Landscape Architecture

Educational objectives

In this course, landscape is considered from two different points of view: landscape as an aesthetical phenomenon and as a generator of new aesthetical experiences. To fulfill this purpose, the course will go back to the history of philosophical theories about landscape from the 20th and first years of the 21st century, also in comparison with other disciplines, such as geography, ecology, botany, sociology, etc. The course will also analyze some conceptual couples that today play a central role in any reflection about landscape: protection and innovation, aesthetics and aestheticization, sustainability and exploitation, openness and restriction, and so on. The course must provide students with the right conceptual basis to understand which landscape ideas are involved in their planning and aesthetical categories — often unrecognized, if not removed — lead in a more or less conscious way the actual policies of landscape design.

a) Knowledge and understanding
- the course provides students with advanced knowledges on contemporary aesthetics and, concerning landscape, it provides specific understanding skills also related to interdisciplinary research spaces;

b) Applying knowledge and understanding
The course allows the application of the acquired knowledges to face new research and design scenarios, which can not be solved only with the traditional tools of landscape architecture;

c) Making judgements
Students acquire the ability to formulate independent assessments, to deal with complex sets of problems and to outline general frameworks also starting from informations coming from heterogeneous sources, or limited, or incomplete. Social and ethical responsibilities related to the specific landscape design are also aboarded, developed and stimulated.


d) Communication skills
students learn how to communicate their knowledges to specialists and non-specialist interlocutors.

e) Learning skills
student learns to study in a autonomous way, organizing their original research paths and bibliographies from Italian texts, but also getting hold of a specialized international lexicon (English, German and French).

Educational objectives

The course addresses the critical and theoretical themes related to Landscape Architecture, meant as project culture and praxis concerning open space and its declinations.
The course will address theoretical foundations and operative approaches in the most interesting trends that have extended the skills of this discipline in different directions, turning it into a key reflection element for the rethink of transformation modalities in human habitat.

a) Knowledge and understanding
The course aims at offering a sight - on a knowledge, theoretical and technical level - on the main aspects of Landscape Architecture, in its different articulations, particularly referring to the international scenario of projects and realizations: from parks to public space, to urban and extra-urban landscapes, through the use of reading instruments, the research of motivations, the knowledge of natural/artificial elements and of the main techniques that provide the specific heritage of this discipline.
b) Applying knowledge and understanding
Providing methodological tools so that the knowledge acquired by students can contribute to improve their design and technical skills.
c) Making judgements
Developing the ability of critically understanding landscape projects through the representation, the (graphic) description of the motivations, of the modes of relationship with contexts and the acknowledge of the devices and the main techniques that constitute the specific heritage of this discipline.
d) Communication skills
Enabling the ability to communicate the complexity of the design process and related themes, through a critical work on case studies.
e) Learning skills
Providing tools, methodologies and categories apt at enriching knowledge as a basis to understand the modes of transformation of human habitat.

Educational objectives

PHYTOGEOGRAPHY AND APPLIED BOTANY
First year – first semester
General objectives
The Course of Phytogeography and Applied Geobotany is focused on the study of the geographical distribution of the plant species and their phytocoenoses that arise from them according to their sociological character and ecological requirements ad tolerance. The course provides the theoretical-methodological and operational tools necessary for the identification and definition of the distribution areas, chorotypes and regional biogeographic units. In particular, the methodological approach of the course will investigate the spatial and spatio-temporal aspects of biodiversity, the spatial dimension of biological evolution based on the causal analysis of the spatial distribution of plant species in their current and historical dimensions.

Specific objectives

Knowledge and ability in understanding
At the end of the course the student will be asked to demonstrate the acquired knowledge and understanding skills, as well as skills that allow him to support, from a theoretical-methodological point of view, the setting up of territorial planning strategies consistent with the identity and the floristic-vegetational features of the places majorly based on the knowledge of the native and alien flora and with the risks associated to the use of the naturalized alien flora for issues of environmental mamagement. The verification of knowledge will be carried out through intermediate examination tests both at a theoretical level and at a practical level.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course the student must demonstrate the mastery in the use of manuals for the identification of plant species and the ability to interpret thematic maps of floristic, conservation, vegetational and phytooclimatic type. It will also be able to understand and translate in an applicative sense the syntaxonomic nomenclature occurrig in the main national and European vegetational check-lists and frameworks since these are currently used in programs for the conservation and management of Biodiversity such as the Interpretation Manual of the Habitats Directive or the CoRiNe Biotops project. These skills will be verified both in the theoretical and experimental and design activities. The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests in itinere.
Autonomy of judgment.
At the end of the course the student must demonstrate the ability to acquire knowledge and experience, to evaluate and re-elaborate them for the purpose of forming an autonomous and original judgment. In particular, the student must demonstrate skills in autonomous management in landscape planning and design related to the interpretation of the natural Landscape, its flag species, its main plant communities, the models of potential natural vegetation and the spatial and temporal dynamic of the vegetation series. The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests in itinere.
Communication skills.
At the end of the course the student will be asked to demonstrate, after the acquisition and the operational capacity with respect to the theoretical methodological, technical and design knowledge, proper to the teaching, to be able to communicate them correctly and using a consistent scientific terminology. with the issues addressed. It should also be able to use advanced and multimedia survey and processing tools. The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests in itinere.

Learning ability
At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate a high capacity for autonomous learning, which allows to continuously update and increase his knowledge and skills in the field of phytogeography and applied geobotany with particular reference to the cenological and syntaxonomic aspects related to sustainable management of the territory. The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests in itinere

Educational objectives

The main objective of the course is to transfer to students the theoretical foundations and the methodological basics to proceed in an operative approach in the complex areas of planning and management of parks, forests and trees in urban and peri-urban environments, with
particular reference to the Mediterranean climatic conditions.
A) Knowledge and understanding - The student will be acquainted with fundamental knowledge on the bio-ecological, technical and cultural aspects related to the use of forest trees and shrub plants, and of forestry systems for the management, requalification and ecological recovery of open spaces and ecosystems in urban and peri-urban areas; the context concerns the increase of environmental and energy sustainability in urban areas, thanks to the improvement of the microclimate, the quality of the environment and the mitigation of global changes, for a greater social welfare and the protection and amelioration of the landscape.
B) Applying knowledge and understanding - The student will acquire the skills to analyze the urban environment together with the criteria for the design of tree plantations and urban and peri-urban forests and will be able to plan a proper sustainable management. Students will have learned the geospatial methods and the geographical information systems, with reference to landscape ecology and the interactions between urban ecosystem and vegetation. Students will get: the basics of bioremediation and of ecological restoration of polluted and degraded environments; the fundamentals of the analysis, planning and management of forests in urban environments and of tree stability assessment; the principles of phyto-production techniques, planting and raising of trees and other plants for the urban environment. Students will be able to contribute to assess the quality and quantity of urban green areas as indicators of environmental sustainability as well as the potential and real contribution of the urban forest to the physical, social and economic well-being of urban society
C) Making judgements - Thanks to the knowledge acquired in the course, to the exercises carried out in the field with drafting a written technical report as well as to the laboratory activities, the student will be able to integrate the knowledge and manage the complexity of urban forest systems and to adopt participatory techniques and procedures for social responsibility and ethics.
D) Communication skills - The student will develop the skills to communicate the knowledge acquired; for this purpose the course includes the presentation of projects/case studies developed by the students in working groups.
E) Learning skills -Through the analysis and interpretation of texts, articles, audio-visual materials during the course, the student will enhance the skills of self-managed study, also to continue independently in the study.

Educational objectives

The course aims at teaching skills, both graphical and digital, as primary ways of knowledge and expression of landscape. This is essential for the multidisciplinary integration of the different knowledges that contribute to the formulation of the landscape architecture project. At the end of the course the student will be able to conduct research, analysis and operational processes through the experimentation of different visual communication systems (freehand drawings, perspectives, renderings, photographs).
For this purpose, student will have to:
- know the procedures and methods, operational and technical, to use both in the data acquisition phase and in the representation phase;
- know and critically practice digital methods and tools for representation;
- experiment with new models which, using the possibilities offered by new technologies and recovering the expressiveness of traditional cartography, are able to document the historical and contemporary landscape.

Educational objectives

With reference to the planning, design, implementation and management in operating phase of interventions of integrated design in consolidated areas of the city according to a perspective of urban sustainability due to integrated Principles of Green City the thematic module is intended to propose the characters, the finalities, the multidimensional relations and multi -disciplinary among the value judgments, aimed at estimating the economic value of the tangible and intangible assets included in these interventions, and the judgment of choice, thesis to select among various alternatives, that of greater economic convenience. Taking into account that any convenience judgment is preceded by a value judgment the interventions on the landscape due to the integrated Principles of Green City that include actions of urban forestry encourage the transformation processes in optical of urban sustainability, in the light of the plural multidimensional effects produced by them in the form of eco-systemic services in degree of benefit related to the protection and increase in the consistency of the existing vegetation, the economic growth of the territory and to the psycho-physical well-being of citizens.

