93716 - ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN I

Anno Accademico 2021/2022

  • Docente: Alessio Erioli
  • Crediti formativi: 6
  • SSD: ICAR/14
  • Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
  • Moduli: Alessio Erioli (Modulo 1) Alberto Casarotto (Modulo 2)
  • Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza (Modulo 1) Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria edile-architettura (cod. 5697)

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

At the end of the course the student will have acquired the ability to articulate and organize the whole complexity of the contemporary architectural project in patterns of opportunities able to comply with contemporary and future functional maps. The student will be able to develop this skill through the use of computation-based tools, such as mediums, which permeate the entire project process, from the initial exploration to the realization.

Contenuti

Aim of the course is to provide a computational-based understanding of architecture under the lens of the general concepts of information and construction (both as outcome and process), and the changes to the role of the designer in an ecology of increasingly autonomous systems

The course is structured in interconnected teaching modules, aimed to deliver an integrated knowledge base in architectural design, with a specific focus on the concept of project as the construction of relations (from material system to space and aesthetic implications of performance in creative disciplines).

Functional to the aforementioned orientation, the course is articulated in three parts: theory, training, project. The teaching organization is aimed to a gradient transition of intensity among the three parts. Teaching is about problems, not solutions. It is learning how to tackle problems, not memorising a solution.

. THEORY

The theoretical part lays the conceptual foundations of the course.

Starting from the complexity paradigm as a grounding basis, the course will traverse the founding concepts of Nature, Ecology, Technology and Architecture (both as process and discipline).

Re-reading recent architectural history potential evolutionary trajectories will be traced: the course will focus on a critical review of architectural systems and their relevance to the contemporary scenario.

Evolution and articulation of the general concept of construction to its material, spatial, social, aesthetic and ecosystemic scales.

Constructions as unfolding process: design through making, paradigm shift of construction from assembly to growth, interconnection, integration and emergence of complex conditions.

Reconciliation of design and construction phases thanks to the information role and importance of the paradigm of programming and simulation.

Tools as design medium: aesthetic-architectonic implications and the role of the designer in the contemporary paradigm

Architecture and design as proactive agents: influences on the cultural, social and aesthetic spheres


. Historical trajectories and future evolution (5 hrs)

Architecture as unfolding process in the historical interactions among culture, technology, society


Bits of non-linear history of XIX and XX century

Influence and limitations of modern and post-modern on contemporary culture

Historical evolution of the concept of space, from modern to contemporary


. TRAINING

Training hours are aimed to provide the premises for the transition between theoretical contents and project application, by teaching steps for processes implementation through the proper tools for design application.

Tools as design medium, creative, open-ended process approach to computing for architecture.

. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

this part is specifically dedicated to the development of the previous theoretical topics into a project which specifics are better described in the Design Lab dedicated link.


Testi/Bibliografia

. Fundamentals

. Carpo, M. _ The Alphabet and the Algorithm

. Leach, N., Turnbull, D., Williams, C. _ Digital Tectonics, Wiley Academy (in particolare Lynn, G. _ The Structure of Ornament)

. Hensel, M., Hight, C., Menges, A. _ En route: Towards a Discourse on Heterogeneous Space beyond Modernist Space-Time and Post-Modernist Social Geography, in Hensel, M., Hight, C., Menges, A. _ AD Reader – Space Reader - Heterogeneous Space in Architecture, (Wiley Academy) pp. 9-37

. Menges, A., Ahlquist, S. _ AD Reader - Computational design thinking, Wiley Academy (in particolare Alexander, C. _ Systems generating systems)

. Reiser, J., Umemoto, N. _ Atlas of Novel Tectonics, Princeton Architectural Press

. Spuybroek, L. _ The Architecture of Continuity, V2 press

. Van Berkel, B., Bos, C. _ Knowledge matters, Frame

 

 

. Strongly suggested

. Banham, R. _ The Architecture of the Well Tempered Environment

. Deutsch, R. _ Superusers, Routledge

. Frazer, J. _ An Evolutionary Architecture (AA publications) – link: https://issuu.com/aaschool/docs/an-evolutionary-architecture-webocr

. Guattari, F. _ The three ecologies, Continuum

. Johnson, S. _ Emergence

. Otto, F. _ Occupying and connecting, Axel Menges

. Weinstock, M. _ The Architecture of Emergence, Wiley Academy

Other specific and topic-related resources will be given during the course.


Metodi didattici

The course is structured in interconnected teaching modules, aimed to deliver an integrated knowledge base in architectural design in a scenario rooted in the contemporary and projected towards the future. Starting from the analysis of paradigms such as ecology, complexity, technology and nature, the course will focus specifically on the concepts of project as the construction of relations (from material system to space and aesthetic implications of performance in creative disciplines).

Functional to the aforementioned orientation, the course is articulated in three parts: theory, training, project. The teaching organization is aimed at a gradient transition of intensity among the three parts.

1. THEORY

Aim of the theoretical part is to develop the conceptual contents of the course; this part will consist of topic or problem-focused lectures and discussions

2. TRAINING

Training hours are aimed to provide the foundations for the transition between theoretical contents and project application, via hands-on tutorials for the implementation of processes through the proper tools for design application.


3. PROJECT

the course project is developed in working groups (max 3 people/group) under the supervision of the teacher and dedicated tutors. The outcome is represented by the redaction of an architectural project.


Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Assessment will be performed in form periodic project reviews and a final panel including project presentation and subsequent discussion with a commission formed by course staff and (according to availability) relevant experts from contemporary architectural discourse.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Lectures, technical seminars on the required software tools (Rhinoceros and Grasshopper mainly), monographic lectures from relevant figures of the Italian and/or international contemporary architectural discourse, practical drills on specific topics (in class or in lab).

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Alessio Erioli

Consulta il sito web di Alberto Casarotto

SDGs

Città e comunità sostenibili

L'insegnamento contribuisce al perseguimento degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile dell'Agenda 2030 dell'ONU.