Three refurbishments: a library-playroom, a social centre, a farm-stay
What the track asks
A sealed envelope with three alternative practical-exam themes (Section A, 5 hours): three refurbishments of existing buildings, each with given structural constraints (a structure to keep and to treat as seismically adequate) and the linked first written test (justify the design and construction choices). The candidate must organise functions and spaces respecting the given structure, external perimeter and maximum height. THEME 1 — a municipal building of about 240 sqm in a residential area, from the 1960s, in mixed masonry and reinforced concrete: refurbishment into a neighbourhood service holding a library and a playroom, using an existing mezzanine at the rear and possibly keeping or relocating the ground-floor services and heating plant, with facade changes allowed. THEME 2 — the ground floor (about 400 sqm, 3.50 m high) of a building with a social centre already active upstairs, freed by the relocation of a shop: a functional expansion of the centre (library, bar, offices, services) with a seismically adequate reinforced-concrete structure, coordinating with the upstairs gym, clinic and other spaces and with the basement store. THEME 3 — a two-storey rural masonry farmhouse: refurbishment into a farm-stay with the manager's flat, three guest rooms with bathrooms and a dining room with a kitchen of at least 20 sqm. Shared deliverables: a furnished, dimensioned 1:100 plan, 1:100 elevations and section, and a significant construction detail (1:20), which may be integrated with sketches and perspective drawings.
Required drawings
Shared by the three themes: a furnished, dimensioned 1:100 plan; at least one or two elevations and one or two sections 1:100; a significant construction detail 1:20; the candidate may integrate with sketches and perspective drawings. Linked first written test: justify the design and construction choices (existing-state drawings are provided).
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