Architectural Sciences

COSTITUTIVE CHARACTERS OF HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND RESTORATION PROBLEMS

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to guarantee competences in the visual and graphic analysis of monuments and in their historical-critical study, with particular attention to the constructive elements. The analysis of the constructive aspects of historical buildings is connected to the expressive components of architectural language and concerns specific aspects such as structures, metrology, proportional research and geometric layouts. A part of the course is reserved to the analysis of the different theoretical positions towards the pre-existences, articulated over time, carried out above all in relation to the concept of 'restoration' (and also ‘maintenance’, ‘conservation’, ‘recovery’, ‘restoration’), seen in a historical perspective and up to its current development. During the seminar activities, reviewing the project drawings, the student will have to explain the different phases of analysis of the monument and of the proposal elaboration, so as to refine the communication skills related to the specific aspects of architecture in general and of conservation in particular. At the end of the course the student will have acquired skills useful for the preparation of appropriate conservation proposals, also thanks to the preparation of graphics and design projects that allow to retrace critically what has been acquired in the various courses and to apply it in his own conservation proposal of a historic/artistic building. This experience allows the student to develop transversal skills and to learn how to elaborate, independently, what he have learned, enhancing the ability to continue the study of conservation and of the constructive characteristics of architecture in an independent way.

Channel 1

MICHELE ASCIUTTI Lecturers' profile

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MARIA GRAZIA ERCOLINO Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program

The course aims to provide theoretical and practical skills useful for the design and management of architectural conservation and / or archaeological value. To achieve this, will be given general knowledge on terminology and methodology for the best knowledge of the historical architecture with the materials’ recognition and characterization. The course is divided into theoretical and practical lessons during the which various topics will be addressed through case studies and exercises. In order to promote a continuously updated, will also provide information for search literature. Lessons will address in particular: references to the theory of the discipline; the archival, iconographic and bibliographic research; direct and detailed analysis of the monument, in its geometric, spatial, tectonic, typological and functional characteristics; relief and its graphic restitution; metrological and modular analysis; Analytical and diagnostic techniques for the conservation of monuments; methods and tools for material characterization, degradation recognition, checks during construction, testing and maintenance;

Prerequisites

The course doesn’t have prerequisites with other courses. At least an elementary knowledge of the History of Architecture and a basic knowledge of Euclidean geometry are required.

Books

per le questioni volte alla comprensione storico-architettonica dei monumenti: - G. CARBONARA (a cura di), Trattato di restauro architettonico, Utet, Torino 1996; vol. II, pp. 3-192; pp. 261-288; pp. 297-418; pp. 419-586; - G. CARBONARA (diretto da), Atlante del Restauro, Utet, Torino 2004. per il metodo di studio del monumento architettonico: - G. CARBONARA, Restauro dei monumenti. Guida agli elaborati grafici, Liguori, Napoli 1990 - D. FIORANI, Restauro architettonico e strumento informatico. Guida agli elaborati grafici, Liguori, Napoli 2004 -P. FANCELLI, Rilievo storico-critico delle fasi costruttive, in Manuale del Restauro architettonico, a cura di L. Zevi, Mancosu, Roma 2001, sez. E.2.1, p. 9-21

Teaching mode

The course includes lectures and exercises; various topics will be addressed through case studies and exercises.

Frequency

Frequency is not required

Exam mode

Regular examinations of the students' exercise work are scheduled during the semester. The examination consists of the handing in and discussion of the papers envisaged in the exercise, with specific insights into the content learned during the theoretical lectures.

Bibliography

Ulteriori mirati approfondimenti bibliografici verranno forniti nel corso delle lezioni, si segnalano comunque, in generale: -J. P. ADAM, L'arte di costruire presso i romani, Longanesi, Milano 1988 (1a ed. 1984); - A. BOATO, L'archeologia in architettura: misurazioni, stratigrafie, datazioni, restauro, Marsilio, Venezia 2008; - D. FIORANI, Tecniche costruttive murarie medievali. Il Lazio meridionale, «L’ERMA» di Bretschneider, Roma 1996; -E. MONTELLI, Tecniche costruttive murarie medievali, «L’ERMA» di Bretschneider, Roma 2011; - P. N. PAGLIARA, Note su murature e intonaci a Roma tra Quattrocento e Cinquecento, in «Ricerche di Storia dell'Arte», 1980, 11, pp. 35-48; -M. SALVATORI, Manuale di metrologia. Per architetti studiosi di storia dell'architettura e archeologi in Italia, Liguori, Napoli 2006.

Lesson mode