Donatella Bottero

Raffaella Beolé

L'argomento Landmarks è un testo rivolto in particolare agli studenti dei corsi con indirizzo Costruzioni, Ambiente e Territorio e, più in generale a tutti coloro che hanno l’esigenza di utilizzare la lingua inglese come strumento di studio e/o di lavoro in questi settori. La struttura Landmarks è diviso in otto Moduli, ognuno dei quali è ripartito in due sezioni: Unità del Modulo – Contiene testi e attività che riguardano i contenuti specifici della specializzazione già affrontati in L1. Ogni Unità è suddivisa in brevi Capitoli su due pagine – teoria ed esercizi – per favorire sia uno studio più parcellizzato, sia la scelta antologica da parte dell’insegnante. I contenuti dei capitoli sono enucleati, cioè sono divisi in più paragrafi titolati per rendere la comprensione più agevole. Brevi link (verdi per i link attivi con attività, arancioni per quelli informativi senza attività) arricchiscono i brani per consentire una maggiore interattività con gli allievi. Alcune rubriche di approfondimento o curiosità, inoltre, permettono di ampliare le conoscenze sugli argomenti. Un ricco apparato iconografico correda i brani di lettura, per ognuno dei quali è previsto un esauriente glossario. Ogni Unità si chiude con una pagina di grammatica e una dedicata ad un’abilità linguistica. Alcune pagine sono strutturate secondo le indicazioni delle Prove Nazionali INVALSI.

MODULE 1 - THE ENVIRONMENT

Unit 1 - Ecology

Unit 2 - Pollution

Unit 3 - Energy Sources

VOCABULARY

REAL-LIFE SKILLS Reading charts

CASE STUDY Sundarbans, the sinking islands

FLIPPED CLASSROOM Tracking plastic in the ocean

BUILDING HIGHER Geopedology – Glaciers

ROUND-UP

MAPPING YOUR MIND

MODULE 2 - BIO AND MAN-MADE CONSTRUCTIONS

Unit 1 - Landscapes

Unit 2 - Eco-architecture

Unit 3 - Building materials

REAL-LIFE SKILLS Projecting eco houses

CASE STUDY The Edge, Amsterdam

FLIPPED CLASSROOM Twenty-one sustainable home ideas

BUILDING HIGHER Geology – Classification of common rocks

MODULE 3 - SURVEYING AND DESIGN

Unit 1 - Profession and equipment

Unit 2 - Mapping

Unit 3 - Building design

REAL-LIFE SKILLS A cover letter

CASE STUDY Cliff erosion pictured from the skies

FLIPPED CLASSROOM Architectural sketches

CLIL History – James Cook, navigator and cartographer

MODULE 4 -  BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

Unit 1 - Building elements

Unit 2 - Technical system

Unit 3 - Building renovation and restoration

REAL-LIFE SKILLS Understanding an energy performance certificate

CASE STUDY San Francisco’s Victorian ‘painted lady’ houses

FLIPPED CLASSROOM IoT, the future is already upon us

BUILDING HIGHER Building Construction – The Royal Palace of Venaria

MODULE 5 - PUBLIC WORKS

Unit 1 - Public transports

Unit 2 - Health, education and culture

Unit 3 - Entertainment and sport

REAL-LIFE SKILLS Assessing a school building

CASE STUDY The San Giorgio bridge, Genoa (Italy)

