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B019469 - HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
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Academic Year 2021-22
Coorte 2021 - Second Cycle Degree in BUILDING ENGINEERING
Course year
First year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICEA)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
ICAR/18 - HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
28/02/2022 ⇒ 10/06/2022
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The course addresses the main themes and architectural works of the most significant protagonists that have characterized the history of Western architecture of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Starting from the architectural experiences of the end of the 18th century, the program includes architecture from the Neoclassical Age, the Industrial Revolution, iron architecture and the various debates on urban planning and technology.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Basic manuals:
- R. Middleton, D. Watkin, Architettura dell'Ottocento, Milano: Electa, 1980;
- L. Benevolo, Storia dell'architettura moderna, Roma-Bari: Laterza, 1960, prima-terza parte, pp. 11-264.
Useful reference books for integrations:
- B. Bergdoll, European architecture 1750-1890, Oxford: Oxford University. Press, 2000;
- M. De Benedetti, A. Pracchi, Antologia dell'architettura moderna. Testi, manifesti, utopie, Bologna: Zanichelli 1988;
- N. Pevsner, I pionieri dell'architettura moderna. Da William Morris a Walter Gropius, New-Haven-London 1949, ultima ed. it. Milano 1999;
- L. Spagnoli, Storia dell'urbanistica moderna. Dall'età della borghesia alla globalizzazione (1815-2010), Bologna: Zanichelli, 2012;
- D. Watkin, Storia dell'architettura occidentale, Bologna: Zanichelli, 2016.
At the end of each lesson specific texts and slides on the topics will be provided on the moodle platform.
- R. Middleton, D. Watkin, Architettura dell'Ottocento, Milano: Electa, 1980;
- L. Benevolo, Storia dell'architettura moderna, Roma-Bari: Laterza, 1960, prima-terza parte, pp. 11-264.
Useful reference books for integrations:
- B. Bergdoll, European architecture 1750-1890, Oxford: Oxford University. Press, 2000;
- M. De Benedetti, A. Pracchi, Antologia dell'architettura moderna. Testi, manifesti, utopie, Bologna: Zanichelli 1988;
- N. Pevsner, I pionieri dell'architettura moderna. Da William Morris a Walter Gropius, New-Haven-London 1949, ultima ed. it. Milano 1999;
- L. Spagnoli, Storia dell'urbanistica moderna. Dall'età della borghesia alla globalizzazione (1815-2010), Bologna: Zanichelli, 2012;
- D. Watkin, Storia dell'architettura occidentale, Bologna: Zanichelli, 2016.
At the end of each lesson specific texts and slides on the topics will be provided on the moodle platform.
Learning Objectives
The course offers a general overview of European architecture in the 18th and 19th centuries, highlighting all the external factors that had a certain influence on architectural developments, such as urban transformations, urban planning, economic and industrial processes, changes in construction techniques; as well as the relationships between architecture and other disciplines such as literature, art history and industrial design. In addition, the course aims to deepen the influences that the culture of time had on the work of architects and engineers. Finally, it is worth mentioning the contributions made in the 19th century by Ruskin and Viollet-le-Duc.
The course is held with reference to the following aims:
- to learn technical terminology through lectures and theoretical-practical exercises in order to use an appropriate architectural language;
- to provide students with the methodological tools and the keys to interpretation necessary for historical-critical understanding, through exemplary and explanatory cases, for the identification and evaluation of European architecture of the 19th century;
- to consider the study of the History of Architecture as an essential foundation of building construction that helps to reflect on the importance of knowledge of the past in the design of any architectural work;
- to know the fundamental moments and episodes of the historical development of architecture in relation to both building and urban planning activities, also in its theoretical foundations and operational tools.
The course is held with reference to the following aims:
- to learn technical terminology through lectures and theoretical-practical exercises in order to use an appropriate architectural language;
- to provide students with the methodological tools and the keys to interpretation necessary for historical-critical understanding, through exemplary and explanatory cases, for the identification and evaluation of European architecture of the 19th century;
- to consider the study of the History of Architecture as an essential foundation of building construction that helps to reflect on the importance of knowledge of the past in the design of any architectural work;
- to know the fundamental moments and episodes of the historical development of architecture in relation to both building and urban planning activities, also in its theoretical foundations and operational tools.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of the socio-political and cultural history of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Teaching Methods
The course is divided into lectures and exercises. In analysing some architectural examples, given the importance attributed to direct perception, some on-site inspections are planned.
Further information
The course makes use of lectures with the help of PowerPoint and exercises. Students who do not attend must agree on the program directly with the teacher. During the course, special handouts and didactic support material will be provided on the University Moodle platform.
Type of Assessment
The exam consists of an individual interview in which the student will have to demonstrate knowledge of the chronologies, characters, works dealt with and critical acquisition of the course topics with the necessary comparisons from the texts indicated in the essential bibliography.
Course program
The course will develop the following topics
1- Introduction. General overview of the history of Western architecture between the late eighteenth and nineteenth century
2- The Neoclassical Age. Theories and projects of the Enlightenment
3- The advent of industry, territory, the city, the utopias
4- New materials and engineering culture. The architecture of iron: Auguste Perret, Henri Labrouste
5- The Great Universal Exhibitions: Joseph Paxton, Gustave Eiffel
6- The urban transformations in the second half of the 19th century: Paris, Barcelona, Vienna, Rome.
7- Ebenezer Howard and the garden cities.
8- The relationship between architecture and applied arts: Gottfried Semper, William Morris, the Arts and Crafts movement.
9- Medievalism and classicism in nineteenth century Italy
10- Tall architecture in the USA in the second half of the 19th century: Dankmar Adler, Louis Sullivan and the Chicago school.
1- Introduction. General overview of the history of Western architecture between the late eighteenth and nineteenth century
2- The Neoclassical Age. Theories and projects of the Enlightenment
3- The advent of industry, territory, the city, the utopias
4- New materials and engineering culture. The architecture of iron: Auguste Perret, Henri Labrouste
5- The Great Universal Exhibitions: Joseph Paxton, Gustave Eiffel
6- The urban transformations in the second half of the 19th century: Paris, Barcelona, Vienna, Rome.
7- Ebenezer Howard and the garden cities.
8- The relationship between architecture and applied arts: Gottfried Semper, William Morris, the Arts and Crafts movement.
9- Medievalism and classicism in nineteenth century Italy
10- Tall architecture in the USA in the second half of the 19th century: Dankmar Adler, Louis Sullivan and the Chicago school.