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Advanced topics in building techniques

This course is part of the programme
Doctoral study programme Cultural Heritage Studies

Objectives and competences

The course will provide the advanced knowledge for the evaluation of the building’s consistency and quality of construction focusing also on the artifacts’ transformation potentials from the conservation perspective.
The laboratory activities will provide basic knowledge (from the experimental point of view) on the procedures, tools and methodologies for the determination of compatibility between new and traditional building materials and techniques.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of the theory of structures, main material degradation phenomena of historic and modern buildings.
Basic knowledge of history of architecture with a focus on evolution and transformations in architecture related to the advancements in technology.
Skills in graphic design for the representation of architecture.

Content

1 . Key research topics
- repair and strengthening techniques;
- conservation technologies for modern (20th century) built heritage;
- seismic vulnerability assessment and protection of built heritage;
- compatible strengthening solutions, use of composites;
- advanced numerical techniques for masonry structures;

  1. Experimentation and research in situ and in laboratory
    - structural mechanisms and building control systems
    - basic measurement instruments and control devices
    - assessment of mechanical behaviours of building materials
    - analysis of structural behaviour during short and long-term stress

Intended learning outcomes

The final outcome of the course is the acquisition of advanced scientific background for the development of the building techniques in the field of conservation and restoration of built heritage.

Readings

  • AA.VV., Curare il moderno. I modi della tecnologia, Atti del 1° Convegno Nazionale DO.CO.MO.MO. Sezione Piemonte, Venezia 2002
  • AA.VV., Architettura moderna in Italia. Documentazione e conservazione, Atti del 1° Convegno Nazionale DO.CO.MO.MO. Italia, Roma 1999 E-version
  • Boriani M. (a cura di), La sfida del moderno. L'architettura del XX secolo tra conservazione e innovazione, Unicopli, Milano 2003
  • Boscato G., Dynamic behaviour of GFRP pultruded elements, ed. By Založba Univerze v Novi Gorici, SBN 978-961-6311-68-7, 2010 Catalogue
  • Brogiolo G.P., Faccio P., Stratigrafia e prevenzione. Archeologia dell'architettura, vol.XV/2010, p. 55-63, 2011, ISSN: 1126-6236
  • Bruschi G., Faccio P., Pratali Maffei S., Scaramuzza P., Il calcestruzzo nelle Architetture di Carlo Scarpa. Forme, alterazioni, interventi., vol. 1, p. 1-263, BOLOGNA:Editrice Compositori, 2005. ISBN: 8877944315
  • Bruschi G., Faccio P., Scaramuzza P., Vanin A., Brevetti per edifici asismici: tra teoria e pratica. In: Valtieri S. A cura di. 28 dicembre 1908. La Grande Ricostruzione dopo il terremoto del 1908 nell’area dello Stretto. p. 1044-1067, ROMA:CLEAR, 2008, ISBN: 9788838501050
  • Campanini G., Faccio P., Fain E., Bruschi G., Saramuzza P., Il restauro del contemporaneo. Esperienze e prospettive. p. 1-160, Bologna:Editrice Compositori, 2012, ISBN:9788877947932
  • Crippa M.A., Per il restauro del moderno. Qualche riflessione sul riconoscimento e il progetto di restauro di architetture del Novecento, in “Territorio, n°23, 2003
  • Crippa M. A., Il restauro del grattacielo Pirelli, Milano 2007
  • Faccio P., Conoscenza e prevenzione, In: Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Segretariato Generale (a cura di Laura Moro e Antonella Neri). Linee Guida per la valutazione e riduzione del rischio sismico del patrimonio culturale – allineamento alle nuove norme tecniche per le costruzioni. p. 192-200, ROMA:Gangemi, 2010, ISBN: 9788849220292
  • Faccio P., Alcune considerazioni sul comportamento strutturale del Tempietto di Villa Barbaro a Maser. In: Piana Mario, Soragni Ugo . PALLADIO. MATERIALI TECNICHE RESTAURI IN ONORE DI RENATO CEVESE. Venezia: Marsilio, 2011, ISBN: 97888317107561)
  • Jester Thomas C., Twentieth-century Building materials, History and Conservation, Getty pubblications, 2014 E-version
  • Macdonald, S., Ostergren G., Conserving Twentieth-Century Built Heritage: A Bibliography, 2nd ed. Los Angeles, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, 2013; E-version
  • Salvatore Russo, Giosuè Boscato, Lorenzo Massaria, Nondestructive test for structural restoration. The cases of Devil’s and S. Donato’s masonry bridges in Venice, 6th International Symposium on the Conservation of Monuments in The Mediterranean Basin, Lisbon, April 7-10, 2004. E-version
  • Giosuè Boscato, Salvatore Russo, Francesca Sciarretta, Il Molino Stucky: Affidabilità delle Strutture Murarie Danneggiate e Meccanica del Crollo, Convegno Nazionale, CRASC’06 Crolli e Affidabilità delle Strutture Civili, Messina, 20-22 Aprile 2006
  • Giosuè Boscato, Salvatore Russo, Francesca Sciarretta, Filippo Bastianini, Natural frequencies of pultruded profiles with different cross section, ACIC 07 - Advanced Composites in Construction, 2nd – 4th April 2007, University of Bath, Bath, UK.

