Organisation and contacts

President of the Course of Study - President of the Teaching Area Council

Cristina Imbroglini

Reference teachers

FABIO DI CARLO
CRISTINA IMBROGLINI
ROMEO DI PIETRO
Rita Biasi
LUCINA CARAVAGGI
GIANNI CELESTINI
BENEDETTA DI DONATO

Student representatives

ROSARIO ROSA

Course tutor

Rita Biasi
LUCINA CARAVAGGI
STEFANO CATUCCI
FABIO DI CARLO

Faculty Contact Person for Disability and Specific Learning Difficulties

La referente di Facoltà per disabilità o DSA è la prof.ssa Teresa Villani.

La referente garantisce che vengano attuate le necessarie misure di supporto alla didattica e allo studio per le condizioni di disabilità o di Disturbi specifici dell’apprendimento (DSA). Collabora con altri servizi di Ateneo per garantire un supporto integrato e coordinato. 

Per contattare la tua Referente puoi inviare una mail al seguente indirizzo di posta elettronica: teresa.villani@uniroma1.it

Consulta la pagina Sapienza sulla disabilità e DSA: https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina/disabilita-e-dsa

Teaching contact person

Ufficio corsi di studio

Via Emanuele Gianturco, 2 - 00196 ROMA (6° piano st.  606)
Referente per la Didattica
Elisa Amodio

Tel.  06 4991 9316
elisa.amodio@uniroma1.it

Faculty Student Ombudsperson

La Garante studenti di Facoltà è la Prof.ssa Rosalba Belibani.

Puoi rivolgerti al Garante per segnalare abusi, disfunzioni o restrizioni dei tuoi diritti, problemi di natura amministrativa, didattica o di altro genere.

Il Garante è tenuto alla massima riservatezza nelle interlocuzioni e nelle eventuali interazioni con altri organi dell'università. 

Per contattare la tua Garante puoi inviare una mail al seguente indirizzo di posta elettronica rosalba.belibani@uniroma1.it

 

Administrative offices

Ufficio corsi di studio

Via Emanuele Gianturco, 2 - 00196 ROMA (6° piano st.  606)
Referente per la Didattica
Elisa Amodio

Tel.  06 4991 9316 - int. 29316
elisa.amodio@uniroma1.it

 

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EDUCATIONAL REGULATIONS

Art. 1. Educational objectives

Art. 2. Educational path

Art. 3. Study plans

Art. 4. Expected career opportunities for graduates

Art. 5. Admission procedures

Art. 6. Prerequisites

Art. 7. Activities chosen by the student

Art. 8. Possible methods of transfer from other degree courses

Art. 9. Type of teaching methods adopted.

Art. 10. Characteristics of the final exam

Art. 11. Methods of verifying other skills

Art. 12. Attendance methods

Art. 13. Summary of the consultation with local representative organizations of production, services, professions

Art. 14. Knowledge and understanding

Art. 15. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding

Art. 16. Autonomy of judgment

Art. 17. Communication skills

Art. 18. Learning ability

Art. 19. Other provisions

 

Art. 1. Educational objectives

The objective of the Interuniversity Master's Degree Course in Landscape Architecture is to offer students a complete, current and well-oriented educational path to the acquisition of knowledge, tools and methodologies necessary for carrying out the Profession of Landscape Architect, as defined by Italian legislation and in a projection on the current, even international, labor market.

An integration of knowledge and skills in the field of landscape design and management at different scales, the acquisition of collaboration skills with other professional figures in the sectors of architecture, engineering and natural sciences, agronomics and forestry, other social sciences and humanities, in a constant adjustment between consolidated skills and competences and continuous adaptation of these to increasingly urgent physical and social transformations.

The breadth of these tasks requires an expansion of the knowledge base towards nearby disciplines that increasingly come into contact with the scope of landscape design, transforming the specificity of the Landscape Architect in an increasingly holistic direction.

