- Docente: Alberto Minelli
- Credits: 6
- SSD: AGR/04
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Sciences and Technologies for Green and Landscape (cod. 5830)
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from Feb 21, 2023 to May 17, 2023
Learning outcomes
The course provides the student with the principles of green areas design and management. Elements of environmental and financial sustainability are included. Thus, the student will gain knowledge in (I) correctly setting a proper design method, (II) organizing the different spaces, and (III) choosing the most effective tools to maximize the benefits of green areas.
Course contents
The student addressing this subject is aknowledge in botanics, chemistry and plants physiology as a result of the attendance to the other classes.
The course consists of 6 units as follows:
Unit 1 - Introduction to the concept of landscape: how we use it and how to read it. [8 hours]
- Landscape and landscape unit. Evolution: the landscape into history, the history into landscape.
- Landscape survey: different levels, different areas and different relationships.
- Principles of design for green areas.
Unit 2 - Green areas design [16 hours]
- Private gardens.
- Public gardens.
- Kindergartens.
- Big parks.
- Functional green areas.
- Landscape design.
- Residential green areas.
- The wild parks.
- Rocky gardens.
- Roof-gardens.
- Road green areas (roads and highways).
- Sports green areas.
Unit 3 - Materials [4 hours]
- The urban environment.
- The countryside.
- The wilderness.
- Raw materials.
- Furnitures.
Unit 4 - Design techniques for… [9 hours]
- Green architecture.
- Sound absorption.
- Vulnerable areas.
- Therapeutic green areas.
- Road safety.
Unit 5 - Management [8 hours]
- Simplified management.
- Unmanned management.
- Restoration techniques.
- Trees management.
Unit 6 - Field experiences and labs [15 hours]
- Critical analysis of existent landscapes.
- Landscape units networking analysis.
- Understanding the historical parks: recognizing the current situation and the historic layering.
- Trees assessment for the management and conservation of arboreal heritages.
Readings/Bibliography
The professor provides all the teaching materials free from copyrights.
A comprehensive reference text is Chiusoli A., “La scienza del paesaggio”, Ed. CLUEB, 1999
Teaching methods
The course subdivides in 6 units. Forty-five out of sixty hours (Unit 1 to 5) are spent in the classroom, providing the students with the knowledge required to correctly address the different aspects related to the landscape. The remaining hours consist in field and labs experiences aimed to create workgroups that will develop real projects basing on a real workflow.
Assessment methods
The final exam is an oral examination. At least three different topics will be discussed to assess the theoretical and practical background of the student.
Teaching tools
The powerpoint presentations showed during the lectures are available to the students.
Office hours
See the website of Alberto Minelli