Course contents
The course introduces the methodological aspects of architectural restoration, with particular reference to listed buildings, and aims to provide the students with basic knowledge on drawing up a restoration project.
Process of restoration design
- The Italian context. Legislative framework, public administration in charge, tools for architectural protection, e.g.;
- The parties involved, the procedures of the project, elements of the project;
- Presentation of the project to the protection authority;
Core elements on conservation project
- Uses and compatibilities with new functions;
- The operating limitations between building features and legislative protection;
- Diagnosis and intervention proposal for materials and structures: alternative solutions; invasiveness and reversibility;
- Modern materials in conservation;
Dampness: diagnosis and interventions
Peculiarities of the work site on conservation
- Provisional works and emergency interventions
The structural issue
- Investigations and improvement measures
- Earthquakes and seismic vulnerability
- The structures before and after working
The plant engineering adaptation
The maintenance programme
Evaluation and economic management of the restoration project
- Specification, accounting of the work, list of prices
Restoration of archaeological sites
Interventions in old towns
Course Content - Part D
The course aims to provide students of architecture an analytical approach to the historical architecture and built a basic preparation to carry out the necessary investigations to detect the diseases of his decay. Starting from knowledge of materials and traditional building techniques will be exposed the stylistic and technological changes that have resulted in substantial changes in the way of building up to the modern age.
Understanding of historical buildings, legislation for the protection of Cultural Heritage, public legislation for tender on cultural heritage, theory and history of conservation of Cultural Heritage, traditional and innovative materials and techniques.
Course Content - Part E
Theories and historical events of the restoration in Europe. The preparation of historical and technical reports. Historical’s relief interpretation. Legislation and control’s and operational organizations. The restoration project: documentation, diagnostic studies, thematic maps, methods of intervention according to the criteria of less invasiveness and maximum reversibility. The specification, the bill of quantities, prices analysis. The restoration project on the occasion of the public works. Outline of legislation and on-site safety.
Istituto Centrale del Restauro, Raccomandazioni NORMAL 20/85 - Interventi conservativi: progettazione, esecuzione. valutazione preventiva, Roma, 1985;
G.Rocchi,Istituzioni di restauro architettonico dei beni architettonici e ambientali,Hoepli,Milano,1990;
G. Carbonara, Trattato di restauro architettonico, UTET, Torino, 1996;
C. Montagni, Materiali per il restauro e la manutenzione, UTET, Torino, 1999;
Manuale del Restauro Architettonico, Mancosu, Roma, 2002;
P.B.Torsello, S.F.Musso, Tecniche di restauro architettonico, in II vol.,U.T.E.T.,Torino,2003;
and other texts during the course
- J.P. ADAM (1988), L’arte di costruire presso i romani. Materiali e tecniche, Milano.
- C. BRANDI (a cura di M. Cordaro) (2005), Il restauro. Teoria e pratica, Roma.
- G.P. BROGIOLO (1997), Dall’analisi stratigrafica degli elevati all’archeologia dell’architettura, in “Archeologia dell’Architettura”, a. II, 1997, pp. 181 – 184.
- R. FRANCOVICH, R. PARENTI (a cura di) (11988), “Archeologia e restauro dei monumenti”, Firenze, pp. 335-346.
- E. HARRIS (19883), Principi di stratigrafia archeologica, NIS, Roma.
- D. LAMBERINI (a cura di) (2003), Teorie e storia del restauro architettonico, Firenze.
- T. MANNONI, Metodi di datazione dell´edilizia storica, in “Archeologia Medievale”, a. XI, pp. 396- 403, 1984.
- E. PECCHIONI-F. FRATINI-E. CANTISANI, Le malte antiche e moderne tra tradizione ed innovazione, Bologna 2008.
- R. SABELLI (2011), Progettare il restauro, Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN).
Learning Objectives - Part C
Learning outcome
The course is aimed both to provide students with the ability to intervene in the architectural heritage - and in particular on the subject of protected buildings - with full awareness of their cultural and material value, and to give them the necessary knowledge and technical bases necessary to operate to preserve the intrinsic characteristics of that buildings in the most extended way. In particular, for the students the fundamental objectives of the study are as follows:
Knowledge and understanding:
the course focuses on providing the conceptual tools, the general framework of the methodological problems and of the technical-scientific means, which are valuable for the development of the architectural restoration proposal, as the moment of dialogue and interdisciplinary synthesis, in which judgment diagnostics and project choices converge.
