65921 - Rural buildings and Spatial Planning

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student acquires the basic elements for the design of rural buildings as well as information on the main tools of regional and urban planning for the design of construction actions in rural areas, with particular attention to those of municipal level and the main procedural aspects. The student is able to define the design process of a rural building, until the completion of the preliminary project, and to apply the tools of protection and regulation of land use in the management and planning of building actions in rural areas.

Course contents

Prerequisites: The student who accesses this teaching has a good preparation in the fundamentals of mathematics, statistics and physics.

Planning and design of rural areas are considered synergistic actions linked by a two-way relationship that over time created the present landscape and will determine its future changes. This idea permeates the course contents that are developed through a program divided into theoretical and practical teaching units, strictly related each other.

Module 1 - Teaching unit 1 (Giovanni Pollicino). Fundamentals of technical drawing (10 hours)

Expected Results: The student knows the conventions for the preparation of technical drawings for the representation of projects, the student knows and is able to apply the rules of projective geometry with regard to the orthogonal projections and sections of buildings.

· Drawing tools and conventions in the representation

o ISO (UNI) formats

o types and thicknesses of line

o dimensions and scales of proportion

o text and symbols

· Fundamental geometric constructions

· Orthogonal projections

· Axonometry, perspective

o plans and plants, front views, sections

Module 1 - Teaching unit 2 (Giovanni Pollicino) Computer Aided Design (CAD) for design (14 hours)

Expected results: the student knows the operation of a CAD software and is able to use it for the preparation of drawings for the design of basic rural buildings, up to the scale of detail of the final design.

- Fundamentals and main commands

· Layer management

· Dimensions

· Page layout and print settings.

Module 1 - Teaching unit 3 (Giovanni Pollicino) (Giovanni Pollicino). Practical CAD sessions (16 hours)

Expected results: the student applies what learned in the previous teaching units by means of exercise sessions guided by the teacher.

- Rural building drafting

- Rural building design

Module 2 - Teaching unit 4 (Patrizia Tassinari) Rural planning (18 hours)

In the theoretical part of the teaching unit we introduce a cultural reference framework within which lies the discipline of planning. From the first theories and conceptions of the landscape to the European Landscape Convention (2000), and its transposition into national legislation, the course analyzes the fundamental laws of the discipline of spatial planning and the tools that regulate the complex transformation of rural areas with a significant reference to the legislative experience of the Emilia Romagna region, at different scales of land government.

The teaching unit includes also seminars on specific topics of spatial planning.

Expected results: at the end of the teaching unit the student knows the institutional tools in force, at the regional, provincial, and local level

Module 2 - Teaching unit 5 (Patrizia Tassinari) Reading of spatial planning tools (14 hours)

The teaching unit includes a laboratory part aimed at the reading and critical analysis of plans (at wide-area and local scale) in a geographical area chosen within the Emilia-Romagna region. The students (in small groups) will be guided in the interpretation and presentation of the indications deriving from the reading of the planning tools and associtated regulations. The results will be discussed and revised in classroom with the professor.

Expected results: at the end of the teaching unit the student is able to read and interpret the both sector and supermunicipal planning tools.

Module 2 - Teaching unit 6 (Patrizia Tassinari) Wineries: design and construction requirements (8 hours)

This teaching unit consists of a theoretical module that will address the main phases of the wine making process and the building and environmental requirements of the rooms and open spaces of wineries. Supplementary activities such as visits to case studies chosen for their exemplary features will supported the teaching unit.

Expected results: the student knows the main characteristics of wine-making buildings, with insights on the characterization of external and internal spaces in relation to the winemaking process.

Readings/Bibliography

Lecture notes prepared by teachers in relation to all teaching units (the material is made available on the Campus AMS progressively during the course, functionally for the lectures). Lecture notes given by the professors represent a useful base if integrated by notes taken by students during the lessons.

For further information, refer to specific chapters of the following books:

Agostini Stella, 2015. "Manuale di Edilizia Rurale. criteri di progettazione integrata". EdiSES, Napoli.

•“Progettazione urbanistica”, F. Oliva, P. Galuzzi, P. Vitillo, Maggioli

•Storia del paesaggio agrario italiano, Emilio Sereni, Laterza,

•M. Docci, M. Gaiani, D. Maestri "Scienza del disegno", Città Studi, 2011.

•Autodesk “Guida in linea software Autocad”, Autodesk, 2015.

Teaching methods

The course is subdivided into teaching units with theoretical lessons in classroom, exercises, seminars and study visits.

Teaching units 1, 2, 4 and 6 provide theoretical lessons in classroom.

The teaching unit 3 (guided exercises in the CAD laboratory) and teaching unit 5 (reading of planning tools) are taught entirely in laboratory by conducting guided exercises that students develop in first person with the supervision of teachers. The faculty-student interaction in this part is constant and takes the form of periodic reviews in which students’ critical thinking is stimulated, by guiding them towards the most suitable design and graphic solutions for developing the proposed theme.

Assessment methods

The examination aimed at verifying the knowledge and skills acquired in module 1 (teaching units 1, 2, and 3) consists in an interview, where the student presents and discusses the drawings produced during the exercises of module 1. The exercises consist in developing CAD reproductions of a rural building (which requires a plan, at least 2 elevations, and at least a section) with suitable adjustments. The discussion of the work done during the practical lessons is aimed at verifying the learning of the fundamentals of technical drawing and CAD tools, and at evaluating the skills about the representation and presentation of design works.

For the teaching units of module 2 the teamwork graphical works prepared under the professor’s supervision during the teaching unit 5 and their collegial discussion are evaluated. The evaluation also considers the knowledge and skills about the theoretical parts of teaching units 4 and 6, by means of specific questions posed individually to each student.

The overall assessment is made by the Commission taking into account the level of knowledge and skills acquired by the student in relation to the contents of all the teaching units.

Teaching tools

Overhead projector and PC, computer laboratory with CAD software.

Office hours

See the website of Patrizia Tassinari

See the website of Giovanni Pollicino