LABORATORIO DI PROGETTAZIONE ARCHITETTONICA E URBANA M - Z

The main educational objectives of the course are: 

(a) to deepen, through architectural practice, the relationship between architectural design and urban space; 

b) to develop a new approach to design based on the interaction between anthropic and natural pre-existences, understood as a prerequisite in the process of redefining the contemporary city.

The design theme also involves an interdisciplinary approach, intertwining the concepts of memory, material, time, and place, fostering a dialogue aimed at the regeneration of the existing urban fabric through an open and flexible strategy.

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The skills acquired during the design studios attended in previous academic years are sufficient. In particular, a basic knowledge of architectural and urban design methodologies is required, along with a basic understanding of technical drawing techniques, manual skills in building scale models, and a theoretical and historical knowledge of contemporary architecture.

Pursuant to Art. 24 of the University Teaching Regulations and Section 3.1 of the Teaching Regulations of the Course of Study, attendance is compulsory for courses called "Laboratory." Students may request total or partial dispensation from compulsory attendance for serious and/or justified reasons. The dispensation is approved by the Council of the Course of Study and must at the same time provide for the possibility of attending the appeals of the relevant examinations.

In order to be admitted to take the exam, it is necessary to have attended 70% of the course lectures.

The main theme of the workshop is the relationship between design and urban space with special attention to the relationship with pre-existence.

The workshop will be introduced by a series of communications framing the theme of the workshop, with a focus on significant national and European experiences.

The proposed exercises will be aimed at acquiring a critical capacity of the design of the new in relation to the pre-existence in complex urban contexts, with a conceptual approach that is always based on the "sense of continuity."

Targeted exercises will be carried out that concern the design within the urban context also in relation to the anthropic and natural pre-existence understood as design elements carrying propositional values.

Complex areas of intervention will be chosen, where such values are often seen as obstacles to contemporary urban development, in order to experiment with a new purposeful design approach with respect to this cultural assumption.

Within the Lab, the students' activity will have the character of exercise which will entail special attention not only to the design outcomes of their work, but also to the critical process and formation of the project itself.

- Aldo Rossi, L'architettura della città, disponibile in diverse edizioni.

- Kenneth Frampton, Tettonica e Architettura, Poetica nella forma architettonica nel XIX e XX secolo, SKIRA, Milano 1999.

- Peter Zumthor, Pensare Architettura, Mondadori Electa, Milano 2003.

The exam consists of a presentation by the student, of the design exercises developed during the lab, particularly highlighting the process and the conceptual and relationship system. In addition to the presentation of the design exercises, knowledge of the texts and projects analyzed and/or presented during the course is required.

Pursuant to Art. 24 of the University Teaching Regulations and Section 3.1 of the Didactic Regulations of the Course of Study, attendance is compulsory for the courses called "Laboratory." Students may request total or partial dispensation from compulsory attendance for serious and/or justified reasons. The dispensation is approved by the Council of the Course of Study and must at the same time provide for the possibility of attending the appeals of the relevant examinations.

In order to be admitted to take the exam, it is necessary to have attended 70% of the course lectures.