Books and Papers
Balmori D. (2010). A Landscape Manifesto. Yale University Press, New Haven and London
Bell S., Sarlöv Herlin I., Stiles R. 2012, Exploring the boundaries of Landscape Architecture, Routledge, Taylor & Francis, Oxford
Bruel A.S., Delmar C. (2010). The territory as heritage. ICI Interface, Paris
Celestini G. (2018). Agire con il paesaggio. Aracne, Roma
Corner J. (2014). The Landscape Imagination. Princeton Architectural Press, NY
Holden R. Liversedge J. (2014). Landscape Architecture: An Introduction. Laurence King Publishing, London
Lambertini A. (2013). Urban Beauty. Luoghi prossimi e pratiche di resistenza estetica. Editrice Compositori, Bologna
Metta A. (2008). Paesaggi d'autore. Il Novecento in 120 progetti. Alinea, Firenze
Paolinelli G. (2018-ita). Progettare trasformazioni dei paesaggi nel mondo che cambia. Dipartimento di Architettura, Firenze
Paolinelli G. (2018b-eng). Landscape Design in a Changing World. Dipartimento di Architettura, Firenze
Spirn A. W. 1984, The Granite Garden: Urban Nature, BasicBooks, New York
Spirn A. W. 1988, The Language of Landscape, Yale University, New Haven
Handbooks and Guide Lines
CABE (2004). The Value of Public Space. How high quality parks and public spaces create economic, social and environmental value. Cabe, London
CABE (2009). From Grey to Green. Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. Cabe, London
CIRIA (2013). Water Sensitive Urban Design in the UK. Ideas for built environment practitioners. CIRIA, London
DTPS (2005). High performance infrastructure guidelines. Design Trust for Public Space, New York
ISPRA (2012). Glossario dinamico per l’Ambiente ed il Paesaggio. Manuali e Linee Guida, 78.1. I
SPRA (2013). Specie erbacee spontanee mediterranee per la riqualificazione di ambienti antropici. Manuali e Linee Guida, 86
NACTO (2011). Urban Bikeway Design Guide. National Association of City Transportation Official, Boston
NACTO (2013). Urban Street Design Guide. Island Press, Washington
Trees&Design Action Group 2010, No Trees No Future. Trees in the urban realm, T&DAG, UK
Trees&Design Action Group 2011, The Canopy, T&DAG, UK T
rees&Design Action Group 2012, Trees in the Townscape. A guide for Decision Makers, T&DAG, UK
Trees&Design Action Group 2014, Trees in Hard Landscapes. A Guide for Delivery, T&DAG, UK
Journals
Architettura del paesaggio
JOLA - Journal of Landscape Architecture
TOPOS - The international review of landscape architecture and urban design
Webzines
Landezine
World Landscape Architecture
Other cultural and technical references
European Landscape Convention
European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools
Landscape Institute
Landscape Architecture Europe
International Biennial of Landscape Architecture
Landscape Architecture Foundation
Learning Objectives - Last names M-Z
The course aims to stimulate and support the student in the critical training of his own culture and technique of the architectural project. Teaching is aimed at acquiring the basis for the identification of landscapes and the degrees of design freedom that they express for the sustainability of their transformations.
Prerequisites - Last names M-Z
The course provides a basic disciplinary teaching. Anyway we recommend to deal with this course after the exams of "Analisi del territorio e degli insediamenti" (first year), “Fondamenti di urbanistica” (second year) and of the “Laboratori di progettazione dell’architettura” 1 and 2.
Teaching Methods - Last names M-Z
The course uses complementary teaching methods: lectures, survey, landscape reading and design exercise, seminar reviews and individual or single group reviews to support experiential learning. The landscape reading and design exercise will consist of an A4 report of no less than 10 pages of text and 6 posters A1 of drawings, of which at least 3 are to read the landscape and the place of study.
The low quantity of drawings and texts is aimed at elevating their quality through a reasonable amount of study time to devote to the conception and to the representation and communication.
The exercise can be carried out individually or in groups of no more than three students.
The theme and the project development requirements will be communicated by the teachers.
