Architecture (Conservation)

The course is placed in the final year of the master's degree course in Architecture (Restoration) and will rely on the acquisitions made by students fin1. Course content Objectives To provide basic notions of the theory and history of restoration; to guarantee surveying skills, the historical and constructive investigation of architecture, the reading and diagnosis of deterioration phenomena, and conservative intervention; to provide information on regulatory aspects, including cataloguing problems; to train students in the drafting of restoration projects. Teaching method Lessons The traditional ex-cathedra lessons, on methodological and more general issues, will be supplemented by laboratory activities, on applicative and technical issues, in relation to the concrete questions posed by the exercise topic. Summary description of lecture topics a. General problems: definitions and basic terminology. b. The extension of the field of restoration, from the single object to the territory. c. The relationship between the various arts: 'restoration' and 'restoration of monuments'. d. The theoretical foundation of restoration. The most recent proposals of method. e. Dialectic between critical process and creative act in restoration. f. Relationship between technical choices and historical respect for the monument. g. The degradation of structures and materials: causes and processes. h. Modern materials and restoration. i. The conservation programme; the restoration project. l. General standards for the restoration of monuments. The 'Charters' of restoration. Workshop and exercises Study of a monument, or a significant part of it, that presents problems of conservation and guarantees the possibility of conducting a direct survey, philological and historical-critical reading, analyses relative to the state and material degradation, experimentation of well-founded intervention proposals. Small, isolated and inspectable themes are preferable, especially in the external masonry (the most historically significant), stratified, suffering from neglect or improper use. There are therefore no course themes but criteria established by the course for the choice of didactically effective themes. Furthermore, the course favours the possible repetition of the theme already addressed in the examination of 'Constructive characteristics of historic buildings and problems of restoration' or 'Consolidation of historic buildings' and 'Theory and techniques for restoration'. 1.3. specialist aids It is not envisaged that teaching modules will be contributed to the workshop in the form of autonomous contributions, but rather the specialised and targeted support, during the analysis and elaboration of the project, of courses offered by the Faculty, pertinent to the scientific-disciplinary sector of restoration or related to it. These include, for example, in addition to 'Constructive Characters of Historical Buildings and Restoration Problems' or 'Elements of Architectural Restoration', also 'Tools and Methods of Historical Research' and 'Consolidation of Historical Buildings' and 'Theory and Techniques of Restoration'. o in the fifth year of a Master's degree course

The teaching is placed in the final year of the master's degree course in Architecture (Restoration) and will count on the acquisitions made by students up to the fifth year of the master's degree course

Per un orientamento generale e per integrare i contenuti delle lezioni, si ritiene opportuno segnalare quanto segue. * In primo luogo, come guida di riferimento e consultazione per l’intera materia, dal versante teoretico a quello pratico e applicativo: G. CARBONARA (a cura di), Trattato di restauro architettonico, 4 voll., Utet, Torino 1996 (con indice degli argomenti); G. CARBONARA (a cura di), Restauro architettonico e impianti, 3 voll., Utet, Torino 2001; L. ZEVI (a cura di), Il manuale del restauro architettonico, Mancosu, Roma 2001; G. CARBONARA (a cura di), Atlante del restauro architettonico, 2 tomi, Utet, Torino 2004. G. CARBONARA (a cura di), Trattato di restauro architettonico. Primo Aggiornamento. Grandi temi di restauro, Utet, Torino 2007; Secondo Aggiornamento, 2008; Terzo Aggiornamento, 2008; Quarto Aggiornamento. Progetti e realizzazioni, 2011. * Per la metodologia scientifica di ricerca: U. ECO, Come si fa una tesi di laurea. Le materie umanistiche, Fabbri-Bompia¬ni, Milano 1977, quindicesima edizione 1990; R. FARINA, Metodologia. Avviamento alla tecnica del lavoro scientifico, LAS, Roma 1986, per la ricerca storico-architettonica: A. BRUSCHI, Introduzione alla storia dell’architettura, Mondadori Università - Sapienza, Roma 2009, per un primo avvicinamento agli aspetti operativi: P. SANPAOLESI, Discorso sulla metodologia generale del restauro dei monumenti, Edam, Firenze 1973, ristampa 1990; A. BELLINI (a cura di), Tecniche della conservazione, Angeli, Milano 1986, quarta edizione aggiornata 1992; G. BASILE, Che cos’è il restauro, Editori Riuniti, Roma 1989; P.B. TORSELLO-S.F. MUSSO, Tecniche di restauro architettonico, Utet, Torino 2003; R. CECCHI, I beni culturali. Testimonianza materiale di civiltà, Spirali, Milano 2006; F. DOGLIONI, Nel restauro. Progetti per le architetture del passato, IUAV-Marsilio, Venezia 2008, inoltre per il rilievo: C.F. GIULIANI, Archeologia documentazione grafica, De Luca, Roma 1976; G. CENTO, Rilievo edilizio architettonico, Vitali e Ghianda, Genova 1959, seconda ed. 1979; E. POLLA, Osservazione ricerca restauro, Kappa, Roma 1985; L. MARINO, Il rilievo per il restauro, Hoepli, Milano 1990; V. DI GRAZIA, Rilievo e disegno nell’archeologia e nell’architettura, Kappa, Roma 1991; M. DOCCI-D. MAESTRI, Manuale di rilevamento architettonico e urbano, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1994; C. CAMPANELLA, Il rilievo degli edifici, Il Sole24 Ore, Milano 2004; C. CUNDARI, Il Rilievo architettonico. Ragioni. Fondamenti. Applicazioni, Kappa-Aracne, Roma 2012,

Verification of the students' achievements will be conducted partly during the course (also by means of written tests, focusing mainly on the theoretical and conceptual aspects of the discipline) and partly at the end of the course by means of an individual examination. After an interview on the topics covered in the lectures and in the basic bibliography, the discussion will move on to the discussion of the exercises and then to the final project, the progress of which will have been the subject of continuous revision during the semester. In fact, entry to the examination is conditional on obtaining the attendance signature and the favourable outcome of a final revision of the work carried out.