Application of the knowledge and understanding achieved: The course is addressed to make students able to apply their knowledge in drawing up of a conservation project.
Capacity of independent judgment: the goal is to provide the critical elements useful to develop autonomous ideas, and applying them to solve problems on issues detailed and in broader areas.
Students should acquire their own ability to make judgments and careful selective choices, according to the principles of architectural restoration and conservation.
Learning skills: the course intends to ensure and verify the assimilation of the basic knowledge of the discipline, the ability to collect and to interpret data, and the ability to integrate knowledge and to direct the complexities independently, including those about interdisciplinary work environments.
Communication skills: to provide the students with the tools for transmission of the results, especially in relation to the professional field.
Learning Objectives - Part D
Give to the students the tools to carry out a analysis of the architectural Heritage and an analysis of its decay processes.
Knowing how to prepare a final project for conservation of Architectural Heritage (ex Legislative Decree no. 163/2006, Art. 197 to 205 and D.P.R.
Prerequisites - Part D
-Knowledge of the history of architecture;
-Knowledge of traditional and modern building materials;
-Knowledge of traditional building techniques;
-Skill / ability to perform historical research from direct and indirect sources;
-Skill / ability to surveying the architecture; topographic and od details, and learn about an architectural work through direct and indirect investigations (historical, iconography and materials sources).
Teaching Methods - Part C
The lab is organised with a series of classroom lessons in which the above arguments are illustrated.
Both the project on the building which was studied in the Restoration Lab I and the specification works are planned. The designs of students will be checked in the Lab.
In addition to the lessons, visits to buildings and, when possible, visits to construction sites are planned, in order to introduce students to the problems caused by the concrete works in architectural restoration and by the organization of the worksite itself.
Teaching Methods - Part D
Lectures, exercises, written tests and oral, seminars, meetings with technicians of the Institutions
Further information - Part D
Will be proposed seminars on historical artifacts in accordance with the MiBCAT and with some Municipalities.
For working students will be agreed a special didactic path.
Type of Assessment - Part C
For admission to the final examination the students must complete the project in continuity with the one already prepared for the Restoration Lab I, and the following documents:
- Photo documentation;
- Descriptive report of the intervention criteria adopted, in the legislative framework, the functions take into account their compatibility with the existing building;
- Drawings of the restoration project, with the survey and project;
- Thematic drawings on interventions for materials conservation;
- Surveys relating to specific solutions adopted for structural problems;
- Surveys relating to the specific plant engineering solutions;
- Specification work for planned interventions;
The final exam will consist in the discussion on the students work, written and drawn, which are made on the subject agreed with the teacher during the activities of Restoration Lab II; the topics dealt with in the institutional course will be faced in this test too. This test will be evaluated by a final mark.
Type of Assessment - Part D
Knowledge checks will be done through written exercises and graphics, final checks on the preparation of a conservation plan and a maintenance plan.
Course program - Part C
Course contents
The course introduces the methodological aspects of architectural restoration, with particular reference to listed buildings, and aims to provide the students with basic knowledge on drawing up a restoration project.
Process of restoration design
- The Italian context. Legislative framework, public administration in charge, tools for architectural protection, e.g.;
- The parties involved, the procedures of the project, elements of the project;
- Presentation of the project to the protection authority;
Core elements on conservation project
- Uses and compatibilities with new functions;
- The operating limitations between building features and legislative protection;
- Diagnosis and intervention proposal for materials and structures: alternative solutions; invasiveness and reversibility;
- Modern materials in conservation;
Dampness: diagnosis and interventions
Peculiarities of the work site on conservation
- Provisional works and emergency interventions
The structural issue
- Investigations and improvement measures
- Earthquakes and seismic vulnerability
- The structures before and after working
The plant engineering adaptation
The maintenance programme
Evaluation and economic management of the restoration project
- Specification, accounting of the work, list of prices
Restoration of archaeological sites
Interventions in old towns
Learning activities
The lab is organised with a series of classroom lessons in which the above arguments are illustrated.
Both the project on the building which was studied in the Restoration Lab I and the specification works are planned. The designs of students will be checked in the Lab.