DESCRITTORI DI DUBLINO

Knowledge and understanding
At the conclusion of the module the student should have acquired knowledge and comprehension skills as well as the skill that allow to support under the theoretical -methodological profile, the appraisal and evaluation aspects to consider in integrated design interventions of the landscape in optical of urban sustainability according the integrated Principles of Green City. The student must have acquired adequate and specific knowledge of the tools, procedures and operational mechanisms that enable him to respond to the evaluation questions posed by public and private subjects in the management of landscape interventions set and to be carried out with the aim of creating a ecosystem services system that generate positive environmental, social and economic effects. In particular, in the integrated planning of the landscape with a view to urban sustainability according to the integrated principles of the Green City, the student must be able to identify decision nodes and evaluation procedures so that public and private operators can make rational choices.
The verification of the knowledge will be made through tests and exercises ongoing and the test (final) exam proper.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course the student must demonstrate mastery in the theoretical and operational approaches that allow to express value and convenience judgments and those analytical-projects useful for the finalization of knowledge and understanding skills acquired, to solve even complex problems related to the management of the different phases of the process related to landscape design. In particular, the student must be able to respond to the estimative and evaluative questions that arise in the management of activities related to interventions on the landscape set according to eco-systemic logics, in which the presence of urban forestry actions are able to cause benefits related to the protection and growth of existing vegetation, the economic growth of the territory and the psycho-physical well-being of citizens using the methods, techniques, tools, procedures, operational mechanisms acquired.
These skills will be acquired through frontal and seminar teaching activities, to be carried out in the classroom or at home, referring to concrete cases / experiences, aimed at developing the individual and group approach to application and professional problems.
The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests ongoing.

Autonomy of judgment.
At the end of the course the student must demonstrate the ability to acquire knowledge and experience, to examine and rework them for the purpose of forming an independent and original judgment.
In particular, the student must demonstrate skills in autonomous and conscious management in integrating the issues related to the esteem and the evaluation, with the design ones with the aim of returning adequate solutions to the problems that may arise in the management activities of landscape design based on the integrated Green City principles that include urban forestry actions, be they public or private, or in PPP.
The achievement of these critical and autonomous judgments will be acquired during the frontal and seminar teaching activities.
The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests ongoing.

Communication skills.
At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate, in the face of the acquisition of the operational capacity with respect to the theoretical methodological, technical and design knowledge, proper to the teaching, to be able to communicate them, in an adequate and effective way, also within the documents to be prepared in relation to the different phases and the different areas of settlement production related to landscape interventions, also using advanced and multimedia communication tools in the field of representation and in the various forms of language, verbal and written-graph.
The achievement of these skills will be acquired during the course's teaching and seminar activities, which ensure full possession of the specific expressive and illustrative skills of the plan and the project.
The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests ongoing.

Learning ability
At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate a significant capacity for independent learning, which will allow him to update and continuously increase his knowledge and skills in the formulation of value and convenience judgments related to the issues related to the management processes of the landscape design. The acquisition of these skills will take place through the specific theoretical contributions given by the teacher during the course, aimed at expanding the framework of skills aimed at using methodologies, tools and even innovative applications in the field of esteem and evaluation in landscape design. and through the constant participation in the seminar activities of the Course, a dialectical field of verification of acquired knowledge, carried out within concrete cases of experimentation.
The assessment of skills will take place, above all, through the exam test, structured so as to highlight the autonomy in organizing their own learning.

Educational objectives

The main objective of the course is the advanced training on the project of Gardens and Landscape Architecture. It focuses on the international scene, both on the cultural level and the economic and technical feasibility.
The course aims at achieving knowledge and experience of the experimentation on the procedures of identification, reading, programming, planning and management of the urban empty spaces system, in relation to the contemporary needs of use, with a multidisciplinary approach.
The course aims also at enhancing both the constructive traditions and the technical innovation of the landscape project, paying close attention to the relationship between natural and artificial elements, and to vegetation and water systems.
The project will provide design applications and technical details on the transformations of the urban and peri urban landscape, public spaces, squares and avenues, gardens, parks and green areas.

Knowledge and Understanding
At the end of the course the student will be able to understand and interpret the relationships between space, physical and social elements, in order to define an adequate design of open spaces for a contemporary city to satisfy the needs and wants of citizens.
Applying Knowledge and Understanding
Through the acquisition of a project methodology, the student will be able to process the collected data of contextual analysis, to define priorities of interventions, to identify solutions, to choose materials and technologies of natural and artificial systems more adequately.
Making judgements
The individual presentation and reviews of the design process, will be the main means to improve the autonomous assessment.
Communication skills
The student’s presentation about the progress of the project and the application of acquired knowledge, is therefore a crucial moment to represent the improvement both in terms of scientific language and the modalities of representation of the project work.
Learning skills
The valorization of the design process provides a methodological base, which will be applicable in different contexts.

Educational objectives

With reference to the planning, design, implementation and management in operating phase of interventions of integrated design in consolidated areas of the city according to a perspective of urban sustainability due to integrated Principles of Green City the thematic module is intended to propose the characters, the finalities, the multidimensional relations and multi -disciplinary among the value judgments, aimed at estimating the economic value of the tangible and intangible assets included in these interventions, and the judgment of choice, thesis to select among various alternatives, that of greater economic convenience. Taking into account that any convenience judgment is preceded by a value judgment the interventions on the landscape due to the integrated Principles of Green City that include actions of urban forestry encourage the transformation processes in optical of urban sustainability, in the light of the plural multidimensional effects produced by them in the form of eco-systemic services in degree of benefit related to the protection and increase in the consistency of the existing vegetation, the economic growth of the territory and to the psycho-physical well-being of citizens.

DESCRITTORI DI DUBLINO

Knowledge and understanding
At the conclusion of the module the student should have acquired knowledge and comprehension skills as well as the skill that allow to support under the theoretical -methodological profile, the appraisal and evaluation aspects to consider in integrated design interventions of the landscape in optical of urban sustainability according the integrated Principles of Green City. The student must have acquired adequate and specific knowledge of the tools, procedures and operational mechanisms that enable him to respond to the evaluation questions posed by public and private subjects in the management of landscape interventions set and to be carried out with the aim of creating a ecosystem services system that generate positive environmental, social and economic effects. In particular, in the integrated planning of the landscape with a view to urban sustainability according to the integrated principles of the Green City, the student must be able to identify decision nodes and evaluation procedures so that public and private operators can make rational choices.
The verification of the knowledge will be made through tests and exercises ongoing and the test (final) exam proper.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course the student must demonstrate mastery in the theoretical and operational approaches that allow to express value and convenience judgments and those analytical-projects useful for the finalization of knowledge and understanding skills acquired, to solve even complex problems related to the management of the different phases of the process related to landscape design. In particular, the student must be able to respond to the estimative and evaluative questions that arise in the management of activities related to interventions on the landscape set according to eco-systemic logics, in which the presence of urban forestry actions are able to cause benefits related to the protection and growth of existing vegetation, the economic growth of the territory and the psycho-physical well-being of citizens using the methods, techniques, tools, procedures, operational mechanisms acquired.
These skills will be acquired through frontal and seminar teaching activities, to be carried out in the classroom or at home, referring to concrete cases / experiences, aimed at developing the individual and group approach to application and professional problems.
The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests ongoing.

Autonomy of judgment.
At the end of the course the student must demonstrate the ability to acquire knowledge and experience, to examine and rework them for the purpose of forming an independent and original judgment.
In particular, the student must demonstrate skills in autonomous and conscious management in integrating the issues related to the esteem and the evaluation, with the design ones with the aim of returning adequate solutions to the problems that may arise in the management activities of landscape design based on the integrated Green City principles that include urban forestry actions, be they public or private, or in PPP.
The achievement of these critical and autonomous judgments will be acquired during the frontal and seminar teaching activities.
The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests ongoing.

Communication skills.
At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate, in the face of the acquisition of the operational capacity with respect to the theoretical methodological, technical and design knowledge, proper to the teaching, to be able to communicate them, in an adequate and effective way, also within the documents to be prepared in relation to the different phases and the different areas of settlement production related to landscape interventions, also using advanced and multimedia communication tools in the field of representation and in the various forms of language, verbal and written-graph.
The achievement of these skills will be acquired during the course's teaching and seminar activities, which ensure full possession of the specific expressive and illustrative skills of the plan and the project.
The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests ongoing.

Learning ability
At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate a significant capacity for independent learning, which will allow him to update and continuously increase his knowledge and skills in the formulation of value and convenience judgments related to the issues related to the management processes of the landscape design. The acquisition of these skills will take place through the specific theoretical contributions given by the teacher during the course, aimed at expanding the framework of skills aimed at using methodologies, tools and even innovative applications in the field of esteem and evaluation in landscape design. and through the constant participation in the seminar activities of the Course, a dialectical field of verification of acquired knowledge, carried out within concrete cases of experimentation.
The assessment of skills will take place, above all, through the exam test, structured so as to highlight the autonomy in organizing their own learning.

Educational objectives

The course in “Landscape and Water Management” aims at introducing the students to the hydrological processes occurring in urban landscapes and at dissecting the role of the hydrological cycle in water resources management. The course will provide:
- Analytical and methodological tools to address water resources monitoring and management in urban landscapes
- Operational approaches to design solutions related to smart water resources management in urban areas.
Upon attendance of the course, the students will:
- Enrich their comprehension of hydrological processes in urban areas (1 knowledge and understanding, 5 learning skills)
- Be able to design simple solutions for smart water and landscape management in urban areas (2 applying knowledge and understanding, 3 making judgements).

