Collective housing: terraced, in-line, gallery, block

Practical-exam Track no. 1 (Section A). The theme is the change of use into housing of a courtyard workshop building in Turin's Borgo San Paolo — a working-class district whose private courtyards still hide productive structures. The building was a carpentry workshop of about 430 sqm gross floor area: a single-storey reinforced-concrete open-plan wing (the workshop) and a perpendicular two-storey building (showroom, offices, the carpenter's home), now abandoned but in fair condition. The planning instrument allows a residential-compatible use; no heritage or planning constraints. Candidates must carry out the change of use of the whole building, creating at least 5 dwellings plus optional shared spaces. Key design constraint: full demolition and reconstruction is NOT allowed — only portions may be demolished (losing gross floor area) to better arrange circulation — while the garage volume may be demolished in whole or part. The design must meet hygiene and healthiness requirements, barrier-free accessibility, energy containment and the use of renewable sources. The linked written test asks for a report on compositional criteria, structural principles, the regulatory framework (accessibility, flows, sustainability) and technical/plant choices.

Practical-exam Track no. 3 (Section A). A hinge corner lot in a semi-central area, facing a crossroads where an early-1900s building listed by the heritage authority, a late-19th-century block and a late-20th-century residential building coexist. The lot is now occupied by an interwar rationalist building, bombed and rebuilt in 1946, abandoned for decades. Candidates must design — with total demolition of the existing — a new residential building that relates to the surrounding built context and pays special attention to environmental sustainability. Programme: basement with private garages and plant rooms; ground floor with shared resident spaces, circulation and neighbourhood retail (max 5% of the project's gross floor area); apartments on the upper floors (above 4.30 m from street level). Parameters: plot area 1,040 sqm, floor-area index 2, maximum coverage 2/3 of the plot, minimum 50% green of the free area (at least 20% of it on natural ground), street-front heights tied to street width (Hf = 14.5 + L/3), buildings either abutting or more than 10 m apart; the lot itself carries no heritage or planning constraints. The linked written test asks for a report on compositional criteria, structural principles, the regulatory framework (accessibility, gathering spaces, flows and sustainability) and technical/plant choices.

A single envelope with three alternative six-hour design themes, each followed by a written technical report on compositional, structural, distributive and technological choices. THEME 1 — a three-storey terraced single-family house on a 5.20 × 15.60 m urban lot, built against two existing identical terraced houses, accessed from the street on the short side with a garden and fountain at the rear; max height 12 m. THEME 2 — a single-storey detached villa on a 35.50 × 17.76 m suburban lot: 30% coverage ratio, 0.7 cum/sqm index, 3 m from boundaries and 10 m from the road, max height 6 m with a pitched roof, one tree per 10 sqm of covered area, garden, drive, parking for two cars, fence, fountain and sculpture. THEME 3 — a small town hall (10 × 24 m lot, 3 storeys, max 16 m, flat roof, mandatory portico facing the square) and a 24 × 24 m pedestrian square: full civic programme (council chamber, offices, registry, archive, public desks and toilets, stairs and lifts) plus square design (trees, flowerbeds, benches, fountain, monument). All three require the dimensioned 1:20 floor-to-sky section with a materials-and-technologies legend.

An envelope with two alternative six-hour design themes, each with a written technical report on compositional, structural, distributive and technological choices. THEME 1 — a single-storey two-family detached villa with an open internal courtyard on a 38.50 × 38.50 m suburban lot: 10 m from boundaries and road, max height 7 m (roof included) with a pitched roof, one tree per 10 sqm of covered area, garden, drive, parking for at least two cars, fence, fountain and sculpture. THEME 2 — a detached multi-family block of three storeys plus a ground-floor pilotis level, on a 31.00 × 28.60 m suburban lot: a pilotis parking level at grade, at least two apartments per upper floor of differing sizes, an accessible and walkable flat roof, max height 15 m, with a rear garden and fence. Both require the dimensioned 1:20 floor-to-sky section with a materials, structure and technologies legend.

