The course is the first didactic moment concerning architectural restoration within the course of studies of the Bachelor's Degree in Architecture. Therefore, the significance of the value of the restoration discipline in the architectural field will be clarified, focusing on the relationship between conservation theory and practice. The course aims to provide students with adequate theoretical-methodological means to acquire critical skills in the protection, conservation, and restoration of architectural heritage.

Among the expected results, the ability to read and correctly evaluate the main transformations and all restoration interventions present within an architectural, urban, archaeological body, etc. is expected; the formation of a renewed sensitivity towards heritage and historical buildings and awareness of the main transformations that have taken place in different eras. These results, and others, are aimed at creating useful knowledge in the cultural and operational sphere in order to identify the most suitable choices to preserve, enhance and manage the Architectural and Landscape Heritage.

The student must have the historical knowledge to critically read the material and immaterial signs of the built. He must also have acquired knowledge related to the History of Architecture (in its different forms), the fundamentals regarding technological culture and the ability to read an architectural organism thanks to the tools of drawing and representation.

The course includes three consequential modules. The first, ascribable to the history of restoration, concerns the period preceding the nineteenth-century codifications of the discipline. The second, more properly referred to the Theory of Restoration, analyzes the thought on the protection from the XVIII century up to the contemporary orientations regarding restoration and conservation. The third, also based on the laws in force and the theoretical and cultural aspects dictated by the most recent restoration papers, refers to the complex current debate. The course will, therefore, be aimed at acquiring the critical-methodological criteria for reading historical pre-existence aimed at pursuing the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage. The course, therefore, includes ex-cathedra lectures on specific topics of in-depth characterization of the restoration discipline. The whole course can be divided into three thematic areas: the history of restoration (equal to 3 formative credits) the theory of restoration (equal to 3 formative credits) and contemporary orientations (equal to 2 formative credits).

In addition to the lectures, compatibly with the ministerial provisions on Covid-19 and ensuring the provision of the same service in presence and remotely, visits will be made to some Piedmontese monuments analyzed during the course. Always following national and university indications, moments of discussion in the classroom with students on the topics covered will be provided.

For each topic, the teacher will propose to the students some specific readings to stimulate the students' curiosity. For the exam, the following texts are recommended, whose in-depth study is essential to take the exam. E. Romeo, Instaurare, reficere, renovare, Celid / Lexis Torino 2017. S. Casiello (edited by) The culture of restoration. Theories and Founders, Venice 2005. Given the University's provisions, it should be noted that the course site will be an additional bibliographic tool and / or for the in-depth study of the topics treated according to the University indications that will be provided to teachers and students.

Modalità di esame: Prova scritta tramite PC con l'utilizzo della piattaforma di ateneo;

The remote assessment exam will include a written text with open questions regarding all modules of the course. Each question will be assigned the same value. It will not be possible to use bibliographic material or notes during the test. The exam will last 60 minutes.

Modalità di esame: Prova scritta (in aula); Prova scritta tramite PC con l'utilizzo della piattaforma di ateneo;

The blended mode assessment exam will take place with the same methodology as the remote assestment. It will include a written text, which it would be done in classroom, under the teachers supervision, or online through the Politecnico web infrastructure. The text will be costituted by open questions regarding all modules of the course. Each question will be assigned the same value. It will not be possible to use bibliographic material or notes during the test. The exam will last 60 minutes.