AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

In the second semester, Laboratori di progettazione 3B (cod. 107025) will share themes and theoretical-critical content with Laboratori di progettazione 1A (cod. 95263), coordinating lessons and activities and periodically comparing project progress. In addition, the courses will benefit from the contribution of lecturers and researchers from other disciplines, such as architectural history and town planning. Sharing the didactics of two courses is intended to be an enriching opportunity for the students, who can learn from confrontation with colleagues and from a working method similar to that of an architectural atelier.

The Lab3B and Lab1A design workshops will reflect on the idea of the future in architecture: the object of study are the visions and projects that helped define the urban imaginary in 1950s and 1960s America. The two courses are intended as an investigation into the aspirations and hopes of an era that prefigured a radiant and innovative future. The courses are intended as an opportunity to confront today's challenges in architectural and urban design, developing critical and creative skills. Through this path, the aim is to stimulate a profound reflection on the evolution of the domestic environment and the city, encouraging the birth of innovative ideas that can contribute to defining new paradigms of living.

In particular, Lab3B aims to:

- provide tools for the understanding and critical interpretation of complex architectural organisms;

- consolidate the development of critical design reasoning and the control of compositional choices;

- consolidate in students the ability to represent an architectural project;

- to consolidate critical and creative skills in students, stimulating reflection on the evolution of the domestic and urban environment.

TEACHING METHODS

The course is divided into lectures and exercises on architecture and urban visions of a possible future: students in Lab 3B will focus on the design of collective buildings characterised by the optimism of the period and the aspiration for a progressive, technologically advanced and functional future. In parallel, students in Lab 1A will be called upon to investigate the innovations and trends that characterised American residential architecture in the mid-twentieth century, using this knowledge as a basis for developing new housing solutions.

The projects of the two courses will contribute to the realisation of an imaginary American city of 2062. This collaboration will allow for the integration of residential visions with major community functions, offering a perspective - even a critical one - on what urban life might look like in the near future.

The two workshops will include ex-cathedra lectures, tutorials, individual and collective reviews, with students organised into working groups. At their end, an intensive workshop involving both courses will be held. Attendance for both courses is mandatory.

Students who have a valid certification of physical or learning disability on file at the university and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances relating to lectures, courses and examinations should speak to both the lecturer of the course and the dAD disability contact person.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

In the 20th century, the evolution of the idea of the city of the future reflects the continuous interaction between social and economic change, technological progress and architectural innovation. In the middle of the last century, with its climate of optimism and prosperity, America gave a decisive impulse to this evolution, radically transforming the urban landscape and domestic lifestyle. The space age, post-war economic growth and the rise of automobile culture shaped a vision of the future dominated by progress and modernity: inspired by new technologies, architects and urban planners imagined cities where efficiency, functionality and design combined, fuelling visions of ultra-modern cities and avant-garde housing. The futuristic visions and technological optimism of that period continue to influence contemporary architecture and urbanism, leaving a legacy of dreams and aspirations for an increasingly uncertain tomorrow - our own.

With rapid urbanisation, climate change, technological evolution, social transformations initiated in the post-pandemic era, and global political uncertainty, architects must be prepared today to create environments for new future needs. Questioning the idea of the city and living in the future is crucial, as it allows today's students to anticipate the challenges they will face tomorrow.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Texts and slides of lectures will be available on AULAWEB. A specific bibliography will be provided for each topic lectured.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

According to the didactic calendar.

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy