RURAL BUILDINGS DESIGN

Knowledge of construction elements technology and preliminary design, Design of plants and equipments for agricultural buildings, Bioclimatic building design, Design and supervision of agricultural buildings in relation to the Italian national standards.

Frontal teaching, exercises, technical visits.

Knowledge of construction elements technology: reinforced concrete structures, steel structures, bearing masonry, foundations, slabs, roofs. Sciece and techniques of constructions: load analysis, design stresses. Design of rural buildings in relation to the Italian national standards. The rural house. The bioclimatic design of rural houses. Elements for recovery and reuse of agricultural buildings. Economic and administrative documents in support of agricultural buildings designs: technical report, list of prices, price analysis, bill of quantities and costs, tender specifications. Plants and equipments design of cooling system for animal houses. Plants and equipments design for heating system and cooling system for greenhouses.

Exercises: Structural preliminary design of structural elements of agricultural buildings, Economic and administrative documents in support of the graphic design carried out in the course on "Agricultural buildings" (2nd year of the degree course on "Agrucultural science and technologies" - L25).

1) Chiumenti R., Costruzioni rurali, RCS Libri, Milano, 2004.

2) Allen E., I fondamenti del costruire, McGraw-Hill Libri Italia, Milano, 1997.

3) Albright L. D., Environment control for animal and plants, The American Society of Agricultural Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan, USA, 1990.

4) Esmay M. L., Dixon J. E., Environmental control for agricultural buildings, The AVI Piblishing Company, Westport, Connecticut, 1986.

5) De Pascalis S., Progettazione bioclimatica, Dario Flaccovio Editore, Palermo, 2001.

6) Supporti didattici forniti dal docente.