The Library, the Computing Laboratories, and the Laboratory of Architectural Models, represent the Faculty’s main resources
In concomitance with the establishment of the Faculty in the academic year 1999-2000, the University has created a Library in Cesena comprising about 5,000 monographs and 289 periodicals, of which 54 are annual subscriptions.
Listed here below are the laboratories available at the Faculty of Architecture
LADS
The LADS - the Laboratory of Structural Diagnostics is an integral part of the Faculty of Architecture, University of Bologna. Thanks to the activities provided by this Lab, the student will be expected to achieve a sound and solid education in the field of Structural Diagnostics and in the Identification of Materials and Structures.
The role of the architect in the area of Conservation, Renewal, Rehabilitation and Restoration of historical buildings provides for the acquisition of the following skills and knowledge:
- Methodologies for the structural diagnostics of historical buildings in order to learn about the field of projecting traditional and innovative structures and to acquire the instruments necessary for the analysis of the deterioration and static decay of historical buildings and to define the relevant renewal techniques.
- Methodologies of non-destructive direct and indirect analysis into the deterioration of traditional materials.
In architectural design, the architect has to deal with a continuous dialogue between shapes and structures, which are constantly interacting, alternating and being combined together. Considering the architect’s professional role, it is essential for the architecture student to acquire the skills necessary to set up an interpretational model to be applied, at an experimental level, to the structural functioning of the architectural body.
From this standpoint, within the scope of the courses on Structure and Stability in Architecture, Construction Science and within the modules of Structural Forms and Theory of Structures, on the one hand, the students are provided with the theoretical principles of historical building stability and, on the other, the structural forms and their relations with the architectural patterns are analysed.
LADS represents a useful instrument to gain an insight into these specific aspects, allowing students to carry out practical activities and to use highly professional, diversified tools and equipment, as needed to identify the mechanical characteristics of the materials and the study of the behaviour of specific structural models.
Laboratory of Structural Diagnostics (LADS) is located on the 2nd floor of the Faculty building in Viale Europa, 596
Faculty of Architecture - Cesena.
Manager
Prof. Lucio Nobile
Collaborator
Architect Mario Bonagura
Architect Veronica Bartolomeo
The Laboratory of Architectural Models was set up in May 2000 as a supporting body and research centre for the Faculty of Architecture in Cesena. As well as offering technical support to the students, the working group presiding over the Lab activities is engaged through the so-called AFPG (guided training and practical activities) in the creation of models selected from among the projects elaborated by students in the 1st year workshops or within the outsourcing cooperation initiatives which the Lab runs periodically through the setting up of workshops for the creation of models that have a particular scientific or learning. The models represent examples from different time periods ranging from urban scale projects to single building units. Their creation not only represents a learning experience, but also aims to achieve the highest level of quality. The most commonly used material is wood, but in line with the model to be made, other materials can be used, such as metal or plastics. The techniques applied can be manual or supported by the use of special technologies and the numeric pantograph. The process calls for a good knowledge of the project and graphic material in order to identify the single elements that make up the model and to determine the assembly options. After this initial stage, the student is involved in the cutting, the finishing and assembly phases. All this work must be made concrete in an entirely readable work and it must be formally correct. The aim is to supply students with some important values of this profession. First of all, an insight into the architectural work necessary for the creation of the model; secondly, the personal commitment and the search for quality; thirdly, an awareness of the contribution which the creation of a model can provide for the training process, as the model remains the best means of communication for an assessment of the project and its representation.
Scientific manager
Prof. Francesco Gulinello
Teaching coordinators
Architect Davide Giaffreda
Marika Mangano