- Docente: Ilaria Cattabriga
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ICAR/18
- Language: English
- 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)
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from Feb 20, 2026 to Mar 27, 2026
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from Mar 18, 2026 to Jun 05, 2026
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