Educational objectives

Learning Outcomes
General targets. The course aims to contribute to the training of the figure of the landscaper through the tools for the identification of plant diseases and their prevention in the context of environmental sustainability, with particular regard to the Italian and, generally, European metropolitan areas.
Specific targets.
1. knowledge and understanding
Knowledge of the principles of Plant Pathology, pathogens cycles in relation to plants phenological phases, plant sustainable development in relation to disease prevention. Understanding of the theoretical principles underlying sustainable prevention and potentially applicable innovations based on advances in knowledge in the sector.
2. applying knowledge and understanding:
Design and deployment of preventive sustainable defense strategies by a multidisciplinary approach and according to the principles of compliance with Italian and European legislation.
3. making judgements through:
- analysis of the state of the art and of innovations potentially applicable in the sector, particularly referred to metropolitan areas, possibly by information provided by other courses;
- analysis of data collected during didactic hiking trips, possibly by a multidisciplinary approach.
4. communication skills:
preparation and discussion with the aid of presentations, seminars (individual or group); examination will consist of an oral interview, which includes the presentation of a topic chosen by the student or agreed with the teacher;
5. learning skills through:
- main field survey methodologies;
- main bibliographic sources on the sector, in particular national and international scientific journals, monographs, series;
- scientific societies and national and international bodies competent in the sector.

Educational objectives

Learning Outcomes
General targets. The course aims to contribute to the training of the figure of the landscaper through the tools for the identification of plant diseases and their prevention in the context of environmental sustainability, with particular regard to the Italian and, generally, European metropolitan areas.
Specific targets.
1. knowledge and understanding
Knowledge of the principles of Plant Pathology, pathogens cycles in relation to plants phenological phases, plant sustainable development in relation to disease prevention. Understanding of the theoretical principles underlying sustainable prevention and potentially applicable innovations based on advances in knowledge in the sector.
2. applying knowledge and understanding:
Design and deployment of preventive sustainable defense strategies by a multidisciplinary approach and according to the principles of compliance with Italian and European legislation.
3. making judgements through:
- analysis of the state of the art and of innovations potentially applicable in the sector, particularly referred to metropolitan areas, possibly by information provided by other courses;
- analysis of data collected during didactic hiking trips, possibly by a multidisciplinary approach.
4. communication skills:
preparation and discussion with the aid of presentations, seminars (individual or group); examination will consist of an oral interview, which includes the presentation of a topic chosen by the student or agreed with the teacher;
5. learning skills through:
- main field survey methodologies;
- main bibliographic sources on the sector, in particular national and international scientific journals, monographs, series;
- scientific societies and national and international bodies competent in the sector.

Educational objectives

General objectives
The course considers the general principles of the restoration discipline related to a wide and diversified concept of protection, which invests territorial areas and involves cultural and environmental heritage. The historical compendium and the cognitive approach will guarantee the knowledge of the site and the recognition of the "values" to be safeguarded. The methodological approach will be divided into phases: recognition, interpretation and evaluation of the physical and expressive structure of the built environment. The design approach will be interrelated and directed to the critical management of complex balance (regulation of transformation dynamics) that, between conservation and development, in territorial (urban and extra-urban) areas, involves cultural and environmental heritage. From this point of view, the operational framework will include an organic and correlated complex of urban planning and architectural value actions; to relate the safeguard to the development, the discipline of the recovery with that of the innovation, to combine landscape aspects and territorial planning; so as to satisfy both the reasons of history and the needs of contemporaneity.

Specific objectives
Knowledge and skills
At the end of the course, the student will acquire knowledge and skills about the method necessary to develop a context analysis concerning the landscape system.
After acquiring the theoretical knowledge -to be transformed design guide line- the student will demonstrate the acquired skills in defining the design and implementation "iter" at the basis of the intervention. The verification of the acquired knowledge will be implemented through the project activity carried out during the Course; the student will demonstrate to be able to identify the rules of transformation and interpret them within an integrated cultural framework.

Ability to apply skills and knowledge
At the end of the course -after having mastered the analytical-design approach related to the landscape issues- the student will have to demonstrate the ability to develop an interrelated recognition, both of environmental factors, and anthropogenic factors and those of socio- ethnography, also by evaluating the mutual interactions in terms of sustainability with respect to the 'value system' determined by the historical stratification process.
In this sense, in the search for a close interconnection between protection, development choices and set-up strategies, the student will have to finalize the method to define the "degree of transformability", through an essentially "dynamic" approach. In particular, using the methods, skills and procedures acquired, the student will have to demonstrate to be able to apply these skills to intervene correctly in the current space-environment. The check of the ability to apply the knowledge will be carried out through initinere tests and through the exam test.

Critical and judgmental skills
At the end of the learning process, the student must demonstrate to have attained the skills to apply the knowledge by means of a complete critical summary to be attributed to the propositional interests of the intervention that is to be placed within the relationship systems qualifying the examined reality.
In particular, the student must demonstrate to have acquired sufficient familiarity with the formative processes of architecture connoted by a varied planning; regarding this, every solution is the result of the interrelation between moments of analysis and of synthesis, of comparison and of verification, and that in the restorative context, constitute a fundamental activity, rigorously supported and controlled by the continuous exercise of critical thought.
The achievement of this autonomy of judgment will have to be realized within the project activities experienced during the course; the verification of the acquired critical skills will be carried out through the exam test.

Communication skills.
At the end of the course, in the face of the acquired skills with respect to the theoretical, methodological, technical and design knowledge of the disciplinary scope of the restoration, the student will demonstrate to be able to communicate them in an effective and innovative way.
In this perspective, considering the question in terms of search of spaces for the dialogue between the different operational specificities, the student will have to consider the varied professional interface that connotes the safeguard-development dialectic. The student must therefore be able to transmit the peculiarities of the "value system" that defines the limits and potential of the intervention, to be specified through an interrelated design approach.
The achievement of these skills will be verified by the expressive and illustrative skills of the project outlined and will be carried out through the exam test.

Skills and autonomy of study
At the end of the course the student will demonstrate the acquired skill to learn and to independently apply his own knowledge.
In particular, the student has to show the awareness of the foundations of the theoretical framework, through the definition of a historical-cognitive approach that must guarantee the knowledge of the places and the understanding of the 'values' to be safeguarded.
Furthermore, the student will demonstrate the ability to update and continuously increase the skills acquired, so as to outline an organic and correlated set of actions aimed at conserving and enhancing the landscape qualities of the present.
The acquisition of these skills will take place through constant participation in the activities of the Studio: a place where the culture of the project takes on a fundamental role, where the value of the formative moment is specified.
The verification will take place during the exam test, through which the student's autonomy in organizing their learning can be highlighted.

Educational objectives

To recognize major geotechnical hazards, plan appropriate site investigations, and to develop safe and successful geotechnical design.
Geotechnical engineering and fundamental concepts in soil mechanics: to discuss the origin and composition of soils and introduce fundamental intrinsic parameters and state variables required to classify soils and to assess their current state. Effective stress in soils. Drained and undrained conditions.
Introduction to major Geohazards. Hazard zonation, monitoring, management and mitigation. Landslides (flows and mudslides): describe and classify landslides. Complete stability analysis for drained and undrained conditions on failure surfaces of planar, circular and general shapes. Slope stabilization methods: ground profile modification, drainage, retaining structures, other methods. Seepage flow and consolidation.
Expected learning outcomes:

- basic knowledge of soil mechanics and geotechnical investigations
- knowledge of the most important risks of a hydro-geological nature and of the monitoring techniques of the phenomena for the protection and safeguarding of the environment and human life. This knowledge will allow to intervene on the territory and on the landscape, improving protection and reducing the incidence of risks.
Expected learning outcomes:

- basic knowledge of soil mechanics and geotechnical investigations
- Knowledge of the most important risks of hydro-geological and technical monitoring of the phenomena for the protection and preservation of the environment and human life. This knowledge will allow to intervene on the territory and on the landscape, improving protection and reducing the incidence of risks.

Educational objectives

General objectives
The general objective of the module, within the Landscape Planning and Infrastructure Studio, is to learn and test ecological principles and methodologies in the interdisciplinary framework of green infrastructures or "landscape infrastructures" planning. In particular, with respect to the overall strategic context of the landscape infrastructure, which addresses the overall aspects of sustainable development, the module deals with the environmental aspects, providing the basis for the interpretation and subsequent planning of the landscape as a complex ecological system. At different scales and for territorial contexts with different degrees of naturalness (urban / rural), the themes of the territorial ecological classification, of the assessment of the state of conservation and of the prioritization of the objectives of protection, management and planning of natural resources are then dealt with.

Specific aims

Knowledge and understanding of the structural, functional and dynamic aspects of the landscape, as a system of ecological systems, as well as of drivers, pressures, impacts and responses that affect the conditions and ecological value of landscapes

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding for the collection, processing, analysis and interdisciplinary integration of ecological-landscape knowledge aimed at the definition of protocols, plans and projects for the assessment, enhancement and redevelopment of complex ecological systems

Critical and judgmental skills developed through participation in seminar activities and in-depth analysis of scientific articles and examples of landscape planning at different scales selected by the teacher

Ability to communicate what has been learned through collective activities of argumentation and discussion of the proposed scientific investigations and landscape plans

Ability to continue the study autonomously throughout life through the knowledge of the basic theoretical models for ecological landscape analysis, for the assessment of conservation status and environmental quality at the landscape scale, as well as of the main institutional sources and scientific studies for the retrieval and the updating of basic data related to environmental and sustainable development conventions and strategies

Educational objectives

Landscape planning
The main objective of he Landscape Planning Studio is to develop and test with students an experimental method of interdisciplinary design, i.e. Landscape Infrastructure, to pursue territorial balance, sustainable economic development, accessibility, social inclusion, improvement of biodiversity and of quality of life in metropolitan areas.
The course pursue the following training objectives:

Knowledge and understanding
− acquisition of specific tools to understand and interpret the contemporary city with particular reference to the performance of an environmental infrastructure system with respect to urban challenges: sustainable urban accessibility, social inclusion, environmental resilience, climate adaptation, improvement of continuity and ecological functionality
Applying knowledge and understanding
− acquisition of a design method able to proceed through: definition of problems; analysis of data ; Prioritization of interventions, Identification of solutions; Experimentation, modelling and testing
Making judgements
− ability to critically evaluate and organize cognitive data, evaluations and proposals for transformation and improvement of urban areas using urban planning tools and methods (thematic maps, graphic elaborations, technical reports, info-graphics, visualizations, etc.)
Communications
− experimentation of techniques and methods of representation, argumentation and communication of cognitive data and design choices aimed at dialectical comparison between different disciplinary fields and people with different skills
Lifelong learning skills
− Acquisition of knowledge and tools as a working method for urban planning and design applicable to different contexts

Educational objectives

The main objective of the landscape design studio (within the The Landscape Planning Studio) is to develop and test with students an experimental method of interdisciplinary design, i.e. Landscape Infrastructure. A strategy capable of combining, through the project, needs, expectations and prospects of territorial balance, sustainable economic development, accessibility, social inclusion, improvement of biodiversity and of quality of life in metropolitan areas.
Design studio aims at the following training objectives:

Knowledge and understanding
− Acquisition of specific tools to understand and interpret the relationships between spaces and people in the contemporary city with particular reference to the new needs of urban accessibility, inclusive sociality, resilience and climate adaptation.
Applying knowledge and understanding
− acquisition of a design method intended as a dynamic and circular process able to proceed through: definition of problems; analysis of data (measurable, trackable and implementable informations over time, etc); Prioritization of interventions, Identification of solutions; Selection of appropriate materials (artificial and natural), techniques and technologies; Experimentation, modelling and testing
Making judgements
− Ability to evaluate and organize data, assessments and proposals for landscape transformation and improvement using and technical language e and specific tools of the design discipline (graphic elaborations, technical reports, info-graphics, views, etc)
Communications
− field test of techniques and methods of representation, argumentation and communication of cognitive data and design choices aimed at dialectical comparison within and possibly outside the Laboratory.
Lifelong learning skills
− Acquisition of knowledge and tools to form a working method for the design of the landscape applicable to different contexts

Educational objectives

General objectives
The general objective of the module, within the Landscape Planning and Infrastructure Studio, is to learn and test ecological principles and methodologies in the interdisciplinary framework of green infrastructures or "landscape infrastructures" planning. In particular, with respect to the overall strategic context of the landscape infrastructure, which addresses the overall aspects of sustainable development, the module deals with the environmental aspects, providing the basis for the interpretation and subsequent planning of the landscape as a complex ecological system. At different scales and for territorial contexts with different degrees of naturalness (urban / rural), the themes of the territorial ecological classification, of the assessment of the state of conservation and of the prioritization of the objectives of protection, management and planning of natural resources are then dealt with.

Specific aims

Knowledge and understanding of the structural, functional and dynamic aspects of the landscape, as a system of ecological systems, as well as of drivers, pressures, impacts and responses that affect the conditions and ecological value of landscapes

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding for the collection, processing, analysis and interdisciplinary integration of ecological-landscape knowledge aimed at the definition of protocols, plans and projects for the assessment, enhancement and redevelopment of complex ecological systems

Critical and judgmental skills developed through participation in seminar activities and in-depth analysis of scientific articles and examples of landscape planning at different scales selected by the teacher

Ability to communicate what has been learned through collective activities of argumentation and discussion of the proposed scientific investigations and landscape plans

Ability to continue the study autonomously throughout life through the knowledge of the basic theoretical models for ecological landscape analysis, for the assessment of conservation status and environmental quality at the landscape scale, as well as of the main institutional sources and scientific studies for the retrieval and the updating of basic data related to environmental and sustainable development conventions and strategies

Educational objectives

The Design Studio aims to provide students multidisciplinary tools and knowledge to address the topic of risk through the landscape project. The guiding hypothesis is that the prevention of risks, the reduction of vulnerabilities and the safety of settlements and open spaces can build a strategy to interpret specificities and diversity of the territories, to start processes of improvement affecting spaces, ways of life, behaviours and economies; reactivate local productions, activities and resources to maintain and enhance territories.
Students will be guided in the development of the urban landscape project, aimed at increasing the resilience of urban areas and settled communities. The project pursues at an healthy city, ensuring accessibility and sustainable mobility public health, reduction of environmental and social risks.

The laboratory pursues the following training objectives

Knowledge and understanding
− acquisition of specific tools to understand and interpret relations, ways of life and spaces of the metropolitan city, with particular reference to the needs of sustainable mobility, also for the purposes of reducing atmospheric pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, supporting sports practice and healthy living, to promote the maintenance of open space (urban forestry agriculture), to promote adaptation to climate change.
Applying knowledge and understanding
− ability to apply the tools for the development of a landscape and architecture project able to reduce risks and respond to new needs of the contemporary city

Making judgements
− Ability to evaluate and organize data, assessments and proposals for landscape transformation and improvement using and technical language e and specific tools of the design discipline (graphic elaborations, technical reports, info-graphics, views, etc)
Communications
− field test of techniques and methods of representation, argumentation and communication of cognitive data and design choices aimed at dialectical and interdisciplinary comparison and dialogue with possible users, administrators, etc. . It is about imagining and communicating how space will be transformed by project actions, producing new landscapes.
Lifelong learning skills
− Acquisition of knowledge and tools to form a working method for the design of the landscape applicable to different contexts

The Design Module aims to outline a method for the architectural project by introducing a conscious process of appropriation of the necessary steps to structure a small-scale but extended building intervention to the landscape problem. In this perspective, the Module goes through the essential phases of the setting and definition of the architectural project, up to the architectural detail, meaning it as a rationally transmissible process and not as an improvised operation, appropriately coordinated with the strategies and forms of the landscape project.

The module Urban agriculture and landscape aims the knowledge of the importance and role of agriculture and agricultural landscape for the requalification of the todays’ cities and for the prevention of environmental and biological risks in the peri-urban areas. The module will provide tools for the evaluation of the damages deriving from agriculture marginalization, i.e. loss in fertile soils, biodiversity erosion, loss of local identities and traditional landscapes. Finally, the instrument of the landscape project will be developed aiming the aesthetic and functional requalification of the agricultural spaces proximal or included in the city.

Educational objectives

Students will be guided in the development of a landscape project aimed at creating new sustainable connections for Rome, starting from the in-depth study of some significant sections of the GRAB track, the Grande Raccordo Anulare delle Biciclette.
Design studio aims at the following training objectives:

Knowledge and understanding
− Acquisition of a toolkit aimed to understand and interpret the relationship between contemporary lifestyles (demand for innovative collective services) and living spaces in the metropolitan city with particular reference to accessibility , sustainable mobility , healthier lifestyles, education to physical activities and well-being.

Applying knowledge and understanding
− ability to apply the tools for the development of a landscape project aimed at creating new sustainable connections for Rome.
Making judgements
− Ability to evaluate and organize data, assessments and proposals for landscape transformation and improvement using and technical language e and specific tools of the design discipline (graphic elaborations, technical reports, info-graphics, views, etc)
Communications
− field test of techniques and methods of representation, argumentation and communication of cognitive data and design choices aimed at dialectical and interdisciplinary comparison and dialogue with possible users, administrators, etc. . It is about imagining and communicating how space will be transformed by project actions, producing new landscapes.
Lifelong learning skills
− Acquisition of knowledge and tools to form a working method for the design of the landscape applicable to different contexts

Educational objectives

The Urban Design Module aims to outline a method for the architectural project by introducing a conscious process of appropriation of the steps necessary to structure a small-scale but reasonably extended building intervention to the landscape problem. In this perspective the Module goes through the essential phases of the setting and definition of the architectural project, up to the architectural detail, meaning it as a rationally transmissible process and not as an impromptu and improvised operation, appropriately coordinated with the strategies and forms of the landscape project.

Educational objectives

The module Landscape and Urban agriculture aims the knowledge of the importance and role of agriculture and agricultural landscape for the requalification of the todays’ cities and for the prevention of environmental and biological risks in the peri-urban areas. The module will provide tools for the evaluation of the damages deriving from agriculture marginalization, i.e. loss in fertile soils, biodiversity erosion, loss of local identities and traditional landscapes. Finally, the instrument of the landscape project will be developed aiming the aesthetic and functional requalification of the agricultural spaces proximal or included in the city.

Knowledge and understanding
− Acquisition of specific tools for understanding and interpreting the peri-urban agricultural landscape, its multifunctionality and the relationships among agro-food productions and valorisation of the territory, with the aim to counteract the urban environmental decay and to promoted a better quality life of the contemporary habitat.

Applying knowledge and understanding
− ability to apply the acquired knowledge and tools for the development of strategies of improvement of the rural-urban space relationship; application of the acquired skills in the urban agriculture project at different scales; ability to deals with a wider landscape project.
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− Making judgements
− Ability to evaluate and organize data, assessments and proposals for landscape transformation and improvement using a technical language and specific tools of the design discipline (graphic elaborations, technical reports, info-graphics, views, etc.)
Communications
− in accordance and interaction with the other Modules of the Laboratory, field test of techniques and methods of representation, argumentation and communication of cognitive data and design choices aimed at dialectical and interdisciplinary comparison and dialogue with possible users, administrators, etc. .
Lifelong learning skills
− Acquisition of knowledge and tools to form a working method for the design of the landscape applicable to different contexts.

Educational objectives

Students should be able to communicate without a dictionary (Reading, Writing and Listening), using a variety of structures and vocabulary at European B2 level (e.g. PET).

