The course aims to provide basic knowledge of the history of architecture and the western city from the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the sixties of the twentieth century, with an overview of the main protagonists of the final decades of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21th century.
Course Content - Last names N-Z
From the iron works of the second half of the nineteenth century, to the most recent expressions of the XXI century architectural landscape.
The basic bibliography recommended for the exam consists of the texts that are listed below - each characterized by a different interpretative cut - to use comparing them and integrating them with each other.
William Curtis, L’architettura moderna dal 1900, Phaidon, Londra 2006. Moreover: Manfredo Tafuri, Francesco Dal Co, Architettura contemporanea, Electa, Milano 1992; Kenneth Frampton, Storia dell’architettura moderna, Zanichelli, Bologna 2008; Giorgio Ciucci, Giorgio Muratore (a cura di), Storia dell’architettura italiana. Il primo Novecento, Electa, Milano 2004; Francesco Dal Co (a cura di), Storia dell’architettura italiana. Il secondo Novecento, Electa, Milano 1997; Mara De Benedetti, Attilio Pracchi, Antologia dell’architettura moderna. Testi, manifesti, utopie, Zanichelli, Bologna 1988; Amedeo Belluzzi, Claudia Conforti, Architettura italiana 1944-1994, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1994; Manfredo Tafuri, Storia dell’architettura italiana 1944-1985, Einaudi, Torino 2002.
Learning Objectives - Last names A-D
They are considered fundamental, in the return of individual issues, the following aspects: dating and social-political context; patronage; design and the Role of process; characters and distribution in relation to the function; relationships with the urban context; theoretical and philosophical aspects of architectural expressiveness; the building materials.
At the end of the course, students must demonstrate:
1. to possess appropriate knowledge on the main historical and cultural events in the moments and in the geographic areas examined;
2. to possess adequate knowledge on techniques, functions and formal languages;
3. to possess adequate knowledge about the protagonists in the periods treated and their main works;
4. to know diachronic architectural types, the most important compositional and constructive period of the Treaty, such as museums; libraries; university complexes; social housing; stations and airports; private residences; theaters and cinemas; public spaces/squares; museum exhibitions and displays.
5. to be able to read typological and compositional schemes, linguistic issue; structural solutions; vernacular architecture;
6. to be able to work out judgments on spatial quality, aesthetic, technical and social architectures examined;
7. to use an argumentative skills and a language appropriate to the topics discussed, and know how to use appropriate written communication skills (writing any reports accompanied by notes and bibliographies);
8. to possess the tools to expand and update their knowledge, incorporating the proposed bibliography, amassing collections of images and reliefs, exercising their critical capacity even on issues not covered in the course.
Learning Objectives - Last names N-Z
The course aims to convey a general knowledge about the architecture and the city in the Western world, from the last decades of the nineteenth century to the twenty-first century. Particular attention will be paid to the description of the architecture, the personal ability to illustrate a building, in order to assessing the constitutive reasons; the economic and social context; the needs and goal of the patrons in relation to the design solutions; the use of the materials; the construction techniques; the relations with the urban context and the landscape; the symbolic efficacy and the representative values.
Prerequisites - Last names A-D
Have passed the examinations of History of architecture, I and II
Prerequisites - Last names N-Z
Storia dell'architettura I and Storia dell'architettura II.
Teaching Methods - Last names A-D
lectures; seminars; one external tour; two written test. The detailed articulation and content of the seminars will be presented in the first lesson
Teaching Methods - Last names N-Z
It will be encouraged the critical reflection ; the ability to implement diachronic and synchronic comparisons; the elaboration of a methodological assessment. The traditional ex cathedra lectures will take place with the support of audiovisual tools, and they will be complemented by seminars and direct visits of the proposed buildings.
Further information - Last names A-D
To pass the exam, students must demonstrate that they have achieved the general objectives of the course; in particular, it must have a non-superficial knowledge (and therefore including the history, the client, the design process the distribution and structural characteristics, materials, spatial and formal aspects) of the following buildings:
