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Info 2024/2025

Degree type MASTER'S DEGREE
Duration 2 years
CFU 120
Class LM-4
ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING
Access Free access
Locations GENOVA
Language Italian
Teaching mode In-person
Head of programme ROBERTO ANDREA BOBBIO
Department DIPARTIMENTO ARCHITETTURA E DESIGN
Taxes and fees From 0 to 3,000 a year. Find out if you qualify for grants ed exemptions
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The course in brief

Presentation

The architect trained by the Degree Course is a nationally and Europe-wide recognised professional.
He combines scientific knowledge, technical skills and cultural background to develop projects aimed at adapting the changing world we live in - from the building to the territory. He/she combines scientific knowledge, technical skills and cultural preparation to develop projects aimed at adapting the spaces in which we live - from the building to the territory - to the changing world.
He or she must be able to work in complex situations, compare with other experts, take on board the contributions of others and synthesise the requests of users and clients, without losing sight of the general interest and sustainability of the interventions.

Consult the Course presentation brochure: Architecture - Brochure (Architecture - Brochure).

Learning by doing

This is a fundamental principle of the architect's training project; it is based on workshops and on the complementarity between them and teaching, many of which include exercises and practical tests.

The architect's training is based on the use of the workshops and the complementarity between them and teaching, many of which include exercises and practical tests. Workshops, summer schools, visits to construction sites, study trips, meetings with professionals and practitioners, and internships in collaboration with the Order of Architects all contribute to creating the figure of the new designer.

Professional outlets

The architect is a malleable figure, who is employed in different fields and in different roles. As a freelance professional, entrepreneur or company employee, or as a civil servant for public bodies, he or she is involved in construction, in the studio, in the workshop and on the building site; in interior design and fitting out; in restoration; in spatial planning and government; in landscape and the environment.
The degree course offers many opportunities to get in touch with the world of work through scholarships, internships, meetings; workshops and lectures deal with current issues with the participation of subjects and institutions that are directly involved.

What you will learn

Understanding Space

Analysing and interpreting living and city spaces

Having a sense of history

Architecture and the built environment: historical, technical, cultural values

Possessing the tools of the trade

Use innovative software for the new project demand

Designing architecture

Synthesising structure, form, function, construction and culture

Designing advanced habitats

Responding to the demand for new urban spaces and a new landscape

Designing new building solutions

Designing innovative technologies for sustainable comfort

Governing the territory

Elaborating strategies, evaluations, scenarios for the city of tomorrow

Dialogue with heritage

Restoring the architectural heritage for the country's development

Designing relationship spaces

Creating forms to improve relations between individuals and space

Integrating plants into architecture

Energy diagnosis, wellness and efficiency solutions

Did you know that...

Giancarlo De Carlo and Stefano Boeri have taught at the Faculty of Architecture in Genoa

The Renzo Piano Foundation offers a stage in the RPBW studio in Paris and a internship in the archives

At DAD, you can realise your ideas in a model workshop, with 3D printers and with practical workshops

The DAD offers summer workshops, study abroad grants and training

The DAD is in the heart of Genoa, a stone's throw from the metro station and the movida spots

UniGe helps you home-hunting

Contents

Learning objectives

The course develops the student's critical and analytical skills, and deepens and teaches the application in the project of the knowledge and tools acquired in the three-year course of study.
Upon completion of the degree course, the student:

  • has basic knowledge of the historical-critical and technical-scientific disciplines of the project
  • is capable of developing solutions and strategies to organise spaces according to individual and collective needs, in different contexts and at different scales
  • is capable of intervening in the built environment and architectural heritage, whether ancient or recent, while respecting the values it expresses
  • is able to meet the challenges of the contemporary world in terms of objectives (safety, sustainability, sharing) and tools

Training activities

The student devotes about half his time to workshops, which train him to tackle complex problems, in which scales and disciplines are integrated, giving priority to one dimension of the project: architecture, town planning and landscape, restoration, new technologies.
The compulsory subjects deal with the history of architecture, representation, structures and installations, regulations, management and evaluation. The compulsory courses deal with the history of architecture, representation, structures and installations, regulations, management and evaluation.
A series of elective subjects are offered so that students can develop their aptitudes towards a specific aspect of design and develop their own cultural and professional profile.
The course of study maintains strong links with the world of work and encourages contacts between students and professionals, organisations and companies involved in architecture, the environment and the territory.

To find out more about the course, to find out about the teaching and other activities, and to see some of the projects of the laboratories and application courses from the last academic year, consult the booklet (english version).

Coordinator

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Roberto Bobbio

Welcome to the degree course in Architecture! On our campus you will find the best conditions for studying, in the context of a department that offers high standards of service while maintaining a dimension that facilitates interpersonal contacts, with a teaching staff that represents all disciplines and is well established in the world of education and research at national and international level.

Roberto Bobbio

Where we are

The DAD campus is a historic complex, in the old city centre, with terraces and gardens where you can study, exchange ideas with fellow students and relax between classes.

Department of Architecture and Design - DAD
Stradone Sant'Agostino 37
16123 Genoa

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