Educational objectives

In addition to the 12 teaching courses provided for by the degree programme of the CdLM AP (degree course), students should seek to attain additional experience. This might be represented by an internship on the premises of a public or private institute, or by participating in design competitions, collaborating in design experiments, taking part in conventions, conferences, seminars or workshops, becoming involved in exhibitions, etc.

Educational objectives

To allow the student to the writing of a text or project that represents the sum of the knowledge achieved during the course of his study.

Educational objectives

In this course, landscape is considered from two different points of view: landscape as an aesthetical phenomenon and as a generator of new aesthetical experiences. To fulfill this purpose, the course will go back to the history of philosophical theories about landscape from the 20th and first years of the 21st century, also in comparison with other disciplines, such as geography, ecology, botany, sociology, etc. The course will also analyze some conceptual couples that today play a central role in any reflection about landscape: protection and innovation, aesthetics and aestheticization, sustainability and exploitation, openness and restriction, and so on. The course must provide students with the right conceptual basis to understand which landscape ideas are involved in their planning and aesthetical categories — often unrecognized, if not removed — lead in a more or less conscious way the actual policies of landscape design.

a) Knowledge and understanding
- the course provides students with advanced knowledges on contemporary aesthetics and, concerning landscape, it provides specific understanding skills also related to interdisciplinary research spaces;

b) Applying knowledge and understanding
The course allows the application of the acquired knowledges to face new research and design scenarios, which can not be solved only with the traditional tools of landscape architecture;

c) Making judgements
Students acquire the ability to formulate independent assessments, to deal with complex sets of problems and to outline general frameworks also starting from informations coming from heterogeneous sources, or limited, or incomplete. Social and ethical responsibilities related to the specific landscape design are also aboarded, developed and stimulated.


d) Communication skills
students learn how to communicate their knowledges to specialists and non-specialist interlocutors.

e) Learning skills
student learns to study in a autonomous way, organizing their original research paths and bibliographies from Italian texts, but also getting hold of a specialized international lexicon (English, German and French).

Educational objectives

The course addresses the critical and theoretical themes related to Landscape Architecture, meant as project culture and praxis concerning open space and its declinations.
The course will address theoretical foundations and operative approaches in the most interesting trends that have extended the skills of this discipline in different directions, turning it into a key reflection element for the rethink of transformation modalities in human habitat.

a) Knowledge and understanding
The course aims at offering a sight - on a knowledge, theoretical and technical level - on the main aspects of Landscape Architecture, in its different articulations, particularly referring to the international scenario of projects and realizations: from parks to public space, to urban and extra-urban landscapes, through the use of reading instruments, the research of motivations, the knowledge of natural/artificial elements and of the main techniques that provide the specific heritage of this discipline.
b) Applying knowledge and understanding
Providing methodological tools so that the knowledge acquired by students can contribute to improve their design and technical skills.
c) Making judgements
Developing the ability of critically understanding landscape projects through the representation, the (graphic) description of the motivations, of the modes of relationship with contexts and the acknowledge of the devices and the main techniques that constitute the specific heritage of this discipline.
d) Communication skills
Enabling the ability to communicate the complexity of the design process and related themes, through a critical work on case studies.
e) Learning skills
Providing tools, methodologies and categories apt at enriching knowledge as a basis to understand the modes of transformation of human habitat.

Educational objectives

PHYTOGEOGRAPHY AND APPLIED BOTANY
First year – first semester
General objectives
The Course of Phytogeography and Applied Geobotany is focused on the study of the geographical distribution of the plant species and their phytocoenoses that arise from them according to their sociological character and ecological requirements ad tolerance. The course provides the theoretical-methodological and operational tools necessary for the identification and definition of the distribution areas, chorotypes and regional biogeographic units. In particular, the methodological approach of the course will investigate the spatial and spatio-temporal aspects of biodiversity, the spatial dimension of biological evolution based on the causal analysis of the spatial distribution of plant species in their current and historical dimensions.

Specific objectives

Knowledge and ability in understanding
At the end of the course the student will be asked to demonstrate the acquired knowledge and understanding skills, as well as skills that allow him to support, from a theoretical-methodological point of view, the setting up of territorial planning strategies consistent with the identity and the floristic-vegetational features of the places majorly based on the knowledge of the native and alien flora and with the risks associated to the use of the naturalized alien flora for issues of environmental mamagement. The verification of knowledge will be carried out through intermediate examination tests both at a theoretical level and at a practical level.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course the student must demonstrate the mastery in the use of manuals for the identification of plant species and the ability to interpret thematic maps of floristic, conservation, vegetational and phytooclimatic type. It will also be able to understand and translate in an applicative sense the syntaxonomic nomenclature occurrig in the main national and European vegetational check-lists and frameworks since these are currently used in programs for the conservation and management of Biodiversity such as the Interpretation Manual of the Habitats Directive or the CoRiNe Biotops project. These skills will be verified both in the theoretical and experimental and design activities. The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests in itinere.
Autonomy of judgment.
At the end of the course the student must demonstrate the ability to acquire knowledge and experience, to evaluate and re-elaborate them for the purpose of forming an autonomous and original judgment. In particular, the student must demonstrate skills in autonomous management in landscape planning and design related to the interpretation of the natural Landscape, its flag species, its main plant communities, the models of potential natural vegetation and the spatial and temporal dynamic of the vegetation series. The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests in itinere.
Communication skills.
At the end of the course the student will be asked to demonstrate, after the acquisition and the operational capacity with respect to the theoretical methodological, technical and design knowledge, proper to the teaching, to be able to communicate them correctly and using a consistent scientific terminology. with the issues addressed. It should also be able to use advanced and multimedia survey and processing tools. The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests in itinere.

Learning ability
At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate a high capacity for autonomous learning, which allows to continuously update and increase his knowledge and skills in the field of phytogeography and applied geobotany with particular reference to the cenological and syntaxonomic aspects related to sustainable management of the territory. The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests in itinere

Educational objectives

The main objective of the course is to transfer to students the theoretical foundations and the methodological basics to proceed in an operative approach in the complex areas of planning and management of parks, forests and trees in urban and peri-urban environments, with
particular reference to the Mediterranean climatic conditions.
A) Knowledge and understanding - The student will be acquainted with fundamental knowledge on the bio-ecological, technical and cultural aspects related to the use of forest trees and shrub plants, and of forestry systems for the management, requalification and ecological recovery of open spaces and ecosystems in urban and peri-urban areas; the context concerns the increase of environmental and energy sustainability in urban areas, thanks to the improvement of the microclimate, the quality of the environment and the mitigation of global changes, for a greater social welfare and the protection and amelioration of the landscape.
B) Applying knowledge and understanding - The student will acquire the skills to analyze the urban environment together with the criteria for the design of tree plantations and urban and peri-urban forests and will be able to plan a proper sustainable management. Students will have learned the geospatial methods and the geographical information systems, with reference to landscape ecology and the interactions between urban ecosystem and vegetation. Students will get: the basics of bioremediation and of ecological restoration of polluted and degraded environments; the fundamentals of the analysis, planning and management of forests in urban environments and of tree stability assessment; the principles of phyto-production techniques, planting and raising of trees and other plants for the urban environment. Students will be able to contribute to assess the quality and quantity of urban green areas as indicators of environmental sustainability as well as the potential and real contribution of the urban forest to the physical, social and economic well-being of urban society
C) Making judgements - Thanks to the knowledge acquired in the course, to the exercises carried out in the field with drafting a written technical report as well as to the laboratory activities, the student will be able to integrate the knowledge and manage the complexity of urban forest systems and to adopt participatory techniques and procedures for social responsibility and ethics.
D) Communication skills - The student will develop the skills to communicate the knowledge acquired; for this purpose the course includes the presentation of projects/case studies developed by the students in working groups.
E) Learning skills -Through the analysis and interpretation of texts, articles, audio-visual materials during the course, the student will enhance the skills of self-managed study, also to continue independently in the study.

Educational objectives

The course aims at teaching skills, both graphical and digital, as primary ways of knowledge and expression of landscape. This is essential for the multidisciplinary integration of the different knowledges that contribute to the formulation of the landscape architecture project. At the end of the course the student will be able to conduct research, analysis and operational processes through the experimentation of different visual communication systems (freehand drawings, perspectives, renderings, photographs).
For this purpose, student will have to:
- know the procedures and methods, operational and technical, to use both in the data acquisition phase and in the representation phase;
- know and critically practice digital methods and tools for representation;
- experiment with new models which, using the possibilities offered by new technologies and recovering the expressiveness of traditional cartography, are able to document the historical and contemporary landscape.

Educational objectives

The main objective of the course is the advanced training on the project of Gardens and Landscape Architecture. It focuses on the international scene, both on the cultural level and the economic and technical feasibility.
The course aims at achieving knowledge and experience of the experimentation on the procedures of identification, reading, programming, planning and management of the urban empty spaces system, in relation to the contemporary needs of use, with a multidisciplinary approach.
The course aims also at enhancing both the constructive traditions and the technical innovation of the landscape project, paying close attention to the relationship between natural and artificial elements, and to vegetation and water systems.
The project will provide design applications and technical details on the transformations of the urban and peri urban landscape, public spaces, squares and avenues, gardens, parks and green areas.

