AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will acquire the necessary background to deal with the complexities involved in landscape design. They will develop project-oriented research methodologies, acquire notions of compositional principles, representation and communication.

TEACHING METHODS

The course consists of theoretical lectures, seminars and site visits to support the design exercise; the latter will be conducted by groups of two or more students and its progress will be evaluated in the form of discussions and reviews with the lecturer.

Students who have a valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the teacher and with the Department of Architecture and Design's disability referent (https://architettura.unige.it/commissioni_e_referenti_dipartimento).

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course content covers the principles and techniques of landscape design - topography and earthworks, the use of inert materials and vegetation, the organisation of open spaces - with a focus on the relationship between built elements and open spaces that defines the recognisability and identity of the city.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

M. Corrado e A. Lambertini, Atlante delle nature urbane. Centouno voci per i paesaggi quotidiani, Editrice Compositori, 2011.

J. Gehl, Città per le persone, Maggioli Editore, Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN) 2017.

K. Lynch, L’immagine della città, (1960) Marsilio, Venezia 1964

F. Manfredi, Linee nel paesaggio, Libria, 2021.

F. Mazzino, P. Burlando, Paesaggi ritrovati. Esperienze di architettura del paesaggio, The Plan, Bologna 2016

V. McLeod, Dettagli di architettura del paesaggio, Logos, Modena 2008

F. Zagari, Manuale di progettazione dei giardini, Mancosu, Roma 2009

F. Zagari, Questo è paesaggio – 48 definizioni, Gruppo Mancosu editore 2006.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

FABIO MANFREDI (President)

PAOLO ROSASCO

LESSONS

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The examination will consist of a discussion of the design drawings. 

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Design drawings in uni A1 format (42.0 cm x 59.4 cm) with the following contents will be evaluated:

1 Context

2 Concept

3 Masterplan 1:1000

4 Planimetry 1:500

5 Plant Schemes (Abacus of botanical choices / cyclic and evolutionary variations)

6 Sections and profiles

7 Three-dimensional representations