italian version

Aims :

Formative Objective:
The course aims to provide the basic notions regarding:
• the knowledge of the traditional constructive techniques as far is concerned both the structures (vertical and horizontal structures) and the fittings.
• the historical evolution of the concept of restoration.

Topics :

1. history of the constructive techniques: from the trilithic system of the prehistoric constructions untill the architecture of the '900. The evolution of the building skeletons: systems and pushing covers systems

2. The traditional constructive techniques - vertical and horizontal structures:
• Stone, tiled, mixed; masonries, arcs, vaults, domes; wooden floors and coverings; staircases; mechanics of the masonries; signals of the decay and disarrangements - mechanisms of collapse of the masonries; the damp in the masonries

3. The traditional fittings: constructive techniques, mentions of the degrade and disarrangements
• The building facades: the gravel hangings and adorns and in tile; cornices and roof eaves; the plasters; the window and door frames.
• Woodden armoured vaults, reed and chalk – hints on the degrade and disarrangements; plastered friezes, frames, mouldings, paintings, marble, etc.; floors; the frames.

4. Evolution of the concept of restoration.
• Historical evolution of the concept of restoration
• The charts of the restoration: from the Chart of Athens 1931 to the ICOMOS Document 1991
• The definitions of the rehabilitation and restoration: the evolution of the normative set – “adaptation“ and “improvement”; formulation and evaluation of the interventions according to the criterions of the architectural restoration according to the "Code of Practice".

5. Visits in historical buildings.

Textbooks :

Carlo ROCCATELLI - L’ossatura muraria
Placido MUNAFO’ – Corso di Architettura Tecnica
Gennaro TAMPONE – Il restauro delle strutture in legno
Placido MUNAFO’ – Recupero dei solai in legno
Placido MUNAFO’ – Le capriate lignee per i tetti a bassa pendenza
Placido MUNAFO’ e Marco D’ORAZIO – Del coronamento dei palazzi rinascimentali
Manuale del recupero del Comune di Roma
Manuale del recupero del Comune di Città di Castello
Corrado LATINA – Muratura portante in laterizio

Exam :

Written and oral test about the subject:
• The description and rough graphical representation of characteristic constructive elements of the historical and pre-modern buildings.
• The description of the principal phases of the historical evolution of the restoration concept and of the contents of the Restoration Charts.

Tutorial Session :

Audience of the students every two weeks and eventually upon request.