INFORMAZIONI GENERALI
- Didattica del Disegno Facoltà Architettura Pescara (scarica il file) Disegno0809
- - Programmi dei Corsi (link a tutti i corsi)
- - Guida agli Studi (link)
- - Esami (sito link) (lettera)
- - Iscritti all’esame
- - Corsi di Laurea (link)
- - Lauree in Disegno ‘09 (scarica file)
- Tesi di Laurea (Old)
- Bibliografia tematica
a cura dei dottorandi del XXIV ciclo
CORSI
- Scienza della rappresentazione 1c a.a. 2009/2010 P.i. A. Luigini
- Scienza della rappresentazione 2/c a.a. 2009/10 prof. Massimiliano Mazzetta
- Scienza della rappresentazione 3 a.a. 2009/2010, Corso A prof. L.Sacchi, Corso B prof. M. Unali, Corso C prof. Giovanni Caffio
- Prof. Maurizio Unali:
- - Facoltà di Architettura di Pescara;
- - Facoltà del Design, Politecnico di Milano;
- per informazioni e per prenotare le revisioni mandare e-mail m.unali@mclink.net
- Archivio Corsi … Old
- Corso di Laurea in Tecniche del costruire
Corso di Disegno B, a.a. 2008-2009, prof. A. Luigini (p.i.)
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The Faculty of Architecture of the “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara University (www.architettura.unich.it) is inspired by the idea of an Italian architect who practices in nowadays Europe, renewing his/her own traditions while opening to contemporary creativity. Our vision is that of an architect who is sensitive to context, aware of the necessity of knowing and respecting history, open to innovation, expert in building techniques and concerned by the environmental and landscape sustainability of his/her own interventions.
In accepting the challenges presented by the growing demand for the internationalisation of educational processes, our School is seeking to evolve, yet without loosing its own identity, the one developed over twentyfive years, since the time of its foundation, when Aldo Rossi and Giorgio Grassi were teaching there. An identity marked by a strong curiositry for the shifts that are taking place in society and in the city, with an opening towards innovation and working on multiple scales, focused on the quality of design research and on creating a dialogue between various disciplines.
The Faculty currently enrolls approximately 2000 students and has a teaching staff of 85 full-time professors. With its five Departments, it offers three-year programs in “Architectural Sciences and Technologies”, “Environmnetal and Territorial Planning” and “Building Technologies”; two-year programs in “Building System Technology” and “Sustainable Urbanism”; the classical five-year degree in “Architecture”. It also administers, within the School of Advanced Studies, three-year Ph.D. programs at a post-graduate level, supported by State grants and aimed at the advanced training of highly qualified researchers. The School focuses in training young architects in the development of interdisciplinary proficiency; the improvement of cooperation with the business community and the public institutions, by training specialised scholars in the regional context; the expansion of the international research network, by attracting European graduates, and joining national and international academic networks. The Architecture-Engineering section of the School of Advanced Studies is articulated in three distinct curricula: “Architecture and Urbanism”, “Subsoil and Environmental Engineering Design”, “History, Preservation and Representation of Architecture”.
In order to study the improvement of cities and regional areas competitive potential, a new Research Centre – the SCUT, Sviluppo Competitivo Urbano e Territoriale (Urban and Regional Competitive Development) – has been recently created within the University. The Centre puts the focus on Italy, with a European and international perspective, and on the following issues: production model and local territorial systems; infrastructural networks and strategically relevant public works; environmentally sustainable settlements; regeneration of regional capital values; urban security and welfare; technology innovation for housing quality; innovations in building material and technique; smart cities and ICT technology; feasibility and competitiveness assessment.
Finally, the Digital Design Laboratory, within the DSSARR, is specifically active in the exploitation of digital media for the evolution of the contemporary Urban and Architectural Design.
In accepting the challenges presented by the growing demand for the internationalisation of educational processes, our School is seeking to evolve, yet without loosing its own identity, the one developed over twentyfive years, since the time of its foundation, when Aldo Rossi and Giorgio Grassi were teaching there. An identity marked by a strong curiositry for the shifts that are taking place in society and in the city, with an opening towards innovation and working on multiple scales, focused on the quality of design research and on creating a dialogue between various disciplines.
The Faculty currently enrolls approximately 2000 students and has a teaching staff of 85 full-time professors. With its five Departments, it offers three-year programs in “Architectural Sciences and Technologies”, “Environmnetal and Territorial Planning” and “Building Technologies”; two-year programs in “Building System Technology” and “Sustainable Urbanism”; the classical five-year degree in “Architecture”. It also administers, within the School of Advanced Studies, three-year Ph.D. programs at a post-graduate level, supported by State grants and aimed at the advanced training of highly qualified researchers. The School focuses in training young architects in the development of interdisciplinary proficiency; the improvement of cooperation with the business community and the public institutions, by training specialised scholars in the regional context; the expansion of the international research network, by attracting European graduates, and joining national and international academic networks. The Architecture-Engineering section of the School of Advanced Studies is articulated in three distinct curricula: “Architecture and Urbanism”, “Subsoil and Environmental Engineering Design”, “History, Preservation and Representation of Architecture”.
In order to study the improvement of cities and regional areas competitive potential, a new Research Centre – the SCUT, Sviluppo Competitivo Urbano e Territoriale (Urban and Regional Competitive Development) – has been recently created within the University. The Centre puts the focus on Italy, with a European and international perspective, and on the following issues: production model and local territorial systems; infrastructural networks and strategically relevant public works; environmentally sustainable settlements; regeneration of regional capital values; urban security and welfare; technology innovation for housing quality; innovations in building material and technique; smart cities and ICT technology; feasibility and competitiveness assessment.