A sealed envelope with two alternative practical-exam themes (Section A). THEME 1 — temporary housing for the relatives of patients at the Besta hospital, on a ~2,350 sqm lot in Milan between vie G. Ponzio and E. Bassini: total floor area 3,000 sqm, max 5 floors above ground (no basement required), pedestrian access from via Ponzio and vehicle access from the car park. The publicly-accessible ground floor holds a hall, reception, cafeteria, management office and toilets (about 20% of the floor area); the upper floors hold collective-service spaces (about 10% per floor). Candidates develop three accommodation types — a hotel room, a temporary mini-apartment with kitchenette and an integrated apartment — with at least one mini-apartment accessible to the disabled, complying with hygiene and barrier-free regulations. THEME 2 — the recovery of an open-court farmstead in the Milanese hinterland, a typical Po Valley agricultural structure (load-bearing brick masonry with lime-and-clay mortar, timber floors and roofs, with a fresco of Gian Galeazzo Visconti and San Bruno on the manor house), badly decayed from abandonment and covered by a declaration of historic-artistic interest. Candidates must identify the decay of the masonry, facades and timber structures with the necessary diagnostic work, and propose a conservation, restoration and residential-reuse intervention per the TRP1 transformation-area scheme of the local plan (recovery for residential use).

A sealed envelope with two alternative practical-exam themes for the Junior Architect (Section B). THEME 1 — merging and functional reorganization of two stacked dwellings (5th floor and 6th-floor attic) in an existing multi-storey urban building, for a family of four. Required: an internal vertical connection between the two floors, respecting the existing structure; the redistribution of living and sleeping zones without external changes, obtaining a large living area, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms on the 5th floor and 1 in the attic, plus a remote-work room usable by both parents with furniture studied for privacy; artificial-lighting scenarios by room use. The existing-state drawings are provided (1:100 and 1:50 plans, section, floor scheme). THEME 2 — design of a demountable kiosk (max 25 sqm) in a historic-centre square of a Ligurian coastal town, a space born from wartime destruction and used by residents for shows, open-air cinema, parties and play: an assemblable/demountable structure serving, by occasion, as ticket office, kiosk, shop or store. Both themes require, in the technical report, developing one of a cost estimate, the design and verification of a structural element, or constructional/energy choices for sustainability.

A sealed envelope with two alternative practical-exam themes for the Architecture sector, Section A. THEME 1 — one or more residential buildings on a 1,117 sqm lot in a building-completion zone (CE3.1) of a ~5,000-inhabitant town in the Turin plain, along a river: floor-area index 0.60, max 3 storeys, eaves height 10.5 m, coverage 50% of the plot area, 25% permeable area, 5 m setback from boundaries and 12 m between buildings; residential capacity to be derived under art. 20 of Piedmont Regional Law 56/1977, with part of the lot within the 150 m landscape-protection buffer from public water (art. 142 Legislative Decree 42/2004). Candidates must specify number and size of apartments and typological, distributive and formal features. THEME 2 — a multifunctional public building (a municipal community centre for social gathering and informative, exhibition, cultural, sports and recreational activities) on a ~3,437 sqm lot in a public-services zone (S3.3): floor-area index 1.00, eaves height 10.5 m, 50% coverage, 25% permeability, same setbacks, the whole lot within the 150 m landscape buffer. Both themes require, in the technical report, developing one of: a cost estimate of the main items, the design and verification of a structural element, or the energy choices for the environmental sustainability of the work.

