Teacher: Amirante R. + Acampora A.

Teaching: Architecture and architectural composition I
Module (where present subdivision into modules): Architecture and architectural composition I + Laboratory of
Architecture and architectural composition I

CFU: 9 + 3
SSD: ICAR / 14
Hours of lessons: 60
Practice hours: 60
Workshop hours: 60

Educational objectives:
The course introduces architectural design through the critical analysis of significant buildings; it is intended to provide basic knowledge both on the theoretical aspects and on the tools for setting and controlling architectural design.

Contents:
The focus will be on those aspects of the design process that are considered indispensable for training students in a reference grid in which to place information and experiences. It is a question of giving logical and transmissible articulation to the reflections on the meaning of the work and to the figurative solutions that accompany it, simultaneously developing the ability to know how to see the correlations between the whole and the parts and between the different scales of the project, the contextuality between the reflection on the functional data and the maturation of the project idea, the need to assume the systems of techniques that preside over construction as an integrated component of the design process. The fundamental issues of the design process will be addressed, starting from the idea of ​​the architectural space and its typological and formal characteristics, also through references to the history of architecture. The student will directly address the themes of the project, practically measuring himself against the theme and the proposed program: the project for a small villa-studio for an artist. The design process will address the verification of the elements of the building, the compositional criteria of the project, the relationship between architecture and place.