Construction Systems and Processes
People
Course director
Assistant
Assistant
Assistant
Poma E.
Assistant
Description
The course is conceived as a preparation for the building project and as a conceptual reflection on the subject of construction. The different building systems, reduced to models, will be presented by retracing the radical changes they underwent last century. Construction techniques will be analysed. Parallel with the lectures the students will conduct a constructional analysis involving interpretation of a theme and relating construction, space and architecture to each other. On the basis of the plans, constructional details and other documents, students will present the analytical axonometrical redesign and the model of part of a twentieth-century building.
Objectives
Preparation for the construction project as a conceptual reflection on construction.
Sustainable development goals
- Responsible consumption and production
Teaching mode
In presence
Learning methods
50% Frontal lesson
45% Practical exercises
5% On-site visits without overnight stay
Examination information
Assignments and oral examination
Bibliography
- Ford, Edward R.. The details of modern architecture. Cambridge, Mass. London: The MIT Press, 2003.
- Thrift, Philip, Söffker, Gerd, Deplazes, Andrea. Constructing architecture: materials, processes, structures. Fourth, revised edition. Basel: Birkhäuser, 2018.
- Vittone, René. Bâtir: manuel de la construction. [Réimpr.]. Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, 2006.
- Zevi, Luca. Il nuovissimo manuale dell'architetto. Roma: Mancosu, 2003.
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Lecture ex cathedra, Corso tecnico-scientifico, 2nd year
- Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Lecture ex cathedra, TE - Tecnologia, 2nd year