Programme

In collaboration with the training activities of the urbanism and environmental components of TAP, "Landscape" teaching introduces students to the meaning of the landscape, making explicit its constituent aspects. It provides a framework of instrumental knowledge for open spaces design, including historical, design, visual and environmental disciplines, in close relationship with the architectural design and urban design. The main goal is to transmit the ability to understand and appreciate the complexity of landscape architecture, in the cultural, ethical, aesthetic and ecological terms, through the formation of a receptive and attentive sensitivity to the various habitat components (how to observe and understand) and several project topics (how to intervene and transform).

The teaching takes place through design lessons, making students understand the need for mutual link between architectural design and landscape architecture, which should always converge in a truly integrated project, and how open spaces play as the essential matrix of any urban project.

The first part deals with the syntax of the project, and what are its main compositional rules that, over time, have adjusted and now govern the construction of landscape architecture, with reference to:
- The garden, in the two strands of the "perspective space" and "fragmented space";
- The agricultural landscape, with its main defined horizontal and vertical structures;
- The city, and the structural role that open spaces play from the 16th century European urban revolution.

The second part is devoted to the understanding of the main elements of landscape architecture: the design and construction of the limit; modeling and writing of the soil; the architecture of the vegetation; water as architecture and as a measure of time.

Prerequisiti

No prerequisites are required

Core Documentation

-Alvarez, D., El jardin de la arquitectura del siglo XX, Editorial Reverte, Barcelona (2008).
-Belfiore, E., Il verde e la città. Idee e progetti dal Settecento ad oggi, Gangemi Editore, Roma (2005).
-Colafranceschi, D., Landscape+100 words to inhabit it. Editorial Gustavo Gili, S.A., Barcellona (2007).
-Corrado, M. e Lambertini, A., Atlante delle nature urbane. Centouno voci per i paesaggi quotidiani, Editrice Compositori, Bologna (2011).
-FAP, a cura, Vocabolazionario. 50 voci verbali per il progetto dello spazio pubblico, n.e. 2013.
-Moore, C. W., Mitchel, W. J., Turnbull, W., The poetics of gardens, MIT Press, Cambridge-London (1988), trad. it. La poetica dei giardini, Muzzio Editore, Padova (1991).
-Pandakovic, D., Dal Sasso, A., Saper vedere il paesaggio, Ed. CittàStudi, Novara (2009).
-Panzini, F., Progettare la natura – Architettura del paesaggio e dei giardini dalle origini all’epoca contemporanea, Zanichelli, Bologna (2005).
-Sereni, E., Storia del paesaggio agrario italiano, Laterza, Roma-Bari (2014, 18° edizione).
-Zagari, F., Questo è paesaggio – 48 definizioni, Gruppo Mancosu editore, Roma (2006).
-Zagari, F., Sul paesaggio. Lettera aperta, Libria, Melfi (2013).

Attendance

The course attendance is mandatory and student will need to have attended at least 75% of the activities in the classroom in order to be admitted to the exam.

Type of evaluation

The object of the overall final evaluation is the acquisition of the cultural, theoretical and methodological references specific to the discipline that emerged from the final interview, based on the ability to critically re-elaborate the contents of the lessons and the texts indicated during the course. The results achieved in the exercises and the active participation in the didactic activities, including the participation in debates and comparisons in the classroom during the lessons and conferences, also contribute to the final evaluation, with equal importance. The examination consists of a dialogue on the topics of the course, through the instrument of the "Domino del Paesaggio", aimed at verifying not only the acquisition of the transmitted notions, but also the acquired critical maturity in building meaningful relationships between authors, places and projects. The examination consists of an interview on the topics dealt with in the lessons and conferences. The interview, while being the individual test and assessment for each student, will take the form of a collective game of dominoes, with playing cards prepared and provided by the teachers, which take up the topics covered in the course. After each lesson, the teachers will provide a number of cards related to the topics dealt with: at the end of the course, students will have received about 100 cards. If in the traditional domino the cards are numbered from 0 to 6, in the landscape domino the cards have words or images that can be traced back to five categories: 1. Works and projects (O); 2. Books (L); 3. Verbal entries (V); 4. Authors (A); 5. Spaces (S). On the day of the exam, each student must print and bring with them 4 cards that he or she will have chosen from all those provided during the course, one of which must necessarily refer to the topics of the conferences. To these, 1 card will be added from the bunch of all the cards. Each student will then have 5 cards available. The first player is the teacher and starts placing the first card, then the turn passes to the other players. Each student will be able to place one of his or her cards next to one of the two cutlery just before his or her turn by the other players, on the basis of affinity or difference between the themes involved, explaining his or her play competently and in a detailed manner. The game / interview has a dual purpose: to verify the knowledge and mastery of the topics addressed during the theoretical lessons; to stimulate a relational and shared reasoning on the topics of the course. The colloquium will be joint for all the integrated course and for the course of Urbanism it will also include the discussion of the works made in the first semester. Students who were exempted from Urbanism in January or February are only required to take the interview for the topics of the Landscape Architecture.

Prerequisiti

No prerequisites are required

Core Documentation

A. Lambertini, Fare parchi urbani. Etiche ed estetiche del progetto contemporaneo in Europa, Firenze University Press, 2006;
F. Panzini, Progettare la natura. Architettura del paesaggio e dei giardini dalle origini all'epoca contemporanea, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2005;
A. Roger, Breve trattato sul paesaggio, Sellerio Editore, Palermo, 2009;
F. Zagari, Questo è paesaggio. 48 definizioni, Gruppo Mancosu editore, Roma, 2006.

Attendance

Attendance at the course is compulsory, and students must attend at least 75% of classroom activities in order to be eligible to take the examination.

Type of evaluation

The subject of overall final evaluation is the acquisition of the cultural, theoretical, and methodological references specific to the discipline, as assessed through the final interview, based on the capacity for critical re-elaboration of the lecture content and the texts assigned during the course. The final grade is also equally influenced by the results achieved in the practical exercises and by active attendance at teaching activities, including participation in discussions and exchanges in the classroom during lectures and guest talks. The exam consists of a dialogue on the topics covered in the course lectures and guest talks, aimed at verifying not only the acquisition of the knowledge conveyed, but also the development of critical maturity in building meaningful connections between authors, places, and projects. The interview, while remaining an individual test and assessment for each student, will take the form of a collective game of "dominoes", using playing tiles prepared and provided by the instructors, each relating to topics addressed in the course. Following each lecture, the instructors will provide a set of tiles pertaining to the themes discussed; by the end of the course, students will have received approximately 100 tiles. While in traditional dominoes the tiles bear numbers from 0 to 6, in this landscape domino the tiles bear words or images belonging to four categories: 1. Works and projects (O); 2. Books (L); 3. Terms/Concepts (V); 4. Authors (A). On the day of the exam, each student must print and bring 4 tiles of their own choosing, selected from all those provided throughout the course. Each student may place one of their tiles next to one already played by another participant, on the basis of affinity or contrast between the themes involved, arguing their move with competence and in a well-reasoned manner. The game/interview has a dual purpose: to assess knowledge and command of the topics covered during the theoretical lectures, and to stimulate relational, shared reasoning on the themes of the course. The interview will be joint across all modules of the integrated course, and for the Urban Planning module it will also include a discussion of the work produced in the practical exercise carried out during the first semester.