History of Architecture is an organised concept by a critical point of wiew of all design matters: buinding design, urban planning, landascape planning, technology, industrial design, restoration of monuments. It comtemplates social, economic and managing parameters too.
The study of architectural history includes religious architecture, landscape architecture, civil architecture, naval architecture, and military architecture – each offering insight into the role of history, culture, and geography in shaping the world around us. An understanding of Architecture’s history can help those in the field execute better.
Ability in philological analysis, historical investigation, critical synthesizing informations, autonomy in researching.
Knowledge of general contemporary history according to UE secondary School standard
Formalist, sociological and iconological methods.
From Industrial Revolution to Post-Second War period (50/60 decades in XX c.). For complete contents see the two handbooks in bibliography.
K. FRAMPTON, Storia dell’architettura moderna, Bologna 2008.
M. SPESSO, L’architettura italiana nel Movimento Moderno, Limena 2017.
Ricevimento: According to official directives about Covid 19: information and reservation by mail. Account: Marco.Spesso@unige.it
MARCO SPESSO (President)
MARCO FOLIN
GIANLUCA PORCILE (President Substitute)
As official DAD's calendar of first semester
Written and oral exam. Written: open-endend questions; oral: discussion about answers
Quality level in achievement of present outcomes.