Knowledge and Understanding
At the end of the course the student will be able to understand and interpret the relationships between space, physical and social elements, in order to define an adequate design of open spaces for a contemporary city to satisfy the needs and wants of citizens.
Applying Knowledge and Understanding
Through the acquisition of a project methodology, the student will be able to process the collected data of contextual analysis, to define priorities of interventions, to identify solutions, to choose materials and technologies of natural and artificial systems more adequately.
Making judgements
The individual presentation and reviews of the design process, will be the main means to improve the autonomous assessment.
Communication skills
The student’s presentation about the progress of the project and the application of acquired knowledge, is therefore a crucial moment to represent the improvement both in terms of scientific language and the modalities of representation of the project work.
Learning skills
The valorization of the design process provides a methodological base, which will be applicable in different contexts.

Educational objectives

The main objective of the course is the advanced training on the project of Gardens and Landscape Architecture. It focuses on the international scene, both on the cultural level and the economic and technical feasibility.
The course aims at achieving knowledge and experience of the experimentation on the procedures of identification, reading, programming, planning and management of the urban empty spaces system, in relation to the contemporary needs of use, with a multidisciplinary approach.
The course aims also at enhancing both the constructive traditions and the technical innovation of the landscape project, paying close attention to the relationship between natural and artificial elements, and to vegetation and water systems.
The project will provide design applications and technical details on the transformations of the urban and peri urban landscape, public spaces, squares and avenues, gardens, parks and green areas.

Knowledge and Understanding
At the end of the course the student will be able to understand and interpret the relationships between space, physical and social elements, in order to define an adequate design of open spaces for a contemporary city to satisfy the needs and wants of citizens.
Applying Knowledge and Understanding
Through the acquisition of a project methodology, the student will be able to process the collected data of contextual analysis, to define priorities of interventions, to identify solutions, to choose materials and technologies of natural and artificial systems more adequately.
Making judgements
The individual presentation and reviews of the design process, will be the main means to improve the autonomous assessment.
Communication skills
The student’s presentation about the progress of the project and the application of acquired knowledge, is therefore a crucial moment to represent the improvement both in terms of scientific language and the modalities of representation of the project work.
Learning skills
The valorization of the design process provides a methodological base, which will be applicable in different contexts.

Educational objectives

With reference to the planning, design, implementation and management in operating phase of interventions of integrated design in consolidated areas of the city according to a perspective of urban sustainability due to integrated Principles of Green City the thematic module is intended to propose the characters, the finalities, the multidimensional relations and multi -disciplinary among the value judgments, aimed at estimating the economic value of the tangible and intangible assets included in these interventions, and the judgment of choice, thesis to select among various alternatives, that of greater economic convenience. Taking into account that any convenience judgment is preceded by a value judgment the interventions on the landscape due to the integrated Principles of Green City that include actions of urban forestry encourage the transformation processes in optical of urban sustainability, in the light of the plural multidimensional effects produced by them in the form of eco-systemic services in degree of benefit related to the protection and increase in the consistency of the existing vegetation, the economic growth of the territory and to the psycho-physical well-being of citizens.

DESCRITTORI DI DUBLINO

Knowledge and understanding
At the conclusion of the module the student should have acquired knowledge and comprehension skills as well as the skill that allow to support under the theoretical -methodological profile, the appraisal and evaluation aspects to consider in integrated design interventions of the landscape in optical of urban sustainability according the integrated Principles of Green City. The student must have acquired adequate and specific knowledge of the tools, procedures and operational mechanisms that enable him to respond to the evaluation questions posed by public and private subjects in the management of landscape interventions set and to be carried out with the aim of creating a ecosystem services system that generate positive environmental, social and economic effects. In particular, in the integrated planning of the landscape with a view to urban sustainability according to the integrated principles of the Green City, the student must be able to identify decision nodes and evaluation procedures so that public and private operators can make rational choices.
The verification of the knowledge will be made through tests and exercises ongoing and the test (final) exam proper.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course the student must demonstrate mastery in the theoretical and operational approaches that allow to express value and convenience judgments and those analytical-projects useful for the finalization of knowledge and understanding skills acquired, to solve even complex problems related to the management of the different phases of the process related to landscape design. In particular, the student must be able to respond to the estimative and evaluative questions that arise in the management of activities related to interventions on the landscape set according to eco-systemic logics, in which the presence of urban forestry actions are able to cause benefits related to the protection and growth of existing vegetation, the economic growth of the territory and the psycho-physical well-being of citizens using the methods, techniques, tools, procedures, operational mechanisms acquired.
These skills will be acquired through frontal and seminar teaching activities, to be carried out in the classroom or at home, referring to concrete cases / experiences, aimed at developing the individual and group approach to application and professional problems.
The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests ongoing.

Autonomy of judgment.
At the end of the course the student must demonstrate the ability to acquire knowledge and experience, to examine and rework them for the purpose of forming an independent and original judgment.
In particular, the student must demonstrate skills in autonomous and conscious management in integrating the issues related to the esteem and the evaluation, with the design ones with the aim of returning adequate solutions to the problems that may arise in the management activities of landscape design based on the integrated Green City principles that include urban forestry actions, be they public or private, or in PPP.
The achievement of these critical and autonomous judgments will be acquired during the frontal and seminar teaching activities.
The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests ongoing.

Communication skills.
At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate, in the face of the acquisition of the operational capacity with respect to the theoretical methodological, technical and design knowledge, proper to the teaching, to be able to communicate them, in an adequate and effective way, also within the documents to be prepared in relation to the different phases and the different areas of settlement production related to landscape interventions, also using advanced and multimedia communication tools in the field of representation and in the various forms of language, verbal and written-graph.
The achievement of these skills will be acquired during the course's teaching and seminar activities, which ensure full possession of the specific expressive and illustrative skills of the plan and the project.
The verification of the knowledge will be carried out, moreover, through the exam test proper and through tests ongoing.

Learning ability
At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate a significant capacity for independent learning, which will allow him to update and continuously increase his knowledge and skills in the formulation of value and convenience judgments related to the issues related to the management processes of the landscape design. The acquisition of these skills will take place through the specific theoretical contributions given by the teacher during the course, aimed at expanding the framework of skills aimed at using methodologies, tools and even innovative applications in the field of esteem and evaluation in landscape design. and through the constant participation in the seminar activities of the Course, a dialectical field of verification of acquired knowledge, carried out within concrete cases of experimentation.
The assessment of skills will take place, above all, through the exam test, structured so as to highlight the autonomy in organizing their own learning.

Educational objectives

The course in “Landscape and Water Management” aims at introducing the students to the hydrological processes occurring in urban landscapes and at dissecting the role of the hydrological cycle in water resources management. The course will provide:
- Analytical and methodological tools to address water resources monitoring and management in urban landscapes
- Operational approaches to design solutions related to smart water resources management in urban areas.
Upon attendance of the course, the students will:
- Enrich their comprehension of hydrological processes in urban areas (1 knowledge and understanding, 5 learning skills)
- Be able to design simple solutions for smart water and landscape management in urban areas (2 applying knowledge and understanding, 3 making judgements).

Educational objectives

General objectives
The course considers the general principles of the restoration discipline related to a wide and diversified concept of protection, which invests territorial areas and involves cultural and environmental heritage. The historical compendium and the cognitive approach will guarantee the knowledge of the site and the recognition of the "values" to be safeguarded. The methodological approach will be divided into phases: recognition, interpretation and evaluation of the physical and expressive structure of the built environment. The design approach will be interrelated and directed to the critical management of complex balance (regulation of transformation dynamics) that, between conservation and development, in territorial (urban and extra-urban) areas, involves cultural and environmental heritage. From this point of view, the operational framework will include an organic and correlated complex of urban planning and architectural value actions; to relate the safeguard to the development, the discipline of the recovery with that of the innovation, to combine landscape aspects and territorial planning; so as to satisfy both the reasons of history and the needs of contemporaneity.

Specific objectives
Knowledge and skills
At the end of the course, the student will acquire knowledge and skills about the method necessary to develop a context analysis concerning the landscape system.
After acquiring the theoretical knowledge -to be transformed design guide line- the student will demonstrate the acquired skills in defining the design and implementation "iter" at the basis of the intervention. The verification of the acquired knowledge will be implemented through the project activity carried out during the Course; the student will demonstrate to be able to identify the rules of transformation and interpret them within an integrated cultural framework.

Ability to apply skills and knowledge
At the end of the course -after having mastered the analytical-design approach related to the landscape issues- the student will have to demonstrate the ability to develop an interrelated recognition, both of environmental factors, and anthropogenic factors and those of socio- ethnography, also by evaluating the mutual interactions in terms of sustainability with respect to the 'value system' determined by the historical stratification process.
In this sense, in the search for a close interconnection between protection, development choices and set-up strategies, the student will have to finalize the method to define the "degree of transformability", through an essentially "dynamic" approach. In particular, using the methods, skills and procedures acquired, the student will have to demonstrate to be able to apply these skills to intervene correctly in the current space-environment. The check of the ability to apply the knowledge will be carried out through initinere tests and through the exam test.

Critical and judgmental skills
At the end of the learning process, the student must demonstrate to have attained the skills to apply the knowledge by means of a complete critical summary to be attributed to the propositional interests of the intervention that is to be placed within the relationship systems qualifying the examined reality.
In particular, the student must demonstrate to have acquired sufficient familiarity with the formative processes of architecture connoted by a varied planning; regarding this, every solution is the result of the interrelation between moments of analysis and of synthesis, of comparison and of verification, and that in the restorative context, constitute a fundamental activity, rigorously supported and controlled by the continuous exercise of critical thought.
The achievement of this autonomy of judgment will have to be realized within the project activities experienced during the course; the verification of the acquired critical skills will be carried out through the exam test.

