Learning objectives
The goal of the course for the student is to acquire a greater awareness of the relationship that is generated between the elements of activities and spaces, on one hand, and functions of technical elements on the other. The design will have to consider the complexity and framework that affect a construction complex.
Knowledge
- The basics and founding principles of technological culture of design, construction process, building quality, construction complex and construction system;
- Concept of environmental, social and economical sustainability through an interdisciplinary approach;
- User needs, procedures and regulations that define how operators relate to each other during the process;
- Correct use of materials and energetic resources and techniques to obtain optimal conditions for the satisfaction of human needs and high construction quality.
- Building materials proprieties: physical, mechanical, morphological characteristics and their rate of performance; manufacture methods.
- The role of materials, components and building systems in the architectural and technological design, in building process, in the maintenance and management of a building.
Skills
- Understanding and management of basic problems in the ideation of the building envelope, in relation to the enclosed spaces, including the interactions with the structural fabric and the technical plans, so to coordinate the different abilities that contribute to the building of a construction complex.
- Technical knowledge to design (and to build) socially, economically and environmental suitably to contexts (where indoor comfort and sustainability as design are priority). Design capability based on balance of user needs, economic limitations and available resources and existing building standards;
- Ability in compared evaluative techniques considering building materials, products and systems related to building environment, to characteristics and qualities of the building process and to building company management models.