Assessment

Based on evaluation test and public presentation of the research work. 50/50

Lecturer's references

Paolo Faccio is a full professor at the University IUAV of Venice.
He is Director of the School of Specialization in Architectural and Landscape Heritage at the IUAV University of Venice for the academic triennium 2023-2026.
He teaches "Architectural Restoration" and “Theory and techniques of historical buildings” at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
He holds agreements with the "Directorate General for landscape, fine arts, architecture, and contemporary art" of the Italian Ministry of Culture for the experimentations in the field of "Seismic risk of cultural heritage with reference to building technical standards" (DPCM 12.10.2007) and is one of the guideline extensors.

Pubblications:
1. Color, Time, Layering and Preservation
Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, 2023.
Article
2. Giuseppe Torres’s ‘Byzantine House' in Venice: Building Materials and Deterioration Products of an Early 1900s Home in the Lagoon Environment
Studies in Conservation, 2023.
Article
3. Chapter in book
Il progetto di conservazione nell’attività dei laboratori didattici, Rubettino, 2023.

  1. Chapter in book
    Linee guida per il recupero dell’architettura rurale
    Rubettino, 2023.
  2. Chapter in book
    Pier Luigi Nervi: dall’invenzione alla realizzazione
    Esempi di Architettura, Aracne, 2023.
  3. Conference proceedings contribution
    Seismic vulnerability assessment of RC buildings at compartment scale: the use of CARTIS form, Procedia Structural Integrity, Elsevier B.V., 2023.

  4. Article
    Understanding the structures of Pier Luigi Nervi: a multidisciplinary approach, Vitruvio, 2023.

  5. A multidisciplinary approach for the vulnerability assessment of a Venetian historical palace: high water phenomena and climate changes effects, Buildings, 2022.
    Article

