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Aims :

The Laboratory, run in connection with the courses of History of Architecture I and II and with the Laboratory of Technical Architecture, aims to analyse the roots, identity, invariant and innovations in the living space of different historical-cultural and environmental situations.

Topics :

The Laboratory proposes the investigation of the possibilities of dialogue between man, nature, urban environment in the modern history of architecture.
Teaching activity consists in lectures and selected workshops focused in the knowledge of the historical-geographical environment assuming the family house as central item, to investigate relationship between architecture, climate, building techniques and the historical development of the urban environment. Specific attention will be on: distribution of functions, spatial connections, technical solutions, use of materials.
The laboratory workshops consist in the analysis and interpretation of relevant case-studies in ‘modern’ architecture of the XX Century. Focus will be on the work of some ‘masters of modernity’ as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto, Louis Kahn, Ralph Erkine, Jorn Utzon, Arne Jacobsen, Giancarlo De Carlo e Mario Ridolfi.
The result of the Laboratory will be organised in a A3-size ‘portfolio’ which will be the basis of the final discussion.

Textbooks :

- Bruno Zevi, Saper vedere l’architettura, 1953 (nuova edizione Comunità)
- Le Corbusier, Vers une architecture, 1923 (varie edizioni italiane)
- Robert Venturi, Complessità e contraddizioni nell’architettura, 1966
- Christian Norberg-Schultz, Architettura: presenza, linguaggio e luogo, 1996
- Kenneth Frampton, Tettonica e architettura. Poetica della forma architettonica nel XIX e XX secolo, 1999

Modalità di svolgimento dell’esame :

Exam consists in the discussion of the items selected during the course.

Tutorial Session :

Every Thursday at 12-14 pm.