A sealed envelope with two alternative practical-exam themes (Section A). THEME 1 — a multi-storey mixed craft/residential building in a building-completion zone (CE4.6) of a ~5,000-inhabitant town in the Turin plain: 48×28 m lot, plot area 1,344 sqm, floor-area index 0.25, 2 floors above ground plus a basement, eaves height 7.50 m, coverage 30%, 25% permeable area; permitted uses: residence for at least 60% of the gross floor area, residence-serving craft activities on the ground floor only up to 40% of the gross floor area, garages, cellars and stores in the basement. THEME 2 — an office building of representative character (offices for a metal-carpentry business, keeping the existing industrial shed in the south of the lot) in a reorganization/completion zone (IR1.3): plot area 10,000 sqm, office gross floor area max 35% of the productive gross floor area, 3 floors above ground plus a basement, eaves height 10.50 m, 40% coverage, 25% permeability. Both themes require the planning verifications supporting the design and, in the report, identifying the intervention type and the required building permit under the Consolidated Building Act, plus developing one of a cost estimate, the design and verification of a structural element, or energy choices for sustainability.

The session offered three alternative themes. THEME A — a residence serving a farming family of four on a 25,220 sqm olive-grove estate in Abruzzo, designed under art. 61 of Regional Law 58/2023: 5,000 sqm intervention lot, 0.02 cum/sqm index up to 800 cum, max height 7.5 m, 10 m from boundaries; Mediterranean climate, south-facing solar gains and energy self-sufficiency. THEME B — an exhibition building for local craft products: 500 sqm gross on two levels, max height 10 m, on a 6,400 sqm lot with public green and a 36-space car park. THEME C — a media library and multi-purpose space in a small Abruzzo town, on a 12 m wide infill lot between two blind buildings, facing a square with a church façade as its backdrop: two-level programme (media library, 40-seat conference hall, a café usable from outside; offices and a start-up space upstairs), with energy-environmental criteria and full accessibility. All three themes require the percentage breakdown of works according to the UNI 8290 classification.

A sealed envelope with four alternative practical-exam themes (Section A). TRACK A — a small tourist information centre along the Via Francigena (stage 31, Gambassi Terme area), replacing the existing one: a modular, replicable, aggregable proposal with a modern, recognizable look; maximum dimensions 9.60×6×3 m; steel or timber structure with reversible, demountable dry systems (except foundations); functions including front desk, exhibition, sheltered waiting, device charging, videowall, bike stand and charging, water dispenser, accessible toilet. TRACK B — restoration of an early-1900s lighthouse at the edge of Capo d'Orlando (northern Sicilian coast), in very poor condition and listed (art. 10(1) Legislative Decree 42/2004), to be converted into an artist's residence with studio/workshop, gallery and living space: from diagnostic surveys to technological choices, following contemporary conservation principles (recognizability, reversibility, compatibility). TRACK C — a single-family house in Signa (Florence plain), in the historic centre (zone A) within a landscape-protection area (art. 136 Legislative Decree 42/2004), on a lot facing piazza Cavour and the Romanesque Pieve of San Giovanni Battista, abutting the 18th-century Palazzo Scaffai, with a listed "wall screen" (the "Cinema Giardino Michelacci" sign): after demolishing precarious structures, a single 160 sqm dwelling, max 2 floors plus semi-basement, height 6.50 m. TRACK D — a recovery plan for a former productive area (a disused agricultural consortium) at the edge of Sorano's old town (Tuscany), reconverting it to residence and retail with public greenery and parking: site area 5,530 sqm, in-line buildings with 1,100 sqm residential floor area, 400 sqm neighbourhood retail, max 2 floors/7.5 m, minimum 1,060 sqm public greenery, at least 25 public parking spaces, with pedestrian and cycle paths.

