2018/2019

2021/2022

DM270

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

PERCORSO COMUNE

4°

2nd semester (07/03/2022 - 17/06/2022)

9

Italian

Basic knowledge of the building process, traditional construction techniques and basic knowledge of physical-technical behavior of the buildings.
At the end of the course the student must be able to control the construction of a building, through construction details, useful for the design phase, construction of the site and its management over time.
It will also have to acquire the technical, procedural and regulatory components that allow it to understand and manage the complexity and interdisciplinarity of the project.

The aim of the course is to provide students the conceptual and practical basics of building technology, seen as a fundamental component of the
building process, from design, production and construction, to building management and maintenance. The student will then learn to read and
think of a construction organization in terms of constructive feasibility both through study cases and through the laboratory project. At the same
time, the course offers teaching modules close to professional practice such as the fire design project and the safety and security design at the
building site (themes of the professional upgrade of the engineer) and BIM program.
Finally, the course derives its contents from the available methodologies and knowledge, from the state of the art and from the latest research
results related to the design, design, production and evaluation of the construction elements, with particular attention to the production and
architectural context in which they are used.

The course aims to address the complexity of the entire building process as an organized sequence of operational steps that lead from the
detection of needs to their satisfaction in terms of building production. It also aims to provide to the students the conceptual and practical bases
related to the building technologies, both traditional and innovative, seen as a key component for the building’s feasibility for the selection of
suitable solutions not only in the design phase but also in the execution one and in its maintenance, through Structure/Envelope systems or
prefabrication. For these reasons it is addressed the issue of safety on building site, not only as a functional organization and management
(stakeholders, tasks, documents and equipment) as well as a verification of the effectiveness of constructive and technological design choices.

The course is divided in: lessons and exercises

Lessons:
Design project as construction process: the metadesign
Reading of the architectural project as a constructive process characterized by sequence of distinct phases during the design process
that must be read in a synthetic and integrated way. The performance based approach to planning and design and the essential requirements.
Evolution of concepts and tools, the basics, the tools for the management of quality, methods and levels of control, control of the design project,
methods for the performance and functional verification of constructive elements; phases and significant moments of control in the design
and production.
1. definition of performance based approach to the project
2. phases of the building process: the design process: metadesign, design, program the construction process: production, prefabrication,
construction the management process: management, operation, maintenance
3. definition of building quality
4. reading of these themes through recently realized projects

Traditional and innovative construction techniques
Reading the feasibility of construction of a building through the study of the technologies and materials derived from construction areas or not. In
particular, we will go deeper into the timber construction systems from their historical tradition of constructive solutions to newer systems
through the distinction between massive and light systems. Directions theoretical and applied on dry layered structures (Structure/Envelope
system). Description of the design process and, through design examples, analysis of the possible levels of innovation and experimental
research on this topic. Analysis of some manufacturing S/R systems in wood and steel. Construction systems related to prefabrication. The
analysis of the different technologies will be critically analyzed both in the design phase, and during the construction on the building site. All these techniques will be addressed both with some detailed case studies and integrative seminars.
1. traditional and innovative materials (high tech low tech)
2 timber construction systems: massive and light systems, blockbau technique, balloon frame and platform frame technique, xlam panels,
connections between technical nodes. Case studies on these techniques through projects and materials.
3 Industrialization / Prefabrication process: closed loop and open prefabrication systems: from design to construction through case studies
4 Dry stratified construction systems (S/R): sustainable approach, principal paradigmatic features, building site as assembly kit. S/R case
studies of these constructive technologies in steel, reinforced concrete prefabricated systems or wood

Safety at the building site
The main legislation, criteria and general principles of safety and security (T.U. n.81/2008). Analysis of the figures involved, their tasks and
operational tools for security management. Tutorials for the preparation of the layout of the building site and comparative safety study between a
traditional building site and one set on the S/R principles.
1. definition of construction site and level of risk
2. existing legislation
3 people with security duties and obligations related client and project
manager coordinator safety in the design phase (CSP), coordinator safety
at runtime (CSE) and self employed workers
4. documents to be kept at the building site
5. plan of ssfety coordination (PSC) and operational plan safety (POS)
6 temporary works, excavations, types of scaffolding
7 devices of collective and individual protection, preventive and
protective measures
8 traditional and S/R building site
9 building site on the existing The lectures are supported by an exercise
for creating a
PSC (minimum content, layout, Gantt chart and costs for security).

Principles of Fire Design
1. objectives and foundations of fire prevention
2. terminology and definitions (DM 30.11.83)
3. Historical evolution of the reference regulatory framework
4. typical scheme of the technical standard and DM 10.03.98
5. Fire Prevention Code

Exercises:
students will learn to draft a security and coordination plan (PSC) and teach them the contents of the BIM design with practical exercises.
Supplementary activities
Inside the course will be organized specific seminars relating to each theme treated inside the course through the participation of both
researchers in the field of the issues addressed both companies in the production of some constructive systems. A visit to a construction
building site and a study trip on the themes of the course will be organized.

Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 40
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 16

The course consists of lectures, exercises and laboratory design. Lessons, focused on the above topics make extensive use of critical
analysis of examples made. Exercises include thematic analysis of technology issues and constructive, group presentations and some
seminars (PSC e BIM program).

At the end of each lessons will be given an in depth bibliography of all topics covered in the course

The admission to the examination is subjected to a positive evaluation of the exercises on security and BIM program that will be prepared in the classroom during the course.
The examination consists also in an oral exam based on the project and on the lessons' and seminars' topics.

The admission to the examination is subjected to a positive evaluation of the exercises on security and BIM program that will be prepared in the classroom during the course.
The examination consists also in an oral exam based on the project and on the lessons' and seminars' topics.