Finally, the Digital Design Laboratory, within the DSSARR, is specifically active in the exploitation of digital media for the evolution of the contemporary Urban and Architectural Design.
The rendering of the contemporary city: virtual and real
Over 50% of the world’s population now lives in a city. In recent years there has been much talk of the fact that the number of people living in cities has “surpassed” that of those living in rural areas, of the search to resolve problems of uninterrupted continuity, of a watershed without historic precedents: with a great deal of fanfare, the beginning of a new “urban era” was announced. Sometime around 1900, little more than a century ago, the urban population was a mere 10%; in 2050 estimates place this number at 75%. In 2003, the United Nations estimated the number of urban dwellers at 3 billion, a figure that is expected to reach 5 billion in 2030; the rural population, instead, is expected to drop from 3.3 to 3.2 billion during the same period. These numbers need no comment and are even more astonishing if we think of the progressive digitalisation of every human activity that, for the vast majority, should have rendered our effective location on the Earth progressively more indifferent, or at least inverted the trend towards urbanisation.
It is now clear that the expansion of the city and the challenges that it presents us with coincide, for the most part, with the general problems faced by mankind and the planet: shelter, employment, social interaction and public space, globalisation, mobility and migratory flows, social segregation and sustainability. These are all familiar questions that have been discussed at great length; less clear, however, are the answers that we are asked to provide.
The primary question continues to focus on urban quality: the city must guarantee the contentment and well-being of its inhabitants. In an era of global mobility, a city must attract citizens capable of creating cultural and material wealth. Elevated levels of urban quality tend to bind people to a city: there are those who are willing to earn less, as long as they can live in a pleasing urban environment; in analogous terms when employment forces people to live in a less desirable location, it is necessary to offer higher wages. The quality of life offered by a city remains, by far and large, the determinant factor of competitivity. There is no doubt that our control over these phenomena and our ability, in more general terms, to create new sustainable settlements will, to a great degree, decide the future and the very survival of the human race.
As we can see, it’s a highly articulated panorama, quite difficult to decipher; even more difficult is the advancement of hypotheses for the future. Perhaps, in the end, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron were correct when they wrote: “The ideal city abdicated its role a long time ago, including Aldo Rossi’s “Rational City”, Rem Koolhaas’ “Generic City” or Robert Venturi’s “Strip”, not to mention the “Ville Radieuse” imagined by Le Corbusier. All of these attempts to describe the city, understand it and reinvent it were not only necessary: they made sense. Yet today they leave us cold because they no longer have any relation to us, they refer to a world that is no longer ours. The time has come to set aside our mania for labels, to abandon manifests and theories. They do not grasp the objective, but only serve to brand their author for life. There are no theories about the city; there are only cities”.
Over 50% of the world’s population now lives in a city. In recent years there has been much talk of the fact that the number of people living in cities has “surpassed” that of those living in rural areas, of the search to resolve problems of uninterrupted continuity, of a watershed without historic precedents: with a great deal of fanfare, the beginning of a new “urban era” was announced. Sometime around 1900, little more than a century ago, the urban population was a mere 10%; in 2050 estimates place this number at 75%. In 2003, the United Nations estimated the number of urban dwellers at 3 billion, a figure that is expected to reach 5 billion in 2030; the rural population, instead, is expected to drop from 3.3 to 3.2 billion during the same period. These numbers need no comment and are even more astonishing if we think of the progressive digitalisation of every human activity that, for the vast majority, should have rendered our effective location on the Earth progressively more indifferent, or at least inverted the trend towards urbanisation.
It is now clear that the expansion of the city and the challenges that it presents us with coincide, for the most part, with the general problems faced by mankind and the planet: shelter, employment, social interaction and public space, globalisation, mobility and migratory flows, social segregation and sustainability. These are all familiar questions that have been discussed at great length; less clear, however, are the answers that we are asked to provide.
The primary question continues to focus on urban quality: the city must guarantee the contentment and well-being of its inhabitants. In an era of global mobility, a city must attract citizens capable of creating cultural and material wealth. Elevated levels of urban quality tend to bind people to a city: there are those who are willing to earn less, as long as they can live in a pleasing urban environment; in analogous terms when employment forces people to live in a less desirable location, it is necessary to offer higher wages. The quality of life offered by a city remains, by far and large, the determinant factor of competitivity. There is no doubt that our control over these phenomena and our ability, in more general terms, to create new sustainable settlements will, to a great degree, decide the future and the very survival of the human race.
As we can see, it’s a highly articulated panorama, quite difficult to decipher; even more difficult is the advancement of hypotheses for the future. Perhaps, in the end, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron were correct when they wrote: “The ideal city abdicated its role a long time ago, including Aldo Rossi’s “Rational City”, Rem Koolhaas’ “Generic City” or Robert Venturi’s “Strip”, not to mention the “Ville Radieuse” imagined by Le Corbusier. All of these attempts to describe the city, understand it and reinvent it were not only necessary: they made sense. Yet today they leave us cold because they no longer have any relation to us, they refer to a world that is no longer ours. The time has come to set aside our mania for labels, to abandon manifests and theories. They do not grasp the objective, but only serve to brand their author for life. There are no theories about the city; there are only cities”.