TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE II AND LABORATORY A - L

Module TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE II

MODULE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION II

The course aims to equip students with the tools needed to address and resolve typological, distributive, and technological issues underlying architectural design, particularly the design of the building and its surroundings. The analysis is both environmental and technological, addressing user needs. These needs are expressed in requirements and evaluated in terms of the performance of the technical elements that constitute and govern the built form. Lectures, laboratory work, and exercises will address the various issues of building design, from the building scale to the construction detail, with particular attention to mixed-use buildings (multi-family housing and tertiary activities), inclusive design, and environmental sustainability. The knowledge acquired during the course will enable students to adopt a design approach that is attentive to both the health and well-being of users, as well as to energy saving and the conscious consumption of resources, in accordance with Goals 3, 11, 12, and 13 of the 2030 Agenda.

MODULE LABORATORY

The course aims to equip students with the tools needed to address and resolve typological, distributive, and technological issues underlying architectural design, particularly the design of the building and its surroundings. The analysis is both environmental and technological, addressing user needs. These needs are expressed in requirements and evaluated in terms of the performance of the technical elements that constitute and govern the built form. Lectures, laboratory work, and exercises will address the various issues of building design, from the building scale to the construction detail, with particular attention to mixed-use buildings (multi-family housing and tertiary activities), inclusive design, and environmental sustainability. The knowledge acquired during the course will enable students to adopt a design approach that is attentive to both the health and well-being of users, as well as to energy saving and the conscious consumption of resources, in accordance with Goals 3, 11, 12, and 13 of the 2030 Agenda.

During the course, a didactic module of digital architecture will be carried on, through the design of a pavilion in dry building technologies. 

Teaching will be delivered through lectures on theoretical topics and practical design exercises. The use of multimedia supports and moments of participatory teaching are foreseen.

The design parctice will be conducted in groups. Guided tours of construction sites and production facilities are also planned.

If teaching is taught in a blended or distance learning format, necessary changes may be made to the previously stated curriculum in order to comply with the planned program outlined in this syllabus.

Attendance is mandatory. Students are required to attend at least 70% of the course lectures. At the instructor's discretion, student attendance will be verified during lectures by

roll roll or signature collection.

MODULE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION II

1. Design of multifamilary buildings. Mixed tipologyes.
2. Indoor space organizzation and Universal design.
3. Building tipologies
4. Sustainability
5. Detail design (precast reinforced concreat, steel, X-Lam)

MODULE LABORATORY

1. Executive design of a mixed tipology building.
2. design and prototyping of a pavillion with dry building technologies.

G. Sciuto, Modelli progettuali per la sostenibilità edilizia, Ed. Anabiblo, Roma, 2010.
G. Turchini, M. Grecchi, Nuovi Modelli per l’abitare, Il Sole 24 Ore Editore, Milano, 2006.
G. Sciuto, I rivestimenti lapidei. Modernità nella tradizione, Ed. Il Lunario, Enna, 2006.
E. Arbizzani, Tecnica e tecnologia dei sistemi edilizi, Maggioli Editore, Milano, 2015.
E. Dassori, R. Morbiducci, Costruire l'architettura, Ed. Tecniche Nuove, 2010.

The exam, integrated into the "Technical Architecture Design Workshop II" module, consists of an oral exam. Students can only participate in the exam after submitting the project work for the year.

The oral exam is assessed based on the following criteria: knowledge of the required topics, relevance of answers to the questions asked, quality of content, ability to connect with other topics covered in the program, ability to provide examples, command of technical language, and ability to apply knowledge to concrete cases, including through freehand graphical rendering of construction details.

The final grade will take into account both the outcome of the oral exam and the assessment of the year's project work, which will take into account the completeness, correctness, and accuracy of the graphic work. The project work will be developed during the course of the course by students in groups of 2-3; the assessment will be done as a group. Each group member will be free to sit for the exam independently of the other members of their group.

The grade is expressed in thirtieths according to the following scheme:

• Not suitable

Knowledge and understanding of the topic: significant shortcomings and inaccuracies

Analysis and synthesis skills: irrelevant, frequent generalizations

Graphic expression skills: insufficient

Use of references: completely inappropriate

• 18–20

Knowledge and understanding of the topic: very modest, evident imperfections

Analysis and synthesis skills: barely adequate

Graphic expression skills: barely adequate

Use of references: barely appropriate

• 21–23

Knowledge and understanding of the topic: slightly more than adequate knowledge

Analysis and synthesis skills: fair analysis and synthesis skills, argues logically and coherently

Graphic expression skills: sufficient

Use of references: uses standard references

• 24–26

Knowledge and understanding of the topic: good knowledge

Analysis and synthesis skills: has good analysis and synthesis skills, the arguments are presented coherently

Graphic expression skills Graphics: good

Use of references: uses standard references

• 27–29

Knowledge and understanding of the topic: more than good knowledge

Analysis and synthesis skills: has notable analytical and synthesis skills

Graphic expression skills: excellent

Use of references: has explored the topics in depth

• 30–30 with honors

Knowledge and understanding of the topic: excellent knowledge

Analysis and synthesis skills: has notable analytical and synthesis skills

Graphic expression skills: excellent

Use of references: significant in-depth analysis

The instructor will choose between the extremes of the evaluation range by analyzing the quality of the laboratory project submitted by the working group to which the candidate belongs:

• lower limit: sufficient project

• intermediate limit: good project

• upper limit: excellent project

Learning assessment may also be conducted online, if conditions require it.

To ensure equal opportunities and in compliance with applicable laws, interested students may request a personal interview to plan any compensatory and/or extenuating measures, based on their educational objectives and specific needs. They may also contact the CInAP (Center for Active and Participatory Integration — Services for Disabilities and/or DSA) contact teacher in their department (https://www.cinap.unict.it/content/referenti).