B024173 - ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO I - FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

Italian

Italian

Italian

Italian

Having as a reference the Italian architectural culture, the course faces the composition as a search of a balance between "talent" and "judgment", as well as a bond between present and past, or between innovation and tradition.
Teaching is divided in theoretical lessons and practical teaching on the architectural project.
Some useful exercises are programmed to rejoin the two parts to transmit a method of analysis to be applied to the project.

The course offers a series of lectures presenting the work of some of the most relevant masters of modern and contemporary architecture, whit a special gaze to the protagonist of the 900’s Italian scene.

Architectural theory
Marc Augè, Rovine e macerie, Torino 2004
Mircea Eliade, Il sacro e il profano, Torino, 2001
Giorgio Grassi, I progetti, le opere e gli scritti, Milano 1996
Le Corbusier, Verso un’architettura, Milano 1973
Adolf Loos, Parole nel vuoto, Milano 1972
Rafael Moneo, La solitudine degli edifici, vol. 1, Torino 1999
Rafael Moneo, La solitudine degli edifici, vol. 2, Torino 2004
Ernesto N. Rogers, Esperienza dell’architettura, Torino 1958 (o Milano 1997)
Aldo Rossi, L’architettura della città, Padova 1966
Aldo Rossi, Autobiografia scientifica, Parma 1990
Francesco Venezia, Che cos’è l’architettura, Milano 2011
Paolo Zermani, Identità dell’architettura, vol. 1, Roma 1995
Paolo Zermani, Identità dell’architettura, vol. 2, Roma 2002
Paolo Zermani, Architettura: luogo, tempo, terra, luce, silenzio, Electa, Milano 2015

Architecture in Florence and Tuscany
Riccardo Butini, Giovanni Michelucci. Fotogrammi del museo, Reggio Emilia 2007
Fabio Capanni, Architettura Moderna a Fiesole, Firenze 2003
Giovanni Fanelli, Firenze, Architettura e città, Firenze 1973
Lorenzo Gori Montanelli, Architettura rurale in Toscana, Firenze 1964
Giovanni Klaus Koenig, Architettura in Toscana, 1931-1968, Torino 1968
Caterina Lisini, Francesca Mugnai, Edoardo Detti architetto e urbanista, 1913-1984, Parma 2013
Francesca Mugnai, Realismo e incanto. Edoardo Detti e Carlo Scarpa, Reggio Emilia 2010
Francesca Privitera, Disegnare dialoghi. Esercizio della sezione e progetto nell’opera di Giovanni Michelucci, Pontedera 2008
Yves Renouard, Le città italiane dal X al XIV secolo, Milano 1976
Fabrizio Rossi Prodi, Carattere dell’architettura toscana: il pensiero compositivo nella scuola di Firenze, Roma 2003

G. Grassi, La costruzione logica dell'architettura, Franco Angeli, 2008
Le Corbusier, Verso un 'architettura, Longanesi, 1986
A. Loos, Parole nel vuoto, Adelphi, 1992
R. Moneo, La solitudine degli edifici, Umberto Allemandi & C, 1999
A. Monestiroli, L'architettura della realtà, Laterza, 1997
P. Portoghesi, Dopo l'architettura moderna, BUL, 1991
E. N. Rogers, Esperienza dell'architettura, Skyra, 1997
A. Rossi, L'architettura della città, CLUP, 1966
A. Rossi, Autobiografia scientifica, Pratiche editrice, 1999
A. Siza, Scritti di architettura, Skyra, 1997
J. Summerson, Il linguaggio classico dell'architettura, PBE, 1970
H. Tessenow, Osservazioni elementari sul costruire, Franco Angeli, 1990
R. Venturi, Complessità e contraddizioni nell'architettura, Dedalo, 1980
P. Zumthor, Pensare Architettura, Electa, 2003
P. Zermani, Identità dell'architettura I/II, 1995 – 2002
P. Zermani, Architettura: luogo, tempo, terra, luce, silenzio, Electa, 2015

As a first footstep toward the architectural project, the course prepares on the fundamental (theoretical and operational) aspects of the discipline, giving importance to a solid conceptual and theoretical base. The competences the student will acquire range from the ability in understanding the architectural space to a compositional method based upon the analysis and synthesis of the context of intervention.
As regards the practical exercise the student is requested to plan a private house inside the historical city. If on one hand the residential theme will facilitate the approach of the student to the project, on the other hand the context of the historical city and the compositional method proposed will involve a complex reasoning on the architectural types of the city.