In addition to the lessons, visits to buildings and, when possible, visits to construction sites are planned, in order to introduce students to the problems caused by the concrete works in architectural restoration and by the organization of the worksite itself.
Assessment methods
For admission to the final examination the students must complete the project in continuity with the one already prepared for the Restoration Lab I, and the following documents:
- Photo documentation;
- Descriptive report of the intervention criteria adopted, in the legislative framework, the functions take into account their compatibility with the existing building;
- Drawings of the restoration project, with the survey and project;
- Thematic drawings on interventions for materials conservation;
- Surveys relating to specific solutions adopted for structural problems;
- Surveys relating to the specific plant engineering solutions;
- Specification work for planned interventions;
The final exam will consist in the discussion on the students work, written and drawn, which are made on the subject agreed with the teacher during the activities of Restoration Lab II; the topics dealt with in the institutional course will be faced in this test too. This test will be evaluated by a final mark.
Bibliography
Istituto Centrale del Restauro, Raccomandazioni NORMAL 20/85 - Interventi conservativi: progettazione, esecuzione. valutazione preventiva, Roma, 1985;
G.Rocchi,Istituzioni di restauro architettonico dei beni architettonici e ambientali,Hoepli,Milano,1990;
G. Carbonara, Trattato di restauro architettonico, UTET, Torino, 1996;
C. Montagni, Materiali per il restauro e la manutenzione, UTET, Torino, 1999;
Manuale del Restauro Architettonico, Mancosu, Roma, 2002;
P.B.Torsello, S.F.Musso, Tecniche di restauro architettonico, in II vol.,U.T.E.T.,Torino,2003;
Durante il corso verranno fornite ulteriori indicazioni bibliografiche e eventuali schede didattiche applicative
Learning outcome
The course is aimed both to provide students with the ability to intervene in the architectural heritage - and in particular on the subject of protected buildings - with full awareness of their cultural and material value, and to give them the necessary knowledge and technical bases necessary to operate to preserve the intrinsic characteristics of that buildings in the most extended way. In particular, for the students the fundamental objectives of the study are as follows:
Knowledge and understanding:
the course focuses on providing the conceptual tools, the general framework of the methodological problems and of the technical-scientific means, which are valuable for the development of the architectural restoration proposal, as the moment of dialogue and interdisciplinary synthesis, in which judgment diagnostics and project choices converge.
Application of the knowledge and understanding achieved: The course is addressed to make students able to apply their knowledge in drawing up of a conservation project.
Capacity of independent judgment: the goal is to provide the critical elements useful to develop autonomous ideas, and applying them to solve problems on issues detailed and in broader areas.
Students should acquire their own ability to make judgments and careful selective choices, according to the principles of architectural restoration and conservation.
Learning skills: the course intends to ensure and verify the assimilation of the basic knowledge of the discipline, the ability to collect and to interpret data, and the ability to integrate knowledge and to direct the complexities independently, including those about interdisciplinary work environments.
Communication skills: to provide the students with the tools for transmission of the results, especially in relation to the professional field.
Course program - Part D
In the light of direct experiences of conservation work, to deepen with visits on restoration working sites, we intend provide students the knowledge tools essential for the profession of architect.
Will begin a confrontation with Public Bodies to discussion about operative practice, considering the regulatory framework for the protection of Cultural Heritage in EU's Statesand, and in Italy. Through the study of the evolution of the methodologies and of the techniques in conservation (especially in the last two centuries). The acquisition of an operative critical method - essential for a correct approach to the conservative problems - will be favored.
This discipline, in fact, being closely linked to a design practice, needs the understanding of the historical building evolution, in relation with the context, with the materials, with the construction techniques used, and with that can now be used.
It will follow a didactic trail (theoretical and practical) to facilitate the preparation of the student to respond to the increasingly broad and open several questions posed by the need to preserve and pass on the future the architectural and cultural heritage.
Course program - Part E
Theories and historical events of the restoration in Europe. The preparation of historical and technical reports. Historical’s relief interpretation. Legislation and control’s and operational organizations. The restoration project: documentation, diagnostic studies, thematic maps, methods of intervention according to the criteria of less invasiveness and maximum reversibility. The specification, the bill of quantities, prices analysis. The restoration project on the occasion of the public works. Outline of legislation and on-site safety.