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AI224 - ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 1 (GRPA)

courses
ID:
AI224
Duration (hours):
140
CFU:
14
SSD:
COMPOSIZIONE ARCHITETTONICA E URBANA
Located in:
PESCARA
Url:
Course Details:
ARCHITECTURE/CORSO GENERICO Year: 1
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...
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Overview

Date/time interval

Annuale (29/09/2025 - 22/05/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


The course program is structured with the following educational objectives:
the study of Architectural Composition integrated with the application of construction technologies aimed at the correct
use of materials within a basic design experience.
The course will provide the fundamental knowledge necessary for the simultaneous and interdependent
control of the various design aspects:
technical-constructive, functional-distributive, and
formal-compositional.
By the end of the course, students should have acquired the basic
knowledge and control of forms, materials,
and technologies, essential for understanding and managing the project.

Course Prerequisites


The Architectural Composition 1 course is intended as the initial design exercise
of the study program, so attendance at the
learning activities must take into account the program structure,
which will alternate between both disciplines.
Knowledge of basic historical disciplines and of the science
of representations are considered essential prerequisites for enrollment in the course.

Teaching Methods


The course's teaching activities consist of:
• ex cathedra lectures covering the topic and its theoretical framework
related to architectural composition, taught by the course instructor.
• in-depth design discussions related to specific aspects of the topic,
presented by invited guests who illustrate their work and
research.
• thematic workshops, relating to the various phases of the design process,
led by external experts together with the tutors and the course instructor
(according to the course schedule).
The course will be divided into different seminars; reviews will be held by
tutors together with the course instructor according to the dates set out in the
teaching program. Reviews will be individual and
will constitute the specific teaching activity for each seminar. During the thematic workshops, group reviews will be held
with the tutors, the course instructor, and the instructors invited to the
workshop.
Among the various course activities, there are also in-depth workshops
led by tutors and the course leader, on
model making; on developing three-dimensional models;
on reading design references; on materials and construction
techniques.

Assessment Methods


Mandatory progressive assessments are scheduled according to the deadlines
scheduled by the teaching activities (and coinciding with thematic
workshops). Students are required to submit the required assignments
by the scheduled dates. Mandatory progressive assessments
provide a guarantee for continued participation in the seminars and
for the acquisition of the attendance certificate that entitles them to take
the exam within the timeframe set out in the course syllabus.
The final exam is intended to be the final assignment offered by the
Course to the student. Exams will be held according to the schedule.
All students who have regularly attended the Workshop
will be entitled to take the exam on the scheduled date.
The examination committee will be composed of all the course instructors,
instructors invited by the Course Director, tutors, and any external
experts.

Texts


Ludovico Quaroni – “Designing a Building: Eight Lessons in Architecture” –
Mazotta, Milan 1977
Massimo Bilò – “Functional Characteristics of Buildings” (edited by Alberto Ulisse) LetteraVentidue, Siracusa 2025
Filippo Lambertucci – “Spatial Explorations” – Quodlibet 2013
Francesco Cellini – “Handbook: Technical, Construction, and Graphic Standards for Carrying Out a Design Exercise on the Theme of the House” – Città-Studi
Heinrich Tessenov – Elementary Observations on Building (edited by Giorgio Grassi) Franco Angeli Publishers
Ester McCoy – “Case Study Houses 1945-1962” – Hennessey & Ingalls, Los Angeles
Angeles 1977
John Howey – “The Sarasota School of Architecture 1941-1966,” The MIT
Press – Cambridge, 1997
Christopher Domin and Joseph King – “Paul Rudolph and the Florida
houses,” Pronceton Architectural Press – New York 2002
Michael Webb – “Modernism reborn_mid-century American houses” –
Universe Publishing, New York 2001
Paolo Desideri, Andrea Mammarella - International Style? - Meltemi 2004
Further updates to the bibliography will be announced during the
lectures

Contents


The Architectural Composition 1 course is aimed at studying and
understanding the basic compositional techniques for designing
simple architectural structures. The course is divided into two parts. The
first part involves reading and interpreting elementary architectural
references, primarily relating to single-family living
spaces. In the second part, these same architectural references
form the basis for designing small living spaces based on assigned
architectural-functional programs.
Architectural space, both in the reading phase, the
interpretation phase, and the more specific re-presentation
of the design, is broken down into its primary components with particular reference to:
horizontal elements, bases, floors, and roofs; vertical
elements, masonry partitions and diaphragms; specific elements, frameworks,
structures, and connections.
These components will be investigated not only in their physical dimension
and spatial organization, but also in their material and constructive consistency, attempting to highlight the often very evident relationship between
forms, materials, and technologies.
The understanding of the primary components and their technical rendering
is combined with the study of some fundamental themes
on the organization of space (such as: lightness,
transparency, density, modifiability, seriality, overlapping
of parts, etc.), essential for defining a coherent framework
within which to harmonize the individual parts.
The project, therefore, takes the form of a sort of final equilibrium
in which the size of the individual construction elements and
the size of the spaces they enclose are integrated within a compositional strategy
capable of satisfying the requirements of the assigned architectural-functional
program.

Course Language


italian

More information


The course lasts one year.
Exams are scheduled according to the calendar, after which no additional teaching activities will be
conducted . Attendance at teaching activities is mandatory and guarantees admission to the exam within the year. Students are
allowed to take the exam individually, identifying project strategies developed in groups.

Degrees

Degrees

ARCHITECTURE 
Single-cycle Master’s Degree
5 years
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People

People

POTENZA Domenico Antonio
AREA MIN. 08 - Ingegneria civile e architettura
Settore CEAR-09/A - Composizione architettonica e urbana
Gruppo 08/CEAR-09 - PROGETTAZIONE ARCHITETTONICA
Docenti di ruolo di IIa fascia
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