Università "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara · 2025 · Prova pratica

Three themes: terraced house, detached villa, town hall with square

I session · section A · Temi 1, 2, 3In review

What the track asks

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.

Required drawings

General shadowed site plan 1:500 (with adjacent building outlines where relevant); dimensioned plans of all levels and the roof 1:100 with structure; dimensioned section 1:100 with structure; elevations 1:100 with shadows (including adjacent buildings in the terraced theme); dimensioned floor-to-sky section 1:20 with a materials-and-technologies legend; optional 3D sketches (perspective or axonometry).

Regulations this track calls into play

Editorial anchoring: the rules a well-prepared candidate should have in hand for this theme, each with its current status.

D.P.R. 380/2001Consolidated Building Act (Testo Unico Edilizia)In forceD.M. 1444/1968Mandatory limits of density, height, distance between buildings and urban standardsIn forceD.M. 17/01/2018Technical Standards for Construction (NTC 2018)In forceD.Lgs. 192/2005Implementation of Directive 2002/91/EC on the energy performance of buildingsIn forceDir. (UE) 2024/1275Energy Performance of Buildings - recast (EPBD)In forceD.M. 236/1989Technical requirements for the accessibility of private buildingsIn forceL. 13/1989Overcoming and removing architectural barriers (private buildings)In force

This theme, across the archive

The same brief seen by theme: every other past exam that asked for it, and the norm kit they share.

Collective housingSingle-family housePublic building

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Three themes: terraced house, detached villa, town hall with square — Università "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara · 2025 I session · Prova pratica | Architheca