ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGICAL DESIGN STUDIO

Course objectives

The studio focuses on the design experimentation of technologies for transformation, realization and management of the environment built from the perspective of a demanding / performance approach in the realization of building structures. The objective of the course is to train students in the development of architectural solutions that are integrated and consistent with their specific conceptual design, valued in terms of originality and technological innovation, in terms of social, environmental and economic sustainability, while respecting morphological quality. Through the elaboration of a project developed on urban scale, building and detail, students will experiment with the use of materials, technologies, constructive systems and implementation processes, by evaluating alternate hypotheses of sustainability in its various meanings.

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FABRIZIO AMADEI Lecturers' profile
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ELIANA CANGELLI Lecturers' profile

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Course program
The course examines the contents of Environmental Design and the Technological Culture of Architecture, an area of ​​knowledge relating to the theoretical principles and operational practices necessary to control the technical and constructive aspects of building systems. The scientific-disciplinary contents concern theories, tools and methods, aimed at an experimental architecture at different scales, based on the evolution of settlement use, on the constructive and environmental conception, as well as on the techniques of transformation and maintenance of the built environment with explicit reference to design approaches and strategies useful for balancing the complex relationship between man, environment and technology. The main goal of the course is to provide the knowledge to control the technological and environmental design, and the construction and the management process of architecture, highlighting the dialectic between the environmental setting of the project, technical choices and expressive purposes of architecture, through the in-depth study and application of methods, tools and techniques of "integrated design", understood as a unitary design process capable of managing the many specialisms of contemporary design.
Prerequisites
It is necessary to have taken the second year Architecture Technology II exam. It is strongly discouraged to attend the laboratory without having already acquired the concepts and methodologies of the project objectives of the second year.
Books
Cangelli E., Conteduca M. (2023) The Modernist Burden. Future perspectives for the renewal of the public housing heritage. Designing Quartaccio, Sapienza Università Editrice, Roma, ISBN 978-88-937-72815 [open access https://www.editricesapienza.it/book/8648] _ Documentation All information, materials and documentation relating to the Laboratory will be available on the Sapienza e-learning site http://elearning.uniroma1.it which can be accessed online after registering for the course.
Teaching mode
_ Organization of the course The course includes ex-cathedra lessons and laboratory activities in seminar form. The laboratory activity involves two phases. During the first phase, each group will be assigned a project for a residential building to be analyzed from a technological and design point of view to highlight its potential and criticality from a typological, morphological, technological, constructive, bioclimatic, energetic and environmental point of view. The second phase, in groups of 3 students, is aimed at developing the design idea down to a detailed scale. The laboratory activities in the classroom will concern the application theme. Students will have to carry out the planned work in the classroom, so each student will have with them the tools to draw, sketch paper, pencils and markers, and with the assistance of the teachers, students will have to carry out the theme, even with their own laptop, to setting up the documents of the intermediate deliveries and of the final exam. The laboratory foresees a series of evaluation moments - Critique - organized according to the model of the public presentation by a projection of slides according to the PechaKucha model, the delivery of drawings, sketches and study models. All information, materials and documentation relating to the course will be available on the Sapienza e-learning site 2 http://elearning.uniroma1.it which can be accessed online after registering for the course. _ Methods of the teaching activity The course is organized in such a way as to create a continuous exchange between theoretical and practical aspects relating to the discipline. To this end, a series of ex-cathedra lessons are planned which is accompanied by the development of a technological and design theme, useful for the application and verification of the knowledge acquired by the student about the topics covered. The development of the technological and design theme, conducted under the supervision of the teacher, constitutes a fundamental part of the course. During the semester there will be moments of compulsory intermediate verification, students must meet the Critiques relating to the project being developed by presenting its contents and producing project documents relating to the various stages of progress. These Critiques may be open to external experts to facilitate the exchange and study of the topics covered.
Frequency
Attendance in the Laboratory is compulsory for 70% of the lessons scheduled in the calendar.
Exam mode
The course is organised in such a way that there is a constant exchange between theoretical and practical aspects of the discipline. To this end, a series of lessons is planned, accompanied by the development of a technological and design theme useful for the application and verification of the knowledge acquired by the students in relation to the topics covered. The development of the technological and design theme, which takes place under the supervision of the teachers, is an essential part of the course. During the semester, there are compulsory mid-term reviews (Critique) in which students must critique the project to be developed by presenting its content and producing project documents on the different stages of progress. These Critiques can be opened up to external experts to encourage exchange and in-depth analysis of the topics covered. _ Exam' deliveries During the course and for the final exam, students study: to. Project' drawings from the urban scale to that of architectural detail B. slides and short videos for the concise communication of the various stages of progress and the final project C. physical study models and plastic models of the final project.