A sealed envelope with four alternative practical-exam themes (Section A, "senior architect"). TRACK 1 — a single-family house in the hamlet of Chianni (Gambassi Terme, Florence), on a sloping lot in the historic fabric less than 300 m from the Romanesque Pieve of Santa Maria (a Via Francigena stop recorded in 988): after demolishing worthless outbuildings, a single 140 sqm dwelling above ground, 2 floors plus an optional semi-basement, max height 7.5 m, parallel to the white road to be kept, parking to the north-west, with attention to the context's typology and materials. TRACK 2 — the recovery of the ruins of a 16th-century coastal tower (referencing the Torre S. Giovanni la Pedata at Gallipoli), reading its decay and designing the consolidation and reuse of the historic structure. TRACK 3 — a temporary exhibition pavilion on the terracotta pavement of the Belvedere Franco Zeffirelli, below Piazzale Michelangelo in Florence, for a show on the history of the ancient walls: 90 sqm, max height 3.60 m, demountable and reversible, dry-assembled, without foundations, lasting three months, with visual permeability toward the city and the walls and accessibility requirements; the site must not be altered. TRACK 4 — the urban design of a residential block (a disused area fronting via Roma) through an implementation plan: an in-line building, private and public parking (850 sqm), total residential and commercial volume 2,500 cubic metres (20% commercial), max height 7.5 m, with the stages of the implementation-plan procedure and the regulatory references.

A sealed envelope with three alternative practical-exam themes (Section A), each with its linked written test (a report on formal, dimensional and technological choices and construction criteria). THEME 1 — a coastal observatory: a small building on elevated points along the coast for navigation, boating, fishing and naturalistic watch (2-3 operators per shift, possible overnight stay, a 120° visual horizon), in high-value windy landscapes: the most compact surface and volume possible, natural ventilation, solar-radiation protection, photovoltaic power, minimal external services, resistance to saline climate and wind load (+800/−500 N/sqm), thermal insulation (ref. −5°C/+20°C) — with the constraint that the site may be unreachable by construction machinery, driving techniques and materials. THEME 2 — a settlement of 10 “growing houses” on assigned 9×18 m lots: incremental dwellings from 36 gross sqm up to 108 sqm (36×3) with a programmed-growth system in max 3 phases (one or two storeys), for young couples with growing needs, cohousing allowed; an unspecified Mediterranean coastal context, 3 m between blind fronts and 6 m between windowed fronts, minimum heights 2.70 m (services 2.40 m). THEME 3 — the regeneration of piazza Roma in Pinerolo (about 3,110 sqm, a 38×83 m rectangle), the town's historic market square: replace the existing steel canopy with a new structure hosting about 40 stalls of 4×2.15 m and opening the square — fully pedestrian yet accessible to service and emergency vehicles — to other uses, giving value to the roof's upper face seen from the tall surrounding buildings and favouring low-maintenance materials.

A sealed envelope with three alternative practical-exam themes (Section A, 5 hours): three takes on the single-family house, each set by a different site constraint, with the linked first written test (justify the choices, the construction system and the structural sizing). All three share the same rooms (living with kitchen or kitchenette, one bath on the entrance floor to be shown accessible to disabled users, a store, a double bedroom, a twin room, a second bath; at least one bath with a window and one with a tub), and require stating areas, window sizes and compliance with daylight/ventilation ratios. THEME 1 — on a flat 8.5×22 m north-south lot, a house built to the boundary on the east and west sides (blind facades, to allow the adjoining terraces) and keeping minimum distances north and south; entrance and garage off the north street, the garage in a detached body at least 3 m away; maximum eaves height 8.5 m. THEME 2 — on a steep site (7 m drop between the uphill north side and the downhill south), a lot projecting 18×16 m with access from the uphill road, the preferred view toward the valley and a rock slope of good bearing: massing no more than 3 m above the access-road level, minimum distances from the boundaries except the north, a covered parking space on the entrance floor. THEME 3 — on a flat 22×22 m lot, a patio house with an inner court of at least 6×6 m, a garage and a maximum eaves height of 8.5 m. Shared deliverables: 1:100 plans with external works, 1:100 section and elevations, and the construction detail of the ground and roof nodes showing attention to energy containment (1:20).

