Project Management in Building Construction

Training goals The general goal of the Course is to provide the methodologies and critical tools necessary for understanding the themes of Architecture Technology with particular reference to the feasibility of the building, with a view to achieving a coherent operational continuity between the planning and design decision-making phases and the "technical implementation" phase of the building agency, according to the correct management of the work. The difficulty of having complete information on construction techniques and technologies and of being able to manage them; the difficulty of knowing in depth the conditions that bind and determine the ways in which the works are carried out, often hinder a systemic vision of the complex and articulated relationships that intervene on the technological choices, on the various implementing modalities and, above all, on the final results of the works. In the light of these conditions, the Course focuses on issues aimed at ensuring the formation of a technological culture, oriented towards the ability to read, control and manage the instrumentation leading to technological design choices, and to provide the first tools necessary for a correct approach within the decision-making process, starting from the understanding of "what" to achieve, up to "how", to reach its execution and management material, through subsequent stages of technical study, in order to create a quality building product. Program breakdown With reference to the training goals, the course is aimed at: - raise awareness of the construction process as a segment of the building process, characterized by complex sequences of phases, roles of operators and methodologies; -provide systematized information, methods and knowledge tools relating to: construction systems, construction technologies; components; industrial construction products; assembly methods, with particular attention to the quality control tools of the manufacturing processes. The course will be divided into three thematic areas: a) general theoretical lessons on the building process; on the needs-performance approach; on technological insights in the subsequent stages of design; on the development of the executive design; b) theoretical lessons on construction systems and technologies, products and components, assembly systems; c) exercise spaces. The first thematic area explores: references to the definitions relating to the contemporary building process and its articulation into different implementable models; phases and operators of the design and construction process; subsequent stages of technical study of the design; building system, environmental system and technological system; main methodologies of need-performance derivation and tools for selecting technological solutions with a view to product quality. The second thematic area explores: principles, characteristics and executive details of construction techniques, of industrialized building production systems and is divided into: foundations and load-bearing structures; vertical closures; horizontal partitions and vertical connection systems; flat and inclined roofs; vertical and horizontal internal partitions; external partitions; coverings. Finally, the third thematic area is divided into an exercise, during which each student will have to develop, through guided processing, some insights in terms of technological design, with particular attention to the executive design stage and go into detail, through some details of the main construction nodes.

Knowledge of basic materials and technologies.

E. Arbizzani, Progettazione tecnologica dell’Architettura. Processo, Progetto, Costruzione, Santarcangelo di Romagna, Maggioli, 2021 (reference text) M.C. Torricelli, R. Del Nord, P. Felli, Materiali e tecnologie dell'architettura, Roma-Bari, Editori Laterza, 2001. C. Benedetti, V. Bacigalupi, Materiali & Progetto, Roma, Edizioni Kappa, 1996. AA.VV., Manuale di progettazione edilizia, (Volume 4 Tecnologie: requisiti, soluzioni, esecuzione, prestazioni), Milano, Hoepli, 1985. AA.VV., a cura di F. Landini e R. Roda, Costruire a regola d'arte, voll. 1-6, Milano, Be-Ma Editrice, 1989-1992. Bibliographical references relating to specific lessons and teaching materials will be provided during the Course.

The course will be divided into three thematic areas: a) general theoretical lessons on the building process; on the needs-performance approach; on technological insights in the subsequent stages of design; on the development of the executive design; b) theoretical lessons on construction systems and technologies, products and components, assembly systems; c) exercise spaces.

Attendance is required in particular regarding the development of the exercise

The exam consists of an interview on the topics of the lessons and seminars and a discussion relating to the design produced during the year.

The course will be divided into three thematic areas: a) general theoretical lessons on the building process; on the needs-performance approach; on technological insights in the subsequent stages of design; on the development of the executive design; b) theoretical lessons on construction systems and technologies, products and components, assembly systems; c) exercise spaces.

The course includes a part of ex cathedra theoretical lectures and exercises concerning the 'technological design' of a building. The lessons explore the principles, characteristics and executive details of construction techniques and industrialised building production systems, divided into: - foundations and load-bearing structures - horizontal and vertical partitions and vertical connection systems; - flat and sloping roofs; - vertical closures; - finishing elements. The exercises, carried out in groups of 3, aim at having the students develop an architectural project up to the executive stage with a detailed study of the construction details, starting from a project outline provided by the teaching staff. The course also includes a series of collective moments of comparison and revision of the work by the lecturer, through projections of the work carried out. Peer reviews are also foreseen at different stages of the exercises.

No prerequisites

Optional in-depth texts Cappelli, Guallart, Self Sufficient City, Actar, 2010 Deplazes, Constructing Architecture. Materials Processes Structures. A Handbook, Birkhäuser, 2005 Koolhaas et alt., Elements, Marsilio editore, 2014 Voss, Musall, Net Zero Energy Buildings, Detail Green books, 2013

The course will take place in presence

Attendance is an important element of the learning process, although the course provides flexibility for special needs of students

The final examination consists of: 1. Evaluation of the project documents 2. Discussion of the design papers and oral interview on the topics of the seminar lectures 3. Evaluation of any other activities (videos, classroom exercises) requested by the lecturer or voluntary. Students are required to register for the exam, before the date of the call, according to the procedures provided by the INFOSTUD system.

Arbizzani E., Tecnologia dei sistemi edilizi. Progetto e costruzione, Maggioli, 2011 Casini M., Tecnologia dell’Architettura, Modelli funzionali – Elementi costruttivi, DEI, Roma, 2017

The course will take place in presence