Bibliography
_ Introduction to the Theme of the year | Politics Sociology town planning Cangelli, Covid-democrazia per abitare Roma. In Roma come stai? Quodlibet 2021 Ferrarotti, Macioti, Periferie da Problema a Risorsa, Sandro Teti Editore, 2009 I Quaderni #02, Roma città fai da te, giornale on line di urbanistica, maggio agosto 2013 Morassut, Roma Capitale 2.0, Imprimatur editore, 2014 Pietrolucci, Verso la realizzazione delle microcittà di Roma, Skira, 2016 _ Technological and Environmental Design | Urban fabric and Buildings Arbizzani, Edifici e servizi residenziali per la formazione, Maggioli Editore 2023 Arbizzani, Progettazione tecnologica dell’architettura. Processo, Progetto, Costruzione, Maggioli Editore 2021 Cangelli, Paolella, Il progetto ambientale degli edifici, Alinea 2001 Cangelli, Climate Change: New Ways to Inhabit the Earth, in Technological Imagination in the Green and Digital Transition, Springer 2023 Cangelli, Daglio, Percorsi di sperimentazione tecnologica e tipologica per l'edilizia residenziale pubblica. In Architettura e Tecnologia per l’abitare, Maggioli Editore 2021 Cappelli, Guallart, Self Sufficient City, Actar, 2010 Deplazes, Constructing Architecture. Materials Processes Structures. A Handbook, Birkhäuser, 2005 Desideri, La città di latta, Costa & Nolan, 2000 Dierna, Orlandi, Buone pratiche per il quartiere ecologico, Alinea, 2005 Duany, Coyle, Sustainable and Resilient Communities, John Wiley & Sons, 2011 Koolhaas et alt., Elements, Marsilio editore, 2014 Ratti, Smart City, Smart Citizen, Egea, 2013 Schenk, Designing Cities, Birkauser 2013 Schittich, Architettura Solare, Detail, 2006 Smith, Case Study Houses, Taschen, 2009 Voss, Musall, Net Zero Energy Buildings, Detail Green books, 2013 _ Theme of the year AA.VV. [2013], IX edizione del seminario estivo Osdotta 2013, READY | Re-thinking Environmental and Architectural Design and TechnologY, disponibile su https://www.uniroma1.it/it/node/16566 (ultima consultazione 9 ottobre 2019) Annese, M.; Del Brocco, B. [2012], (a cura di), PASS - Progetto per abitazioni sociali e sostenibili. Riqualificazione del quartiere Tiburtino III a Roma, Catalogo del concorso, Gangemi Editore International, Roma. Aprile, M.T. [2014], “Spazio pubblico come risorsa per la rigenerazione urbana” in in Calzolaretti, M.; Mandolesi, D. (a cura di) Rigenerare Tor Bella Monaca, Collana DiAP Print/Progetti, Edizioni Quodlibet srl, Macerata, pp. 167-171. Castelli F.R.; Filippetti R. (a cura di) [2014], “Itinerario architettonico attraverso Tor Bella Monaca” in Calzolaretti, M.; Mandolesi, D. (a cura di) Rigenerare Tor Bella Monaca, Collana DiAP Print/Progetti, Edizioni Quodlibet srl, Macerata Currà, E; Diana, L.; Habib, E.; Perno, S.; [2018], “Critical Issues on Integrated Solutions for Seismic and Energy Retrofitting of High-rise Building in Reinforced Concrete Walls and Panels: The M4 in Tor Bella Monaca – Rome” in Seismic and energy Renovation for Sustainable Cities, Proceedings of SER4SC. De Cesaris, A. [2014], “Il progetto del suolo/sottosuolo: ridefinire l’attacco a terra di Tor Bella Monaca” in Calzolaretti, M.; Mandolesi, D. (a cura di) Rigenerare Tor Bella Monaca, Collana DiAP Print/Progetti, Edizioni Quodlibet srl, Macerata, pp. 144-151. Menegatti, F. [2012], Itinerari italiani della residenza collettiva, Gangemi editore, Roma. Montenero, A. [2014], “Tor Bella Monaca: il perché, l’attuazione e il divenire di un grande piano di zona in Calzolaretti, M.; Mandolesi, D. (a cura di) Rigenerare Tor Bella Monaca, Collana DiAP Print/Progetti, Edizioni Quodlibet srl, Macerata, pp. 222-224. Piroddi, E. [1984], “Operazione Tor Bella Monaca. Housing Development in Rome” in Industria delle Costruzioni n. 155, settembre 1984, pp. 2-33
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ALESSANDRA BATTISTI Lecturers' profile

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Course program
The current organization of the U.E. in the second semester of the third year of studies it provides the fundamental teaching of the "Technological Design Studio", examination of the disciplinary area of "Technology of Architecture". It is configured as an experience in the application design of systems and construction elements to a building, considered as a "system" in its entirety and in its individual parts, organized and integrated in a holistic way. Furthermore, the Laboratory introduces the themes of energy efficiency of the architectural project, typical of the "technological environmental" study path. Particular attention will be paid to the criteria, methods and tools aimed at the integrated design of design solutions aimed at improving the functionality / usability, safety, comfort, flexibility, environmental sustainability of the intervention. The design elaboration is organized by definition levels progressively