• Understand the main structural issues of ancient architecture; • Learn to observe materials and techniques; • Understand the main processes of transformation and implementation of the material; • Understand the relationship between architecture and the natural resources of its environment
The course covers the main techniques of structural and finishing work, from Antiquity to the end of the Ancien Régime.
The marking will be a weighted average of the result of the oral examination, held during the June session, and the result of the exercises.
The teaching is based on a syllabus and a collection of texts.