  6. Antonelli versus Danusso. Il consolidamento della cupola di San Gaudenzio a Novara, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Culture del Progetto, Mimesis; IUAV, Dipartimento di Culture del Progetto, 2022.
    Chapter in book
    More pubbications: https://iuav.unifind.cineca.it/individual?uri=http%3A%2F%2Firises.iuav.it%2Fresource%2Fperson%2F5019
    Works inthe firls of the architectural conservation:
    ANALYSIS, DIAGNOSTICS, RESTORATION, AND CONSOLIDATION OF PROTECTED BUILDINGS
    RISK ASSESSMENT AND EMERGENCY STABILIZATION AFTER THE 2016-2017 EARTHQUAKE IN MARCHE
    • Church of St. Clare, Rieti (2017 – ongoing)
    Seismic safety assessment following the Municipality of Rieti’s ordinance.
    Client: Regional Secretariat of MiBACT for Lazio.
    • Church of St. Augustine, Amatrice, Rieti (2017 – ongoing)
    Design and project management services for the "Urgent intervention for stabilization and prevention of further structural damage" of the church.
    Client: Regional Secretariat of MiBACT for Lazio.
    Project Budget: €300,000.00
    Primary Work Category: S04.
    CONSOLIDATION AND RESTORATION INTERVENTIONS AFTER THE 2012 EARTHQUAKE IN EMILIA (ONGOING)
    • Oratory of Piazza di Santa Croce, San Felice sul Panaro, Modena (MO) (2014 – ongoing)
    Design, project management, and coordination during both planning and execution phases for seismic retrofitting of the Oratory of Piazza di Santa Croce, damaged in the 2012 earthquake.
    Client: Archdiocese of Nonantola, Modena.
    Project Start: 2014
    Budget: €1,050,000.00
    Primary Work Categories: E22 and S04.
    • Church of St. John the Baptist, Disvetro, Cavezzo (MO) (2013 – ongoing)
    Structural stabilization and assignment for preliminary, final, and executive design, as well as project management, of the Parish Church of St. John the Baptist in Disvetro, Cavezzo (MO).
    Client: Regional Directorate for Cultural and Landscape Heritage of Emilia-Romagna.
    Project Start: 2013
    Budget: €230,000.00
    Primary Work Category: S04.
    • Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria, Rovereto di Novi (MO) (2013-2014)
    Preliminary, final, and executive project and construction supervision for architectural restoration of the historic Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria, located in Rovereto sul Secchia, Novi (MO).
    Client: Diocese of Carpi, Modena.
    Project Duration: 2013/2014
    Budget: €230,000.00
    Primary Work Category: S04.
    • Ducal Palace, Mantua (2012 – ongoing)
    Final and executive project for restoration and structural improvement of Ducal Palace, Mantua, Castle of St. George.
    Project Duration: 2012-2014
    Client: Regional Directorate of MiBACT for Lombardy.
    Budget: €1,669,773.00
    Primary Work Category: S04.
    CONSOLIDATION AND STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENT
    • Praglia Abbey, "Double Cloister," Teolo (PD) (2014 – ongoing)
    Rehabilitation and reconstruction of the roof of the Double Cloister of Praglia Abbey in Teolo, Padua.
    Responsible for consolidation and structural improvement project.
    Client: Praglia Abbey.
    Project Start: 2014 – ongoing
    Budget: €1,300,000.00, with €1,000,000.00 in category S04.
    • Church of St. Jerome of Colloredo and Rectory (VI) (2014-2015)
    Seismic consolidation and improvement of the Church of St. Jerome and rectory in Colloredo, Vicenza.
    Responsible for structural consolidation and roof improvement.
    Client: Parish of Colloredo.
    Project Duration: 2014-2015
    Total Project Budget: €150,000.00
    Structural Roof Interventions: €47,000.00
    Category: S04.
    PRELIMINARY, FINAL, AND EXECUTIVE RESTORATION AND REUSE PROJECTS
    • Former Crociferi Convent (2009-2012)
    Responsible for the final and executive project of restoration and structural consolidation works, including on-site project management.
    Restoration of the former Crociferi Convent, formerly Caserma Manin in Venice, now serving as a student residence and hospitality facility for IUAV University of Venice.
    Project Approved: 2009
    Works Started: November 2010
    Completed: August 2012
    Client: ISP (IUAV Servizi e Progetti) S.r.l., Venice.
    Total Budget: €17,178,668.64, including €3,491,421.06 for category E22 and €1,376,419.19 for category S04.
    • Former Santa Marta Bakery in Verona
    Responsible for the final and executive project of restoration and structural consolidation works, including on-site project management.
    Restoration of the former Santa Marta Bakery in Verona, now a university campus.
    Project Approved: 2009
    Works Started: October 21, 2009
    Completed and Tested: 2015
    Client: ISP (IUAV Servizi e Progetti) S.r.l., Venice.
    Total Budget: €23,682,894.08, including €16,507,715.90 in category Id.

Dr. Salvatore Russo is associate Professor of Structural Civil Engineering at the IUAV University of Venice