aimed at the in-depth analysis of the technological and constructive solutions. In the Studio, the in-depth study of the technological-constructive aspects of an architectural artefact is aimed at understanding and experimenting with the correct use of technological systems, innovative components and materials and energy saving techniques and the improvement of bioclimatic comfort. The Studio places the project at the center of the teaching activity; for this reason the theoretical and the application type activities are conceived as integrated and synchronic during the semester. In particular, the theoretical knowledge concerns the conception of the construction systems and the relative elements, according to performance logic aimed at the quality of the architectural artefact, which are reflected in the design stage in the use of traditional and / or innovative technologies, in relation to the principles of sustainability environmental.
Prerequisites
At the beginning of the Studio the student will have to have acquired knowledge and understanding, as well as skills that will support, from a theoretical-methodological point of view, the deployment of technological strategies learned in technology courses 1 and 2. The student also must have knowledge and understanding, aimed at solving problems related to the appropriate practice of material processes and technologies that oversee the executive project in architecture.
Books
After each lesson, lecture notes in .pdf format are uploaded to e-learning Battisti, A. (2012), Technologies for Small Buildings, Alinea Editrice, Firenze; Campioli, A., Lavagna, M. (2013), Tecniche e architettura, CittàStudi, Novara; Persiani S., Battisti A. (2015). Componenti Innovativi in Argilla per l'Architettura Sostenibile: Elementi Massivi a Prestazioni Migliorate. p.1-167, Edizioni Accademiche Italiane; Tucci F. (2014), Involucro, Clima, Energia. Qualità bioclimatica ed efficienza energetica in architettura nel progetto tecnologico ambientale della pelle degli edifici, Altralinea, Firenze.
Frequency
Mandatory. According to the regulations, students are required to attend and actively participate in laboratory activities (lectures and exercises). Attendance will be checked by signing in and out
Exam mode
At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate the ability to acquire knowledge and experience, to evaluate them and to re-elaborate them for the purpose of forming an independent and original judgment. In particular, the student must demonstrate skills in the autonomous management of the necessary consideration and integration of the different technological and environmental factors interacting in the same formulation of the urban regeneration project program, the preventive evaluation of the intrinsic effects, direct and indirect, connected to the transformation, deriving from the processes of infrastructure / construction, in order to achieve,the detailed project of intervention, with the aim of returning technologically innovative and environmentally sustainable solutions. The achievement of these critical and autonomous judgment skills will be acquired during the experimental and planning activities, through simulations of technological regeneration processes related to territorial realities and concrete experiences. The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam of examination proper and through tests in progress. The exam focuses on the evaluation of the design documents and on the discussion of the topics covered during the lessons. The exam focuses on the evaluation of the design documents and on the discussion of the topics covered during the lessons. • Oral exam • Evaluation of a project. The evaluation will take place with a vote of thirty. At the end of the workshop an individual report and a series of group elaborations will be required, in order to verify the knowledge learned and evaluate the effectiveness of the laboratory activities carried out, targeted questions will allow the teacher to understand if the students have assimilated all the information that they were provided to them and if the students were able to transfer them concretely into a project. To pass the exam, a grade of not less than 18/30 must be obtained. The student must demonstrate to have acquired a sufficient knowledge of the topics related to the technological project, a basic knowledge of the topics related to the environmental ecological sustainability of the project and of innovative and experimental technologies, to be able to apply the theoretical and methodological notions applied to the project. To achieve a score of 30/30 cum laude, the student must instead demonstrate to have acquired an excellent knowledge of all the topics covered during the course, being able to link them in a logical and coherent way.
