Donatella Bottero

Raffaella Beolé

L’argomento.
 Il testo è rivolto agli studenti dei corsi di studio a indirizzo “Costruzioni, Ambiente e Territorio” e “Architettura e Ambiente”.
 Gli argomenti trattati sono strettamente collegati alle discipline di studio del triennio: ecologia e salvaguardia del territorio, materiali da costruzione e sicurezza nei cantieri di lavoro, bioedilizia, progettazione e realizzazione di edifici, tecniche e strumenti per la restituzione grafica
 di progetti e rilievi, problematiche urbanistiche, conoscenza della storia dell’architettura con riferimenti specifici all’architettura moderna e contemporanea.

Module 1 - The environment

1 Ecology

2 Pollution

3 Energy sources

Mapping your mind

Vocabulary

Grammar • Expressing present time in English

Listening • Water for life

Speaking • The last drop

Writing • Applying for a summer job

Film • Avatar

Green Economy

Module 2 - Bio and Man-made construction

1 Landscapes

2 Eco-design

3 Building materials

Grammar • Expressing past time in English

Listening • The vertical forest

Speaking • Ten energy saving tips for your house

Writing • How to write a complaint letter

Film • A Little Chaos

Classification of common rock

Module 3 - Surveying

1 Progession and equipment

2 Mapping

Grammar • Expressing future time in English

Listening • Becoming a surveyor

Speaking • Meet a surveyor

Writing • Working as a surveyor

Film • The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain

James Cook

Module 4 - House planning

1 Designing

2 Building elements

3 Technical systems

4 Building renovation and restoration

Grammar • The Passive Form

Listening • Casa Loma, Toronto

Speaking • Lower your fuel bill with a grant

Writing • Looking for a new house

Film • The Money Pit

Edward Hopper: the painter of American urban landscape

Module 5 - Public works

1 Roads and public transports

2 Education, culture and entertainment

3 Recreation and sport

Grammar • Compounds

Listening • The London Stadium

Speaking • A radio debate: train or plane?

Writing • Assessing a school building

Film • Once Upon a Time in the West

John Steinbeck: the voice of American rural workers

Module 6 - The workplace

1 Civil engineering

2 Architecture and architects

3 Safety in the yard

Grammar • Comparatives and Superlatives

Listening • Safety test

Speaking • An interview

Writing • Writing a cover letter

Film • The Architect

Earthquakes

Module 7 - Settlements

1 Urbanisation

2 History of city planning

Grammar • Prefixes and Suffixes

Listening • Dubai: a city of contrasts

Speaking • Liverpool: a real urban renaissance

Writing • City or countryside?

Film • Manhattan

The Olympic Games

Module 8 - History of architecture

1 From the beginnings to the 18th century

2 Architecture of the 19th century

3 The masters of modern architecture

4 Contemporary architecture

Grammar • Connectors

Listening • Art Deco in America

Speaking • Sightseeing modern architecture

Writing • A school trip to Barcelona

Film • Medici: Masters of Florence

Proportions: the Golden Ratio

Writing LOOKING FOR A NEW HOUSE 1 You are a real estate agent and at the moment you are writing an email to a client looking for a new house to buy. It is a single-family detached house in Brighton (150/180 words). ACTIVITIES You have to specify: 1. Location (Brighton, up the hill) and number of rooms (including the bathrooms) 2. Kind of heating system 3. Windows (double glazing, bay window, etc.) 4. Electrical system (home automation) 5. Kitchen (fitted, integrated cooker, oven, sink, dishwasher, floor tiles, integrated fridge, space for washing machine and tumble dryer) 6. Garden and garage 7. Price 8. Include an attachment with the house plans. 148 Module 4 SCAFFOLDING 

THE MONEY PIT A SYNOPSYS Lawyer Walter Fielding and his musician girlfriend Anna Crowley need to find a place to live in a hurry. They have been living in the Manhattan apartment of Anna s ex-husband Max, an orchestra director, but when he comes back, he throws them out. They buy a mansion in the countryside at a ridiculously low price from a con woman (Estelle); the house has many problems   USA 1986 (Kathleen structural, plumbing, electrical, etc.   which only PRODUCTION Kennedy, Frank Marshall, come to light after they have moved in. Building Steven Spielberg) contractors (the Shirks) are called in to repair the DIRECTOR Richard Benjamin building. They have a standard answer to how long everything will take:  Two weeks , they say laughing STARRING Tom Hanks (Walter up their sleeves. The house is a  Money Pit    a real Fielding), Shelley Long (Anna Crowley), Alexander black hole eating up all their time, money and love. In Gudonov (Max Beissart), fact, it causes the young couple to have endless rows Maureen Stapleton (Estelle), and a serious misunderstanding, owing to which they Joe Mantegna (Art Shirk), also split up. However, The Money Pit being a comedy, Carmine Caridi (Brad Shirk) it has a happy ending. BEFORE VIEWING 1 Answer the following questions. 1. Has the flat/house where you live ever been in need of renovation work? 2. What parts of the flat/house did the work involve? 3. What was the final result? FILM CLIP 1 Now watch the film clip and fill in the script with the following expressions: What was that?   an old house   plumbing s not perfect   on your face?   was turn on   little imagination in the bedroom   I ve never been   two hands   doesn t sound good   more positive   I don t know Walter (W) and Anna (A) have just moved into the house they have bought. Walter is trying to fix a step on the staircase. A.: How s it going? A.: I didn t expect that water  it had legs. W.: Fine. What s that (1) ........................................................? W.: A little work, a little care, a (9) ........................................................ and it s gonna be great! It s gonna be fun fixing it up. You ll see  A.: The ceiling seems to be coming down (2) ................................ W.: Oh, well. I ll get to that later. I ve only got (3) ............................ A.: Ok. W.: Ok. Ahhh! Ouch! W.: What the hell was that? A.: All I did (4) ........................................................ the water. W.: That s all? That (5) ......................................................... A.: No, you should see the  I guess it s the water, (6) ........................................................, it s revolting  W.: Ok, so the (7) ........................................................, we ll get it fixed. It s not the end of the world. A.: You didn t see that water! W.: Look, this is (8) ......................................................... It s gonna need some work  You ve gotta expect that. A.: I don t know, Walter. (10) ........................................................ any good at that kind of thing. W.: What kind of thing? A.: Work. W.: You can t go into it with that kind of attitude. You ve gotta be (11) ......................................................... A.: I ll try  A little care, a little imagination and a positive attitude  W.: (12) .........................................................? A.: Nothing dear  ONLINE RESOURCES   After viewing activities HOUSE PLANNING Module 4 149 

Il testo per studenti di “Costruzioni, Ambiente e Territorio” tratta ecologia, bioedilizia, sicurezza nei cantieri, progettazione, urbanistica.

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