. G. Eiffel, Tour Eiffel, Parigi
2. C.R. Mackintosh, School of Art, Glasgow
3. L. Sullivan, Guaranty Building, Buffalo
4. F.L. Wright, William Winslow House, River Forest (Ill.)
5. F.L. Wright, Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago
6. F.L. Wright, Larkin Building, Buffalo
7. F.L. Wright, Unity Temple, Oak Park (Ill.)
8. F.L. Wright, Edgar Kaufmann House, Mill Run (Penn.)
9. H. Guimard, Padiglioni per le fermate della Metropolitana, Parigi
10. V. Horta, Hôtel Tassel, Bruxelles
11. A. Gaudì, Palau Güell, Barcellona
12. A. Gaudì, Sagrada Familia, Barcellona
13. J.M. Olbrich, Haus der Sezession, Vienna
14. O. Wagner, Majolikahaus, Vienna
15. O. Wagner, Sankt Leopold am Steinhof, Wienn
16. J. Hoffmann, Palazzo Stoclet, Bruxelles
17. E. Mendelsohn, Einsteinturm, Potsdam
18. A. Loos, Edificio Goldman & Salatsch, Vienna
19. A. Loos, Casa Müller, Praga
20. A. Sant’Elia, Edificio a gradoni (design)
21. V. Tatlin, Monument of third Internazional, Leningrad (design)
22. El Lissitskij, Lenin's monument (design)
23. T. van Doesburg e C. van Eesteren, Maison particulière (progetto)
24. G. Rietveld, Casa Schröder, Utrech
25. P. Behrens, Turbinenfabrik AEG, Berlino
26. B. Taut, Pavillon of glass factory, 1914
27. H. van de Velde, theater of Deutscher Werkbund at Cologne, 1914
28. W. Gropius e A. Meyer, Fagus Factory, Alfeld-an-der-Leine
29. W. Gropius, Sede del Bauhaus, Dessau
30. L. Mies van der Rohe, Villas in brick, Neubabelsberg (Berlin)
31. L. Mies van der Rohe, German Pavilon Barcelona, 1929
32. L. Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno
33. A. Perret, Immeuble de rapport in rue Franklin, Parigi
34. A. Perret, Museé des Travaux Publics, Parigi
35. Le Corbusier, “Domino” Structure
36. Le Corbusier, La Roche-Jeanneret House, Paris
37. Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy
38. G. Terragni, Casa del Fascio, Como
39. G. Michelucci with Gruppo Toscano, Train Station, Florence
40. A. Aalto, Public Library, Viipuri
41. A. Aalto, Villa Mairea, Noormarkku
42. R. Neutra, Lovell House, Los Angeles
43. W. Gropius e TAC, Harkness Dormitory, Cambridge (Mass.)
44. L. Mies van der Rohe, Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
45. L. Mies van der Rohe, Seagram Building, New York
46. F.L. Wright, Guggenheim Museum, New York
47. L.I. Kahn, Richards Medical Research Laboratories, Philadelphia
48. P. Johnson, Glass House, New Canaan
49. O. Niemeyer, Casa Niemeyer, Rio de Janeiro
50. BBPR, Torre Velasca, Milano
51. Le Corbusier, Unité d’Habitation, Marsiglia
52. Le Corbusier, Notre-Dame-du-Haut Church, Ronchamp
53. A. e P. Smithson, The Economist building, Londra
54. A. Van Eyck, Orphanage, Amsterdam
55. C. Scarpa, Allestimento del Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona
56. R. Venturi, Vanna Venturi House, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
57. A. Rossi, Cemetery, Modena
58. Snøhetta, Library ati Alexandria d’Egypt
59. David Chipperfield, Renovation of Neues Museum, Berlin
60. Renzo Piano, Works of expand the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
61. Frank O. Ghery, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
62. Zaha Hadid, MAXXI Museum, Rome
Further information - Last names N-Z
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Type of Assessment - Last names A-D
For those attending there will be two written tests and an oral exam. The last one will focus on the deepening of a topic chosen among the thematic seminars and agreed with the professor.
For those not attending it is provided only oral exam on the topics of the course.
Type of Assessment - Last names N-Z
1 - for attending students: the ex cathedra lectures will be implemented with conferences gave by invited guests. There will be also guided visits to the most important works of contemporary architecture in Florence and a study trip of two days, with overnight accommodation. Besides the basic bibliography, during the lessons it will be provided a specific bibliography. A written test on the first part of the program it will be planned by the first two weeks of Aprile. A synthetic historical-critical essay on a topic agreed with the teacher will be consigned by the end of the course. The oral examination at the end of the course will focus on the second part of the program. The final grade will be the average of the three tests.
2 - for not attending students: a final oral exam on the entire program.The student must demonstrate a non-superficial knowledge of the issues, by establishing connections and comparisons between critical issues and works from different periods and places.
Course program - Last names A-D
The course aims to provide basic knowledge of the history of architecture and the western city the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the sixties of the twentieth century, with an overview of the main protagonists of the final decades of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21th century.
The course aims to provide basic knowledge of the history of architecture and the western city the last quarter of the 19th century until the sixties of the 20th century, with an overview of the main protagonists of the final decades of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21th century.
They are considered fundamental, in the return of individual issues, the following aspects: dating and social-political context; patronage; design and the role of process; characters and distribution in relation to the function; relationships with the urban context; theoretical and philosophical aspects of architectural expressiveness; the building materials.
At the end of the course, students must demonstrate that they have achieved the general objectives of the course; in particular, the student must have a non-superficial knowledge (and therefore including the history, the client, the design process the distribution and structural characteristics, materials, spatial and formal aspects) of the following buildings:
1. G. Eiffel, Tour Eiffel, Parigi
2. C.R. Mackintosh, School of Art, Glasgow
3. L. Sullivan, Guaranty Building, Buffalo
4. F.L. Wright, William Winslow House, River Forest (Ill.)
5. F.L. Wright, Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago
6. F.L. Wright, Larkin Building, Buffalo
7. F.L. Wright, Unity Temple, Oak Park (Ill.)
8. F.L. Wright, Edgar Kaufmann House, Mill Run (Penn.)
9. H. Guimard, Padiglioni per le fermate della Metropolitana, Parigi
10. V. Horta, Hôtel Tassel, Bruxelles
11. A. Gaudì, Palau Güell, Barcelona
12. A. Gaudì, Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
13. J.M. Olbrich, Haus der Sezession, Vienna
14. O. Wagner, Majolikahaus, Wienn
15. O. Wagner, Sankt Leopold am Steinhof, Wienn
16. J. Hoffmann, Stoclet Palace, Bruxelles
17. E. Mendelsohn, Einsteinturm, Potsdam
18. A. Loos, Edificio Goldman & Salatsch, Wienn
19. A. Loos, Casa Müller, Prague
20. A. Sant’Elia, Building with steps (design)
21. V. Tatlin, Monument of third Internazional, Leningrad (design)
22. El Lissitskij, Lenin's monument (design)
23. T. van Doesburg e C. van Eesteren, Maison particulière (progetto)
24. G. Rietveld, Casa Schröder, Utrech
25. P. Behrens, Turbinenfabrik AEG, Berlin
26. B. Taut, Pavillon of glass factory, 1914
27. H. van de Velde, theater of Deutscher Werkbund at Cologne, 1914
28. W. Gropius and A. Meyer, Fagus Factory, Alfeld-an-der-Leine
29. W. Gropius, Bauhaus Home , Dessau
30. L. Mies van der Rohe, Villas in brick, Neubabelsberg (Berlin)
31. L. Mies van der Rohe, German Pavilon Barcelona, 1929
32. L. Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno
33. A. Perret, Immeuble de rapport in rue Franklin, Parigi
34. A. Perret, Museé des Travaux Publics, Parigi
35. Le Corbusier, “Domino” Structure
36. Le Corbusier, La Roche-Jeanneret House, Paris
37. Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy
38. G. Terragni, Casa del Fascio, Como
39. G. Michelucci with Gruppo Toscano, Train Station, Florence
40. A. Aalto, Public Library, Viipuri
41. A. Aalto, Villa Mairea, Noormarkku
42. R. Neutra, Lovell House, Los Angeles
43. W. Gropius e TAC, Harkness Dormitory, Cambridge (Mass.)
44. L. Mies van der Rohe, Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
45. L. Mies van der Rohe, Seagram Building, New York
46. F.L. Wright, Guggenheim Museum, New York
47. L.I. Kahn, Richards Medical Research Laboratories, Philadelphia
48. P. Johnson, Glass House, New Canaan
49. O. Niemeyer, Niemeyer home, Rio de Janeiro
50. BBPR, Torre Velasca, Milano
51. Le Corbusier, Unité d’Habitation, Marsiglia
52. Le Corbusier, Notre-Dame-du-Haut Church, Ronchamp
53. A. e P. Smithson, The Economist building, Londra
54. A. Van Eyck, Orphanage, Amsterdam
55. C. Scarpa, Castelvecchio Museum, Verona
56. R. Venturi, Vanna Venturi House, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
57. A. Rossi, Cemetery, Modena
58. Snøhetta, Library ati Alexandria d’Egypt
59. David Chipperfield, Renovation of Neues Museum, Berlin
60. Renzo Piano, Works of expand the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
61. Frank O. Ghery, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
62. Zaha Hadid, MAXXI Museum, Rome
Bibliography
The basic bibliography recommended for the exam for not attending consists of the texts that are listed below - each characterized by a different interpretative cut - to use comparing them and integrating them with each other.
B. Bergdoll, European architecture 1750-1890, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2000; R. Middleton, D. Watkin, Architettura dell’Ottocento, Milano, Electa, 1980; G. Fanelli, R. Gargiani, Storia dell’architettura contemporanea, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1998; M. Biraghi, Storia dell’architettura contemporanea, I e II volume, Torino, Einaudi 2008; A. Muntoni, Lineamenti di storia dell'architettura contemporanea, Roma-Bari, Laterza 2015 (o edizioni precedenti); L. Spagnoli, Storia dell’urbanistica moderna. Dall'età della borghesia alla globalizzazione (1815-2010), Bologna, Zanichelli, 2012.
To acquire complementary notions on the visual arts: E. Crispolti, Come studiare l’arte contemporanea, Roma, Donzelli, 1997; F. Rovati, L'arte del primo Novecento, Einaudi, Torino 2015; A. Del Puppo, L'arte contemporanea. Il secondo Novecento, Einaudi, Torino 2013.
Course program - Last names N-Z
The course aims to convey a general knowledge about the architecture and the city in the Western world, from the last decades of the nineteenth century to the twenty-first century. It will be encouraged the critical reflection ; the ability to implement diachronic and synchronic comparisons; the elaboration of a methodological assessment. Particular attention will be paid to the description of the architecture, the personal ability to illustrate a building, in order to assessing the constitutive reasons; the economic and social context; the needs and goal of the patrons in relation to the design solutions; the use of the materials; the construction techniques; the relations with the urban context and the landscape; the symbolic efficacy and the representative values. The traditional ex cathedra lectures will take place with the support of audiovisual tools, and they will be complemented by seminars and direct visits of the proposed buildings.