ANGELO FIGLIOLA Lecturers' profile
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EUGENIO ARBIZZANI Lecturers' profile

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Course program
In the Architecture Technology courses of the first two years, the students dealt with the knowledge on the technological culture of design, on the tools for the management of the building process and on the design of systems and construction techniques. Taking this basic knowledge for granted, the Technological Design Laboratory addresses the contents of Environmental Design and the Technological Culture of Architecture, whose scientific-disciplinary contents concern the theories, tools and methods aimed at an experimental architecture at different scales. , based on the evolution of settlement uses, of the construction and environmental concept, as well as of the techniques of transformation and maintenance of the built environment, with explicit reference to design approaches and strategies useful for balancing the complex relationship between man, environment and technology. The primary objective of the Laboratory is to provide the knowledge necessary for the technological and environmental control of the design, construction and management process of architecture, highlighting the dialectic between the environmental setting of the project, technical choices and expressive purposes of the architecture, through deepening and application of methods, tools and techniques of "integrated design", understood as a unitary design process capable of managing the many specialisms of contemporary design. At the end of the course, students must have acquired the ability to control the project from the initial phase to that of defining the construction solutions with reference to the entire life cycle of the building, and must have experienced the basic knowledge derived from previous courses of architecture technology, useful for understanding the close interdependence between structure and form, matter and figuration, in order to govern the relationship between the creative and construction activities of architecture according to environmental sustainability criteria. Ulteriori informazioni su questo testo di originePer avere ulteriori informazioni sulla traduzione è necessario il testo di origine Invia commenti Riquadri laterali
Books
Bibliografia specifica - Arbizzani, E. (2021), Progettazione tecnologica dell’architettura, Maggioli Editore, Sant’Arcangelo di Romagna Bibliografia generale - Arbizzani, E., Nobili, M., (2022), La valorizzazione del patrimonio immobiliare pubblico. L’area del Pineto a Roma, in: Delera, A., Ginelli, E. (a cura di), Stories of social housing neighbourhoods, Mimesis Edizioni, Milano - Arbizzani, E., Cangelli E. et al. (a cura di), (2021), Architettura e tecnologia per l’abitare. Upcycling degli edifici ERP di Tor Bella Monaca a Roma, Maggioli Editore, Sant’Arcangelo di Romagna. - Arbizzani, E., Cangelli, E. et al. (a cura di), (2019), Progettare in vivo la rigenerazione urbana, Maggioli Editore, Sant’Arcangelo di Romagna. - Civiero, P. (2017), Tecnologie per la riqualificazione. Soluzioni e strategie per la trasformazione intelligente del comparto abitativo esistente, Maggioli Editore, Santarcangelo di Romagna. - Perriccioli M. (a cura di) (2015), RE-Cycling Social Housing. Ricerche per la rigenerazione sostenibile dell’edilizia residenziale sociale. Napoli, Clean Edizioni
Frequency
The Technological Design Laboratory has compulsory attendance, to be carried out in the manner prescribed by this program and by the regulatory provisions of the degree course and
Exam mode
All the topics covered in the course are subject to examination. The exam consists of an individual interview on the topics covered in the course and on the illustration of the project developed by the student, within their group, in which the contribution of each must be clearly legible. In particular, the examination will be aimed at verifying the control capacity of the project from an environmental - energy, technological-plant engineering, figurative-formal point of view and in relation to its technical and economic feasibility. The aim of the course is to allow and encourage students to take the exam in the first useful session (June-July). During the course and for the final exam, students will have to work out: to. thematic and design tables from the urban scale to that of architectural detail b. slides and short videos for a concise communication of the various stages of progress and the final project c. any physical study models. _ Calendar Second semester _ Start of teaching activity 6 March 2024 _ End of teaching activity by 7 June for any recovery of days. _ Documentation All information, materials and documentation relating to the laboratory will be available on the Sapienza e-learning site 2 which can be accessed online upon registration for the course: http://elearning2.uniroma1.it
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TERESA VILLANI Lecturers' profile

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Course program
Introduction The Architectural Technological Design Laboratory is a third-year course within the single-cycle degree program in Architecture (CdL in Architettura c.u.). It falls under the disciplines of Architectural Technology (scientific-disciplinary sector ICAR/12) and involves a design experiment that integrates ideation, design, construction, and management as inseparable components. The course consolidates knowledge acquired in the first years of study regarding the technological culture of design, aiming to ensure control over the technical and morphological quality of a project at various scales while also anticipating the phases of construction and management of a building intervention. Aligned with fundamental knowledge of the construction process and particularly with its current conceptual evolutions and significant applications (complexity, circularity, evolving scenarios, etc.), the Laboratory seeks to provide an updated approach to methods and operational tools. These aim to foster the integrated conception of design solutions, targeting improvements in safety, usability, well-being, and