A sealed envelope with three alternative practical-exam themes (Section A, 5 hours): the design of a civil building work or an urban-scale intervention, with the linked written test asking to justify the choices and the structural sizing. THEME 1 — in an existing building of an urban terrace, a former municipal vehicle depot facing the city watercourse, a change of use into an atelier for artists with temporary residence: from the existing reinforced-concrete frame (40×40 columns, 80 cm top beams, north/south fronts in three bays with infill removed, blind flank walls, precast roof at 5.30 m) obtain an exhibition space ≥100 sqm with toilets accessible to disabled users, a dwelling ≥60 sqm, a public-visitable workspace ≥90 sqm and a store/garage ≥30 sqm reachable from the street, with new infill and an insulated, energy-efficient envelope. THEME 2 — in a terrace of porticoed gothic lots, the reconstruction of a collapsed lot (street fronts 4.8 m wide, 2.4 m deep portico, side walls already consolidated and insulated) as a home for a family of four: living ≥25 sqm, kitchen, bedrooms and baths, a study, a garage ≥15 sqm reached through the portico, complying with the local building code on open spaces. THEME 3 — in a terrace along a tree-lined avenue, a 43 m east-west lot with side fronts misaligned by 2 m: a student house for at least 124 students over four levels (double/single rooms with private bath, shared kitchens every 8 students) and a ground floor with a public urban hub, a 24/7 café/reception, laundry, bike and waste stores, aligning the eaves to the existing buildings. Deliverables shared by the three themes: 1:100 plans, 1:100 sections and elevations, and the construction detail of the ground and roof nodes showing attention to energy containment (1:20).

A sealed envelope with three alternative practical-exam themes (Section A, 5 hours): three residential types in the Emilia-Romagna area, each with explicit planning parameters to verify in a table and the linked first written test (justify the design and construction choices). THEME 1 — a residential building with terraced units, two storeys above ground and a garage (also basement), on a rectangular 80×40 m lot in a medium-sized urban settlement: west side on the main street, east side opening onto a public park; floor-area ratio Uf max 0.5 sqm/sqm, eaves height max 8.50 m, minimum permeable surface 50%, boundary distance 5 m. THEME 2 — a detached block single-family house on two floors with a garage (also as a separate body), on a 10×35 m lot in a seaside town, for a household of four: gross floor area between 150 and 200 sqm, eaves height max 7.50 m, minimum permeable surface 50%. THEME 3 — a settlement of patio houses with garages, as the expansion of a coastal urban core, with a proposed aggregation in rows of 6-8 units on a 140×50 m lot. All themes require stating uses and daylight/ventilation ratios, with the parameters verified in a table. Shared deliverables: a 1:200 or 1:100 site scheme with external works, plans of at least two units at all levels 1:100 with structural elements and dimensions, a section and at least two significant elevations 1:100, and the construction detail of the roof in relation to the facade (1:20).

A sealed envelope with three alternative practical-exam themes (Section A), each with its linked first written test. THEME 1 — the residential reuse of a top-floor dwelling in a six-storey building: a volume already covered by an amnesty, a reinforced-concrete structure with no static issues but decayed perimeter walls; a new layout for a two-level dwelling, with a report on criteria, materials, energy-saving technologies and the permit procedure. THEME 2 — a retail complex sized to the attached table, separating the food retail volume from the others, with dedicated pedestrian and vehicle access, outline sizing and the organization of open spaces (greenery and parking); a report on distributive sizing, accessibility and architectural barriers, escape routes and the authorization procedure. THEME 3 — a housing building in the urban fabric of Imperia, on a lot with a flat central part and a steeply sloping raised part held by an existing retaining wall, with two vehicular entrances: no more than three storeys (ground floor possibly non-residential with plant rooms, cellars and covered parking), three dwelling types of which one barrier-free, a mixed roof — pitched and walkable flat; the report justifies typology, structural system, energy efficiency and barrier-free solutions.

