ID:
510179
Duration (hours):
108
CFU:
9
SSD:
DISEGNO
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Secondo Semestre (02/03/2026 - 12/06/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge of the cultural foundations and current tools (hardware and software) of surveying to enable them to develop their own critical awareness in the field of measurement and digital representation of real spaces and environments. In particular, at the end of the course the student will have developed theoretical/applicative knowledge on
- the historical and scientific foundations of the discipline of architectural surveying
- the principles, methodologies and instruments (from historical to current) of direct and indirect surveying;
- the methods of instrumental survey and the problems related to field survey and graphic restitution at different scales;
- the theoretical foundations of photogrammetry (terrestrial and elevation) applied to architecture and landscape;
- the procedural bases for the photogrammetric restitution (with specific software) of works aimed at understanding architecture and the environment;
- the modalities for carrying out surveys with 3D Laser Scanner instruments;
- the methods for processing databases obtained from 3D Laser Scanners aimed at the three- and two-dimensional restitution of architecture and architectural elements (with specific software);
- the execution of a complete survey project (from the preliminary analysis of the survey object, to the measurements, to the digital drawing at the appropriate scale of representation);
- the management of an integrated survey database (e.g. importing, editing, modelling, exporting different file types and formats to different software).
- the historical and scientific foundations of the discipline of architectural surveying
- the principles, methodologies and instruments (from historical to current) of direct and indirect surveying;
- the methods of instrumental survey and the problems related to field survey and graphic restitution at different scales;
- the theoretical foundations of photogrammetry (terrestrial and elevation) applied to architecture and landscape;
- the procedural bases for the photogrammetric restitution (with specific software) of works aimed at understanding architecture and the environment;
- the modalities for carrying out surveys with 3D Laser Scanner instruments;
- the methods for processing databases obtained from 3D Laser Scanners aimed at the three- and two-dimensional restitution of architecture and architectural elements (with specific software);
- the execution of a complete survey project (from the preliminary analysis of the survey object, to the measurements, to the digital drawing at the appropriate scale of representation);
- the management of an integrated survey database (e.g. importing, editing, modelling, exporting different file types and formats to different software).
Course Prerequisites
Students must have knowledge of:
- fundamentals of architectural representation, fundamentals of descriptive and projective geometry;
- fundamentals of assisted drawing using CAD software;
- at least one graphics and layout software (e.g. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe In Design);
- basic knowledge of photography; and
- basic knowledge of computer science and knowledge derived from the Architectural Drawing course.
- fundamentals of architectural representation, fundamentals of descriptive and projective geometry;
- fundamentals of assisted drawing using CAD software;
- at least one graphics and layout software (e.g. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe In Design);
- basic knowledge of photography; and
- basic knowledge of computer science and knowledge derived from the Architectural Drawing course.
Teaching Methods
The 9 CFU course is structured on 38 hours of lectures, 25 hours of exercises and 45 hours of laboratory for a total of 108 hours.
The lectures are constructed by proposing a sequence of in-depth topics that deal with the main problems of the survey and representation of architecture, illustrating examples and comparing different types of application workflows for the documentation of the built heritage.
The exercise and laboratory hours are oriented towards verifying the learning of the course contents, proposing a series of exercises aimed at verifying the actual knowledge of the skills acquired.
Planned hours 108
- Exercise 25
- Laboratory 45
- Lecture 38
The lectures are constructed by proposing a sequence of in-depth topics that deal with the main problems of the survey and representation of architecture, illustrating examples and comparing different types of application workflows for the documentation of the built heritage.
The exercise and laboratory hours are oriented towards verifying the learning of the course contents, proposing a series of exercises aimed at verifying the actual knowledge of the skills acquired.
Planned hours 108
- Exercise 25
- Laboratory 45
- Lecture 38
Assessment Methods
Attendance at lectures and exercises is strongly recommended due to their practical approach. The verification of learning will be carried out through the evaluation of the exercises carried out during the course, which will concern the notions of surveying and representation of architecture. The course includes the development of a seminar on a topic chosen by the student from among archaeological survey, architectural survey and urban survey in which the surveying skills acquired during the lectures will be tested. At the end of the course the student must take a written and an oral test.
Texts
Stefano Bertocci, Marco Bini, Manuale di Rilievamento Architettonico e Urbano, Città Studi, Torino, 2012
Contents
Part One: Traditional Surveying
Lesson 1: Introduction to the Course, Outlines of Measurement Theory
Lesson 2: Error Theory
Lesson 3: Historical and Contemporary Measuring Instruments
Lesson 4: Direct Surveying, Trilaterations, Concatenations and Compensations
Lesson 5: Fundamentals of topography and cartography, representation rooms
Lesson 6: Surveying the small object
Lesson 7: Outlines of Photogrammetry
Lesson 8: Review of the first part of the course and 1st Test
Part 2: Digital Survey and Seminars
Lesson 9: SfM photogrammetry
Lesson 10: SfM photogrammetry software
Lesson 11: Laser Scanner
Lesson 12: Point cloud management
Lesson 13: From point cloud to textured 2D drawing
Lesson 14: Survey application examples
Seminars
Lesson 15: Review of the second part of the course and 2nd Test
Part 3: Drawing and Modelling
Lesson 16 Modelling: from 2D drawing to 3D NURBS model
Lesson 17 Reverse modelling: From point cloud to 3D MESH model.
Lesson 18 Features and management of models produced.
Lesson 19 Characteristics and management of the models produced. Practical applications on each case study acquired.
Lesson 20 Rendering and real time video.
Lesson 21 From model to video editing for remote use library management mode
Lesson 22: Review of the third part of the course and 3rd Test
Lesson 1: Introduction to the Course, Outlines of Measurement Theory
Lesson 2: Error Theory
Lesson 3: Historical and Contemporary Measuring Instruments
Lesson 4: Direct Surveying, Trilaterations, Concatenations and Compensations
Lesson 5: Fundamentals of topography and cartography, representation rooms
Lesson 6: Surveying the small object
Lesson 7: Outlines of Photogrammetry
Lesson 8: Review of the first part of the course and 1st Test
Part 2: Digital Survey and Seminars
Lesson 9: SfM photogrammetry
Lesson 10: SfM photogrammetry software
Lesson 11: Laser Scanner
Lesson 12: Point cloud management
Lesson 13: From point cloud to textured 2D drawing
Lesson 14: Survey application examples
Seminars
Lesson 15: Review of the second part of the course and 2nd Test
Part 3: Drawing and Modelling
Lesson 16 Modelling: from 2D drawing to 3D NURBS model
Lesson 17 Reverse modelling: From point cloud to 3D MESH model.
Lesson 18 Features and management of models produced.
Lesson 19 Characteristics and management of the models produced. Practical applications on each case study acquired.
Lesson 20 Rendering and real time video.
Lesson 21 From model to video editing for remote use library management mode
Lesson 22: Review of the third part of the course and 3rd Test
Course Language
Italian
Degrees
Degrees
INGEGNERIA EDILE-ARCHITETTURA
Single-cycle Master’s Degree
5 years
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