Learning objectives
The fundamentals of design unit aims to supply students with the main contents of descriptive Geometry and its applications in representing architecture, as an essential basis in the study of architecture itself. The methods of representation deriving from the application of projective geometry constitute, in fact, the scientific basis of Design as the language of architecture, with a two-way correspondence between the reality (existing or planned) and its measurable graphic model, whether on paper or virtual. Learning the fundamentals of the discipline therefore means understanding the role of geometry in representation, and acquiring the basic knowledge necessary to master all the design tools. This, in fact, underlies the most recent applications in computer design, and therefore knowledge of these is indispensable for a well-informed “advanced” use of the current tools of representation.
Prerequisites
Course unit content
the drawing as architecture matrix. Reality and its models, object, spatial model drawing. The structures of the drawing - geometric shapes, order and proportions, modules and grids, symmetries and repetitions. Reality in 2D: the drawing - methods and techniques in the historical representation of architecture. Drawing modes - perception and description, conventions of architecture. The technical language of architecture, scales of representation. The elements and shapes of architecture and landscape
Full programme
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Bibliography
M. Rossi, Strade d'acqua - dal rilievo del territorio al disegno del paesaggio, Mattioli, 2004. A. Aterini, Introduzione ai metodi di rappresentazione dellla geometria descrittiva, Alinea, Firenze, 1997. R. Migliari, Geometria dei modelli, Edizioni Kappa, Roma, 2003. U. Saccardi, Applicazioni della geometria descrittiva, LEF, Firenze, 1989
Teaching methods
Basic contents are acquired through the coordinated teaching of two units based on specific architectural representation subjects coordinated with the course of Automatic drawing by developing one single examination theme. The learning progress concerning the basic tools of representation will be assessed through a graphical elaboration done by the student on an examination theme common to the three subjects. It is also possible to sit the two examinations scheduled in the degree program at the same time. The specialized theme, common to the three courses and chosen for the final exercise of the academic year consists of the bi and three-dimensional representation of a micro-architecture and of the study of its geometrical conformation.
Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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