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Curriculum(s) for 2024 - Architecture (Conservation) (30815)

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1st year

Lesson	Semester	CFU	Language
1051525 \| TOOLS AND METHODS FOR HISTORICAL RESEARCH	1st	8	ENG
Educational objectives The course aims to provide students basic methodology of bibliographic, archival and direct research for what concern written and constructive “sources” in order to retrace the history of architectural phases of single building or urban areas aiming to the conservation and protection of historical architectonical heritage.
1052060 \| STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING OF ANCIENT AND MODERN BUILDINGS	1st	8	ENG
Educational objectives The main purpose of the course is to put students in a position to know how to interpret the mechanical behavior of existing buildings (ancient and modern) and related materials under gravity and seismic stresses. The course also provides knowledge to the assessment of structural and reinforcing interventionswhile respecting the principles of restoration.
1052006 \| ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY	1st	8	ENG
Educational objectives The course provides students with the base and advanced knowledge about the role of architectural survey within the process of understanding of the environment and the architecture. Furthermore, it highlights the aspects of interpretation, compared with the project representation, with the 'reading' of historical buildings,with the mapping of the constituent materials and macroscopic forms of deterioration in order to evaluate the state of conservation of architectural structures.The course also makes specific reference to the latest automatic survey technology and geo-referenced.
10596232 \| DESIGN STUDIO 1	2nd	10	ENG
Educational objectives The course objective is to achieve, within the educational process of students, and overall and articulated experience in which converge all the components of architecture disciplinary process. In addition to the essential morphological, technological, constructive and typological in-depth examinations, the course aims to take into account all the data concerning urban settings included construction in historical centers. The project issues located in the urban fabric will be therefore preferably analyzed and taken as case studies.
1052143 \| STRUCTURAL CONSOLIDATION AND HVAC PLANT IN HISTORICAL BUILDINGS	2nd	12	ENG
Educational objectives The course aims to develop the capability to design the structural and functional recovery of historical and modern buildings developing the issues of structural safety and plant design with the purposel of conservation and enhancement of existing capacities.
TECHNICAL SYSTEMS	2nd	6	ENG
Educational objectives The course aims to focus the role of cooling, electrical, acoustic, lighting systems and renewable energy in buildings, in terms of the maximum design, installation and maintenance. In particular it will deal with peculiar plant aspects, as well as residential construction, historical buildings, museums and hospitals.
STRUCTURAL REINFORCEMENT	2nd	6	ENG
Educational objectives This part of the course aims to develop a critical knowledge for the statement of opinion concerning the structural status of conservation of an existing building. Furthermore, the course gives instruments for the identification of structural reinforcement interventions, calibrated in accordance with the limitations of the "boundary conditions" of the problem.
1052067 \| TECHNOLOGICAL DESIGN FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL REQUALIFICATION	2nd	8	ENG
Educational objectives The course aims to provide theoretical and methodological tools needed to set up and develop appropriate renovation intervention aimed mostly at twentieth century architecture. The course consistis of lectures and exercises, themes related to maintenance and building rehabilitation. It will be develop focusing on: a) the survey of pre-existing buildings and urban fabric b) the project and organization of works, c) the different typologies of building firms with different specializations, d) the various stages of execution techniques (structures, roofs, plasters, dampness protection, thermal insulation, heating plant, electrical systems, plumbing etc.).
THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING

2nd year

Lesson	Semester	CFU	Language
1051528 \| CONSERVATION DESIGN STUDIO	1st	10	ENG
Educational objectives The course aims to teach basic knowledge of the history and theory of architectural conservation, and to provide skills in analytical survey, historical investigation, reading and diagnosis of degradation and conservation works; inform the students about regulations and cataloguing; practice in the design of a restoration project. The aim of restoration is not only to conserve the integrity of the risources, but also to reveal it's cultural values and to improve the leggibility of it's design. Restoration is high specialitation operation based on a critical-historical process of evaluation, and must not be based on conjecture.
10596233 \| ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF PROJECTS	1st	6	ENG
Educational objectives The course aims to provide the evaluative knowledge for the use of tools to support investment decisions - public and/or private - aimed at the enhancement of disused or under-utilised property assets of historical and architectural value. The competences acquired will allow to carry out consultancy activities also in the framework of public-private partnership procedures, where it is mandatory to identify compromise solutions between the preservation of the historical and architectural features of the property asset to be enhanced and the convenience of the initiative for the investor, in order to guarantee the effectiveness of the intervention also in terms of social, economic and environmental impacts on the territorial context of reference.
10596234 \| DESIGN STUDIO 2	2nd	10	ENG
Educational objectives The course aims to convey to the students the theorical and practice knowledge necessary to manage, with full awareness, the development of an architectural executive project of a limited space, to verify the compatibility of the formal intentions with the complex economic restrictions and functional, structural, technological and engineering solutions. In this context, the compliance of the construction project is systematically investigated, identifying the different components and checking the feasibility of design solutions.
1051528 \| CONSERVATION DESIGN STUDIO	2nd	10	ENG
Educational objectives The course aims to teach basic knowledge of the history and theory of architectural conservation, and to provide skills in analytical survey, historical investigation, reading and diagnosis of degradation and conservation works; inform the students about regulations and cataloguing; practice in the design of a restoration project. The aim of restoration is not only to conserve the integrity of the risources, but also to reveal it's cultural values and to improve the leggibility of it's design. Restoration is high specialitation operation based on a critical-historical process of evaluation, and must not be based on conjecture.
1052007 \| URBAN REGENERATION AND CULTURAL HERITAGE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK	2nd	12	ENG
Educational objectives The course aims to combine the knowledge of the instrument of urban development for the integreted conservation of old town centres, and a critical knowldege of current legislation of cultural heritage. Integrated conservation implies reconciling conservation requirements and town planning objectives considering the values and interests of the existing historic architecture. The minimum interventions at key points in time are best for the community.
Rehabilitation and urban regeneration - Laboratory	2nd	4	ENG
Educational objectives By assuming as a theoretical premise the formation reached during the "Building legislation and government of the territory" course of the first academic year, the course aims to provide students a basic critical knowledge of the current legislation in the field of protection of cultural heritage, with particular attention to monumental and architectural heritage and to the environmental and landscape issues.
Town planning and cultural Heritage regulatory framework	2nd	8	ENG
Educational objectives The course aims to provide theoretical-methodological and operating tools for carrying out a planning process aimed at upgrading the existing city, with particular reference to degraded suburb contexts and potentially subject to significant changes. This purpose will be achieve both by checking the environmental, morphological, economic-financial and administrative feasibility, and by the choice of innovative tools flexible enough to ensures the triggering of virtuous processes of recovery and renewal by means of the involvement of individuals and private operators in actions of public interest.
Elective course	2nd	8	ENG
AAF1779 \| FINAL TEST	2nd	12	ENG
Educational objectives The final exam consists of the writing, presentation, and discussion of a written dissertation, prepared graphically and autonomously by the student, documenting the study topic in an organic and original manner.
THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING
THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING

Architettura (Restauro)