The course aims to indagate some peculiar features of modern architecture, considering the reasons of their origin and the mechanisms of their transformation and evolution in relation with historical and cultural context. In these light, some well-known projects are deeply analyzed up to recognize some interesting connection existing between the different experiences of the authors beyond the differences concerning the method of approaching the design or concerning the languages.

Those established by the didactic rules.

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In the first part of the course the theoretical lessons will go side by side with the designing work in order to confirm the necessity of a tight connection between the conceptual level and practical one. As early as the beginning of the course the student will be busy in the project.
The workshop represents a very important activity where it is possible to open up collective discussions, have opinion exchanges with the teacher and observe the work of other students.
For the examination the following material is required:
- Planimetry 1:500
- Plan of the ground floor 1:200
- Plans of all levels, elevations and sections, 1:00
- Model 1:50
- descriptive report

In addition to the cycle of lectures, teaching consists of three practice extempore exercises (as better described on the moodle page of the course)

The teaching material is available on the platform Moodle Unifi

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The verification of the student learning is permanent during the project reviews. However some expirations are fixed during the course, so that the teacher can verify the effectiveness of her teaching and the student can organize the work rationally. The final examination consists in the presentation and discussion of the work done within the course.

The final exam consists in the submission of the design project developed during the whole course.

Having as a reference the Italian architectural culture, the course faces the composition as a search of a balance between "talent" and "judgment", as well as a bond between present and past, or between innovation and tradition.
Teaching is divided in theoretical lessons and practical teaching on the architectural project.
Some useful exercises are programmed to rejoin the two parts to transmit a method of analysis to be applied to the project.

Lessons in architectural theory
Architecture in ten words. Introduction to the architectural composition.
Classical Modern. Two approaches: when the Modern is born from the Classic; when the Modern gets Classic.
The Italian story. The Modern Movement in Italy through the works of the greatest Teachers.
Places. How to read the characters of a place in order to build architecture in the landscape.
The type. The architectural types as connection elements between the present and the past.

Lessons aimed the specific theme of project:
The Florentine house. Types and characters of the house in the history of the city.
The house in the Modern epoch. Houses that have marked the modern and contemporary epoch.

As a first footstep toward the project, the course prepares on the fundamental (theoretical and operational) aspects of the discipline, giving importance to a solid conceptual and theoretical base. The competences the student will acquire range from the ability in understanding the architectural space to a compositional method based upon the analysis and synthesis of the context of intervention.
As regards the practical exercise the student is requested to plan a private house inside the historical city. If on one hand the residential theme will facilitate the approach of the student to the project, on the other hand the context of the historical city and the compositional method proposed will involve a complex reasoning on the architectural types of the city.
The verification of the student learning is permanent during the project reviews. However some expirations are fixed during the course, so that the teacher can verify the effectiveness of her teaching and the student can organize the work rationally. The final examination consists in the presentation and discussion of the work done within the course.

The course offers a series of lectures presenting the work of some of the most relevant masters of modern and contemporary architecture, whit a special gaze to the protagonist of the 900’s Italian scene.
The course aims to indagate some peculiar features of modern architecture, considering the reasons of their origin and the mechanisms of their transformation and evolution in relation with historical and cultural context.
In these light, some well-known projects are deeply analyzed up to recognize some interesting connection existing between the different experiences of the authors beyond the differences concerning the method of approaching the design or concerning the languages.
In addition to the cycle of lectures, teaching consists of three practice extempore exercises (as better described on the moodle page of the course)
The final exam consists in the submission of the design project developed during the whole course.

G. Grassi, La costruzione logica dell'architettura, Franco Angeli, 2008
Le Corbusier, Verso un 'architettura, Longanesi, 1986
A. Loos, Parole nel vuoto, Adelphi, 1992
R. Moneo, La solitudine degli edifici, Umberto Allemandi & C, 1999
A. Monestiroli, L'architettura della realtà, Laterza, 1997
P. Portoghesi, Dopo l'architettura moderna, BUL, 1991
E. N. Rogers, Esperienza dell'architettura, Skyra, 1997
A. Rossi, L'architettura della città, CLUP, 1966
A. Rossi, Autobiografia scientifica, Pratiche editrice, 1999
A. Siza, Scritti di architettura, Skyra, 1997
J. Summerson, Il linguaggio classico dell'architettura, PBE, 1970
H. Tessenow, Osservazioni elementari sul costruire, Franco Angeli, 1990
R. Venturi, Complessità e contraddizioni nell'architettura, Dedalo, 1980
P. Zumthor, Pensare Architettura, Electa, 2003
P. Zermani, Identità dell'architettura I/II, 1995 – 2002
P. Zermani, Architettura: luogo, tempo, terra, luce, silenzio, Electa, 2015