AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Teaching activities in the second year are aimed at an in-depth study of the many theoretical and practical issues inherent to the restoration project. They are also aimed at the knowledge of the legislation on cultural heritage and of the organisation and functioning of the offices in charge of monument and landscape protection, complementing what has already been done in the first year.

In particular, the course provides knowledge useful to design interventions for the maintenance, conservation, restoration, modification and reuse of existing buildings, both monumental and non-monumental, with particular emphasis on the construction and executive detailing aspects, also in relation to the values of the existing building, the needs of the users, the relationship between conservation and the insertion of new architecture/equipment.

The training course is aimed at the acquisition of the following skills:

- to be able to apply the knowledge acquired in the analytical pathway of the first year to correctly set design problems of recovery, redevelopment and reuse.

- to be able to identify, analyse and "weigh" the architectural and construction values of the Cultural Heritage, in order to set up conservation, redevelopment and reuse projects in a shareable manner

- being able to select maintenance, restoration, consolidation and redevelopment methods and techniques on the basis of the problems identified from time to time;

- being able to recognise possible conflicts between improvement and redevelopment objectives (e.g. energy) and the conservation of previously identified values.

TEACHING METHODS

The teaching methods are conducted in a participative way with the students, based on Problem Based Learning (PBL). During each lesson, a specific problem is set, to which specific knowledge is imparted, in order to provide space for active discussion on current projects.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

During the meetings with the students, topics concerning the problems related to the values and state of preservation of existing buildings are addressed in order to deal with a correct and conscious design process, including construction details, such as

- structural concepts of existing buildings

- vertical and horizontal elevation structures

- roofing systems

- windows and doors and glazing

The topics concerning the relationship between the project for the recovery of the existing building and the project "of the new" vary from year to year, depending on the project theme chosen.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gianni. V. Galliani, Giorgio Mor (a cura di), Manuale del recupero di Genova antica, DEI, Roma, 2006, pagg. 217-237, ISBN 884961741

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Lessons start in november

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

See the “Final exam 1st year

The examination in the second year consists of the preparation by the group of postgraduates of written, graphic and accounting designs for the restoration of the building under study according to the different degrees of detail indicated by the lecturer, and their presentation and collegial discussion.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

See the “Final exam 1st year

The assessment of preparation consists of verifying the clarity, methodological and technical correctness, and completeness of the papers submitted by the group of trainees, as well as evaluating the ability to expound and explain the design process carried out and its theoretical and technical reasons.The oral examination verifies the ability to correctly and consciously tackle projects of modification, conservation, restoration and reuse, with particular attention to the technical solutions that can be adopted.

The examination evaluation parameters, specifically for the course, are:

- the ability to set up a critical reasoning relating to the state of conservation of an entire building or parts thereof;

- the ownership of the technical vocabulary;

- the ability to set up a design problem;

- the ability to identify possible ways of transformation compatible with the conservation of historical-architectural and material values.

FURTHER INFORMATION

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