PORTALE DELLA DIDATTICA

PORTALE DELLA DIDATTICA

PORTALE DELLA DIDATTICA

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Architecture Design Studio

01SUHLU

A.A. 2021/22

Course Language

Inglese

Degree programme(s)

1st degree and Bachelor-level of the Bologna process in Architettura (Architecture) - Torino

Course structure
Teaching Hours
Lezioni 20
Esercitazioni in aula 40
Tutoraggio 35
Lecturers
Teacher Status SSD h.Les h.Ex h.Lab h.Tut Years teaching
Barosio Michela - Corso 1 Professore Associato CEAR-09/A 10 20 0 0 1
Barosio Michela - Corso 2 Professore Associato CEAR-09/A 10 20 0 0 1
Co-lectures
Espandi

Context
SSD CFU Activities Area context
ICAR/14 6 B - Caratterizzanti Progettazione architettonica e urbana
2021/22
The Design Studio is the student's first contact with architectural design. The teaching is therefore proposed to provide the student with the knowledge and skills necessary to be able to recognize and design spaces at ARCHITECTURAL scale, also in relation to a deliberately simplified context and program. The articulation of the educational path in several consecutive thematic exercises allows the student to measure himself with the fundamentals of design, progressively approaching the complexity of the architectural project in its entirety. The first Design Studio thus introduces the sequence of interdisciplinary design studios in which the Bachelor degree is structured.
The knowledge and skills whose actual acquisition will be verified during the examination are structured around four thematical axes: 1 Space: Knowledge: types and characters of the three-dimensional space Skills: knowing how to read, break down and compose the three-dimensional space into simple units and complex configurations; know how to recognize the different types of spaces 2 Residential standards: Knowledge: elementary residential distributive characters Skills: to know how to analyse the organization of circulation in simple spaces and therefore to compose elementary distribution schemes 3 Design references: Knowledge: references for the project Skills: knowing how to recognize, choose and consciously redesign design references 4 Principles of constructive morphology: Regarding the structure: Knowledge: skin/structure relationship Skills: recognizing the different possible structural configurations of a simple architecture, proposing and developing the structural form in relation to the characteristics of the space and to the organization of the distribution. Regarding construction techniques: Knowledge: relationship between fundamental constructive principles and architectural image Skills: recognizing and using the fundamental building principles and the architectural meaning of the specific technologies of a simple architecture, and to develop its application in coherence with the other aspects of the project.
Easily managing the fundamentals of geometric design in terms of orthogonal projections and projective geometry, Discerning and representing scales and dimensions of architectural space through manual tools. Skillfully using the sketch as a tool for representation and conception of space. Knowing how to make simple physical three-dimensional models with low cost and easily manipulated materials (paper, light wood, polystyrene, cardboard, plasticine etc.) Students are asked to keep a sketch book and graphic notes from the beginning of the first semester to document his/her introduction to architecture, both through elaborations linked to the contents of the courses of the first semester, both through independent research. The notebook will accompany the student during the studio, documenting in graphic form the individual path of introduction to the project. The notebook is subject to evaluation during the final exam.
The laboratory is developed through a sequence of 3 exercises that address the four thematic axes mentioned in the expected learning outcomes (Space, Residential standards, design references and constructive morphology). The two first exercises will be individual, while the third one will be carried out in groups of 2 people. All the exercises will be represented through hand drawing and physical models, no digital representation techniques will be employed. Most of the reviews will be collective to improve the awareness and the critical thinking of the students. In class exercises will be encourage to kick off each one of the 3 exercises. Transversal lectures with the course of structural morphology and with the course of technological culture will be organized to improve to multidisciplinary approach and to improve the constructive culture of the students. The co-housing phenomenon will be a specific topic developed in the third exercice.
The three exercises proposed in the Studio are structured through the four thematic axes proposed in the program: types of space, design references, distributive characteristics, techniques and construction. The first exercise consists in the compositional reading of a paradigmatic architectural work through its redesign, the realization of a physical model and its illustration in a short lesson inside a flipped classroom. The exercise is also an opportunity to introduce the concept of "Board space" and to illustrate the basic principles of board composition and of communication of the project . The reading of the paradigmatic architectures selected by the teachers is the occasion to make explicit the use of references in the architectural project. The exercise also includes a design part which consists in the extension project of the proposed