BEQUEST - Built Envronment Quality Evaluation for Sustainable Transformations

Year 2026
Code 6834
Main Department Department of Architecture
Campus Bologna
Credits 3 University educational credits (CFU)
Cost selection procedure participation fee €10.00 - registration fee €17,04
Starting date Mar 08, 2027
Finishing date Mar 19, 2027
Application deadline Nov 19, 2026
Enrolment start and end from December 4th to 15th 2026
Course overview
The Winter School, which will last for two weeks, will be taught in English. It awards 3 University educational credits (CFU). The BEQUEST project aims to create intergenerational value for the city of Bologna through the development of an educational framework to support a multi-level regeneration strategy designed to make housing more accessible and efficient. The project promotes sustainable, resilient and circular urban transformation, addressing challenges from the building level up to the neighbourhood and city levels. Through an integrated, multidisciplinary and multi-level approach, the proposal pursues several key objectives: • To promote European collaboration between universities and local authorities, strengthening knowledge exchange and joint learning; • To improve analytical, design and management skills to tackle a real urban challenge affecting the city of Bologna; • To develop a rigorous and replicable framework that can be applied in various European contexts to support sustainable urban regeneration strategies; • To recognise the skills acquired by students through a formal certificate of participation, highlighting their involvement in an international and interdisciplinary learning experience.
Subject area
Sciences and technology
Number of participants
Minimum 15 maximum 30 (18 of which a number of places are reserved for students from Partner Universities, as stipulated in the Erasmus+ BIP agreement)
Duration
two weeks
Language
English
Admission qualifications
The course is reserved for students of the Department of Architecture inscribed in one of the following courses:
a. Bachelor’s degrees: L-17 R – ARCHITECTURAL SCIENCES, L-4 R – INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
b. Single-cycle Master’s degree: LM-4 C.U. R – ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING ENGINEERING –
ARCHITECTURE (FIVE-YEAR) (Cesena)
c. Master’s degree: LM-4 R – ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING ENGINEERING – ARCHITECTURE
(curriculum in Italian: Building Engineering – Architecture; and curriculum in English: Architectural
Engineering), LM-4 R – Architecture and Architectural Engineering (Architecture and Creative
Practices for the City and Landscape), LM-12 R – DESIGN (Advanced Design)
d. Three-year degrees obtained at another university in Italy or abroad in the subject areas listed above
and deemed valid for the purposes of admission to the programme.
Selection criteria
Admission to the Winter School is subject to passing the qualifications selection procedure led by the Examination
Committee.
Academic director
Vanessa Assumma
Study plan
  •  Decision-aiding for changing architectural-urban contexts (online e sincrona); SSD CEAR-03/C Teachers: Vanessa Assumma, Angela Santangelo, Katarzyna Leśniewska-Napierała
  • Workshop - Urban Analysis and Stakeholders Engagement
  • Workshop: Sustainable Development Project
Compulsory attendance
75%

Dr. Isabella Giovanetti