03718 - Architectural Composition I (A)

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Cesena
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Architecture (cod. 9265)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module, the student should acquire different ways of experiencing the architectural project as an intervention and transformation in a medium-sized city, in particular by reflecting on the relationship between the ancient and the modern and by trying to recognise and make explicit in the architectural configuration those elements of the project that possess a general significance.

Course contents

Vogliamo creare un nuovo quartiere urbano - per una vita in comune.

Costruiremo in modo denso, perché teniamo conto dell’importanza del suolo, e stiamo costruendo in modo MIX USED – HYBRID BUILDINGS, con usi diversi sotto lo stesso tetto, pubblici e privati.

La proprietà “PRU EUROPA” sarà costruita in modo eterogeneo prendendo come principio fondante quello del COLLAGE. Tutto ciò che è esistente sarà conservato e ampliato contestualmente, una nuova strada servirà il quartiere: La vecchia struttura urbana è completata all’angolo nord-ovest.

Il nuovo edificio angolare di Natalini, del 2011, fornisce la scala del progetto. - L’edificio commerciale sarà integrato. - Lo spazio verde diventerà un giardino per tutti. Vorremmo vedere un nuovo modo di pensare agli usi e ai contesti. È tempo di cambiare convenzioni e modo di pensare.

Readings/Bibliography

- BOHIGAS, Oriol; Contro l'incontinenza urbana: riconsiderazione morale sull'architettura e la città, Gangemi 2008

- CAMPO BAEZA Alberto; L' idea costruita, LetteraVentidue 2012

- FORTIER, Bruno; Amate città, Electa 1995

- FRAMPTON, Kenneth; Storia dell'architettura moderna, Zanichelli 1982

- GEHL, Jan; Vita in città: spazio urbano e relazioni sociali, Maggioli 1991

- GRASSI, Giorgio; Architettura, lingua morta,  Electa 1988

- GREGOTTI, Vittorio; Diciassette lettere sull'architettura, Laterza 2001

- KAHN, Louis; Forma y Diseño, Nueva Vision 1965

- LYNCH Kevin; Progettare la città: la qualità della forma urbana, ETAS libri 1990

- MARTÍ ARÍS, Carlos; Le variazioni dell’identità, Clup 1994.

- MEISS, Pierre von; Dalla forma al luogo: un'introduzione allo studio dell'architettura, Hoepli 1992

- MONEO, Rafael; La solitudine degli edifici e altri scritti, Allemandi

- MONTANER, Josep Maria; Las formas del siglo 20, Gustavo Gili 2002

- PANERAI, Philippe, CASTEX Jean, DEPAULE Jean Charles; Isolato urbano e città contemporanea, Città Studi, 1981

- QUARONI, Ludovico; Progettare un edificio: otto lezioni di architettura, Mazzotta 1977

- SOLÀ-MORALES Ignasi de; Territorios, Gustavo Gili 2002

- ROGERS Ernesto Nathan; Gli elementi del fenomeno architettonico, Laterza 1961

- TÁVORA, Fernando, Dell’organizzazione dello spazio, (a cura de Carlotta Torricelli), Milano, saggi/architettura nottetempo, 2021.

Teaching methods

The course will consist of a series of ex-cathedra lectures and the drafting of a project by the students.

The course will provide theoretical and critical insights into contemporary architecture, in particular into the relationships it establishes with the theme of memory.

The lectures will cover both topics related to learning about the architecture of the past and theoretical and design issues of architects whose reflections and works can be considered paradigmatic for the way of thinking and building architecture.

The project seminars will focus on the students' projects, evaluating their design themes and guiding their development.

Assessment methods

The examination consists of different stages of verification through intermediate tests and a final examination. These tests ensure the acquisition of the knowledge and skills expected.

The oral examination consists of a discussion of the project.

The assessment will be based on the continuous work of the students throughout the semester and will take into consideration the work carried out in the various phases of the course of study, with particular emphasis on

- The students' research and personal study;

- The integration of technological and cultural knowledge into the project;

- The quality of the design process, defining and solving problems;

- The improvement of work during semesters;

- The attention and rigour in the graphical, verbal and written presentation of the work.

Students who demonstrate mastery and operational ability in relation to the key concepts discussed in the lecture, and, in particular, in the architectural design in relation with the historical context, will be allowed to take the exam. A higher mark will be awarded to students who demonstrate an understanding of and ability to use all the teaching content: in particular in relation to architectural composition.

Teaching tools

The Workshop makes use of the equipment available in the classrooms provided by the School. Each student is provided with a complete personal table, with a lamp and parallel, on request, as well as a personal locker. The lecture room is equipped with a projector and amplification system.

The lecture material presented in class is made available to the student in electronic format via the Internet in the manner that will be indicated at the beginning of the workshop.

 

Theme: Collective space for events and hybrid residence (student accommodation with tourist profitability in holiday periods)

The programme proposes the development of the themes of collective space for events and the hybrid collective residence as an element of requalification of the urban space, but also as a contribution to the understanding of the design process as a method of research, experimentation and critique, up to the attainment of a formal idea appropriate to a programme of medium complexity.

It is intended, in this way, to familiarise the students with the working tools necessary for the knowledge and understanding of the authentic utility of architecture and the relations that its very forms establish with the ways of living spaces, the implantation in the territory and construction techniques, enabling them to relate this knowledge to the historical perspective in order to apply it critically in the project.

This semester will be dedicated to the design of a simple structure in a changing urban context. The relationship of the project with its surroundings and the complementarity of the building with the public space are, from this point of view, a central theme to be developed. This proposal intends to explore design at different scales and make sense of an ongoing process of reflection. The public/private duality is a key aspect of the exercise. The design of the different spaces - from the room to the communal spaces and especially the relationship between them, as well as the design of the ground floor plan, where the inevitable contact with the surroundings, the public space, takes place, are particularly important issues.

The objective is to develop a residential programme to redefine an urban area undergoing transformation, upgrading it and working on its relationship with the surrounding environment. We want to emphasise the importance of the study of the urban reality, which allows us to understand and verify the coherence and relationship links between the different parts of the city.

Through the design of the building as a whole - from its relationship with the surrounding environment to the internal organisation of spaces - both communal and private, the different possibilities of materialisation will be investigated and the search for solutions will be encouraged through the fundamental tools of architecture: the sketch and the model - as means of research and exploration - and rigorous drawing - as a form of proof or verification and presentation). We will then delve into the design of a 'room type', trying to work not only on the functional organisation of this space, but also on the approach to its constructive materialisation.

The aim is for the student to experience the different scales and, through this exercise, to understand architecture as an organisational phenomenon - of the room, the building and the city - understanding the similarity that exists between all these subjects.

In conclusion, it is intended to develop a cohesive and consequential work, from the extended scale of the city to the constructive materialisation of the building and its various spaces. In this way, in the proposed working method, the architectural formalisation of a design idea will be as important as its constructive materialisation.

 

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