Communication skills.
At the end of the course, in the face of the acquired skills with respect to the theoretical, methodological, technical and design knowledge of the disciplinary scope of the restoration, the student will demonstrate to be able to communicate them in an effective and innovative way.
In this perspective, considering the question in terms of search of spaces for the dialogue between the different operational specificities, the student will have to consider the varied professional interface that connotes the safeguard-development dialectic. The student must therefore be able to transmit the peculiarities of the "value system" that defines the limits and potential of the intervention, to be specified through an interrelated design approach.
The achievement of these skills will be verified by the expressive and illustrative skills of the project outlined and will be carried out through the exam test.

Skills and autonomy of study
At the end of the course the student will demonstrate the acquired skill to learn and to independently apply his own knowledge.
In particular, the student has to show the awareness of the foundations of the theoretical framework, through the definition of a historical-cognitive approach that must guarantee the knowledge of the places and the understanding of the 'values' to be safeguarded.
Furthermore, the student will demonstrate the ability to update and continuously increase the skills acquired, so as to outline an organic and correlated set of actions aimed at conserving and enhancing the landscape qualities of the present.
The acquisition of these skills will take place through constant participation in the activities of the Studio: a place where the culture of the project takes on a fundamental role, where the value of the formative moment is specified.
The verification will take place during the exam test, through which the student's autonomy in organizing their learning can be highlighted.

Educational objectives

Learning Outcomes
General targets. The course aims to contribute to the training of the figure of the landscaper through the tools for the identification of plant diseases and their prevention in the context of environmental sustainability, with particular regard to the Italian and, generally, European metropolitan areas.
Specific targets.
1. knowledge and understanding
Knowledge of the principles of Plant Pathology, pathogens cycles in relation to plants phenological phases, plant sustainable development in relation to disease prevention. Understanding of the theoretical principles underlying sustainable prevention and potentially applicable innovations based on advances in knowledge in the sector.
2. applying knowledge and understanding:
Design and deployment of preventive sustainable defense strategies by a multidisciplinary approach and according to the principles of compliance with Italian and European legislation.
3. making judgements through:
- analysis of the state of the art and of innovations potentially applicable in the sector, particularly referred to metropolitan areas, possibly by information provided by other courses;
- analysis of data collected during didactic hiking trips, possibly by a multidisciplinary approach.
4. communication skills:
preparation and discussion with the aid of presentations, seminars (individual or group); examination will consist of an oral interview, which includes the presentation of a topic chosen by the student or agreed with the teacher;
5. learning skills through:
- main field survey methodologies;
- main bibliographic sources on the sector, in particular national and international scientific journals, monographs, series;
- scientific societies and national and international bodies competent in the sector.

Educational objectives

Aim of the Garden and Landscape Design Module within the Restauration and Landscape Design Studio ....

Educational objectives

General objectives
The course considers the general principles of the restoration discipline related to a wide and diversified concept of protection, which invests territorial areas and involves cultural and environmental heritage. The historical compendium and the cognitive approach will guarantee the knowledge of the site and the recognition of the "values" to be safeguarded. The methodological approach will be divided into phases: recognition, interpretation and evaluation of the physical and expressive structure of the built environment. The design approach will be interrelated and directed to the critical management of complex balance (regulation of transformation dynamics) that, between conservation and development, in territorial (urban and extra-urban) areas, involves cultural and environmental heritage. From this point of view, the operational framework will include an organic and correlated complex of urban planning and architectural value actions; to relate the safeguard to the development, the discipline of the recovery with that of the innovation, to combine landscape aspects and territorial planning; so as to satisfy both the reasons of history and the needs of contemporaneity.

Specific objectives
Knowledge and skills
At the end of the course, the student will acquire knowledge and skills about the method necessary to develop a context analysis concerning the landscape system.
After acquiring the theoretical knowledge -to be transformed design guide line- the student will demonstrate the acquired skills in defining the design and implementation "iter" at the basis of the intervention. The verification of the acquired knowledge will be implemented through the project activity carried out during the Course; the student will demonstrate to be able to identify the rules of transformation and interpret them within an integrated cultural framework.

Ability to apply skills and knowledge
At the end of the course -after having mastered the analytical-design approach related to the landscape issues- the student will have to demonstrate the ability to develop an interrelated recognition, both of environmental factors, and anthropogenic factors and those of socio- ethnography, also by evaluating the mutual interactions in terms of sustainability with respect to the 'value system' determined by the historical stratification process.
In this sense, in the search for a close interconnection between protection, development choices and set-up strategies, the student will have to finalize the method to define the "degree of transformability", through an essentially "dynamic" approach. In particular, using the methods, skills and procedures acquired, the student will have to demonstrate to be able to apply these skills to intervene correctly in the current space-environment. The check of the ability to apply the knowledge will be carried out through initinere tests and through the exam test.

Critical and judgmental skills
At the end of the learning process, the student must demonstrate to have attained the skills to apply the knowledge by means of a complete critical summary to be attributed to the propositional interests of the intervention that is to be placed within the relationship systems qualifying the examined reality.
In particular, the student must demonstrate to have acquired sufficient familiarity with the formative processes of architecture connoted by a varied planning; regarding this, every solution is the result of the interrelation between moments of analysis and of synthesis, of comparison and of verification, and that in the restorative context, constitute a fundamental activity, rigorously supported and controlled by the continuous exercise of critical thought.
The achievement of this autonomy of judgment will have to be realized within the project activities experienced during the course; the verification of the acquired critical skills will be carried out through the exam test.

Communication skills.
At the end of the course, in the face of the acquired skills with respect to the theoretical, methodological, technical and design knowledge of the disciplinary scope of the restoration, the student will demonstrate to be able to communicate them in an effective and innovative way.
In this perspective, considering the question in terms of search of spaces for the dialogue between the different operational specificities, the student will have to consider the varied professional interface that connotes the safeguard-development dialectic. The student must therefore be able to transmit the peculiarities of the "value system" that defines the limits and potential of the intervention, to be specified through an interrelated design approach.
The achievement of these skills will be verified by the expressive and illustrative skills of the project outlined and will be carried out through the exam test.

Skills and autonomy of study
At the end of the course the student will demonstrate the acquired skill to learn and to independently apply his own knowledge.
In particular, the student has to show the awareness of the foundations of the theoretical framework, through the definition of a historical-cognitive approach that must guarantee the knowledge of the places and the understanding of the 'values' to be safeguarded.
Furthermore, the student will demonstrate the ability to update and continuously increase the skills acquired, so as to outline an organic and correlated set of actions aimed at conserving and enhancing the landscape qualities of the present.
The acquisition of these skills will take place through constant participation in the activities of the Studio: a place where the culture of the project takes on a fundamental role, where the value of the formative moment is specified.
The verification will take place during the exam test, through which the student's autonomy in organizing their learning can be highlighted.

Educational objectives

To recognize major geotechnical hazards, plan appropriate site investigations, and to develop safe and successful geotechnical design.
Geotechnical engineering and fundamental concepts in soil mechanics: to discuss the origin and composition of soils and introduce fundamental intrinsic parameters and state variables required to classify soils and to assess their current state. Effective stress in soils. Drained and undrained conditions.
Introduction to major Geohazards. Hazard zonation, monitoring, management and mitigation. Landslides (flows and mudslides): describe and classify landslides. Complete stability analysis for drained and undrained conditions on failure surfaces of planar, circular and general shapes. Slope stabilization methods: ground profile modification, drainage, retaining structures, other methods. Seepage flow and consolidation.
Expected learning outcomes:

- basic knowledge of soil mechanics and geotechnical investigations
- knowledge of the most important risks of a hydro-geological nature and of the monitoring techniques of the phenomena for the protection and safeguarding of the environment and human life. This knowledge will allow to intervene on the territory and on the landscape, improving protection and reducing the incidence of risks.
Expected learning outcomes:

- basic knowledge of soil mechanics and geotechnical investigations
- Knowledge of the most important risks of hydro-geological and technical monitoring of the phenomena for the protection and preservation of the environment and human life. This knowledge will allow to intervene on the territory and on the landscape, improving protection and reducing the incidence of risks.

Educational objectives

General objectives
The general objective of the module, within the Landscape Planning and Infrastructure Studio, is to learn and test ecological principles and methodologies in the interdisciplinary framework of green infrastructures or "landscape infrastructures" planning. In particular, with respect to the overall strategic context of the landscape infrastructure, which addresses the overall aspects of sustainable development, the module deals with the environmental aspects, providing the basis for the interpretation and subsequent planning of the landscape as a complex ecological system. At different scales and for territorial contexts with different degrees of naturalness (urban / rural), the themes of the territorial ecological classification, of the assessment of the state of conservation and of the prioritization of the objectives of protection, management and planning of natural resources are then dealt with.

