System.
Survey and requirement-performance analysis of existing buildings.
Analysis of construction elements and/or technical devices.
Performance evaluation of built architectures.