INTEGRATED DESIGN LAB ARCHITECTURE AND BUILT

[085AR]
a.a. 2025/2026

5° Year of course - Full year

Frequency Not mandatory

  • 24 CFU
  • 192 hours
  • italian
  • University campus of Gorizia
  • Opzionale
  • Oral Exam
  • SSD ICAR/17, ICAR/15, ICAR/14
Curricula: PDS COMUNE
Syllabus

D1. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING The Laboratory proposes the design experience of a large and complex building and / or an articulated system of architectures that, in any case, are confronted with the scale of the city, the architecture of the city. The design experience of the laboratory highlights two aspects, not disjointed, referring to the ability to deal with the complexity and the interaction between different techniques and different disciplinary knowledge. The interaction between the various teachings corresponds to this objective in the gradualness of the actions and experiments, in the intercalarity of the project seen as a continuous field of immanence, articulated and materialized by active flows, in which the dialectical relationship between the physical and phenomenal dimension. Through lectures, exercises and workshops the causal circularity of the interactions typical of complex systems will become manifest in the realization of a project seen as a "sensitive device" capable of representing growth and change, contingency and chance. D2. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING The development by thematic steps, in groups of two / three components, of the educational path will allow you to exercise, with direct application, the ability to understand the individual problems posed by the 4 courses with respect to the design theme of the Laboratory. The work, through seminars and workshops, then organized in the atelier will allow to deepen specific issues related to the architectural composition, urban design, landscape and infrastructures which will then be reassembled and integrated into a more articulated framework, the large building, and the " portion of the city ". Teaching will stimulate the following skills: formation of one's own cultural background and, at the same time, of one's own language; critical use of the technique for verifying the dimensioning and volumetric modeling of buildings; observation of the urban phenomenon and control of architectural volumes in the urban scene. D3. MAKING JUDGEMENTS The main objective of the Laboratory is the development by the students of their critical ability in relating theories and techniques and methods of verification and self-verification between the different knowledge (interdisciplinarity) to move in the world of the profession with the awareness of the role and intellectual responsibility that the architect has to elaborate his own vision of the world and consequently take a position with respect to the processes of transformation of the physical environment. D4. COMMUNICATION SKILLS The training objectives of all 4 courses of the Integrated Architecture and Building Design Laboratory converge with their own tools and methods in the common exercise of the "project transmission" using the various development phases (seminars and workshops) as a process of critical acquisition of one's own language, the language of architecture. Each student will be asked to experiment, in addition to architectural design, media, codes and different communication supports, analogue, multimedia, literary and visual. D5. LEARNING SKILLS The working groups at the end of the Laboratory will be asked to present the entire design process in a concise and effective manner, giving a critical and interdisciplinary approach to the complexity and contradictions of the relationship between architecture and city and between design and theory. This path is aimed at making the student develop their own vision of architecture, to focus on their "theme" (field of interest) and therefore to take a stand with respect to the - broad - concept of Habitat.

Have attended the workshops and preparatory courses as required by the regulations of the study courses

