Learning objectives
Knowledge and understanding capabilities:
At the end of the course, the student will have a wide and critical view on the methods and techniques for the knowledge of historical architectural heritage and of its conservation status, as well as of the instruments for its restoration and strengthening, in connection with the current cultural debate.
Proficiency:
At the end of the course the student will be able to identify all the metrological, material, structural, pathological aspects which characterize a historical building and to assume the mas a base for the design of its restoration and strengthening.
Independent judgment:
The student will have to develop the capability of evaluating critically the conservation status of a historical building, identifying the most suitable techniques for the specific case, looking for an equilibrium between conservation, safety and functionality. Moreover, the student will be able to interpret and assess the quality of any restoration and strengthening design.
Communication skills:
During the course, the student will improve its correctness of speech, with specific reference to the technical terms of restoration, in order to communicate in an effective and precise way a restoration design.
Learning ability:
The materials and the techniques for the restoration and strengthening of historical building change continuously. Therefore the student must be able to select, once the problem has been identified, the most suitable intervention, even evaluating options not specifically explained during the course.
Prerequisites
It is helpful if students have attended the Restoration course, as the base knowledge of restoration theories and of historical building elements are taken for granted during the course.
It is also useful to have some knowledge of computer aided design (e.g. Autocad), spreadsheet (e.g. Excel) and multimedia presentations (e.g. Powerpoint).
Course unit content
The course is organized in two parts: a theoretical one and an applied one.
The theoretical part is focused on the following subjects:
1.Basic concepts: restoration, conservation, strengthening
2.The normative system
3.The knowledge path
4.Art and science of building
5.Timber structural elements
6.Masonry structural elements
7.Arches, vaults and domes
8.Seismic and structural strengthening
9. Restoration and strengthening examples
The applied part foresees the restoration and strengthening design of a real historical building.
In the first period, the students will make surveys (divided in groups) on their case studies, in order to acquire the knowledge level needed to define the interventions, later designed in detail.
Full programme
The extended program and the extended bibliography will be made
available during the lessons.
Bibliography
Suggested books:
- Angelo Gaetani, Pere Roca; Paulo B. Lourenço; “Historic Construction and Conservation”. Taylor & Francis, 2019.
- Micheal Forsyth (ed.) “Structures and construction in historic building conservation”, Blackwell Publishing, 2007.
- ICOMOS/ISCARSAH “Recommendations for the analysis, conservation and structural restoration of architectural heritage” (available on elly2020 platform)
- “Linee guida per la valutazione e la riduzione del rischio sismico del patrimonio culturale” (downloadable at the site of Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali: http://www.beniculturali.it/mibac/export/MiBAC/sito-MiBAC/Contenuti/Avvisi/visualizza_asset.html_1141304737.html)
- Rodolfo Antonucci, Restauro e recupero degli edifici a struttura in muratura. Analisi e interventi sul costruito storico, Maggioli, 2012 (available at Biblioteca di Ingegneria e Architettura)
Research books:
- AA.VV, Manuale del Restauro Architettonico, Mancosu editore, Roma 2001.
- - Lorenzo Jurina “Vivere il monumento – Conservazione e novità”, Spirali, Milano, 2006
- E. Coïsson “Riduzione del rischio sismico degli edifici storici in muratura”, Maggioli, 2019
- M. Como, I. Iori, F. Ottoni, Scientia Abscondita. Arte e scienza del costruire nelle architetture del passato. Marsilio, 2019
- S. Mastrodicasa, Dissesti statici delle strutture edilizie, Hoepli, Milano 1989
- A. Giuffrè, Letture sulla meccanica delle murature storiche, Roma, 1988.
- E. Benvenuto, La scienza delle costruzioni e il suo sviluppo storico, Sansoni, Firenze 1991.
- Giuriani Ezio, Consolidamento Edifici Storici, Utet Tecnico, 2012, ISBN: 9788859807636
- G. Tampone, M. Mannucci, N. Macchioni, Strutture di legno: Cultura, conservazione, restauro, Edizioni De Lettera, Milano 2002.
More didactic material:
- Course slides (available on the course’s web site)
Teaching methods
The course consists of a series of frontal lessons, also with the help of Powerpoint presentations, and reviews of the project. The lectures will take place in the classroom and will be broadcasted in streaming on the Teams platform
During the course, also some seminars with external lecturers will be held, to inspect more deeply specific issues. These seminars could also take place only on line.
For the project, students will be divided into groups of 2-4 people. Each group will develop the project of restoration and consolidation of a historic building, with particular reference to its structural aspects, and will be followed by the teacher through a series of revisions during the course. The reviews are carried out in the classroom in groups, by analysing the material prepared by the students.
Assessment methods and criteria
During the year, common reviews are planned, in which the students present their case studies to their colleagues and teachers: these intermediate moments of audit, although they have no direct connection with the final mark, are still essential to demonstrate the successful attendance of the course and contribute to develop the required communication competences.
The acquisition verification of the integrated course of "Analysis and conservation of existing structures" will take place individually in oral form and will consist of:
1) discussion of the project (1/3), which must be given to the teachers before the exam date
2. oral examination on the entire program carried out during the year, relating to:
- theoretical part of consolidation (Restoration and Consolidation module): 1/3 of the total mark;
- Theoretical part of the structural safety assessment (Structural safety assessment module): 1/3 of the total mark.
The exam will be held in presence. If the sanitary emergency will limit the possibility of exams in presence, the project material will be uploaded on elly and the oral exam will take place on the Teams platform.
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