Further information - Last names M-Z
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Type of Assessment - Last names M-Z
The development and the final discussion of the above quoted design exercise are required to take the exam. During the exam the theoretical and practical skills achieved by the students will be evaluated. The examination is also individual in case of group exercises.
Course program - Last names M-Z
The course proposes cultural and technical bases of Landscape Architecture for reading landscapes and developing projects for their transformation and conservation.
Looking at landscapes does not mean seeing the landscapes; learning to see landscapes is necessary to inform projects that are designed to transform them and / or preserve them. The concepts of palimpsest, stratification, deep structure emerge and their basic dimensions of space and time take shape.
The deciphering of the palimpsest requires the study of the signs that it presents in its stratifications and the attribution to them of structural and functional meanings, according to a hierarchy that makes it possible to distinguish their belonging to the deep structure. The signs are visible and legible indications of the materiality of the landscapes. Understanding their meanings requires the study of natural and / or cultural processes of their formations and evolutions. The study of material signs is also significant for the identification of visual relations and scenic connotations of landscapes those are immaterial qualifications. The course does not deal with the reading and design interpretation of other significant intangible identifications of landscapes that depend on peculiar relationships between their past and present cultural and induce a plurality of individual and social perceptions. The reading of the landscape is poured into continuity in a process of signification aimed at the development of the design concept according to the prerequisites of consistency with the deep structure and with the resistant structures that refer to it. The exercise of continuity between reading and conception is aimed at making empirically understand the relevance of knowing to design and also of designing to know.
The course aims to stimulate and support the student in the critical training of his own culture and technique of the architectural project. Teaching is aimed at acquiring the basis for the identification of landscapes and the degrees of design freedom that they express for the sustainability of their transformations.
The course provides a basic disciplinary teaching. Anyway we recommend to deal with this course after the exams of "Analisi del territorio e degli insediamenti" (first year), “Fondamenti di urbanistica” (second year) and of the “Laboratori di progettazione dell’architettura” 1 and 2.
The course uses complementary teaching methods: lectures, survey, landscape reading and design exercise, seminar reviews and individual or single group reviews to support experiential learning.
The landscape reading and design exercise will consist of an A4 report of no less than 10 pages of text and of 6 posters A1 of drawings, of which at least 3 are to read the landscape and the place of study.
The low quantity of drawings and texts is aimed at elevating their quality through a reasonable amount of study time to devote to the conception and to the representation and communication.
The exercise can be carried out individually or in groups of no more than three students.
The theme and the project development requirements will be communicated by the teachers.
The development and the final discussion of the above quoted design exercise are required to take the exam. During the exam the theoretical and practical skills achieved by the students will be evaluated.
The examination is also individual in case of group exercises.
The course will propose this educational contents sequence:
Lesson 1
What’s Landscape Architecture?
Presentation of the educational program and of the exam exercise.
Educational comments about students’ studies of the year 2019-2020.
Lesson 2
The landscape as palimpsest: tangible and intangible, natural and cultural. The concept of landscape deep structure and its effectiveness for the project.
Bases of culture and technique of Landscape Design.
Lesson 3
Energy transition and sustainability (guest speaker).
Landscape and energy transition: studies and experiences (guest speaker).
Lesson 4
Discussion of the ongoing design studies.
Learning from Landscape Architecture experiences: USA.
Lesson 5
The drawing of places and landscapes: a tool to discover their identities and to design their transformations (guest speaker).
Learning from Landscape Architecture experiences: UK.
Lesson 6
Discussion of the ongoing design studies.
Learning from Landscape Architecture experiences: Germany.
Lesson 7
Open spaces in the contemporary public realm and street changes (guest speaker).
Learning from Landscape Architecture experiences: France.
Lesson 8
Discussion of the ongoing design studies.
Learning from Landscape Architecture experiences: Spain.
Lesson 9
Discussion of the ongoing design studies.
Learning from Landscape Architecture experiences: other European countries.
Lesson 10
Discussion of the ongoing design studies.
Learning from Landscape Architecture experiences: China.
Lesson 11
Discussion of the ongoing design studies.
Learning from Landscape Architecture experiences: other non-European countries.