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Construction materials of pre-industrial age. The stones, their processing and use in the wall curtain. The clay and the soil; the bricks; the traditional masonry; hints on majolica. Ligands: air and hydraulic binders; materials, main traditional methods of production. Plasters: materials, main production methods and processing and laying techniques, finishes. Wood: physical and mechanical characteristics of the material, main traditional methods of production, traditional carpentry, static and connections. Metals: main ferrous minerals, processing and production; metallurgy in the pre-industrial and industrial age. Glass: raw materials, production, uses.
Masonry techniques of Roman age. Foundations. Masonry in elevation. Vaulted structures and domes; mechanics of the arches and static behaviour of the domes. Building techniques of the Pantheon, foundations, walls, vaults, dome and roof.
Construction techniques of the Middle Ages. The architect and the construction site in the Middle Ages. The role of the architect. The medieval building site. Medieval masonry techniques and the return to the vaulted roof. The wall system in the medieval age. The walls in elevation. Wooden covers. Construction techniques of the Renaissance and modern age. The architect and the building site in the Renaissance and in the modern age. The change of the building context in the first fifteenth century in Florence and the project by Brunelleschi for the dome of S.M. del Fiore. Structure and geometry of the dome. Construction materials. Connections and structural safeguards.
Static principles of brick arches and domes: theory and praxis in the 18th and 19th centuries.