Specific aims

Knowledge and understanding of the structural, functional and dynamic aspects of the landscape, as a system of ecological systems, as well as of drivers, pressures, impacts and responses that affect the conditions and ecological value of landscapes

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding for the collection, processing, analysis and interdisciplinary integration of ecological-landscape knowledge aimed at the definition of protocols, plans and projects for the assessment, enhancement and redevelopment of complex ecological systems

Critical and judgmental skills developed through participation in seminar activities and in-depth analysis of scientific articles and examples of landscape planning at different scales selected by the teacher

Ability to communicate what has been learned through collective activities of argumentation and discussion of the proposed scientific investigations and landscape plans

Ability to continue the study autonomously throughout life through the knowledge of the basic theoretical models for ecological landscape analysis, for the assessment of conservation status and environmental quality at the landscape scale, as well as of the main institutional sources and scientific studies for the retrieval and the updating of basic data related to environmental and sustainable development conventions and strategies

Educational objectives

Landscape planning
The main objective of he Landscape Planning Studio is to develop and test with students an experimental method of interdisciplinary design, i.e. Landscape Infrastructure, to pursue territorial balance, sustainable economic development, accessibility, social inclusion, improvement of biodiversity and of quality of life in metropolitan areas.
The course pursue the following training objectives:

Knowledge and understanding
− acquisition of specific tools to understand and interpret the contemporary city with particular reference to the performance of an environmental infrastructure system with respect to urban challenges: sustainable urban accessibility, social inclusion, environmental resilience, climate adaptation, improvement of continuity and ecological functionality
Applying knowledge and understanding
− acquisition of a design method able to proceed through: definition of problems; analysis of data ; Prioritization of interventions, Identification of solutions; Experimentation, modelling and testing
Making judgements
− ability to critically evaluate and organize cognitive data, evaluations and proposals for transformation and improvement of urban areas using urban planning tools and methods (thematic maps, graphic elaborations, technical reports, info-graphics, visualizations, etc.)
Communications
− experimentation of techniques and methods of representation, argumentation and communication of cognitive data and design choices aimed at dialectical comparison between different disciplinary fields and people with different skills
Lifelong learning skills
− Acquisition of knowledge and tools as a working method for urban planning and design applicable to different contexts

Educational objectives

General objectives
The general objective of the module, within the Landscape Planning and Infrastructure Studio, is to learn and test ecological principles and methodologies in the interdisciplinary framework of green infrastructures or "landscape infrastructures" planning. In particular, with respect to the overall strategic context of the landscape infrastructure, which addresses the overall aspects of sustainable development, the module deals with the environmental aspects, providing the basis for the interpretation and subsequent planning of the landscape as a complex ecological system. At different scales and for territorial contexts with different degrees of naturalness (urban / rural), the themes of the territorial ecological classification, of the assessment of the state of conservation and of the prioritization of the objectives of protection, management and planning of natural resources are then dealt with.

Specific aims

Knowledge and understanding of the structural, functional and dynamic aspects of the landscape, as a system of ecological systems, as well as of drivers, pressures, impacts and responses that affect the conditions and ecological value of landscapes

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding for the collection, processing, analysis and interdisciplinary integration of ecological-landscape knowledge aimed at the definition of protocols, plans and projects for the assessment, enhancement and redevelopment of complex ecological systems

Critical and judgmental skills developed through participation in seminar activities and in-depth analysis of scientific articles and examples of landscape planning at different scales selected by the teacher

Ability to communicate what has been learned through collective activities of argumentation and discussion of the proposed scientific investigations and landscape plans

Ability to continue the study autonomously throughout life through the knowledge of the basic theoretical models for ecological landscape analysis, for the assessment of conservation status and environmental quality at the landscape scale, as well as of the main institutional sources and scientific studies for the retrieval and the updating of basic data related to environmental and sustainable development conventions and strategies

Educational objectives

The main objective of the landscape design studio (within the The Landscape Planning Studio) is to develop and test with students an experimental method of interdisciplinary design, i.e. Landscape Infrastructure. A strategy capable of combining, through the project, needs, expectations and prospects of territorial balance, sustainable economic development, accessibility, social inclusion, improvement of biodiversity and of quality of life in metropolitan areas.
Design studio aims at the following training objectives:

Knowledge and understanding
− Acquisition of specific tools to understand and interpret the relationships between spaces and people in the contemporary city with particular reference to the new needs of urban accessibility, inclusive sociality, resilience and climate adaptation.
Applying knowledge and understanding
− acquisition of a design method intended as a dynamic and circular process able to proceed through: definition of problems; analysis of data (measurable, trackable and implementable informations over time, etc); Prioritization of interventions, Identification of solutions; Selection of appropriate materials (artificial and natural), techniques and technologies; Experimentation, modelling and testing
Making judgements
− Ability to evaluate and organize data, assessments and proposals for landscape transformation and improvement using and technical language e and specific tools of the design discipline (graphic elaborations, technical reports, info-graphics, views, etc)
Communications
− field test of techniques and methods of representation, argumentation and communication of cognitive data and design choices aimed at dialectical comparison within and possibly outside the Laboratory.
Lifelong learning skills
− Acquisition of knowledge and tools to form a working method for the design of the landscape applicable to different contexts

Educational objectives

The module Landscape and Urban agriculture aims the knowledge of the importance and role of agriculture and agricultural landscape for the requalification of the todays’ cities and for the prevention of environmental and biological risks in the peri-urban areas. The module will provide tools for the evaluation of the damages deriving from agriculture marginalization, i.e. loss in fertile soils, biodiversity erosion, loss of local identities and traditional landscapes. Finally, the instrument of the landscape project will be developed aiming the aesthetic and functional requalification of the agricultural spaces proximal or included in the city.

Knowledge and understanding
− Acquisition of specific tools for understanding and interpreting the peri-urban agricultural landscape, its multifunctionality and the relationships among agro-food productions and valorisation of the territory, with the aim to counteract the urban environmental decay and to promoted a better quality life of the contemporary habitat.

Applying knowledge and understanding
− ability to apply the acquired knowledge and tools for the development of strategies of improvement of the rural-urban space relationship; application of the acquired skills in the urban agriculture project at different scales; ability to deals with a wider landscape project.
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− Making judgements
− Ability to evaluate and organize data, assessments and proposals for landscape transformation and improvement using a technical language and specific tools of the design discipline (graphic elaborations, technical reports, info-graphics, views, etc.)
Communications
− in accordance and interaction with the other Modules of the Laboratory, field test of techniques and methods of representation, argumentation and communication of cognitive data and design choices aimed at dialectical and interdisciplinary comparison and dialogue with possible users, administrators, etc. .
Lifelong learning skills
− Acquisition of knowledge and tools to form a working method for the design of the landscape applicable to different contexts.

Educational objectives

Students will be guided in the development of a landscape project aimed at creating new sustainable connections for Rome, starting from the in-depth study of some significant sections of the GRAB track, the Grande Raccordo Anulare delle Biciclette.
Design studio aims at the following training objectives:

Knowledge and understanding
− Acquisition of a toolkit aimed to understand and interpret the relationship between contemporary lifestyles (demand for innovative collective services) and living spaces in the metropolitan city with particular reference to accessibility , sustainable mobility , healthier lifestyles, education to physical activities and well-being.

Applying knowledge and understanding
− ability to apply the tools for the development of a landscape project aimed at creating new sustainable connections for Rome.
Making judgements
− Ability to evaluate and organize data, assessments and proposals for landscape transformation and improvement using and technical language e and specific tools of the design discipline (graphic elaborations, technical reports, info-graphics, views, etc)
Communications
− field test of techniques and methods of representation, argumentation and communication of cognitive data and design choices aimed at dialectical and interdisciplinary comparison and dialogue with possible users, administrators, etc. . It is about imagining and communicating how space will be transformed by project actions, producing new landscapes.
Lifelong learning skills
− Acquisition of knowledge and tools to form a working method for the design of the landscape applicable to different contexts

Educational objectives

The module Landscape and Urban agriculture aims the knowledge of the importance and role of agriculture and agricultural landscape for the requalification of the todays’ cities and for the prevention of environmental and biological risks in the peri-urban areas. The module will provide tools for the evaluation of the damages deriving from agriculture marginalization, i.e. loss in fertile soils, biodiversity erosion, loss of local identities and traditional landscapes. Finally, the instrument of the landscape project will be developed aiming the aesthetic and functional requalification of the agricultural spaces proximal or included in the city.

Knowledge and understanding
− Acquisition of specific tools for understanding and interpreting the peri-urban agricultural landscape, its multifunctionality and the relationships among agro-food productions and valorisation of the territory, with the aim to counteract the urban environmental decay and to promoted a better quality life of the contemporary habitat.

Applying knowledge and understanding
− ability to apply the acquired knowledge and tools for the development of strategies of improvement of the rural-urban space relationship; application of the acquired skills in the urban agriculture project at different scales; ability to deals with a wider landscape project.
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− Making judgements
− Ability to evaluate and organize data, assessments and proposals for landscape transformation and improvement using a technical language and specific tools of the design discipline (graphic elaborations, technical reports, info-graphics, views, etc.)
Communications
− in accordance and interaction with the other Modules of the Laboratory, field test of techniques and methods of representation, argumentation and communication of cognitive data and design choices aimed at dialectical and interdisciplinary comparison and dialogue with possible users, administrators, etc. .
Lifelong learning skills
− Acquisition of knowledge and tools to form a working method for the design of the landscape applicable to different contexts.

Educational objectives

The Urban Design Module aims to outline a method for the architectural project by introducing a conscious process of appropriation of the steps necessary to structure a small-scale but reasonably extended building intervention to the landscape problem. In this perspective the Module goes through the essential phases of the setting and definition of the architectural project, up to the architectural detail, meaning it as a rationally transmissible process and not as an impromptu and improvised operation, appropriately coordinated with the strategies and forms of the landscape project.

Educational objectives

Students should be able to communicate in Italian without a dictionary (Reading, Writing and Listening), using a variety of structures and vocabulary at European B2 level (e.g. PET).

Educational objectives

In addition to the 12 teaching courses provided for by the degree programme of the CdLM AP (degree course), students should seek to attain additional experience. This might be represented by an internship on the premises of a public or private institute, or by participating in design competitions, collaborating in design experiments, taking part in conventions, conferences, seminars or workshops, becoming involved in exhibitions, etc.

Educational objectives

To allow the student to the writing of a text or project that represents the sum of the knowledge achieved during the course of his study.