D1 - Knowledge and understanding
In-depth knowledge related to the different disciplines, theoretical, methodological and operational. Advanced ability to read historical architectural text.
D2 - Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
Application of acquired knowledge in the development of the design exercise.
D3 - Autonomy of judgement
Ability to develop autonomous judgements based on the reading of existing architecture and its context with a view to their regeneration.
D4 - Communication skills
Ability to communicate acquired knowledge and design hypotheses, both graphically and textually.
D5 - Learning skills
Ability to rework and transfer acquired knowledge to other contexts, related to the existing built environment and city.

Application verification of the design methodologies acquired, with reference to existing architecture. Comparison with other disciplines of doing architecture. Verification of feasibility from a regulatory and legislative point of view.

Architectural Restoration 1.

The Architectural Restoration 2 course is part of a design workshop, establishing a dialogue with other disciplines of architecture making.
It is a matter of working in a field where the various educational contributions converge towards a single theme, posing new questions, problems, correlations, insights, possible answers.
While in the first course the methodological paths of construction of the project on the existing were mainly developed and specified, also by means of exemplifying but schematic applications, in this second disciplinary experience it will be possible to constantly deepen them, and at the same time extend them conceptually and operationally, both with reference to theoretical reflection and to praxis, refining methods and tools.

In the first instance, a number of themes/authors/cases will be examined in depth, so as to (begin to) build an anthology of possible references, with respect to which the relations between the analytical-cognitive approach, the methodological development of the project, and the technical-formal outcome will be investigated in particular.
This is the phase in which students develop their first approach to the proposed theme, also through direct inspections, and define the guidelines of their design process, trying to grasp the characterising elements of the building and the place (the "genius loci"), but also the methodological path that will accompany them and condition them in the subsequent phases of clarification and articulation of choices.

A second period will be dedicated to the analysis of the relationship between norm and practice, always read through exemplifications that can highlight at the same time: problems, reflections, possible solutions.
In this sense, itineraries will be traced with respect to the main problems that today's compliance with regulations poses when intervening on an existing architecture, where most of the data are (should be), in fact, already defined, i.e. 'data'.

Next, the technical definition of the project will be addressed, in an attempt to overcome, at least in part, the generality that often characterises its formal solution. In this case too, a possible, partial casuistry will be illustrated, and then experimented by the students, referring to the different tools in which the executive and constructive project of an architectural work is articulated today: general graphic designs, thematic tables, technical solutions, constructive nodes, descriptive entries, abacuses, development of details and particulars, etc.

Finally, a final in-depth study will accompany the concluding phase of the design reflection, which must be looked at "afterwards". An aspect that is often neglected, due to lack of time, in university teaching but which, on the contrary, is of utmost importance, also considering the high, sometimes very high, maintenance costs (even of some of the most celebrated contemporary works).
Essentially, it will be a question of evaluating some of the elements that, in a word, define the durability of the work: from the problems of compatibility between the materials whose use is envisaged, also in relation to their positioning, to the methods of evaluation and definition of the maintenance programme, up to the (attempted) compilation, albeit partial, of the building file.

- Giovanni CARBONARA, Trattato di restauro architettonico, Utet, Torino, 1996-2011 (XII voll.)
- Giovanni CARBONARA, Architettura d’oggi e restauro. Un confronto antico-nuovo, UTET, Torino, 2011 (181 pagg.)
- Stella CASIELLO (a cura di), La cultura del restauro. Teorie e fondatori, Marsilio, Venezia, 2005 (3a ed.; 405 pagg.)
- Sergio PRATALI MAFFEI, Marco PRETELLI, Eugenio VASSALLO, Guida al corso di restauro architettonico, EgBooks Goliardica, Trieste, 2001 (252 pagg.)
- Giuseppe ROCCHI, Istituzioni di restauro dei beni architettonici e ambientali. Cause Accertamenti Diagnosi Prevenzione Interventi Collaudi, Hoepli, Milano, 1990 (2a ed.; 556 pagg.)
- B. Paolo TORSELLO (a cura di), Che cos’è il restauro? Nove studiosi a confronto, Venezia, Marsilio, 2005 (159 pagg.)

The Architectural Restoration 2 course is part of a design workshop, establishing a dialogue with other disciplines of architecture making.
It is a matter of working in a field where the various educational contributions converge towards a single theme, posing new questions, problems, correlations, insights, possible answers.
While in the first course the methodological paths of construction of the project on the existing were mainly developed and specified, also by means of exemplifying but schematic applications, in this second disciplinary experience it will be possible to constantly deepen them, and at the same time extend them conceptually and operationally, both with reference to theoretical reflection and to praxis, refining methods and tools.

In the first instance, a number of themes/authors/cases will be examined in depth, so as to (begin to) build an anthology of possible references, with respect to which the relations between the analytical-cognitive approach, the methodological development of the project, and the technical-formal outcome will be investigated in particular.
This is the phase in which students develop their first approach to the proposed theme, also through direct inspections, and define the guidelines of their design process, trying to grasp the characterising elements of the building and the place (the "genius loci"), but also the methodological path that will accompany them and condition them in the subsequent phases of clarification and articulation of choices.

A second period will be dedicated to the analysis of the relationship between norm and practice, always read through exemplifications that can highlight at the same time: problems, reflections, possible solutions.
In this sense, itineraries will be traced with respect to the main problems that today's compliance with regulations poses when intervening on an existing architecture, where most of the data are (should be), in fact, already defined, i.e. 'data'.

Next, the technical definition of the project will be addressed, in an attempt to overcome, at least in part, the generality that often characterises its formal solution. In this case too, a possible, partial casuistry will be illustrated, and then experimented by the students, referring to the different tools in which the executive and constructive project of an architectural work is articulated today: general graphic designs, thematic tables, technical solutions, constructive nodes, descriptive entries, abacuses, development of details and particulars, etc.

Finally, a final in-depth study will accompany the concluding phase of the design reflection, which must be looked at "afterwards". An aspect that is often neglected, due to lack of time, in university teaching but which, on the contrary, is of utmost importance, also considering the high, sometimes very high, maintenance costs (even of some of the most celebrated contemporary works).
Essentially, it will be a question of evaluating some of the elements that, in a word, define the durability of the work: from the problems of compatibility between the materials whose use is envisaged, also in relation to their positioning, to the methods of evaluation and definition of the maintenance programme, up to the (attempted) compilation, albeit partial, of the building file.

Lectures, conferences, seminars, tutorials.

Further specific bibliographical information will be provided during the lectures.
Further information, as well as teaching materials, will be made available by the lecturer on the Moodle platform.

The final examination includes the final verification of the design exercise, developed in groups, and the evaluation of which will be carried out mainly by taking into account the "revision diary," prepared by the lecturer and his collaborators, and the outcomes related to the intermediate seminars, during which the progress of the design exercise will be presented.
The reviews will focus mainly on the awareness achieved by the groups of students with respect to the design choices made, the methodological consistency of the process developed, and the correctness of the proposals presented both with reference to the preservation and enhancement of the existing.
This assessment will be common to all group members, while it may be differentiated in relation to the development of the individual part of the exercise itself.
The examination test is scored by means of a grade expressed in thirtieths. To pass the examination (18/30), the student must have correctly developed all the required graphic works. On the other hand, to achieve the highest mark (30/30 cum laude) the student must have developed all the required papers in an original manner, demonstrating that he or she has achieved a full awareness, both theoretical and practical, of the topics covered in the course.

This teaching explores topics closely related to one or more of the goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.