OVERVIEW

The course provides the basic knowledge to understand the role of technology in architectural design by illustrating a wide overview of traditional and contemporary architectures in order to know: the qualitative behaviour of resistant materials and elementary structural schemes and concepts; the performance and characteristics of building materials; the technical specifications and performance of parts and components of buildings.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims at the transmission of the fundamentals of the technological disciplines for architecture. It is placed in areas of governance of the main factors of design and construction.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide students with basic knowledge on the disciplinary foundations of Architectural Technology, on production and construction processes, on the performance and uses of building materials, on the main forms and structural concepts of architecture, on construction elements and site organisation. The basic knowledge is provided on the basis of a demanding and performance approach, emphasising the role of the discipline in the construction of the architectural project.

In relation to the above, the course intends to compete for the following: Open Badge 'Functional Literacy - Basic Level'.

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

- understand and describe the principles and rules of building stability;

- describe the technical characteristics of material resources and their use in construction;

- analyse the construction in its different parts, its role within the construction, the performance requirements and the construction methods;

- - represent the elements of the construction with simple graphic elaborations;

- evaluate the incidence of the technological options on the expressive and symbolic values in the architectural project;

- communicate effectively in written and oral form;

- adapt one's communication to the context;

- use sources and aids of various kinds by processing and evaluating information;

- managing constructive communication.

TEACHING METHODS

The course mainly consists of ex cathedra lectures given by the lecturer, with the contribution of some specialised seminars. If possible, in consideration of the number of students, site visits and/or practical activities will be carried out. 

Students who have a valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the teacher and with the Department of Architecture and Design's disability referent (https://architettura.unige.it/commissioni_e_referenti_dipartimento)

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The topics dealt with during the lessons are divided into the following didactic segments:

1) The fundamentals of construction: vocabulary of building elements, principles of stability of constructions, actions and loads affecting constructions

2) Building materials, origin, processing, performance characteristics, types of products and uses: stone, ceramics, mortar, wood, metal alloys, concrete, glass.

3) Methodology and tools of technological design: demanding and performance approaches, actors in the building process.

4) Material, functional and performance characteristics expected from the building system: construction elements: vertical and horizontal elevation structures, vertical closures, windows and doors, roofs, stairs, partitions.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Didactic material will be availbale in aulaweb

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MARTA CASANOVA (President)

GIOVANNA FRANCO

LESSONS

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The assessment takes place by means of a final oral examination. During the year there may be optional in-progress written tests corresponding to the teaching segments in which the teaching is structured.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The oral examination verifies the ability to understand and analyse the construction in its various parts. The oral exposition must be accompanied by simple graphic elaborations that help the student to correctly expose technical arguments. The assessment parameters for the examination are: 

- the ability to describe the principles and rules of building stability, the technical characteristics of material resources and their use in construction;

- the ability to analyse the construction in its various parts, performance requirements and construction methods;

- the ability to represent the elements of construction with simple graphic elaborations;

- the ownership of technical vocabulary regarding materials and construction methods;

- the ability to communicate effectively in written and oral form, adapting one's communication to the context.

Exam schedule