99648 - THE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS THROUGHT HISTORY: CONSTRUCTION , MATERIALS AND THEORIES

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • Moduli: Ilaria Cattabriga (Modulo 1) Ilaria Cattabriga (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 1); In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Building Construction Engineering (cod. 5897)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will have acquired in-depth knowledge of historical techniques and building characters. The understanding derived from laboratory activities will also refer to the laws regulating the structural reasons and the constructive feasibility of the technical solutions within the frame of a broader knowledge in the history of construction.

Course contents

The contents of the course are the following:

1- Detachment from the Antient World;

2- Formation of the Medieval City;

3- Confrontation with the world;

4- The Reinassance town;

5- The Industrial City;

6- Visions of the Future City;

7- The Contemporary City;

8- The Idea of Community;

9- Reconstruction in Italy;

10- Urban Design.

 

Readings/Bibliography

Lewis Mumford, The Culture of Cities, HBJ Books, Orlando, 1938 (ed. 1970)

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures, ex-tempore exercises

Assessment methods

Evaluation of the exercises and final oral exam

Teaching tools

The slides of each lecture and in-depth bibliographich materials will be uplaoded on Virtuale

Office hours

See the website of Ilaria Cattabriga