1st year

Lesson	Semester	CFU	Language
98733 \| STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING OF ANCIENT AND MODERN BUILDINGS	1st	8	ITA
Educational objectives Building technology of ancient and modern buildingsThe main purpose of the course is to put students in a position to know how to interpret the mechanical behavior of existing buildings (ancient and modern) and related materials under gravity and seismic stresses. The course also provides knowledge to the assessment of structural and reinforcing interventions while respecting the principles of restoration
1007348 \| TOOLS AND METHODS FOR HISTORICAL RESEARCH	1st	8	ITA
Educational objectives The course aims to provide students with the basics of bibliographic, archival and direct research methodology for what concern written and constructive “sources” in order to retrace the history of architectural phases of single building or urban areas aiming to the conservation and protection of historical architectonical heritage.
1035657 \| ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY	1st	8	ITA
Educational objectives The course provides students with the base and advanced knowledge about the role of architectonical survey within the process of understanding environment and architecture and highlights the aspects of interpretation, compared with the project representation, with the 'reading' of historical buildings, with the mapping of the constituent materials and macroscopic forms of deterioration in order to evaluate the state of conservation of architectural structures. The course also makes specific reference to the latest automatic survey technology and geo-referenced.
1007299 \| ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO	2nd	10	ITA
Educational objectives The course objective is to achieve, within the educational process of students, and overall and articulated experience in which converge all the components of architecture disciplinary process. In addition to the essential morphological, technological, constructive and typological in-depth examinations, the course aims to take into account all the data concerning urban settings included construction in historical centers. The project issues located in the urban fabric will be therefore preferably analyzed and taken as case studies.
1044091 \| CONSOLIDAMENTO DEGLI EDIFICI STORICI E IMPIANTI	2nd	12	ITA
Educational objectives The course aims to develop a critical knowledge for the formulation of opinion concerning the status and state of conservation of an existing buildingstructure and, subsequently, for the identification of any appropriate interventions of structural reinforcement, calibrated in accordance with the limitations ofall the constituents "boundary conditions" of the problem.
CONSOLIDAMENTO DEGLI EDIFICI STORICI	2nd	6	ITA
Educational objectives The course aims to frame the role of air conditioning, electrical, acoustic, lighting and renewable energy in buildings, in terms of the maximum design, installation and manutenzione. In particular will be addressed aspects peculiar plant, as well as residential construction, historical buildings, museums and hospitals.
IMPIANTI NEGLI EDIFICI	2nd	6	ITA
Educational objectives The course aims to develop a critical knowledge for the formulation of opinion concerning the status and state of conservation of an existing buildingstructure and, subsequently, for the identification of any appropriate interventions of structural reinforcement, calibrated in accordance with the limitations ofall the constituents "boundary conditions" of the problem.
1044057 \| PROGETTAZIONE TECNOLOGICA PER LA RIQUALIFICAZIONE ARCHITETTONICA	2nd	8	ITA
Educational objectives The course aims to provide theoretical and methodological tools needed to set up and develop an appropriate refurbishment intervention aimed mostly at thearchitecture of the twentieth century. During the course, consisting of lectures and exercises, issues related to maintenance and building rehabilitation will bedevelop, with particular regard to: a) the survey of pre-existing buildings and urban fabric b) the project and organization of work, c) the kind of building firmswith different specializations, d) the various stages of execution techniques (structures, roofs, plasters, dampness protection, thermal insulation, heatingplant, electrical systems, plumbing etc.).
THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING

2nd year

Lesson	Semester	CFU	Language
1035673 \| CONSERVATION DESIGN STUDIO	1st	10	ITA
Educational objectives The course aims to convey to students the theoretical and instrumental knowledge necessary to manage, with full awareness, the development of anarchitectural executive project of a space of limited size, to verify the compatibility of the formal intentions with the complex economic constraints andfunctional, structural, technological and engineering solutions. In this context, the compliance of the construction project is systematically investigated,identifying the different components and checking the feasibility of design solutions.
1035683 \| URBAN REGENERATION AND CULTURAL HERITAGE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK	1st	12	ITA
Educational objectives By assuming as a theoretical premise the formation reached during the "Building legislation and government of the territory" course of the first academic year, the course aims to provide students with a basic critical knowledge of legislation now in effect in the field of protection of cultural heritage, with particular attention to monumental and architectural heritage and to the environmental and landscape issues
THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING	1st	8	ITA
Educational objectives The course aims to provide theoretical-methodological and operating tools for carrying out a planning process aimed at upgrading the existing city, with particular reference to peripheral degraded contexts and potentially subject to significant changes. This purpose will be achieve both by checking the environmental, morphological, economic-financial and administrative feasibility, and by the choice of innovative tools flexible enough to ensures the triggering of virtuous processes of recovery and renewal by means of the involvement of individuals and private operators in actions of public interest.
THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING	1st	4	ITA
Educational objectives By assuming as a theoretical premise the formation reached during the "Building legislation and government of the territory" course of the first academic year, the course aims to provide students with a basic critical knowledge of legislation now in effect in the field of protection of cultural heritage, with particular attention to monumental and architectural heritage and to the environmental and landscape issues
10596356 \| ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF PROJECTS	1st	6	ITA
Educational objectives The course aims to provide the evaluative knowledge for the use of tools to support investment decisions - public and/or private - aimed at the enhancement of disused or under-utilised property assets of historical and architectural value. The competences acquired will allow to carry out consultancy activities also in the framework of public-private partnership procedures, where it is mandatory to identify compromise solutions between the preservation of the historical and architectural features of the property asset to be enhanced and the convenience of the initiative for the investor, in order to guarantee the effectiveness of the intervention also in terms of social, economic and environmental impacts on the territorial context of reference.
1035673 \| CONSERVATION DESIGN STUDIO	2nd	10	ITA
Educational objectives The course aims to convey to students the theoretical and instrumental knowledge necessary to manage, with full awareness, the development of anarchitectural executive project of a space of limited size, to verify the compatibility of the formal intentions with the complex economic constraints andfunctional, structural, technological and engineering solutions. In this context, the compliance of the construction project is systematically investigated,identifying the different components and checking the feasibility of design solutions.
1007302 \| ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO II	2nd	10	ITA
Educational objectives The course aims to convey to the students the theorical and practice knowledge necessary to manage, with full awareness, the development of an architectural executive project of a limited space, to verify the compatibility of the formal intentions with the complex economic restrictions and functional, structural, technological and engineering solutions. In this context, the compliance of the construction project is systematically investigated, identifying the different components and checking the feasibility of design solutions.
Elective course	2nd	8	ITA
AAF1010 \| FINAL TEST	2nd	12	ITA
Educational objectives The final exam consists of the writing, presentation, and discussion of a written dissertation, prepared graphically and autonomously by the student, documenting the study topic in an organic and original manner.
THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING
THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING

Optional groups

The student must acquire 6 CFU from the following exams

Lesson	Year	Semester	CFU	Language
1051526 \| THEORY AND PRACTICE OF CONSERVATION	1st	1st	6	ENG
Educational objectives The course aims to place the student in a position to know and to be able to use different materials and techniques for conservation/restoration and maintenance and new use works on the architectural heritage. The course is held alternately in laboratory, lectures on scheduled topics, practical applications and aided design and planning. Visit to construction sites will be also organized.
10600271 \| URBAN MORPHOLOGY	1st	1st	6	ENG
Educational objectives Goal of the Urban Morphology course is to provide the students with the tools for analysis of built landscape aimed to the architectural design constituting, therefore, the premise for the critical interpretation of the urban environment. Topics of the lectures will be the study of the formative and transformative processes of the architectural organism and of the city, closer to the design themes.
10611811 \| HBIM MODELS FOR ARCHITECTURE	1st	2nd	6	ENG
Educational objectives HBIM Models for Architecture The course aims to train students in the field of HBIM, the declination of Building Information Modeling specifically designed to adapt to the activities related to knowledge, restoration, transformation and management of the built heritage and historical buildings of which our country is particularly rich. The application of BIM (Building Information Modeling) processes to existing buildings (Heritage Building Information Modeling), in fact, is a strongly growing sector in all areas related to the documentation and management of cultural heritage. The proposed activities are divided into two blocks. The first aims at framing the HBIM process from a methodological point of view, placing it between research and professional use and relating it to the activities that pursue the current needs of documentation (survey); the second includes practical activities related to the application of software tools by conducting experiments similar to those present in the professional world. The course, therefore, aims to act on both these levels by providing students with references both methodological and operational that allow them to act at the urban scale, territorial and single building primarily in contexts subject to risk (seismic, hydrogeological, etc..) or already affected by destructive events.
1051529 \| STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE OF HISTORICAL MASONRY	2nd	1st	6	ENG
Educational objectives The knowledge of the tools actually available for the structural analysis of the of historical masonry requires special attention because the results strongly influence the choices of intervention. The course aims at providing the mathematical tools necessary for an understanding of the mechanical behavior of ancient masonry in order to assess the structural safety, also with the help of numerical computation, in the framework of the current legislation. A critical review of computational models inherited from the past and those currently available, such as commercial computer programs, will be aimed at steering the business operator to choose the model most appropriate and respectful of the nature of the object of study.
10600269 \| HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL AND MODERN ART FOR ARCHITECTURE	2nd	1st	6	ENG
Educational objectives The course aims to focus on the close relationships existing between art understood in a figurative and iconic sense and the architecture that contains it and of which it is an integral part in a unique condition of symbolic, aesthetic and emblematic intentions. Goal of the course is to know the dynamics of the creation of the pictorial cycles and sculptural arrangements provided for a given architectural place, it allows you to acquire a critical approach to their conservation and enhancement, the ultimate goal of a correct training course for the architect restorer.
1051664 \| STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE IN SEISMIC AREA	2nd	2nd	6	ENG
Educational objectives The course provides the basis for a physical understanding of the seismic phenomenon and the behavior of structures subject to seismic actions. It provides the necessary tools for the design of structures in seismic areas, including innovative techniques, and for the verification of the fulfillment of the performance requirements through the methods specified in national and international technical standards. The course also addresses the problems related to the adjustment and/or improvement of the seismic performance of existing buildings.
1052010 \| ORGANIZATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR RESTAURATION	2nd	2nd	6	ENG
Educational objectives The course aims at teaching basic skills in the organization of a conservation building yard at its different stages and in its various aspects. In specific, the many different requests of a conservation work will be put into evidence: on one side productivity and optimization of the work, on the other the needs of a historical critical comprehension of the building. On these premises, the course tackles the problems of a building yard and, more specifically, those of a conservation work (in specific reference to the sequence of operations to achieve and to the knowledge of the building).

The student must acquire 2 CFU from the following exams

Lesson	Year	Semester	CFU	Language
AAF1810 \| CONSERVATION DESIGN - DEPTH	2nd	2nd	2	ENG
Educational objectives The course is intended for students who choose the optional exam (6 CFU).The course provides insights and direct applications on the topics covered in the examination corresponding optional.
AAF1780 \| INTERNSHIP - WORKSHOP - COMPUTER SKILLS	2nd	2nd	2	ENG
Educational objectives The student will be provided internship opportunities and internships in university and external structures.
AAF1866 \| ATELIER OF STRUCTURAL MASONRY	2nd	2nd	2	ENG
Educational objectives Operational knowledge is developed in reference to masonry buildings of historical and monumental interest through historical analyzes, the survey and the use of simplified or computed 'ad hoc' mechanical calculation models. The formation of work groups for structural applications to be carried out with the help of the electronic calculator is favored.

