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 architectural heritage restoration and
of its valorization, in connection with the current cultural debate.
Proficiency:
At the end of the course the student will be able to identify the main
material and structural issues of an historical building and tits value. He
will be able to develop, following a critical analysis of the building, an
organic restoration and conservation design of the case study, aimed at
its possible reuse and valorization.
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 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 student must be able to critically select the most suitable
intervention and to relate his choice to the current cultural debate
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) and multimedia presentaions (e.g. Powerpoint).
The fundamental concepts of statics and construction science will be the basis for the development of the Assessment f structural safety module.
Course unit content
The course is organized in a theoretical and a more operational part of
restoration design applied to a historic building to be restored.
The theoretical part, assuming the knowledge related to the theory of
restoration and construction features of historic buildings, includes an overview of the current discussion of architectural restoration and the questions underlying recovery and conservation, together with an in-depth analysis of the methods of structural analysis and consolidation intervention.
Full programme
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Bibliography
Suggested books:
• AA. VV, Trattato di restauro architettonico, diretto da Giovanni
Carbonara, Utet, Torino 1996.
• B. P. TORSELLO, S. F. MUSSO, Tecniche di restauro architettonico, Utet,
Torino 2003.
• AA. VV., Il manuale del restauro architettonico, coordinato da Luca Zevi,
Mancosu, Roma 2001.
Teaching methods
The course is composed of traditional lectures (tought class), also with
Powerpoint presentaions.
During the course, also some seminars with external lecturers will be
held, to inspect more deeply specific issues.
For the applied part, the students will be divided in groups (2 to 4 people,
in continuity with the previous course). Each group will develop a
restoration and strengthening design on a real historical building and will
be followed by the teacher with periodic reviews. The reviews are made
in groups, on printed material prepared by the students.
At the end, the printed material must be handed down to the teacher.
Moreover, during the course there will be two collective reviews: in these
occasions, each group will present (with Powerpoint or similar) its own
work progress to the teacher and to the other students. These occasions
are important both to exercise the communication skills of the students
and to exchange and compare experiences among the different groups
Assessment methods and criteria
Collective reviews are planned during the year (roughly two),
with public presentation of the projects, which will allow a first
assessment of the property of language and communication skills
of the students.
The exam takes place orally and consists of:
- Discussion of the project with "defense" of the choices made (1/2 final vote)
- Check the knowledge acquired during the course with some questions
on the theoretical part carried out in relation to the two modules (1/2 final grade)
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