Transferring the best practices in the production of advanced textiles/composites/non-woven/polymeric materials into the field of architecture.ĭuring those class-room activies, students will be required: A) to deep the use of parametric software in order to assess alternatives from the very beginning of the design phase B) improve the optical, thermal and acoustic performances of the ultra-lightweight building systems, C) and include the following items in their project. Reintroducing in the contemporary construction those weight and materials reduction criteria which belong to the best examples of temporary buildings 3).
To open a discussion on how to renovate textile architecture - its forms, structural concepts and production ways - restarting from the best examples of our past 2). Since textile architecture has seen a period of great innovation both in technology and materials in the last fifty years, thus becoming more and more distant from the those primary and genuine forms of ephemeral enclosures, the course aims to take stock of the present situation and think over alternative solutions, which are more consistent with a new need of flexibility, with a new aesthetic concept and, last but not least, new obligatory environmental safeguards.Ī final workshop activity and/or a number of week-assignments will be proposed, which aims: 1). In a rather provocative manner, we’ll name “ultra-lightweight architecture” to highlight that current technical textiles and other advanced composite materials - such as coated fabrics, fluor-polymer foils, woven and non-woven membranes, FRP poltruded profiles and so on - should be seen as proper building materials, like stone, bricks and wood, to create some outstanding architectural structures.
The subject of the course deals with a further meaning of the lightness, considering the “textile architecture” as the contemporary, more charismatic and performance promising expression of the whole lightweight architecture. We ought state that the association of the adjective “lightweight” with architecture is relatively recent, starting from the “structural revolution of architecture” (René Sarger), when new materials able to be tensioned, such as steel ropes, cable nets and fabrics, appeared in the construction field. In other words, lightweight constructions respond to the Vitruvian principles of firmness, commodity and delight, distancing themselves from the classical interpretation embodied by everlasting monumental architecture. Lightweight environments have the form of construction of necessity they are usually made of materials easy to find and to handle, such as textiles and other thin raw materials, to create adaptable spaces, which can be easily disassembled and transported. The course will introduce a kind of building systems - lightweight, temporary, minimal - that have been largely neglected by architectural history books, but that we believe the moment has come to re-evaluate since they possess characteristics which prove extremely interesting for our non-migratory but ever increasing transient lifestyle. ability to acquire, process independently and communicate knowledge not strictly related to the subjects characterizing the Master Program (DdD 1, 3, 4 and 5) The optional courses allow the student to complete his/her own study program and to characterize his/her own training profile choosing, according to his/her own personal interests, the themes of deepening among a wide range of alternatives.Īccording to the Dublin Descriptors (DdD), passing the exam certifies the acquisition of the following results:ĭdD 1 (knowledge and understanding), 3 (autonomy of judgment), 4 (communication skills) and 5 (learning ability) 270) - MI (1217) ARCHITETTURA E DISEGNO URBANO - ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN 270) - MI (1195) ARCHITETTURA - AMBIENTE COSTRUITO - INTERNI - ARCHITECTURE - BUILT ENVIRONMENT - INTERIORSĪrc - Urb - Cost (Mag.)(ord.
270) - MI (1017) ARCHITETTURA - ARCHITETTURA DELLE COSTRUZIONIĪrc - Urb - Cost (Mag.)(ord. 270) - MI (1094) PROGETTAZIONE DELL'ARCHITETTURAĪrc - Urb - Cost (Mag.)(ord. Scuola di Architettura Urbanistica Ingegneria delle CostruzioniĠ97783 - DESIGN OF ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT BUILDING SYSTEMĬodice Piano di Studio preventivamente approvatoĪrc - Urb - Cost (1 liv.)(ord.