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

Grammar PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES Prefixes and suffixes are sets of letters that are added to the beginning or end of another word respectively. (Key to the abbreviations: adj. = adjective, adv. = adverb, n. = noun, v. = verb) PREFIXES are added to the beginning of an existing word in order to create a new word with a different meaning. PREFIX USED WITH EXAMPLES a- (an-) not, without, lacking in adj., adv., n. atypical(ly), asymmetry dis- not, opposite of adj., adv., n., v. discontinuous(ly), disapproval, disagree in- (il-, im-, ir-) not, opposite of adj., adv., n. inexhaustible, illegal(ly), immeasurable, irregular, infinity, illegality, impossibility, irregularity un- not, opposite of adj., adv., n., v. unable, unconsciously, untruth, unlock non- not, absence of adj., n. non-flammable, non-stop, non-proliferation de- opposite of, removal of adj., adv., n., v. deficient, defectively, deformity, deregulate ab- wrong adj., n., v. abnormal, abuse mis- bad(ly), wrong(ly) n., v. misunderstanding, misbehave mal- bad(ly), wrong(ly) adj., n., v. malformed, malfunction over- too much adj., n., v. overheated, overdose, overestimate under- not enough adj., n., v. underdeveloped, undercharge underestimate out- surpassing adj., n., v. outlying, outbalance, outnumber fore- in advance, in front of n., v. foreground, forecast re- again adj., n., v. reusable, reset 1 ACTIVITIES MEANING One word to describe NYC? UNFORGETTABLE! Give the opposite of the following words using the appropriate prefixes. 1. distinct: .................................................. 2. important: .................................................. 3. functional .................................................. 4. legal: .................................................. 5. significant: .................................................. 6. specific: .................................................. 7. natural: .................................................. 8. social: .................................................. 9. limited: .................................................. 238 Module 7 BRICKS AND MORTAR 

SUFFIXES are added to the end of an existing word. The addition of a suffix changes the grammar category of the word. SUFFIX MEANING GRAMMAR CATEGORY USED WITH EXAMPLES -ful full of, having qualities of n. adj. useful, plentiful -less without n. adj. useless, colourless -ly modality, quality adj., n. adv., adj. safely, friendly -able/-ible having the quality of, apt to, possible to v. adj. reliable, convertible -ability/-ibility possibility v., adj. abstract n. dependability, convertibility -proof that can resist something n. adj. waterproof -like similar to, resembling n. adj. robotlike -ing doing the action of, causing something to n., v. adj. interesting -ed affected with, having the characteristic of n., v. adj. interested -hood state, condition of n. abstract n. childhood, adulthood, brotherhood -ness state, quality, character of n. abstract n. robustness, usefulness, uselessness -ship status, skill n. abstract n. ownership, craftsmanship -dom status n. abstract n. kingdom -en make into, cause to be adj., n. v. to shorten, to strengthen, to blacken -ward(s) in the direction of prep. adj. , adv. forward(s), backward(s), towards -ways in the direction of n. adv. sideways -wise in the direction of n. adv. clockwise 2 Find the nouns corresponding to these adjectives. 3 Find the adjectives corresponding to these nouns. .................................................. 2. thick: .................................................. 1. growth: .................................................. 3. possible .................................................. 2. skill: .................................................. 4. powerful: .................................................. 3. health .................................................. 5. practical: .................................................. 4. ugliness: .................................................. 6. beautiful: .................................................. 5. influence: .................................................. 7. deep: .................................................. 6. width: .................................................. 8. increasing: .................................................. ACTIVITIES 1. rich: 9. sustainable: .................................................. 10. productive: .................................................. SETTLEMENTS Module 7 239 

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

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