29627 - Distributive Features of Buildings II (B)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module, the student owns the advanced knowledge of the association of the building’s elementary units, through the analysis of the units themselves and their use in the architectural composition, facing the “characters” not only from the distributive point of view, but also from the typological, constructive and stylistic point of view. He also knows the correct cataloguing of the different types that have gone through the history of construction in Europe.

Course contents

The module aims to offer students analytical instruments useful to understand the multiple interrelations between lodging, housing unit and block as constitutive elements of the city. The module begins with the definitions of the architectural models and of the character of the single housing units for then analysing its multiple articulations within the urban texture and within a specific place, emphasising the methods of occupation of the soil and the shaping of the housing block.

The lectures explore urban dwelling on a spectrum ranging from the house and its elements to the building and its incorporation within the city's spaces. Therefore, the module focuses on the relationship between the single housing unit and its surroundings such as the street, the greens and other public spaces and the buildings themselves, exploring the dialectics between architecture and city.

Readings/Bibliography

Required:

- AA.VV., Aspetti e problemi della tipologia edilizia, Cluva, Venezia 1964

- AA.VV. "La formazione del concetto di tipologia edilizia", Cluva, Venezia 1965

- AA.VV. "Rapporti tra la morfologia urbana e la tipologia edilizia", Cluva, Venezia 1966

- Carlos Martì Aris, Le variazioni dell'identità. Il tipo in architettura, Clup, Milano 1991

Recomended:

- Carlo Aymonino, Il significato delle città, Laterza, Bari 1975

- Carlo Aymonino, Lo studio dei fenomeni urbani, Officina, Roma 1977

- Adolf Loos, Parole nel vuoto, Adelphi, Milano 1972

- Antonio Monestiroli, L'architettura della realtà, Clup, Milano 1979

- Ernesto Nathan Rogers, Esperienza dell'architettura, Einaudi, Torino 1958

- Aldo Rossi, L'architettura della città, Marsilio, Padova 1966

Teaching methods

The lectures focus on the relationships between architectural models and the urban form and also consider specific urban models looking at architectural developments during the 20th century. Each model shapes in specific ways the urban space and the specific temporal and cultural context in which it is embedded. The lectures focus on the method to understand the urban fabric through analytical schemes and constant elements.

Assessment methods

The Architectural Design Laboratory II (C.I. 12 CFU) consists, in addition to the characterizing teaching of Architecture and Architectural Composition II (8 CFU), in a module of Characters of buildings II (2 CFU) and another one of Interior Architecture (2 CFU).

The examination of the Architectural Design Laboratory II includes the verification of the learning of the contents of all the teachings that make up the integrated Laboratory and takes place in a single exam.

The topics covered in class, the contents of the texts indicated in the bibliography and the design reflections elaborated within the Laboratory will be verified through:

- collective discussions in the classroom;

- intermediate verification seminars;

- ex tempore tests in the laboratory;

- discussion during the exam.

The final grade will be determined by the sum of the evaluations relating to the following criteria:

1 - Consistency of the project path (project and dossier I);

2 - Deepening of the project research (project and dossier II);

3 - Compliance of the project proposal with the requests (project);

4 - Ability to illustrate the project proposal: quality of the works and language properties (project and exam discussion);

5 - Knowledge of the disciplinary aspects addressed by the course of Distributive Features of Buildings II (discussion during the examination);

6 - Knowledge of the disciplinary aspects addressed by the course of Interior Design (discussion during the examination).

Each criterion will be awarded from 0 to 5 points. The elements considered for the graduation of the score for each criterion are indicated in brackets.

Students with DSA or temporary or permanent disabilities are advised to contact the responsible University office in good time, at (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/it [https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/it):] ). It will be the responsibility of the office to propose possible adaptations, which must in any case be submitted, 15 days in advance, for the approval of the lecturer, who will also assess their appropriateness in relation to the educational objectives of the teaching.

AI can be a useful tool to supplement independent study with in-depth analysis, summaries, and final visual representations. With regard to learning assessments, limited, explicitly stated, and non-substantial use of AI is permitted for support activities (summaries, rephrasing). Substantial use of AI to complete parts of the exam is not permitted.

Teaching tools

Face-to-face lectures using slides' projection as well as audio/video reproductions.

Office hours

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