OVERVIEW

The course aims to train students in scientific and critical theory and in the practice of producing drawings and images for contemporary architectural design.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course provides knowledge and skills for the deepening and experimentation of representation methodologies for the critical analysis of the pre-existence and for the architectural drawing in its different scalar dimensions. With this in mind, the representation is seen as a way of addressing the complexity of the project, intended as an ex-novo act of creation or as a system of operations functional to cognitive processes affirming its value as an autonomous aesthetic subject expressive of forms of critical research.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will undertake a theoretical and practical course that will lead them to learn the advanced scientific foundations (geometric, visual and perceptive) and the technical methods of using some updated tools for creating models, drawings and images (parametric modeling, photomodeling, photo insertion, rendering, panoramic photography, video). During the course, exercises are carried out that involve the application of the aforementioned tools.

The necessary elements are also provided to understand the ways of improving accessibility intended as an expansion of functional and aesthetic enjoyment for all.

People who attend the course will be able to develop transversal skills related to communication, the ability to work in a group and critical processing, to appropriately illustrate and motivate their works.

PREREQUISITES

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TEACHING METHODS

The teaching is divided into frontal lectures and participatory lessons (critical discussions), to encourage active and collaborative teaching. For attending students, the assisted elaboration of models, drawings, photographs and static and dynamic images is foreseen.

For the development of the transversal skills described in the learning objectives, a didactic organization for groups and the practice of critical confrontation are envisaged, through the expression of feedback, peer review, and World Café sessions. Some optional side activities are proposed to lead to a more advanced development of relational skills.

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).

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SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course includes the following topics:

Geometry and parametric models for architecture

-Theoretical and applied aspects of modeling: mathematical and numerical representation, parametric modeling

-Particular geometric aspects (geometries and symmetries, invariants and projective and topological geometry) and their applications to architecture

-Curved lines and surfaces: modeling and use in architecture

The representation of architecture and the relationship with the user and the context

-Critical, geometric and perceptive analyses for the improvement of accessibility in its physical, sensorial and orientation-related aspects

-Theories of perception and multisensoriality: applications for the analysis of space and the configuration of architecture

-Photo insertion, Photomodeling and panoramic photography

-Hybrid elaborations of drawings, photographs and images

-Rendering, animation and video

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

The course uses excerpts from texts available in the library, including:

-Pottman H. (2007), Architectural geometry. Bentley, Exton (PA)

-Burry, J., & Burry, M. (2010). The new mathematics of architecture. London: Thames & Hudson.

-Picon A. (2010), Digital Culture in Architecture, an Introduction for the Design Professions, Birkhäuser, Basel.

-Càndito C. (2016), Modelli e immagini per la rappresentazione dell’architettura, Roma: Aracne

-Càndito C. (2020), Rappresentazione e Accessibilità per l’Architettura, Morrisville, NC: Lulu.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

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Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The final exam consists in the delivery and discussion of the elaborations carried out during the course, with arguments related to the lessons.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

FINAL ASSESSMENT - Takes into account:

- curriculum of deliveries and revisions for attending students  or, for those who do not attend, processing to be agreed upon and reviewed with the teachers;

- evaluation of the final delivery;

-evaluation of the oral discussion based on the knowledge and application of the foundations.