THE MATERIALS AND DESIGN OF BUILDING ELEMENTS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

40058

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2022/2023

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of Single Cycle Degree 5 years in ARCHITECTURE

Disciplinary Sector:

Architecture Technology

Location:

PESCARA

Divisions:

Gruppo A - Professor: BASTI Antonio
Gruppo B - Professor: LADIANA DANIELA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Cycle:

Second semester

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

120

Prerequisites:

Adequate ability to represent the Architecture and to develop related technical drawings (plans, elevations, sections) at the various scales (1: 100; 1:50; 1: 20/10 or detail)

Objectives

The course proposes an introduction to the systemic approach for the design of technological elements.

The objectives aim to:

- provide an interdisciplinary reference framework (references chemical-physical) for the understanding of the peculiarities of the main ones building materials (knowledge);

- acquire a critical analysis of the production processes of materials and components (skills);

- configure adequate reading, analysis and definition skills design of building elements making up the building organism (competence).

Contents

the course aims to develop a study path aimed at the knowledge of the methodologies and tools of technological culture of project, through the examination of the physical elements and of the design and operational practices that allow the passage from simple drawing to the concrete and coherent formulation of the architectural project, and of the subsequent its realization.

To this end, the student will be asked to deal with both the physical aspects (building materials and products, construction elements and related subsystems), and with the methodological and operational aspects aimed at checking and verifying the coherence of the design documents with the technical-performance contents required to the building elements.

Extended Syllabus

The course aims to make the student acquire the basic knowledge relating to:

- the technical characteristics of the materials and construction elements and their evolution over time

- the rules of the art for the correct use of building materials and products in the construction of architectural artefacts

- the relationships of coherence between the use of materials and their processing techniques, in order to guarantee the construction, performance and figurative coherence of the individual construction elements with respect to the functional and linguistic requirements of the architectural project

- the role played by individual materials, functional layers, and related construction processes in design, construction, and management of the technical elements and, more generally, of buildings

At the end of the course the student must be able to:

- KNOW the cultural motivations and the application fields of the discipline;

- KNOWING how to read, break down and classify a building system, based on UNI 8290 and subsequents;

- KNOWING how to distinguish the principles and rules that relate the construction elements to the building system, with reference to the expected performances;

- KNOWING how to distinguish the characteristics of building materials, with reference to the manufacturing and transformation processes into construction elements;

- KNOWING how to identify the type-morphological connotations of the construction elements based on the specific characteristics of the materials that can be used and the related manufacturing processes.

Recommended Bibliography

LIBRI DI TESTO

• Campioli A., Lavagna M., Tecniche e architettura, Città Studi, 2013

Basti A., Materiali e sostenibilità ambientale. Riflessioni sul ruolo dell'eco-design e della life cycle assessment nella progettazione degli elementi costruttivi, 2012

FONTI CONSIGLIATE PER APPROFONDIMENTI TEORICI
• Allen E., I fondamenti del costruire (i materiali, le tecniche, i metodi), McGraw-Hill, 1997
• Molinari C., Elementi di cultura tecnica, Maggioli, 1996
• Mutti A., Provenziani D., Tecniche costruttive per l'architettura,
Kappa, 1989
• Allen E., Come funzionano gli edifici, Dedalo, 1983

FONTI CONSIGLIATE PER LO SVILUPPO DELLE ATTIVITA’ ESERCITATIVE
• Schittich Christian, Small Structures, Collana "in DETAIL", Detail 2010
• AAVV, Atlante dei materiali, UTET, Torino, 2006
• Schittich C., Building Skins, Collana "in DETAIL" Detail 2006
• AAVV, Atlante delle facciate, UTET, Torino, 2005
• Schittich C., Building Simply, Collana "in DETAIL" Detail 2005
• Schittich C., Involucri edilizi – Progetti, Strati funzionali, Materiali, Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, 2001
• AAVV, Atlante dell'acciaio, UTET, Torino,1999
• AAVV, Atlante del vetro, UTET, Torino,1999
• AAVV, Atlante del legno, UTET, Torino, 1999
• AAVV, Atlante del cemento, UTET, Torino, 1998
• DETAIL 1+2/2009, 7+8/2005, 7+8/2004, 7+8/2002, 5/2001, 5/1999; Costruire con il vetro
• DETAIL 7+8/2009, 1+2/2007, 10/2004, 3/2000; Costruire in legno
• DETAIL 11/2008, 10/2006, 1+2/2004, 5/2002, 1/2000, 1/1997; Facciate
• DETAIL 6/2009, 5/2004, 4/2002, 2/2000; Strutture in acciaio
• DETAIL 6/2010, 7+8/2007, 4/2005, 1+2/2003, 4/1999; Tecnologie costruttive semplice
• DETAIL 6/2008, 6/2003, 3/2001, 1/1993; Strutture leggere
• DETAIL 7+8/2006 Strutture provvisorie
• DETAIL 8/1996 Edifici a basso costo
• DETAIL 4/2009, 4/2007, 5/2006 Collana "in DETAIL"
• DETAIL, numeri monografici: Coperture

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The course will be organized to create a continuous exchange between theoretical and practical aspects relating to the ICAR 12 discipline.

