Analysis and Diagnostics of Architectural Cultural Heritage

1) The course aims to develop students' knowledge on analysis of architectural and landscape property by providing them with operational tools to be used professionally in accordance with the regulations on the protection and enhancement of this heritage. 2) The 6 ECTS are structured in such a way as to acquire tools for the analysis of the architectural heritage and evaluate its recovery, enhancement limiting its alteration. 2 ECTS deal with the characterization of a building from an architectural, structural and functional point of view. 2 ECTS to acquire elements of structural diagnostics are dedicated to the impact of materials and construction techniques on the characterization of the cultural property; 1 ECTS deals with the question of the architectural style and the organization of the elements and compositional rules that determine the affirmation of building typology; 1 ECTS defines how to identify the building as cultural property and apply the authorization processes for guiding its enhancement. In developing the program, lectures are integrated with practical activities in order to understand how to apply the skills acquired to operate on safeguarding architectural heritage and its landscape. 3) The didactic contents conveyed by the teaching are connected to the common educational objectives of the course of study by deepening the operational tools aimed at the study, cataloguing, conservation, protection, enhancement and promotion of cultural and landscape properties connected to architecture. The basis of training is a humanistic-historical structure, open to the use of the most modern investigation techniques and of the current legislation aimed at the recognition and protection of cultural heritage. The teaching contributes to the achievement of the educational objectives of the CdS consistently with the professional profiles and employment opportunities provided for the entire training course. The training received will give the graduate the tools to perform functions of high responsibility in the areas of conservation of architectural and landscape cultural heritage . He will be able to operate both at the level of diagnostics in support of restoration and protection and enhancement, as well as to analyse and coordinate on behalf of public institutions and private individuals involved in the conservation of cultural heritage the results of assessments in the context of specific diagnostic campaigns.

At the end of the teaching, the students should be able to:
1) Know techniques and methods to analyze built properties, examined in their environmental and landscape context, in the framework of the natural and anthropogenic risks to which they are subject and of the socio-economic variables by which they are influenced.
2) Understand the possibilities and limits to operate on existing heritage in accordance with the legislation on architectural and landscape cultural heritage
3) Apply knowledge and understanding developed in the exercises on case studies to operate at planning and decision-making level, also in support of the restoration, protection and enhancement of architectural heritage, promoted by public and private protection bodies or by territorial organizations.
4) Exercise critical, communicative and study transversal skills to introduce the results of the elaborations on selected case studies
5) Operate with autonomy to continue their studies and carry out the exercise of the profession. Mastery the scientific method of investigation and diagnostic techniques. Guide design and identification of the most suitable procedures for the recovery and enhancement architectural heritage also in complex realities. Support the survey and restoration of architectural, ethno-anthropological and monumental heritage included in territorial protection initiatives, as well as in projects for the protection and development of sites conservation.