Università degli Studi di Firenze · 2025 · Prova pratica

Three themes: a public pavilion, an ex-barn recovery, the ex-Mercafir masterplan

I session · section A · Tre temi a sceltaIn review

What the track asks

A sealed envelope with three alternative design themes (Section A, first 2025 session), published in synthetic form by the commission and paired with the first written test justifying the structural or settlement sizing of the practical exam. THEME 1 — the design of a permanent public pavilion. THEME 2 — the recovery and consolidation of a barn altered over time. THEME 3 — the masterplan and implementation-plan scheme for the Polyvalent Food Centre in the former Mercafir area of Florence. The three themes test very different registers of the profession: the new public building, the intervention on a rural existing structure between recovery and structural consolidation, and the urban scale of the implementation plan with its standards and facilities.

Required drawings

Design drawings at the scales suited to the chosen theme — from the building (pavilion, barn) to the urban masterplan — and the first written test justifying the structural or settlement sizing of the practical exam. The commission published the themes in synthetic form.

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. 236/1989Technical requirements for the accessibility of private buildingsIn forceD.P.R. 503/1996Removal of architectural barriers in public buildings, spaces and servicesIn forceD.M. 17/01/2018Technical Standards for Construction (NTC 2018)In forceD.Lgs. 42/2004Code of Cultural Heritage and LandscapeIn 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.

Public buildingReuse & refurbishmentPublic space

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