99647 - CONSOLIDATION, IMPROVEMENT AND RESTORATION OF TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE

Learning outcomes

Starting from the necessity to prepare an in-depth analysis of historical buildings, the course aims at understanding historical construction techniques and the main damage phenomena and their occurrence. Will be suggested expeditious and detailed approaches for the interpretation of the construction, to be understood as tools for assessing the state of conservation and residual capacity, also in relation to phenomena such as climate change and seismic events. Finally, the techniques of consolidation and improvement of historical structures will be illustrated.

Course contents

The course aims to provide, on the basis of a historical-critical approach, the essential theoretical and practical skills in the direct analysis of the elements and construction systems of historical buildings (in particular, structural behaviour and phenomena of deterioration and instability), with in-depth study of the architectural heritage, in order to elaborate the consolidation project.

In summary, some of the main activities are listed below:

-analysis of material sources, represented by the buildings themselves, and all other documentary sources;

-reading and diagnosis of the main deterioration and instability phenomena, both from a methodological and operational point of view;

-realization of a speed and detailed survey of static instability phenomena;

-interaction with the Laboratories of the Tecnocontrolli company in Bologna, where a visit and practical exercise are planned for the characterisation of materials and structural components;

-visit to the ‘Classis Ravenna Museo della Città e del Territorio’ museum, with an in-depth study of the technical-constructive aspects of Byzantine monumental construction and a guided tour of the restoration laboratories.

Readings/Bibliography

E. BENVENUTO, La scienza delle costruzioni e il suo sviluppo storico, Ed. di storia e letterature, Firenze 1981.

A. GIUFFRÈ, Letture sulla meccanica delle murature storiche, Ed. Kappa, Roma 1991.

S. DI PASQUALE, L’arte del costruire: tra conoscenza e scienza, Marsilio, Venezia 1996.

G. CARBONARA (a cura di), Trattato di restauro architettonico, Voll. I-IV; Voll. V-VII (Impianti); Voll. IX-XI (con aggiornamenti), Utet, Torino 1996.

E. GIULIANI, Consolidamento degli edifici storici, Utet, Torino 2012.

S.F. MUSSO (a cura di), Tecniche di restauro. Aggiornamento, Utet, Torino 2013.

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Teaching methods

The course is divided into theoretical and practical lessons, during which the various topics will also be addressed through example cases, exercises and guided visits to construction sites, laboratories and museums where the previously introduced methodologies can be experienced live.

Assessment methods

The examination consists of a preliminary check of the knowledge acquired during the course and, subsequently, a discussion of the papers produced, which will cover:

1. a ‘graphic’ exercise within the ‘Living in Ravenna’ section of ‘Classis Ravenna Museo della Città e del Territorio’;

2. a ‘structural’ reading of a historical masonry building, with references to the diagnostic and consolidation project.

Teaching tools

Video projector and network connection. Course notes for the main topics of the course. Visits to laboratories, museums and construction sites.

Students who require specific services and adaptations to teaching activities due to a disability or specific learning disorders (SLD), must first contact the appropriate office: https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students.

Office hours

See the website of Nicola Santopuoli