ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

General Module

Course Sheet

Course code:

ZX26

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019

Year of supply:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in BUILDING ENGINEERING

Disciplinary Sector:

Architectural and Urban Composition

Is part of:

BUILDING DESIGN

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

PRATI CARLO

Cycle:

Single Annual Cycle

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Objectives

The first step in architectural design both in functional and technical structural terms is attributable to the first step taken by man in remedying the need to build a refuge, a hut, a house. For this reason, the first training objective starts from the need to make the future designer aware of the importance and multiplicity of both symbolic and archetypal meanings covered by the construction act. Only starting from the understanding of this multiplicity of meanings will it be possible to proceed with the right motivation and conviction during a project experience aimed at building a house located in a strongly characterized natural context and close to the sea with the aim of developing solutions construction and energy efficiency technician with zero impact. An architecture that knows how to make itself the interpreter of the right relationship with the earth, intended as soil and support and with traditional building materials (mainly wood and stone) and the relative methods of structural application within the building both as load-bearing and shielding element and / or coverage. The second step involves the development of design as a primary design technique through which to design and therefore as a real field in which to test the architectural form and its aesthetic and chromatic qualities.

Contents

MEDITERRANEAN LIVING / AUTONOMY DRAWING The program of the Integrated Building Design Course takes place in two different time and application phases, the first of two months "Living Mediterranean" is dedicated to the design of a house in a Mediterranean context, which we will call "the house of man"; it will reflect on the theme of living as an archetypal and primordial act. The second part of the "Design of Autonomy" course is dedicated to the representation of the project through the design of architecture intended in its various analogical and digital forms, assuming that in the formation of a future designer, drawing is an essential work tool. both to design and to deepen technical and compositional issues. In a nutshell, the project developed in the first part of the course involves the design of an isolated single-family house strongly characterized by its relationship with the Mediterranean context. The design must resolve the relationship between the building and nature in architectural terms with particular regard to the sea as a poetic and evocative element and by developing the design of the building at the various representation scales. The design insights will always be accompanied by theoretical insights. The second part of the course is dedicated to the representation of the project, in particular we will focus on the "new design of Italian architecture" contextualizing the current national scenario in the context of a broader and more defined historical perspective without neglecting to provide in advance

Extended Syllabus

MEDITERRANEAN LIVING
Soul of Places
the area of 1000 square meters is an opportunity to address the development of the design idea in relation to the natural topography of the place in order to establish an intimate relationship between the characteristics of the surrounding landscape and the type-morphological articulation of the building .
General characteristics of the site Climate Zone: Central Mediterranean sub-arid climate (max. Temperature 35 ° min. Temperature 5 °) Soil: Tufa rock characterized by high workability (to be used as a building element once prepared in irregular bricks and / or bricks ) Predominant winds: summer, sirocco and libeccio (se / so); north and north winter (n-e / n-o) Precipitation: almost zero in summer, few in winter (to be foreseen the possibility of collecting it in cisterns for home use)

House of man: It falls within the project site and will be characterized by a level obtained by excavation within the ground and by an above-ground level. Any elevated structures will only be conceivable to make the terrace practicable (pergola, roof terrace, etc.)
Project site // Total area 300 sq m
distributed as follows:
above ground level: 200 m2 // of which 120 m2 covered and 80 m2 outdoors
underground level: 120 m2

House of Man // Spaces
The house is an indispensable artificial microcosm, capable of containing and protecting men and things: we therefore regard it as a nucleus of aggregate spaces whose morphological characteristics differ according to the activities that take place in them, the latter are identified on the basis of five basic human needs. Secondly, the connection path between the designed spaces will be conceived, including it within the aggregate core.
Both the load-bearing structure and any curtain walls and the few furnishings provided will be made only through the use of native materials that are already present on the island (stone, tuff, wood, earth, straw, etc.).

1 - Workspace
Work as the key element of existence finds its home in this dedicated space. The characteristics of the same will depend on the kind of activity that will be hypothesized, in any case this will have to fall within the category of traditional crafts related to the production of artisan products or agricultural culture (carpenter, smelter, glazier, farmer, etc. ). Depending on these qualifications, the Practice space can be both covered and open.
2 - Space for Rest
The most intimate space of the house, probably the most protected and remote, can be placed on the floor obtained by excavation and could take advantage of the position of the winds to encourage its cooling in hot (more frequent) periods. The possibility of providing it with a small spa area and direct visual contact with the landscape can also be considered, for the benefit of its creator.
3- Space of Sharing and Nourishment
A classroom, a space with a single covered span, an exterior / interior, the hearth from which heat radiates on colder nights, food, ritual, ceremonial. They are all suggestions that connect to the space that we define as sharing and nurturing, here the individual marries the collective, the exterior with the interior, it is obviously a space with strong symbolic values.
4 - Space of Contemplation
Man and nature are like two lovers who weave a silent dialogue full of implications, this is the space that welcomes and supports him: a stellar to admire the stars on the night of San Lorenzo or a small vaulted room open at the top, many can be the solutions to be adopted and as many suggestions to refer to when designing the space dedicated to contemplation

Serving spaces and spaces served
Recalling Luis I Kahn we will define the "spaces of man" also as "served spaces" the design and composition in this perspective take the form of a system of relationships between these and the "serving spaces" or the internal and external paths seen as structuring elements of the artifact.
Primary building elements
Support plane (ground connection), Load-bearing structure (structural technology), Living material (construction material), Score profiles (drawing of elevations), Roof (connection to the sky)

Recommended Bibliography

The bibliographic references will be provided during the course, at the end of each lesson. The following texts are considered as a main guide:

F. Purini, Comporre l’architettura, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2000;
L. Quaroni, Progettare un edificio; otto lezioni di architettura, Mazzotta, Milano 1977;
R. Venturi, Complessità e contraddizioni nell’architettura, Dedalo, Bari 1980 (New York 1966);
A. Rossi, L'Autobiografia scientifica, Il Saggiatore, Milano 2009.

Le Corbusier , Verso un’architettura , Longanesi
Peter Zumthor, Pensare Architettura, ed. Electa, Milano 2003

C. Prati, Il disegno dell’autonomia, collana “Mosaico”, edizioni Libria, Melfi 2018
C. Prati, Cinque architetture svizzere. Progetto, inconscio, natura., collana “Mosaico”, edizioni Libria, Melfi 2016.

Teaching Methods

The Integrated Building Design Course, with weekly attendance (Monday 15.00-18.00 Tuesday 10.00-13.00) is developed during the first semester of the current Academic Year. In the second half of the year, the course will be complemented by that of technical physics conducted by Prof. P. Zazzini who will deepen the passive energy efficiency techniques that were prepared during the Design Course.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The exam is individual and consists of an oral part and the evaluation of group practices.

Contacts/More Information

The timing of the Laboratory activities will be communicated as soon as the Official Calendar of the didactic activities scheduled for the first and second semester is published.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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