flexibility while emphasizing sustainability and inclusivity. The design process emphasizes innovative technical solutions that are not predefined but are instead derived from an analysis of the needs to be met and a critical interpretation of potential solutions. These solutions leverage the performance capabilities of technological systems, innovative components and materials, and energy-saving techniques, all while considering the specificities of the intervention's context. The general objective of the Architectural Technological Design Laboratory is to guide students in developing integrated design solutions consistent with their specific constructive conception. These solutions will be evaluated for originality and technological innovation, focusing on environmental, social, and economic sustainability while maintaining technical and morphological quality. The specific objective is to transfer theoretical knowledge concerning the conception of building systems and their elements, adopting a performance-based logic aimed at the quality of the architectural artifact. This knowledge will be applied in developing a comprehensive project, addressed at the urban, architectural, and detailed scales. The project will explore the use of materials, technologies, construction systems, and implementation processes, evaluating alternative hypotheses in terms of sustainability in its various dimensions and anticipating all actions necessary for the full lifecycle of the intervention. Educational Content The Laboratory places the design process at the core of its teaching activities and is structured to establish a continuous relationship between theoretical and practical aspects of the discipline. To support the development of the design theme throughout the semester, theoretical in-depth studies (lectures and seminars) are included. These will introduce and apply theoretical concepts, methodological approaches, and design tools related to technological design, understood as "conscious design." This approach explores the sustainable and inclusive dimensions of the design in relation to the needs framework of the target users, the broader community, and contextual conditions. Theoretical lessons will delve into criteria, requirements, and design strategies regarding the sustainability of technological design at different levels: settlement/territorial, spatial/functional, technological/construction, and energy/environmental. Simultaneously, the design process will be conducted in stages, progressively focusing on the executive development of technological and construction solutions.
Prerequisites
Disciplinary contents of the Architectural Technology courses of the first two years: knowledge on the technological culture of design, on the tools for managing the building process, on the criteria for selecting building materials and components and on the design of building systems and techniques. To take the Architectural Technological Design Laboratory it is necessary to have taken the second year Architectural Technology exam. It is strongly discouraged to attend the laboratory without having already acquired the knowledge and methodologies of the technological project object of the second year.
Frequency
To attend the third-year Architectural Technological Design Laboratory, students must have acquired the theoretical knowledge and methodologies of technological design covered in the courses Technology of Architecture I and Technology of Architecture II, which are prerequisite exams. Access to the final exam is conditional upon obtaining a certificate of attendance, granted based on the following criteria: Attendance: Students must attend at least 70% of the total course hours. Attendance will be monitored through signatures upon entry and exit. Quality of Work: The level of work completed during the practical exercises (ex tempore). Knowledge of Topics: Knowledge of the subjects developed in the course, assessed through three intermediate submissions according to the activity schedule provided at the course's presentation. If the required thresholds for attendance and quality of work are not met, the student will need to retake the course in the following academic year. Conversely, if the student meets or exceeds the required thresholds, they will be admitted to the final exam. For the final exam, participation in all activities conducted during the semester is considered essential, along with familiarity with their procedures and adherence to the rules for preparing and submitting the required deliverables.
Exam mode
The examination consists of an oral interview on the topics covered during the course and the presentation of the developed project. The following aspects will be assessed during the final exam: The acquisition of cultural, theoretical, and methodological references specific to the discipline; The outcomes of the partial assignments completed at the end of the various operational phases of the semester, as well as the contribution made during seminar activities for the setup, development, and verification of applied works; The quality and disciplinary characterization of the required design outputs, with particular emphasis on the demonstrated ability to articulate and maintain a clear and coherent logical and operational structure in the application of processes, adopted techniques, and the formalization and communication of results. The exam is oral and individual, during which the student must demonstrate the ability to appropriately and consciously apply technological choices. This includes ensuring that the conception and design of fundamental technical elements, as well as their assembly, are executed with careful consideration of the contribution of materials, products, and construction processes to the architectural project. Such considerations must align with the user’s living needs and the long-term use of the building.
  • Lesson code1055808
  • Academic year2024/2025
  • CourseArchitecture
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year3rd year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDICAR/12
  • CFU8
  • Subject areaDiscipline tecnologiche per l'architettura e la produzione edilizia