A sealed envelope with three alternative practical-exam themes (Section A, 5 hours): three ways of building housing in an Emilia-Romagna municipality, each defined by its distribution type and by the planning parameters to verify in a table (all share a floor-area ratio Uf max 0.5 sqm/sqm and a minimum permeable surface of 50%), with the linked first written test (justify the design, construction and structural sizing). THEME 1 — terraced residential units on two storeys, main front facing south, on a 60×35 m lot (street to the north, public park to the south, private lots east and west): max eaves height 6.50 m, boundary distance 5 m, one parking space per dwelling. THEME 2 — an in-line residential building with a garage, three storeys, on an 80×32 m lot (street to the west with two vehicle entrances, park to the east): max eaves height 10.50 m, with different dwelling sizes. THEME 3 (the drawn theme) — a gallery-access residential building with a garage, three storeys, on an 80×32 m lot (street to the north with two vehicle entrances, park to the south): the same parameters as the in-line theme. All require stating uses and daylight/ventilation ratios. Shared deliverables: a 1:200 site plan with external works, 1:100 plans with structural elements and dimensions (at least ground and typical floor, or two units), a cross section and at least two elevations 1:100, the construction detail of the roof in relation to the facade (1:20) and the parameter-verification table.

A sealed envelope with three alternative practical-exam themes (Section A, 2015): all three sit on the same site — the former A.M.T. bus depot on via Maddaloni in Genoa, to be imagined fully demolished — asking for three different transformations, with the shared warning that the area is at flood risk and must be designed with suitable solutions. THEME 1 — an open-access library over several floors, with a detailed programme: lobby, a selection/consultation/lending area (450 sqm), a reading area (400 sqm), a periodicals room, a study area, an archive (300 sqm), a media library, offices, a refreshment area, toilets, a 100-seat conference hall usable outside the library service, and covered staff parking; the written test asks for the conference hall sizing at 1:50. THEME 2 — a multi-storey residential complex in one or more volumes, with a total volume no greater than 16,000 cubic metres; the written test asks for the typical-flat sizing at 1:50. THEME 3 — the residential urban development of the area under three alternative floor-area ratios (1.00 / 1.25 / 1.50), with the provision of planning standards (12 sqm/inhabitant of equipped greenery, 3 for common-interest uses, 3 for public parking, plus private parking): a comparative assessment of the three solutions and the chosen one developed as a 1:500 site-volume plan with 1:200 sections and elevations. Deliverables: 1:100 plans, elevations and sections for the buildings; a 1:500/1:200 site-volume plan and layout scheme for the urban study.

A sealed envelope with three alternative practical-exam themes (Section A, first 2014 session), each with existing-state cartography and a first written test justifying the choices and the sizing. THEME 1 — on a buildable lot owned by the Municipality of Sestri Levante, in the valley of the Gromolo stream, a residential building within a maximum volume of 2,405 cubic metres: no more than three storeys above ground plus a possible non-residential basement, a pitched roof and at least two different dwelling types, accounting for the given no-build constraints (cemetery buffer and river buffer) and addressing accessibility, visitability and adaptability under Ministerial Decree 236/89. THEME 2 — the recovery of a cluster of unremarkable rural buildings in open countryside at Amelia, Forano locality (a PRG agricultural zone): today stores and barns with a single two-storey rural dwelling, to be turned into a family-run farm-stay by defining the hospitality and social spaces (restaurant, kitchen, living room, bar, outdoor common spaces and the manager's flat), with modest volume increases and altered openings. THEME 3 — in a peripheral area of a small Piedmont municipality, the design of a vacant residential (and compatible-use) area through a privately-initiated executive urban plan: define uses, building type, the location of planning standards and the road layout, respecting the assigned parameters (territorial index 0.60, coverage ratio 0.50, maximum height 10.50 m, standard 25 sqm/inhabitant) and the obligation to continue the pedestrian route to the north. Deliverables: from the building's 1:100 plans and sections to the 1:500/1:400 site-volume plan and the implementation-plan scheme, depending on the theme.

