- Docente: Riccardo Gulli
- Credits: 12
- SSD: ICAR/10
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Riccardo Gulli (Modulo 1) Riccardo Gulli (Modulo 2) Giorgia Predari (Modulo 3)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2) Traditional lectures (Modulo 3)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Architecture and Building Engineering (cod. 0940)
Learning outcomes
The course gives the basic knowledge instruments on materials and construction processes in their relationship with the architectural project. The theory is completed by applications in the lab.
Course contents
The program envisages two integrated modules of theory.
Module 1
Principles, criteria and rules: architecture / construction; place / site; type / model. Building characters: building typologies, building methods, construction materials. Form and structure: structural frame, trilith, arch, dome, beam, truss, building base. Type and function: efficiency / effectiveness; internal space / external space.
Module 2
Building systems: reinforced concrete construction, masonry construction, timber construction, steel construction.
Readings/Bibliography
Gulli R., Struttura e Costruzione, FUP, Firenze, 2012.
Dassori E., Morbiducci R., Costruire l'architettura, Tecniche Nuove, 2010.
Il Nuovissmo Manuale dell’architetto, Mancosu, 2020.
Teaching methods
Lectures and laboratory work
Assessment methods
Theory lessons and design workshops
Teaching tools
Standard communication tools
Office hours
See the website of Riccardo Gulli
See the website of Giorgia Predari