architecture solely at the volumetric level through the study physical models. The second exercise will start from urban sketching from real, to design some proposals for a simple independent built informations unit to be settled in various touristic points of the city. The third exercise consists in the design of a small building intended to house special purpose residential units in a consolidated urban area of ​​the municipality of Turin. Through the realization of a physical model, the exercise works on the articulation of the volumes in relation to the structural scheme of the building. The structural scheme necessary for the elaboration of the project constitutes the occasion for a common reflection with the course of Structural Morphology a. The exercise will also develop the theme of architectural languages, through the design of the composition and detail of the building facades. The definition of the envelope is developed in conjunction with the Architecture Technology course in order to highlight the close relationship between the constructive fact and the image of architecture. The first and second exercises are carried out individually, while the third exercise will be carried out in a group. The collective discussion of the bibliography and the continuous use of physical models as tools for the conception of space are privileged tools of the laboratory.
A detailed bibliography will be given during the semester. Some basic texts which will be extensively used along the course are: - Adrian Forty, "Words and Buildings. A Vocabulary of Modern Architecture", Thames & Hudson, London 2004 - Herman Hertzberger, "Lessons for Students in Architecture", Nai Uitgevers Pub, 2016 [1991] - Isabella Skiba, Rahel Züger, "Basics Barrier-free Planning", Birkhauser Architecture, 2020
Exam: Compulsory oral exam; Individual graphic design project; Group graphic design project;
The student receives a continuous feedback from the teacher on his progress through individual and collective reviews. A joint collective review of the 6 + 1 laboratories is planned, indicatively placed at the middle of the second semester, and a final exhibition of the projects, with a joint critical discussion in the presence of invited expert guests. The exam takes place through a brief discussion of the individual project path and the bibliography, supported by the exhibition of the different intermediate materials produced by the student during the semester. The evaluation will take into account the following aspects, assessed on the basis of the final and intermediate group and individual products, weighed in the final evaluation as follows: · Ability to interpret and propose spatial configurations, 20% · Ability to interpret and propose distribution configurations, 20% · Ability to interpret and propose structural forms, 20% · Ability to interpret and propose constructive systems, 20% · Quality of representation and communication 20%
In addition to the message sent by the online system, students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) are invited to directly inform the professor in charge of the course about the special arrangements for the exam that have been agreed with the Special Needs Unit. The professor has to be informed at least one week before the beginning of the examination session in order to provide students with the most suitable arrangements for each specific type of exam.
Exam: Compulsory oral exam; Individual graphic design project; Group graphic design project; Individual project; Group project;
The student receives a continuous feedback from the teacher on his progress through individual and group reviews. A final exhibition of the projects, with a joint critical discussion in the (virtual of physical) presence of invited expert guests. The exam takes place through a brief discussion of the individual project path and the bibliography, supported by the exhibition of the different intermediate materials produced by the student during the semester. The evaluation will take into account the following aspects, assessed on the basis of the final and intermediate group and individual products, weighed in the final evaluation as follows: · Ability to interpret and propose spatial configurations, 20% · Ability to interpret and propose distribution configurations, 20% · Ability to interpret and propose structural forms, 20% · Ability to interpret and propose constructive systems, 20% · Quality of representation and communication 20%
Exam: Compulsory oral exam; Individual graphic design project; Group graphic design project; Individual project; Group project;
The student receives a continuous feedback from the teacher on his progress through individual and group reviews. A final exhibition of the projects, with a joint critical discussion in the (virtual of physical) presence of invited expert guests. The exam takes place through a brief discussion of the individual project path, supported by the exhibition of the different intermediate materials produced by the student during the semester. The evaluation will take into account the following aspects, assessed on the basis of the final and intermediate group and individual products, weighed in the final evaluation as follows: · Ability to interpret and propose spatial configurations, 20% · Ability to interpret and propose distribution configurations, 20% · Ability to interpret and propose structural forms, 20% · Ability to interpret and propose constructive systems, 20% · Quality of representation and communication 20%
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