11375 - Restoration and Preservation of Buildings

Learning outcomes

Course debates the theme of refurbischment of building's heritage, both on the study of historical tecniques and on the explanation of actual regulamentations about the ways of practise.

Course contents

The course will be articulated in to parts referred to the theme of refurbishment of historical heritage and focused on construction techniques, architectural functionality and energetic performances. The didactic comprehends lessons ex-cathedra and exercise activities in groups of students, as indicated above.

1. LESSONS

 1a. Seismic restoration of historical masonry building.

The aim of the course is to furnish the bases regarding the theoretical approach and the techniques about restoration and maintenance of historical heritage, with specific regard to the theme of seismic prevention. The course is articulated in two parts. The first regards the exposition of the theoretical assumptions as the foundations of the technique's solutions selected afterwards. The discussion starts from a circumstantial analysis of the criteria on which is based the historical construction, following a knowledge approach which transversally cuts the theory and the practise of pre-modern construction, through the exposition of some specific theoretical passages.

The second part is oriented towards the description of technological methods for building restoration, following an approach based on the use of seismic pre-modern techniques, with specific regards to the case of Marche and Umbria's re-building after the seismic event of 1997 .

 First part: theoretical bases

1-       Historical consciousness and analytical instruments

2-       Structure, masonry frame, construction

3-       The rational consciousness of the effects

4-       Scientific reason and technical knowledge

 

Second part: practise criteria and applicative techniques in seismic contexts

 5-       Regulation and the actual theoretical trend

6-       Constructive and mechanic characteristic of historical masonry buildings

7-       Instrumental diagnostic

8-       Pre-modern techniques of seismic prevention

                - masonry foundations restoration

                - masonry structures restoration

                - hoopings

                - roofs and ceilings restoration

                - wood structures restoration

                - vaults restoration

2a. Refurbishment of recent buildings.

 The didactic module is focused on the treatment of the way of restoration and refurbishment of the XX century Italian building heritage. In particular the attention will be centre on the questions joined to actual performances standard about the evaluation of good economic and technique response in the project chooses.

3a. Criteria and means for energetic refurbishment

 The didactic module is focused on the treatment of the way of restoration and refurbishment for the optimization of energetic behavior through an appropriate approach in terms of respect of architectural identity of the building and of a good economic and technique solution.

 

 

2. EXERCISE

Exercise will be focused on two themes and will be organized on groups of three students each. The aim will be focused on the editing of a technical line-guide about seismic building rehabilitation as fixed by the actual regulations

 

 

Readings/Bibliography

Course texts:

- Gulli R., Métis e Téchne. Gli strumenti del progetto per la manutenzione e il recupero dell'edilizia storica, Edicom, 2000.

- Gulli R., Il Recupero edilizio in ambito sismico, Edicom, 2010.

- Gulli R., Struttura e Costruzione / Structure and Construction, FUP, Firenze, 2012.

Bibliography:

1.a Seismic historical building masonry restoration

  - Giovanetti F. (a cura), Manuale del recupero del centro storico di Palermo, Flaccovio, 1997.

- Giovanetti F. (a cura), Manuale del recupero di Città di Castello, Dei, 1992 (ristampa 1998).

- Giuffré A. (a cura), Sicurezza e conservazione dei centri storici, il caso Ortigia, Laterza, 1993.

- Giuffré A. e Carocci C., Codice di pratica per la sicurezza e la conservazione del centro storico di Palermo, Laterza, 1999.

- Gurrieri F. (a cura), Manuale per la riabilitazione e la ricostruzione postsismica degli edifici, Dei, 1999.

- Zordan L., Le tradizioni del costruire della casa in pietra: materiali, tecniche, modelli e sperimentazioni, GEF, L'Aquila, 2002.

- G. Cangi, Manuale del recupero strutturale antisismico, DEI, 2005.

- F. Doglioni, Mazzotti Paola, Codice di pratica per gli interventi di miglioramento sismico nel restauro del patrimonio architettonico, Regione Marche,  2007

  1.b Construction History and Modern Restoration

- AA.VV. (2001) La costruzione moderna in Italia. ROMA: Il Modo di Costruire Edilstampa.

- PORETTI S. (2008). Modernismi italiani. Architettura e costruzione nel Novecento. ROMA: Gangemi, p. 1-320, ISBN: 978-88-492-1383-6

Others references will be indicated during the year

Teaching methods

Ex cattedra lessons and theorical exercises. Some visits to buildings of interest will be expected.

Assessment methods

The examination will be centred on oral dissertation and on the presentation of the design work about the theme of the year.

Teaching tools

Regular updating of didactic documents on professor web site

Office hours

See the website of Riccardo Gulli

See the website of Luca Boiardi