PROJECT EPISTEMOLOGY II

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2017/2018

Type of Course:

Elective Course

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in ARCHITECTURAL AND DESIGN SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

LOGIC AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

None

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PROJECT EPISTEMOLOGY II

ARCHITECTURAL AND DESIGN SCIENCES

AF code:

40002039

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Written exam, open questions (see teacher's webpage on abcd platform for further details)

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The student will be able to problematize the practice of architectural design by reference to the problem of objectivity and realism of the theories of models and explanations (especially as regards the analysis which accompanies the project) and to the problem of meaning (in reference to the question of meanings objectively identifiable in architectural communication)

Contents

- Permeability of perception to cognition, language and culture
- Realism and objectivity
- Sign, meaning, code in architecture
- Ontology and metaphysics of architectural and urban entities. Thought experiments.

Recommended Bibliography

1. personal notes from classes.
2. Ferdinand de Saussure, 1922, Course in General Linguistics, selected passages;
3. Umberto Eco, 1980, “Function and Sign: The Semiotics of Architecture”;
4`. John Searle, 1995, The Construction of Social Reality, selected passages;
5. Nelson Goodman, 1968, The Languages of Art, selected passages;
6. Ernest H. Gombrich, 1960, Art and Illusion, selected passages;
7. Guy Deutscher, 2011, Through the Language Glass;
8. Hilary Putnam, 1987, The Many faces of Realism , selected passages;
9. Fabio Bacchini, 2017, The Persistence of Buildings and the Context Problem, Footprint, http://footprint.tudelft.nl/index.php/footprint/article/view/1188

Teaching Methods

Active participation; students will be asked to produce arguments to support or reject theories and points of view

Contacts/More Information

Readiness to offer individual assistance also in a foreign language to incoming students

Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language

Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in a foreign language (English; French; Spanish; Portuguese)

Other courses

Course year: 1

CASA (LABORATORIO DI PROGETTAZIONE ARCHITETTONICA 1)
14 credits
DRAWING
6 credits - Base
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE I
8 credits - Base
MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS AND GEOMETRY
10 credits - Base
AESTHETICS
2 credits - A scelta dello studente
ANCIENT TOPOGRAPHY II
4 credits - A scelta dello studente
ECOLOGY
2 credits - A scelta dello studente
HISTORY OF ART
6 credits - A scelta dello studente
PROJECT AND INTERIOR
4 credits - A scelta dello studente
PROJECT EPISTEMOLOGY I
2 credits - A scelta dello studente
PROJECT EPISTEMOLOGY II
4 credits - A scelta dello studente

Course year: 2

Architectural design and technology
12 credits
Design and appraisal
16 credits
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL PHYSICS
8 credits - Base
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE II
8 credits - Base
FUNDAMENTALS OF RESTORATION
6 credits - Caratterizzante
STATICS
6 credits - Caratterizzante
MATERIALS SCIENCE
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa

Course year: 3

Building Restaurauration and Sustainability
6 credits - Caratterizzante
BUILDING SCIENCE
6 credits - Caratterizzante
OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES - ELECTIVE CREDITS
12 credits - A scelta dello studente
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST
4 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale
FINAL TEST
3 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale
OTHER USEFUL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE WORLD OF WORK
9 credits - Altro
TRAINING
9 credits - Altro

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