THE MATERIALS AND DESIGN OF BUILDING ELEMENTS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

40058

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020

Year of supply:

2020/2021

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of Single Cycle Degree 5 years in ARCHITECTURE

Disciplinary Sector:

Architecture Technology

Location:

PESCARA

Divisions:

Gruppo A - Professor: RADOGNA DONATELLA
Gruppo B - Professor: LADIANA DANIELA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Cycle:

Second semester

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

120

Prerequisites:

none

Objectives

The main objective of the course is to provide the student with an adequate knowledge of the materials and their possibilities of use in architecture. In particular, the student must acquire a sufficient knowledge of the relationships between materials, performance characteristics, structural types and morphological and dimensional characteristics in the architectural project, also with specific reference to the impacts that the use of a material can generate on the environment throughout the building process.

Contents

The course offers an introduction to the systemic concept for the design of technological elements.
The objectives aim at:
- provide an interdisciplinary reference framework (chemical-physical references) for understanding the peculiarities of the main building materials (knowledge);
- to acquire a critical analysis of the production processes of materials and components (skills);
- configure adequate reading skills, analysis and design definition of construction elements making up the building organization (competence).

Extended Syllabus

MATERIALS AND DESIGN OF BUILDING ELEMENTS 2019-2020

Contents
The course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge relevant to the use and characteristics of materials in architecture. The acquisition of such knowledge involves in-depth studies on the role of materials as functional layers in the construction of constructive elements.
The lessons are divided into two phases, the first theoretical and the second of practical application.
The theoretical phase involves lectures on the characteristics of traditional and innovative materials used in architecture. The concepts related to the systemic conception in the decomposition of the building organism and to the demand-performance approach in the development of the project will also be explained. These concepts will be tested in the practical application phase through the systemic decomposition, the performance analysis and the reading of constructive elements given or to be designed. Specifically, there is a series of lessons that relate to:
1. The characteristics of the materials and their use in architecture
to. Natural stone materials (with examples of traditional and contemporary / innovative architecture)
b. Bricks (with examples of traditional and contemporary / innovative architecture)
c. Raw earth (with examples of traditional and contemporary / innovative architecture)
d. Concrete (with examples of traditional and contemporary / innovative architecture)
is. Wood (with examples of traditional and contemporary / innovative architecture)
f. Steel (with examples of traditional and contemporary / innovative architecture)
g. Glass (with examples of traditional and contemporary / innovative architecture)
h. New generation materials.
The practical application involves both the study of constructive elements through the systemic decomposition and the demand-performance analysis and the design of one or more construction elements.

MATERIALS AND DESIGN OF BUILDING ELEMENTS 2019-2020

Targets
The main objective of the course is to provide the student with an adequate knowledge of the materials and their possibilities of use in architecture. In particular, the student must acquire a sufficient knowledge of the relationships between materials, performance characteristics, structural types and morphological and dimensional characteristics in the architectural project, also with specific reference to the impacts that the use of a material can generate on the environment throughout the building process.

Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Guided practical experimentation
To take the final exam, students are required to take part in the course activities and carry out the proposed exercises.

Verification method
Final examination with examination interview aimed at ascertaining the knowledge of the topics covered in the cycle of lessons and the ability to hold a discussion on one's own paper also in relation to the main topics of the course.

Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Guided practical experimentation
To take the final exam, students are required to take part in the course activities and carry out the proposed exercises.

Recommended Bibliography

1. AA.VV., Progettare nel processo edilizio, Ed. Luigi Parma, Bologna, 1981.
2. E. Arbizzani, Tecnologia dei sistemi edilizi, Maggioli, 2008.
3. Campioli A., Lavagna M., Tecniche e Architettura, CittàStudi, 2013.
4. Del Nord R., Felli P., Torricelli M.C., Materiali e tecnologie dell’architettura, Laterza, Bari, 2012.
5. M.C. Forlani, Materiali strutture forme – note per la progettazione strutturale, Alinea Editrice, Firenze 1983.
6. Trentini L., Atlante dei materiali, UTET, 2006.
7. DETAIL magazine, for further information.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Frontal lessons
Guided practical experimentation
To take the final exam, students are required to take part in the course activities and carry out the proposed exercises.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Final examination with examination interview aimed at ascertaining the knowledge of the topics covered in the cycle of lessons and the ability to hold a discussion on one's own paper also in relation to the main topics of the course.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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