HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
cod. 16777

Academic year 2007/08
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Storia dell'arte contemporanea (L-ART/03)
Field
Beni storico-artistici e archeologici
Type of training activity
Characterising
80 hours
of face-to-face activities
10 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

The course will offer basic concepts in the history of architecture and design in the 20th century and, in the second part of the course, a number of key issues in architectural debate and industrial design will be examined through analysis of the course topic: exhibitions and exhibit design.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<br />Unit A (5 credits). Introductory section <br />
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Using a problem-based approach, the first part of the course will reconstruct the history of architecture and design from Modernism to contemporary trends. Starting from an analysis of the role of certain key figures in the European Art Nouveau movement involved in design of objects, architecture and the city, the central aspect of rationalist culture will be examined from WWI to the post-WWII period, analysing the spread of this design approach outside of Europe. Architecture and design in the 1960s and 1970s will be examined: including international style, radical avant-garde movements and the relationship with artistic experimentation towards post-modernism. <br />
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Unit B (5 credits) <br />
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Title: Exhibit design <br />
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Analysis of a number of key case studies of exhibition space design object display, from the London Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 to Aichi (2005).

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />A. Muntoni, Lineamenti di storia dell?architettura contemporanea, Roma Bari Laterza 1997 <br />
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M.Vitta, Il progetto della bellezza, Torino Einaudi 2001 <br />
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S. Polano, Mostrare, Lybra immagini, 1988, pp.11-144 <br />
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C. Olmo, Introduzione a L. Aimone C. Olmo, Le esposizioni universali 1851-1900, Torino 1990, pp.?? <br />
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E. Godoli, Padiglioni, allestimenti e reclame futuristi, in ?Rassegna? 43 1990, pp.38-45 <br />
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Vieri Quilici, Arte di programma in Unione Sovietica, in ?Rassegna? 43 1990, pp.30-37 <br />
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?Rassegna? n.10 1982 Allestire/exhibit design pp.5-11; 14-27; 34-73 <br />
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A. Branzi, L?allestimento come metafora della modernita, in Lotus n.115, pp.96-99 <br />
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F. Purini, Allestire, in Lotus n.115, pp.60-62 <br />
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Course notes, photographs and readings are available from the department secretary

Teaching methods

The course will consist of classroom lectures with tests consisting of analysis of architectural and design projects, as well as research projects on topics covered in class and with field trips to points of architectural interest or exhibitions.

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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