Unit UNIVERSAL DESIGN

Course
Design
Study-unit Code
A002531
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Raffaele Federici
CFU
8
Course Regulation
Coorte 2021
Offered
2022/23
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa integrata

PRINCIPLES OF ACCESSIBILITY

Code A002533
CFU 3
Teacher Marina Dobosz
Teachers
  • Marina Dobosz
Hours
  • 27 ore - Marina Dobosz
Learning activities Affine/integrativa
Area Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline MED/43
Type of study-unit Opzionale (Optional)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents The course starts from the general concept of disability and architectural barriers related to the terms of accessibility, visitability, adaptability, conditioned visibility, at the base of the problems encountered by people with disabilities, not just motor skills.The normative principles on architectural barriers relating to public and private property will be analyzed and how health protection is expressed towards individuals with disabilities of various kinds, in order to guarantee them the right of access to the life of the society, relative to Interior Design, Exhibit Design or Retail Design.
Reference texts 1. M. Dobosz, Principi di accessibilità, Gambini ed., 2021

2. G.i Del Zanna, Progettare l'accessibilita', Grafill 2005

3. L. Prestinenza Puglisi, Le barriere architettoniche, DEI 2005
Educational objectives The objectives in reference to the areas of Interior Design, Exhibit Design and Retail Design are the following:
1. Starting from the concept of disability framed from a legal and social point of view, and moving on to the concept of accessibility in its various forms (visitation, adaptability, conditional accessibility) in order to reach the wider usability, including through the use of alternative and compensatory solutions and pathways of involvement and participation of the persons concerned and their associations.
2. To reduce the marginalisation surrounding the issue of accessibility, to overcome the vision of disability as a key identifier of individual problems and dedicated solutions; to improve well-being, comfort and quality of use.
3. to bring the current design practice back into the Universal Design principles, as required by the UN Convention on the Right of Persons with disabilities (Italian law n. 18/2009);
4. to enable students to carry out a final project: an idea, a solution, a prototype on an identified theme.
Prerequisites The modul Universal Design A or the Sociology exam must have been passed.
Teaching methods Lezioni frontali unite a seminari con esperti del settore.
Other information The student can chose the exam as a part of the modul Universal design B or as a choise exam if the modul is UD A.
Learning verification modality Oral exam or specific procedures in the case of students with special problems (DSA or other). The aestimated time is at least 20'.

For information on support services for students with disabilities visit http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa

Evaluation of a final project (idea, solution, prototype).
Extended program 1. The concept of disability
- Legal and social framework (The right to health, the right to access to the life of society)
- The National Observatory on the Status of Persons with Disabilities
- The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: the Italian Law 03/03/09, n. 182.
2. Architectural barriers: general concepts
- Accessibility, visitability, adaptability, conditioned visibility
- Legal aspects
_ Ergonomics and design
3. Overcoming the vision of disability as an individual problem
- Accessibility and holidays: the "culturally skillful" project
- Cohousing as a resource for disabled people
- Cohousing: general principles
- "Mongolfiera" and "Oasis" projects
4. Creation of a final product (an idea, a solution, a prototype) on a topic indicated by the professor

SOCIOLOGY OF DESIGN

Code A002532
CFU 5
Teacher Raffaele Federici
Teachers
  • Raffaele Federici
Hours
  • 45 ore - Raffaele Federici
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze economiche e sociali
Academic discipline SPS/08
Type of study-unit Opzionale (Optional)
Language of instruction Italian and English
Contents The course intends to present complex and articulated communication projects on the various contact points
between people and the world of design in order to
to decode the elements and the languages of communication and the cultural contexts of reference.
Reference texts Vilèm Flusser, Filosofia del design, Bruno Mondadori, Milano, 2003.
R. Federici, Vivere d'arte, prefazione di T. K. Kirova, Morlacchi University Press, Perugia, 2019.
Educational objectives At the end of the course, the students will be able to analyze complex communication problems in order to identify, among the different design solutions,
the most suitable and effective. They will also know
correctly interpret the indications contained in the communication brief in dialogue with the figures
professionals involved in the creative process.
Prerequisites NO
Teaching methods Lectures, seminars.
Other information NO
Learning verification modality Oral test
Extended program Where do comes from the objects that represent everyday existence come from? There are sudden synergies between the various economic, social, technical, cultural and institutional factors that contribute to creating a product and determining its success. Communication plays the connective function between the various factors.
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