To this end, a cycle of ex cathedra lessons will be followed by seminars and collegial practical exercises, aimed at fixing and / or verifying the knowledge acquired by the student in relation to the topics covered.

The cycle of lessons will focuses on the knowledge of the linguistic, physical-performance and constructive aspects necessary for a correct implementation of the architectural project, according to the Vitruvian triad FIRMITAS, UTILITAS, VENUSTAS.

The cycle of lessons will be divided into three teaching modules:

- a first module dedicated to understanding the concept of a technological approach to design, and of the principles that regulate the methods of handling the materials and their use in construction also for the purpose of environmental sustainability;

- a second module dedicated to the knowledge of building materials and their correct use in the form of artifacts and/or construction elements;

- a third module dedicated to understanding how to use these elements in construction solutions consistent with the functioning of the buildings, and with the technological needs that qualify the architectural project. This module will be developed through the reading and critical analysis of examples of contemporary Architectures selected in agreement with the teachers of the parallel course of Architectural Composition.

The collegial exercise activities will instead be aimed at making the student deepen the knowledge of the technological and technical-construction characteristics of a work of Architecture chosen among those identified by the teacher, through the analysis of the construction solutions, the technical elements and the materials that distinguish it.

These will take place according to a cognitive path divided into two fundamental moments:

1 - Reading and systemic breakdown of the architectural artefact under study, with identification and classification of the technological components according to the indications of the UNI 8290 standard and subsequent ones.

2 - Reading of the construction solutions adopted in the architectural artifact under study, performed on the basis of a significant portion of the structure-cladding system chosen on the instruction of the teacher, aimed at describing the technical elements present in the portion of the building examined, specifying their role (what is and what it is for), the construction rules and technological compatibility (how to do it), the characteristics of the materials used (what it is made of).

From the reading must be emerge:

- the recognition of the single constructive elements;

- the identification of specific services associated with these;

- the description of the materials and elements used and their main mechanical, physical-technical and environmental characteristics (technical data sheets).

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The assessment of the level of learning acquired by the student throughout the training course will be carried out with regard to the specific disciplinary contents in relation to:

- the presence during theoretical lessons and collective practical activities;

- the theoretical knowledge acquired during the cycle of lessons, verified through an oral test;

- the applicative ability of said knowledge to the reading and interpretation of the technological contents of the Architecture project, verified through the performance of collective practical activities. These activities, conducted under the supervision of the teacher, will form a fundamental part of the course and will be appropriately assessed for the purpose of formulating the final grade.

Each group, consisting of a maximum of 3 students, will be able to develop the exam elaborations collectively, except for the construction details (in scale 1: 20/1: 10) whose processing must be individual, and in a number corresponding to the number of members of the group.

In the case of group work the oral exam can be held collectively but each student is required to demonstrate their knowledge of the theoretical contents exposed during ex cathedra lessons as well as of the work developed during the exercises. Conducting the year's theme is a necessary but not sufficient condition to take the exams, as it is not a substitute for the complex of activities that take place during the course.

For the purposes of the examination, each group must submit, both in digital and paper format, the following documents:

- 1 PDF Book (minimum resolution 300 dpi) in A3 or A2 format of the written-graphic documents produced during the exercise activities indicated in phases 1 and 2;

- 1 PDF file (minimum resolution 300 dpi) in A4 format containing the technical data sheets relating to the materials / products identified during the exercise activities, with an initial index broken down by subsystems (structures, closures, partitions, systems). The technical data sheets must at least report the mechanical, physical, thermal and environmental characteristics of the materials chosed, as well as the installation methods suggested by the manufacturer.

Contacts/More Information

The course provides for compulsory participation, with a minimum attendance of 70% of each student in lectures and exercises.

The collective exercises activities can be developed in groups.

Each group can have a maximum of three members.

It is advisable to formalize the adhesion to the course within the first 2 weeks from the beginning of the lessons.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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