LPI_AC - Integrated Architecture and Building Design Laboratory - RRR LAB 2025-2026 It is not enough to be democratic and listen to everyone's opinion. Architects are also entitled to their own opinion. Mine is that there is, in today's common opinion, such ignorance about the "problems of the Habitat" that architects can no longer afford - in front of anyone - to simply say "Yes sir, I obey sir". One of the spies of widespread ignorance, in terms of Habitat problems, is the abuse of certain words (resilience, sustainability, ...) in the press, on the news, in talks, in coffee breaks, ... abuse that it is emptying the meaning of Architecture (and so at the wheel of City, Landscape, Place, Environment, ...). The laboratory aims to guide the student in the elaboration of an experimental design path, articulated on different levels (theoretical and practical) and on different disciplinary fields (infrastructural, urban, landscape, architectural, etc.) which will come together in a unitary and integrated design synthesis. In the same way, the temporal articulation of the laboratory, organized in phases of work, has as its objective the exercise of "the architectural project" in relation to contemporary conditions. Part of the activities will include a synthesis referring to the understanding of the context, the context, and the consequent definition of the design concept whose articulation will constitute the logical and theoretical premise of the project which will see the students confront the complexity of its formation and of its formalization. The Integrated Design Laboratory will deal with the complex relationship between architecture, infrastructure and landscape and the related languages ​​through the teachings of: Landscape architecture The lessons will concern the methods of analysis, understanding and design of urban complexes with respect to the landscape dimension with which they relate. Particular attention will be paid to the landscape as a "quality" of places and how the latter can influence future human behavior. In the same way we intend to investigate a design capable of combining landscape and architecture and able to relate to the interrelated and evolutionary dynamics that characterize a complex whole: urban and environmental. Related in a new systemic vision. Representation techniques course Together with the notions concerning the most advanced techniques of representation and plastic modeling, the appropriate methods will be experienced in seminar form in relation to the conceptual, expressive and technically pertinent communication of the architectural project. Course of Architectural and Urban Design 5 Through constant development, verification and interlocution work, the course will specifically address the elaboration of the architectural project starting from the "urban" according to a circular process from the city to architecture and vice versa Architecture course of major works and infrastructures The module declines the theme that defines it on the specific project theme linked to the spaces of the infrastructures. Velocities and flows on a large architectural scale will be presented with an operational purpose and direct application within the Laboratory. Environmental assessment and landscape management course Together with the general theoretical framework of the evaluation topics, the course will develop the main impact evaluation techniques, the methodologies, the formulation, the logical/operational structure and the functioning of the tools for the "diagnoses" to support the construction of the strategies of project

General Bibliography: AA.VV, Lire le paysage, Lire les paysages, Saint-Etienne, Cierec Universitè del Saint-Etienne, 1996 D. Appleyard, K. Lynch, J. R. Myer, The view from the road, MIT Press, 1965 R. Banham, Architettura della seconda età della macchina. 1955 -1988, Milano, Electa, 2004 T. Bisiani, M. Savron, New scenarios for a development between infrastructures and innovation, in L. Bonora, D. Carboni, M. De Vincenzi (a cura di), Monitoring Mediterranean Coastal Areas, Firenze, Firenze University Press, 2020 T. Bisiani, V. Umani, Geography, Infrastructure and Architecture: From the Immaterial Scenes of the Arts to the Physical Space of the American City, in Athens Journal of Architecture 2022 G. Cullen, Il paesaggio urbano, Calderini, 1976 L. Di Dato, C. Meninno, A. Venudo, Masterplan 1, La via dei Gelsi lungo la FVG6 del Tagliamento, Trieste, EUT Edizioni Universitarie di Trieste, 2020 U. Eco, La ricerca della lingua perfetta nella cultura europea, Bari, Laterza, 1994 G. Fraziano, Percorsi accidentali, Trieste, Lint edizioni, Trieste, 2012 G. Fraziano, T. Bisiani, L. Di Dato, C. Meninno, A. Venudo, M. Verri, Le regole del gioco. Scenari architettonici e infrastrutturali per l’Aereoporto FVG, Trieste, EUT, 2015 G. Fraziano, T. Bisiani, C. Meninno, A. Venudo, Gli edifici ibridi di Max Fabiani, in “Studi Goriziani” n.113/2021 G. Fraziano, Paralipomena, Trieste, EUT, 2021 G. Fraziano, Corrispondenza di due angoli, Trieste, EUT, 2022 B. Gravagnuolo, La progettazione urbana in Europa 1750 – 1960: storia e teorie, Roma, Laterza, 1991 K. Lynch, L’immagine della città, Marsilio Editori, Venezia, 1964 H. F. Mallgrave, L’empatia degli spazi, Milano, Raffaello Cortina, 2015 C. Meninno, V. Rodani, The Shopping Center As/Is a Meeting Place, Trieste, EUT, 2020 C. Meninno, Evoluzione di un territorio, Trieste, EUT, 2022 I.d.S. Morales, Decifrare l'architettura. Inscripciones del XX secolo, Torino, Allemandi, 2001 A. Moretti A. (a cura di), La strada. Un progetto a molte dimensioni, Milano, FrancoAngeli,1996 R. Moneo, Inquietudine teorica e strategia progettuale nell’opera di otto architetti contemporanei, Milano, Electa, 2007 C. Norberg-Schulz, A.M. Norberg-Schulz, Genius Loci. Paesaggio, ambiente, architettura, Milano, Electa, 1992 T. Oles, Go with Me. 50 Steps to Landscape Thinking, Amsterdam, Architecture Academy, 2014 L. Semerani, Attrazione e contrasto tra le forme, Teca 8, Napoli, CLEAN, 2013 J. Rykwert, La casa di Adamo in Paradiso, Milano, Adelphi, 1991 A. Rossi, Scritti scelti sull'architettura e la città 1956-1972, Macerata, Quodlibet, 2012 E. N. Rogers, Esperienza dell’Architettura, Milano, Skira, 1997 C. Rowe, Collage City, Milano, Il Saggiatore, 1981 E. Sereni, Storia del paesaggio agrario italiano, Bari, Laterza, 1961 M. Tafuri, Progetto e utopia, Bari, Laterza, 2007 M. Tafuri, La sfera e il labirinto. Avanguardie e architettura da Piranesi agli anni '70, Torino, Einaudi, 1980 A. Venudo, Ripartire dalle parole. Territorio, ambiente, spazio, luogo, paesaggio, Trieste, EUT, 2021 A. Venudo, Apollo Zero versus Muse, Trieste, Trieste, EUT, 2019 R. Venturi, Complessità e contraddizioni nell'architettura, Bari, Dedalo, 2010 A. Vidler, Il perturbante dell'architettura. Saggi sul disagio nell'età contemporanea, Torino, Einaudi, 2006 S. Zizek, Il trash sublime, Milano, Mimesis, 2013 The specific bibliography of the lessons of the 4 courses will be communicated during the lessons

