Advanced topics in building techniques
Economics and Techniques for the Conservation of the Architectural and Environmental Heritage (ETCAEH)
Objectives and competences
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.
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;
- 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
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
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
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
Macdonald, S., Ostergren G., Conserving Twentieth-Century Built Heritage: A Bibliography, 2nd ed. Los Angeles, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, 2013; http://hdl.handle.net/10020/gci_pubs/twentieth_centruy_built_heritage
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.
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 associate professor at the University IUAV of Venice, where he teaches "Architectural Restoration" and “Theory and techniques of historical buildings” at the undergraduate degree and graduate level. He holds agreements with the "Directorate General for landscape, fine arts, architecture and contemporary art" of 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) being one of the guideline extensors.
Reserach interests: survey and analysis of the damage, assessment of the seismic vulnerability of historic buildings, interpretation of structural behavior; experimental analysis and conservation techniques of modern built heritage ;