The student must acquire 6 CFU from the following exams

Lesson	Year	Semester	CFU	Language
1035661 \| THEORY AND PRACTICE OF CONSERVATION	1st	1st	6	ITA
Educational objectives The course aims to place the student in a position to know and be able to use different materials and techniques for restoration and maintenance works on the historical artifacts. The course is held alternately in laboratory, lectures on scheduled topics, practical applications and aided design and planning. Visit to construction sites will also organized.
10606063 \| HBIM Models for Architecture	1st	2nd	6	ITA
Educational objectives HBIM Models for Architecture The course aims to train students in the field of HBIM, the declination of Building Information Modeling specifically designed to adapt to the activities related to knowledge, restoration, transformation and management of the built heritage and historical buildings of which our country is particularly rich. The application of BIM (Building Information Modeling) processes to existing buildings (Heritage Building Information Modeling), in fact, is a strongly growing sector in all areas related to the documentation and management of cultural heritage. The proposed activities are divided into two blocks. The first aims at framing the HBIM process from a methodological point of view, placing it between research and professional use and relating it to the activities that pursue the current needs of documentation (survey); the second includes practical activities related to the application of software tools by conducting experiments similar to those present in the professional world. The course, therefore, aims to act on both these levels by providing students with references both methodological and operational that allow them to act at the urban scale, territorial and single building primarily in contexts subject to risk (seismic, hydrogeological, etc..) or already affected by destructive events.
10589254 \| STRUCTURAL MANSORY	2nd	1st	6	ITA
Educational objectives The course provides the mathematical tools necessary for the understanding of the mechanical behaviour of ancient masonry structures and for the use of computational models for the evaluation of their physical consistency. A critical review of computational models inherited from the past and those currently available, as commercial codes, is aimed at guiding the specialist operator towards the choice of the most appropriate and respectful model of the nature of the object of study; in the awareness that the structural analysis of historical masonry is nothing but one the diversified and multiple aspects of a single issue: the reading and interpretation of complex testimonies of history and art for the purposes of their protection and conservation.
1044105 \| PRINCIPI DI TUTELA DEL PAESAGGIO	2nd	2nd	6	ITA
Educational objectives The course presents the principles governing the protection and promotion of cultural heritage and landscape, reconstructing the key regulatory steps. It analyzes the definition of cultural landscape and through the presentation of the main issues currently debated in the cultural and legal discussion with a descriptive documenting important case studies; it describes the general legal framework, tracing the evolution of the early legal of the twentieth century, and finally analyzing the code for the cultural heritage and landscape (d Decree 42/2004), necessarily focusing attention on specific issues of greater relevance. In particular, it will refer to the archaeological monuments of the central area of Rome, highlighting differences and complementarities between aspects of the cultural and landscape heritage.
1010835 \| COSTRUZIONI IN ZONA SISMICA	2nd	2nd	6	ITA
Educational objectives The course provides the basis for a physical understanding of the seismic phenomenon and the behavior of structures subject to seismic actions. It provides the necessary tools for the design of structures in seismic areas, including innovative techniques, and for the verification of the fulfillment of the performance requirements through the methods specified in national and international technical standards. The course also addresses the problems related to the adjustment and/or improvement of the seismic performance of existing buildings.
1025929 \| ORGANIZATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR RESTAURATION	2nd	2nd	6	ITA
Educational objectives The course aims at teaching basic skills in the organization of a conservation building yard at its different stages and in its various aspects. In specific, the many different requests of a conservation work will be put into evidence: on one side productivity and optimization of the work, on the other the needs of a historical critical comprehension of the building. On these premises, the course tackles the problems of a building yard and, more specifically, those of a conservation work (in specific reference to the sequence of operations to achieve and to the knowledge of the building).

The student must acquire 2 CFU from the following exams

Lesson	Year	Semester	CFU	Language
AAF1588 \| LABORATORIO DI APPROFONDIMENTO - RESTAURO	2nd	2nd	2	ITA
Educational objectives The course is intended for students who choose the optional exam (6 CFU).The course provides insights and direct applications on the topics covered in the examination corresponding optional.
AAF1590 \| LABORATORIO DI APPROFONDIMENTO - SCIENZA E TECNICA DELLE COSTRUZIONI	2nd	2nd	2	ITA
Educational objectives Operational knowledge is developed in reference to masonry buildings of historical and monumental interest through historical analyzes, the survey and the use of simplified or computed 'ad hoc' mechanical calculation models. The formation of work groups for structural applications to be carried out with the help of the electronic calculator is favored.
AAF1409 \| INTERNSHIP - WORKSHOP - COMPUTER SKILLS	2nd	2nd	2	ITA
Educational objectives The student will be provided internship opportunities and internships in university and external structures.