The laboratory will include theoretical lessons, in-depth studies related to case studies, seminars and workshops, according to a practice that combines learning and experimentation in an open and dialectical relationship with the teacher. The disciplines within the Laboratory will also coordinate on common moments of joint exercises (seminars) and thematic workshops, preparatory to the exam project. In particular, the teaching methods of the Laboratory will be divided into: 1. theoretical lessons 2. lessons on case studies 3. thematic seminars 4. reviews and discussion with individual working groups 5. Guided trip in the study areas 6. collective seminars with external teachers and professionals 7. intensive workshops studio

Further information and communications relating to the Integrated Architecture and Building Design Laboratory write to: Adriano Venudo: avenudo@units.it

The laboratory includes moments of general verification for the two macro-phases into which it will be divided (1st and 2nd semester). These moments will contribute to the overall evaluation and are preparatory to the final exam. The checks will concern the understanding of the context, the development of the project concept, the thematic workshops planned in the second semester and the seminars for which the participation of renowned external guests will be expected.
The final exam will consist of a critical discussion of the project documents in relation to the interdisciplinary topics addressed in the courses within the laboratory.
Carrying out exercises and participating in teaching activities, seminars and workshops in the classroom is considered the minimum necessary condition for admission to the exam and for obtaining the minimum score.
The Laboratory exam integrates all the relevant courses and takes place starting from the project in the overall and detailed verification of the various disciplines and specialist aspects, developed by the relevant courses, which flow into the final design choices.

The Laboratory exam integrates the tests of the individual courses that pertain to the laboratory in a single "final and synthesis phase" which is the exam project.
The vote is expressed in thirtieths.
The questions are open-ended.
The general criterion for obtaining sufficiency is based on Liebig's minimum theory, i.e. not on the amount of knowledge level of all the topics (topics, tools, theories) covered by the course, but on the level of knowledge of the poorest and how this influences others, limiting their theoretical-design application.
The specific criterion for obtaining sufficiency concerns the presence or absence of coherence between the design choices developed in the exam project and the theoretical ones discussed and covered by the individual courses relating to the Laboratory.
To obtain the maximum score, the student will have to demonstrate, in addition to the coherence between the design and theoretical choices (therefore the knowledge of theories, techniques, tools and themes covered by the individual courses), critical ability, his own architectural language, and self-criticism in exhibition of the project.

The INTEGRATED ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING DESIGN LABORATORY has both a theoretical and technical nature, therefore the issues are of a cultural nature, and therefore are fundamental for the training of an architect aware of the social, political and also environmental responsibilities of those who are preparing to operate. transformations in the built environment and in people's living places. Acquired knowledge and skills can contribute to the goal of sustainable cities and communities, in particular to inclusive and sustainable urban and landscape regeneration and to the promotion of cultural heritage

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