FLIPPED CLASSROOM The Metropolitan Museum of Arts

CLIL Literature – John Steinbeck, the voice of farmers’ migration

MODULE 6 - THE WORKPLACE

Unit 1 - Civil engineering

Unit 2 - Architecture and architects

Unit 3 - Safety in the yard

REAL-LIFE SKILLS Local wonders

CASE STUDY Saving Venice? – The MOSE system

FLIPPED CLASSROOM The future of earthquake – proof buildings

BUILDING HIGHER Land Management – Earthquakes

MODULE 7 - SETTLEMENTS

Unit 1 - The history of city planning

Unit 2 - Urbanisation

Unit 3 - The sustainable city

REAL-LIFE SKILLS How to describe a city

CASE STUDY A park will save Bangkok

FLIPPED CLASSROOM The charm of small towns

CLIL Physical Education – The Olympic Games

MODULE 8 - HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

Unit 1 - From the beginnings to the 18th century

Unit 2 - Architecture of the 19th century

Unit 3 - The masters of modern architecture

Unit 4 - Contemporary architecture

REAL-LIFE SKILLS Describing architecture: city landmarks

CASE STUDY John Hancock Tower

FLIPPED CLASSROOM Renaissance in Florence

CLIL Mathematics – Proportions: the Golden Ratio

FURTHER MATERIAL

Film Clips

Architecture around the world

Conversion tables

2030 Agenda

Technical Glossary

ACQUISTA VERSIONE CARTACEA

REAL-LIFE SKILLS DESCRIBING ARCHITECTURE: CITY LANDMARKS 6 Sidney Opera House Read the text and fill in the chart. The Sidney Opera House The Sydney Opera House in Australia is one of the world s most striking pieces of modern architecture. It is located on the south side of the harbour, just east of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. In 1954, the government of New South Wales gave its approval for the building of a multipurpose performing arts centre. A contest was held in 1956 to decide on the design for the building. J rn Utzon, a young Danish architect, won the contest. His winning entry brought Utzon international fame. His design was of two main halls on a raised platform facing the harbour. Each hall was topped with a row of sail-shaped interlocking panels made of pre-cast concrete that would serve as both roof and wall. Construction began in 1959. It was due to be finished in 1963. However, there were many problems that caused a long delay. The first public performance at the Opera House took place in September 1973. The following month, Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the building. The Opera House is Sydney s best-known landmark. The Concert Hall hosts symphony concerts, choir performances, and popular music shows. The Opera Theatre, hosts operas and dance performances, including ballets. There are also three smaller theatres, restaurants, and a professional recording studio. The Sydney Opera House was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007. (Adapted from: https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Sydney-Opera-House/609619) 1. Name 2. Location 3. Function 4. Architectural style 5. Architect 6. Client 7. Beginning of construction 8. End of construction 9. Building structure and materials 10. Kind of performances 11. Other venues 12. Awards 7 Using the reading passage above as a guideline, write a text of around 150 words about a famous building which is considered a landmark in the area where you live or in other areas. Describe it in detail: name, location, age, style, building materials, architect, function, when it was built and the current use if different from the original one (restoration works). Write a personal comment on the building. 332 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 

CASE STUDY JOHN HANCOCK TOWER The John Hancock Tower is a 62-storey, 240m high skyscraper in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston. Designed by Henry Cobb, it was known in the 1970s for its architectural achievement as well as for its engineering flaws. The building met initial opposition due to the fact that it would cast a shadow on Trinity Church, a historic church nearby. During the excavation for the foundation, temporary steel walls became deformed, so clay and mud John Hancock Tower Boston and Trinity Church 8 damaged utility lines, the pavement and nearby buildings. But the real trouble started once the building was under construction. Big window panes detached from the building and Henry Cobb crashed to the sidewalk hundreds of feet below. A scale model of the entire Back Bay and an aeroelastic model of the John Hancock Tower were built and tested in the wind tunnel to identify the problem. The research raised questions about the structural integrity of the entire building, but did not explain the loss of the glass panels. An independent laboratory eventually confirmed that the failure of the glass was due to oscillations and repeated thermal stresses caused by the expansion and contraction of the air between the inner and outer glass panes which formed each window. Numerous steel braces were installed to ensure its structural integrity. In addition, a tuned mass damper had to be installed when it was discovered that the building was oscillating too much   causing motion sickness in the upper floors  occupants. Through this case study, the opportunity and responsibility of the civil engineer to actively participate in the architectural evolution of a building is demonstrated. Read the passage and answer the questions below. 1. Where is the tower located? 2. Why was there opposition to its construction? 3. What was the problem with the windows? 4. What was done to try and solve the problem? 5. What were the conclusions of the research? 6. What was the problem with the upper floors? 7. How was it solved? 8. What does this case study demonstrate? achievement: risultato brace: putrella to cast a shadow: gettare un ombra eventually: alla fine failure: cedimento flaw: difetto pavement: marciapiede tuned mass damper: smorzatore a massa accordata (fornisce stabilità in caso di forte vento o di un evento sismico) utility lines: linee di servizio (elettriche, telefoniche, etc.) window pane: vetro della finestra HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 333 

Manuale di inglese per studenti di Costruzioni, Ambiente e Territorio, con teoria, esercizi, glossario e attività interattive.

Landmarks

English for the Construction Industry, the Environment and Land Management

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