2nd Cycle Degree Course: Architecture

ART AS THE PLACE OF THE MOST ELEVATED SYNTHESIS BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE AND TERRITORY

The acronym dArTe implies a double interpretation as it indicates the mutual and inseparable connection between Architecture and Spatial Planning, thus elevating art to a higher plain. The dArTe is concerned with the improvement and management of our architectural heritage and design.

The main objective is the furthering of urban civilization and culture, offering the maximum knowledge and optimum skills aimed at obtaining a significant positive impact on territorial development, in close relation to the salient issues of international debat on architectural planning and the city.

AN EXPRESSION OF HUMAN VALUES AND A CONTEXT FOR HUMAN ACTIVITY

The dArTe Department offers a One-Cycle degree course in Architecture (Class LM-4). The Study of Architecture aims at forming a professional with the ge­neral architectural skills as fixed by the European Union Directive 2005/36. Training is divided into two parts. The first, theoretical, aimed at the acquisi­tion of knowledge, methods and tools related to the practice of architecture and its history. The second, more operational, is geared to the “know-how”.

The dArTe Department completes its training framework offering 1st and 2nd level specilization Masters. The final programme is the PhD in Architecture.

The Department of Architecture_dArTe was established in 2012. It offers gra­duate-level professional education and advanced research opportunities in architecture and similar design fields as interior design, landscape design, urban planning, restoration, enhancement and management of the archi­tectural heritage. It focuses on developing ideas in architecture, researches on social, cultural, and physical context, as well as an exploration for alterna­tive ways of material utilization.

The objectives of dArTe, reflect the view that architecture is an intellectual discipline, as art or as profession. The program, therefore, is based on the following intentions: to stimulate artistic sensitivity and creativity, to stren­gthen intellectual growth and the capacity to develop creative and respon­sible solutions to unique and changing problems, and to help the student acquire the individual capabilities necessary for the competent practice of architecture.

The task of Architecture is the creation of human environments. It is both an expression of human values and a context for human activity. Through the design process, architecture addresses the interrelated environmental, behavioral, and cultural issues that underlie the organization of built form.

The student of architecture is called upon to direct sensitivity, imagination, and intellect to the physical significance of these fundamental issues in desi­gning a coherent environment.

The dArTe Department offers a five-year program (LM - 4) leading to the Ma­ster of Architecture degree. This course is a limited entry with about 150 students each year (for entry to the five-year program students have to com­plete successfully an exam).

IN THE MODERN EVOLUTIONARY SCENERY RESEARCH AS PROLIFERATION OF INTERCONNECTED ACTIONS AND VISIONS

The dArTe Department promotes theorical and applied research, tech­nology transfer with reference to the areas of architectural, urban and landscape design.

The research activity are realized trought PHD Programs and Labora­tories.

PHD themes: architectural design, spatial development, land use, ur­ban planning, environment, sustainable design, cultural heritage, land­scape design.

The laboratories are:

• LAMA: Materials for Architecture Lab
• LAB.PRO.COM.: Community Planning Lab
• StUTeP: Urban and Territorial Strategies for Planning Lab
• Survey and Representation of Mediterranean Architecture
• Building Future Lab
• Landscape in_Progress

DATA AND STATISTICS

Student numbers: 1220 students

Staff numbers: 283 Staff members (283 full-time and approx. 0 visiting lectures and critics).

Full-time professors:

12 professors,

14 associate professors,

26 aggregates professors (researchers indefinitely).

Services and spaces for the study: 12 study classrooms, 8 workshop classrooms, 2 study rooms (total of 1,690 study stations); 3 laborato­ries (multimedia, language, materials); 1 library (47,400 volumes, 130 subscriptions to periodicals) with a total of 120 stations.

Facilities: 3D-printing, 3D-scanning, Architecture Model Lab, Archi­tecture Studio, Audio-Lab, Audio Visual Lab, Blackboard learn platform, Building Information Modeling Lab, Building Material Lab, Building Te­chnology Laboratory, Built Environment Lab, CAD-Lab.

Curriculum & Degrees in short:

Five Year Master Degree (300 ECTS);

Research and Postdoc Programs:

- I Level Master (March) in Health and safety management in tempo­rary building sites, (60 CFU);

- II Level Master (MArch) in Management and development of experi­mental research for sustainability in the building industry, funded by PONa3_00309 Building Future Lab. (60 CFU);

- Doctoral Degree, 3 years, multidisciplinary program: Phd (Doctor of Philosophy) and Title: dr