Advanced Construction Systems and Materials
People
Course director
Assistant
Description
The course is structured in two main teaching components, the first includes ex-cathedra presentations during which the themes of advanced architectural construction will be contextualised, also through seminar meetings with professionals active in international research in the building sector and the detailed analysis of some case studies; the second includes an exercise in the form of applied research. The relationship between architecture and engineering will also be investigated. It is a course intended to experiment a research method for innovative architectural design, design for disassembly - circular construction, through the development of a concept design for a prototype.
Objectives
The aim is to inform students about the main logic and processes behind the most important lines of research in the field of advanced and/or innovative building materials and systems, in order to enable them to achieve a greater awareness of the architectural consequences of certain construction and material choices.
Sustainable development goals
- Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- Reduced inequalities
- Sustainable cities and communities
- Responsible consumption and production
Teaching mode
In presence
Learning methods
45% Lectures
45% Practical exercises
10% Seminars
Examination information
Discussion and critic of drawings and study models.
Bibliography
- D'Acunto, Pierluigi, Ohlbrock, Patrick Ole, Pawlitschko, Roland. Conceptual design of structures: connecting engineering and architecture. Basel: Birkhäuser, 2024.
- Fuller, Richard Buckminsterr. Inventions: the patented works of R.Buckminster Fuller. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983.
- Heisel, Felix, Hebel, Dirk E., Webster, Ken. Circular construction and circular economy. Basel: Birkhauser, 2022.
- Huber, Benedikt, Steinegger, Jean-Claude. Jean Prouvé Prefabrication: Structures and Elements. New York - London: Praeger Publishers, 1971.
- Koncz, Tihamer, Mazzocchi, Maurizio, Tealdi, Erberto. Prefabbricare: architettura e industria delle costruzioni. Milano: Hoepli, 1979.
- Nervi, Pier Luigi. Costruire correttamente: caratteristiche e possibilità delle strutture cementizie armate. 2a ed. riveduta ed ampliata. Milano: U. Hoepli, 1964.
- Rüegg, Arthur, Krucker, Bruno. Konstruktive Konzepte der Moderne: Fallstudien aus dem 20. Jahrhundert. Sulgen: Niggli, 2001.
- Schmidt, Thomas, Testa, Carlo. “System Building-Bauen mit Systemen-Constructions modulaires. Zurich: Artemis, 1968.
- Staib, Gerald, Dörrhöfer, Andreas, Rosenthal, Markus. Components and systems: modular construction. Basel etc.: Birkhäuser, 2008.
- Torroja, Eduardo. Razón y Ser de los tipos estructurales. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 1957.
- Wachsmann, Konrad. Wendepunkt im Bauen. Wiesbaden: Krausskopf Verlag, 1959.
- Willmann, Jan, Gramazio, Fabio, Kohler, Matthias. The robotic touch: how robots change architecture. Zürich: Park Books, 2014.
- Komendant, August E., Kahn, Louis Isidore. 18 years with architect Louis I. Kahn. Englewood - N.J.: Aloray, 1975.
- Le Corbusier, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret. Vers une architecture. Paris: Les Édition. Georges Crès et Cie, 1923.
- Rifkin, Jeremy. The third industrial revolution: how lateral power is transforming energy, the economy, and the world. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Rodari, Gianni. Grammatica della fantasia. Torino: Einaudi, 1973.
- Ruby, Ilka, Ruby, Andrea, Janson, Nathalie. The Economy of Sustainable Construction. Berlin: Ruby Press, 2013.
Education
- Master of Science in Architecture, Lecture ex cathedra, Corso tecnico-scientifico, 1st year
