AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aim of this workshop is to further delve into the topic of nautical furnishings. Students will begin by analyzing shapes and materials, as well as contemporary and past styles, and then move on to exploring the various construction techniques.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Successfully attending this course's lectures, delivering the two required projects, and completing the suggested reading will allow students to:
- define the contemporary landscape of Architectural and Nautical Design in relation to Industrial and Interior Design;
- define the main concepts of human body, space, composition, dimension, and use;
- establish a clear relationship between cultural models, interpretation forms and human body analysis, and the evolution of the project field;
- provide the main operational tools to shape small sized architectural objects. These tools equate to primary actions from the world of art, more specifically, plastic arts: adding, subtracting, inserting, connecting, bending, splitting, etc.
- build a directory of contemporary design works in relation to nautical design elements, exploring their mutual inspirations and byproducts.

PREREQUISITES

The following knowledge is necessary to effectively address the contents of the course:
basic knowledge of design history.
good knowledge of two-dimensional, three-dimensional and rendering programs.
good knowledge of graphics programs and good sensitivity on the themes of project communication.
minimum capacity for design management of space, intended at the architectural scale, and ability to develop representative tables of the same (plans, sections, elevations).

TEACHING METHODS

The educational program will be developed over the course of a semester through two preparatory sections, each one organized according to different modalities: the first part (6 weeks) will be structured around a series of ex cathedra lessons and characterized by design exercises, the second, aimed at tracing connections between architecture, interior design and nautical design, will be devoted to the analysis of case studies and the critical reading of some of these, selected by the students.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The teaching will investigate the theme of minimal living between architecture and naval inspirations, through the description of case studies that span a broad time frame, capable of intertwining the fields of design, interior design and architecture. The interpretations will be related to actions and uses, therefore from the point of view of the user and will focus on primary actions, such as cooking, storing and putting away, sleeping, taking refuge and stopping.

In this part of the course, a series of lessons that will have as their objective the transmission of the tools for the design of micro spaces, will be followed by the design exercise, concerning the definition of a 1.5 m3 transformable module, within which to respond to basic habitability needs.

The second part of the course is composed of a more analytical phase that will consist of tracing, always through the reading of case studies, connections between nautical projects and architectural projects read through the key of multitasking design. This critical phase will be accompanied by an experience exercise.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

The teaching is structured around two texts whose knowledge is essential for carrying out the exercises and understanding the theoretical lessons:
_Massimiliano Giberti, Piccolo manuale d’uso per l’architettura contemporanea, 22 Publishing, Milan, 2013/ Sagep, Genoa, 2015
_Alessandro Valenti, Mario Ivan Zignego, Interior design Multitasking. Incroci tra Nautica e Architettura, Sagep, Genoa, 2017.
The following texts are also recommended, knowledge of which should form the basis of any architecture course:
Le Corbusier, Verso un’architettura, Italian edition edited by Pier Luigi Cerri, Pier Luigi Nicolin, Longanesi, Milan, 1984
Georges Perec, Specie di Spazi, Bollati Boringhieri, Turin, 1989, and the original Espèces d’espaces, Galilée, Paris, 1974
Herman Hertzberger, Lezioni di architettura, Italian edition edited by Michele Furnari, Rome, edizioni Laterza, 1996
Colin Rowe, The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Writings, Bologna, Zanichelli, 1990
Ben Van Berkel, Move, NAI, Rotterdam, 1998
Robert Venturi, Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, Bari, Dedalo, 1984
Rudolf Wittkower, Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism, Turin, Einaudi, 1964

LESSONS

LESSONS START

As per academic calendar

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam will be conducted through the verification of the theoretical knowledge acquired by the student, as well as by passing the practical exercises carried out during the semester. The contents of the theoretical lessons and the topics covered in the two volumes in the bibliography will be the subject of verification.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Details on how to prepare for the exam and the level of depth of each topic will be given during the lessons.
The oral exam will focus mainly on the topics covered during the lectures and in the textbooks and will aim to assess whether the student has reached an adequate level of knowledge.
The presentation of the first exercise will verify the student's learning of the design tools and their application.
The presentation of the second exercise will aim to verify whether the student has acquired the ability to critically analyze and compare nautical and architectural projects.