A sealed envelope with three alternative practical-exam themes (Section A, November 2013 session), each with existing-state drawings and a short written report. THEME 1 — in the urban centre of a western-Ligurian town, a public detailed plan sets an organic intervention unit on a lot of about 1,000 sqm: design a building with retail on the ground floor and housing above (usable area up to 1,700 sqm, eaves height no higher than the existing building on via Fiume), after demolishing the internal buildings, with given alignments, the public use of the pedestrian areas, a public portico and an inner garden-square, basement parking at the legal minimum, compliance with energy saving and barrier-free rules, and the use of passive heating and renewables. THEME 2 — a new building for a small food market with an attached bar/café, on a flat lot facing a pedestrian square in the Po valley: eaves height 9 m, maximum gross buildable area 950 sqm, with an accessibility check. THEME 3 — a small brewery in Genoa's historic centre, in a former harbour warehouse within a building listed under the Cultural Heritage and Landscape Code (Legislative Decree 42/2004): arrange the production cycle (possibly on view), the tasting and serving spaces, a light refreshment service and the toilets, with a mezzanine of at most 140 sqm, working on a room of thick stone walls, pillars and vaults, without ground insulation or systems, and creating a boiler room reached directly from outside. Deliverables: a 1:200/1:100 building design with an arranged site plan, dimensioned plans, elevations and sections, a 1:50/1:20 construction detail, a 1:20 bathroom plan and an accessibility check.

A sealed envelope with three alternative practical-exam themes (Section A, November session), each with its linked first written test. THEME 1 — on an elongated peripheral lot along a secondary street (54×20 m), an in-line residential building with a ground floor usable for retail and tertiary activities: depth no more than 13 m, eaves height no more than 13.50 m, at least 12 dwellings, two entrances with their stairs per group of flats, a pavement on the street and a possible rear pedestrian path; the written test asks for the structural sizing of some parts. THEME 2 — on a 120×60 m lot at the crossing of two neighbourhood streets, a small neighbourhood culture centre of about 900 sqm covered: entrance hall with info point, an events space of at least 150 sqm, a large library reading room, two offices, a screening room and internet corner, media consultation, storage and plant rooms, toilets and an automated café; an outdoor area with a rack for at least 20 bikes, five disabled parking spaces, a garden, a paved open-air reading area, a portico and a roof terrace accessible to all; the written test asks for an approximate bill of quantities. THEME 3 — on a large peripheral lot of about 15,000 sqm between three streets, a layout of collective functions and public greenery: at least 70% holds a sports centre, fenced and 50% covered with wide-span structures (hall, info and public services with a café ≥80 sqm, two pairs of changing rooms, two five-a-side pitches and a covered multi-purpose court or a gym), with greenery and pedestrian routes, taxi and bus stops, a cycle path, disabled parking and car parking; the written test asks for the sizing of the main structural system. Shared deliverables: general site plans and details at progressive scales (from 1:5000/1:2000 to 1:500), a 1:200 project extract with plans, sections and elevations, technological details and three-dimensional drawings. Transparency note: the university does not publish the exam texts; this sheet is reconstructed from a preparation archive (source below), with the usual editorial summary.

A practical-exam track (Section A, May session): design an in-line residential building, maximum height 13.50 m, on a flat 60×80 m lot facing south onto a provincial road. The context drives the choices: to the east it borders a residential building set ten metres from the boundary, to the west an open area with tennis courts, to the north a public park. At least six flats sized between 120 and 150 sqm covered are required; the ground floor must hold retail units and the layout of the open areas with at least eight parking spaces for owners and guests, plus parking adequate to the number of retail units designed. The candidate must state the structural scheme and handle the relationship between housing, retail and open space. Deliverables: a 1:500 site-volume plan; ground-floor and typical-floor plans with the structural scheme, at least one section through the stair and two elevations 1:100; an optional furnished typical-cell study 1:50; an optional construction detail 1:20; perspective or axonometric sketches are encouraged to clarify the idea. Transparency note: the university does not publish the exam texts; this sheet is reconstructed from a preparation archive (source below), with the usual editorial summary.