AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS

Students acquire the basic technical skills on framing and building components, functional and plant aspects of the main livestock buildings and the most common types of greenhouses, as well as skills on the design of buildings for agriculture using specific software graphic design. At the end of the course, students will be able to apply the main criteria and standards for planning and design animal houses and greenhouses in keeping with modern agriculture.

Frontal teaching, exercises, designs, technical visits.

Learning assessment consists in an oral and/or written ongoing test and a final oral test.

If teaching is given in a mixed formula or remotely, necessary changes may be introduced to what was previously stated in order to comply with the privided and reported syllabus.

Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.

As a guarantee of equal opportunities and in compliance with current laws, interested students can ask for a personal interview in order to plan any compensatory and/or dispensatory measures, based on their specific needs and on teaching objectives of the discipline. 
It is also possible to ask the departmental contacts of CInAP (Center for Active and Participatory Integration - Services for Disabilities and/or DSAs), in the persons of professors Giovanna Tropea Garzia and Anna De Angelis.

Building materials:: bricks, concrete, reinforced concrete, stell. The housing of cattle: housing of dairy cows, housing of calves, housing of beef cattle, housing for organic production of beef cattle, housing of pigs. Fundamentals of environmental control of animal houses:  heat tranfer and psychrometrics, animal thermal environment, thermal insulation, ventilation systems. Energy balance of animal houses and building materials for thermal insulation. Greenhouses: types of greenhouses, greenhouse energy problem, structural materials, covering materials, heating systems, screens, ventlation systems, cooling systems. Calculation exercises: resolution of the energy balance of animal houses, design of openings for natural ventilation, design of pig housing. Design exercises: drafting graphic printouts, by means of CAD softwares, of the preliminary project of an agricultural building at the choice of the student from a list of design themes put forward by the teacher.

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6. Bandelloni E., "Elementi di architettura tecnica", CLEUP, Padova, 1986.
7. Tesi R., “Mezzi di protezione per l’ortofloro-frutticoltura ed il vivaismo”, Edagricole, Bologna, 1999.
8. Didactic supports provided by the teacher.

Interim written/oral test and final oral test with discussion of the graphic design of an agricultural building.

Verification of learning is through oral examination. Evaluation of the student's preparation will be based on the following criteria: ability to learn and level of depth of the topics covered, properties of synthesis and exposition, and ability to reason.

Verification of learning can be carried out also by telematic means if the conditions should make it necessary.

Grading is expressed in thirtieths according to the following pattern:

Ineligible

Subject knowledge and understanding: significant deficiencies, significant inaccuracies

Ability to analyze and synthesize: irrelevant, inability to synthesize

Use of references: completely inappropriate.

18-20

Subject knowledge and understanding: at threshold level, obvious imperfections

Ability to analyze and synthesize: barely sufficient ability

Use of references: barely appropriate.

21-23

Knowledge and understanding topic: routine knowledge

Ability to analyze and synthesize: is able to analyze and synthesize correctly. argues logically and coherently

Use of references: uses standard references.

24-26

Subject knowledge and understanding: good knowledge

Analysis and synthesis skills: Has good analysis and synthesis skills. topics are expressed consistently

Use of references: uses standard references.

27-29

Knowledge and understanding topic: knowledge more than good

Analytical and synthesis skills: has considerable analytical and synthesis skills

Use of references: has deepened understanding of topics.

30-30 e lode

Knowledge and understanding topic: knowledge very good

Ability to analyze and synthesize: has considerable ability to analyze and synthesize.