 

In this sense, the specific objectives, within the scope of the objectives qualifying the LM-3 class, intend to respond to the orientation outlined in the documents and recommendations of various national and international bodies that are considered fundamental as references for this document and in general for the organization of the study path. This desire also corresponds to the need for accreditation of the study course at an international level, through the processes provided by international bodies, in particular IFLA Europe. This accreditation is equivalent in all respects to the recognitions of the European Community provided for master's degrees in other classes. In particular, the outlined study path has taken as references:

1. The recommendations of the European Landscape Convention (Florence, 2000) (L. n.14/9.01.2006) regarding the training of specialists in the field of knowledge and intervention on landscapes and the activation of university courses that deal with the values ​​connected with the landscape and the issues concerning its protection, management and planning and design (articles 6 B, 8) and of the Cultural and Landscape Heritage Code (Ministerial Decree 14/2004 and subsequent amendments, art. 132, paragraph 3 - Cooperation between public administrations) in relation to training and education activities in order to disseminate and increase the most widespread knowledge of landscape issues.

2. The guidelines for the training of landscape architects, as expressed by IFLA Europe (International Foundation of Landscape Architects, Europe section) in the Brussels Declaration of 1989;

3. The recommendations expressed by ECLAS (European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools) in the context of the IFLA-ECLAS cooperation. Sapienza University has been present in ECLAS for over fifteen years through the proponents and is currently present in the Executive Committee of ECLAS);

4. The documents of UNISCAPE, European Network for the dissemination and implementation of the European Landscape Convention, of which Sapienza was among the signatory members from the foundation and in which it is active through the proponents;

5. The New Landscape Declaration (LAF, Landscape Architects Foundation, Philadelphia 2016), which redefines the global role of the landscape architect, broadening the scope of his/her action both in a direction of coordination of "contiguous professions through new alliances", and in a more holistic direction and human direction of societies, "so as to give a physical form, at the same time artistic and functional, to the ideals of equity, sustainability, resilience and democracy".

The Master's Degree completes the first level preparation with a specialized training, in which theoretical-critical knowledge and operational and professional skills in the field of landscape design at different scales are integrated, also in function of the acquisition of the ability to collaborate with other professional figures in the fields of architecture, engineering and natural sciences. The qualifying training objectives will therefore find a declination in specific objectives integrating the more specifically design skills - such as analysis, design and management of the landscape to pursue landscape quality objectives - through a double filter. On the one hand, by placing extensive attention to the entire training process towards a body of widespread themes and sensitivities, such as sustainability, sharing and development of objectives, processes and achievements for the purpose of increasing social awareness. On the other, through the integration of teachings that can broaden the field of knowledge,

Art. 2. Training course

2.1 In terms of content, the training course is structured, similarly to what already happens within the European Union, in teachings and educational activities aimed at acquiring skills in the design, planning and management of landscape transformation processes in its natural and anthropic components, capable of satisfying human and natural, functional and aesthetic needs, protecting the values ​​of the Landscape (in physical, ecological-environmental, aesthetic-perceptive and socio-cultural characteristics), recognizing the potential and critical issues of the contexts in which the interventions are carried out, developing design skills that enhance the identity of places according to functional and aesthetic principles by applying ecological and environmental, economic and social sustainability criteria, promoting technological and energy innovations.

The essential knowledge for the complete professional training of the landscape architect defined at European level (IFLA Europe) are:

a) the history and theories of landscape, arts, technologies, human and natural sciences, with their interrelations;

b) aesthetic theories that influence landscape design;

c) ecology and the use of natural elements as a basis for landscape conservation, planning, design and management;

d) the requirements of architectural and engineering works in relation to landscape characteristics;

e) physical and technological issues that interfere with the environment;

f) the relationships between man and the environment;

g) the protection, conservation and restoration of historic landscapes;

h) the relevance of landscape architecture in the design and planning processes at regional, national and international levels;

i) methods of analysis preparatory to landscape design and environmental relations;j) methods and techniques of representation and communication;

k) production, regulatory and management processes functional to the implementation of plans and the realisation of projects;

l) legislation relating to the exercise of the profession of landscape designer.

The operational fields concern: “landscape design” according to the diversified methodologies of the new project or the restoration of the existing in the fields of: (a) design of parks, gardens and green spaces; (b) conservation and restoration of parks, gardens and historic landscapes; “urban landscape” as enhancement and redevelopment of degraded urban landscapes; “environmental design”: divided into (a) landscape planning (natural, agricultural, settlement areas), (b) landscape insertion of infrastructure networks, (c) landscape analysis and assessment, environmental impact studies, (d) renaturalization of degraded naturalistic areas.

 

2.2 In terms of training, the educational path is part of a complete training chain of three-year and two-year degrees and, subsequently, of the PhD. The chain includes the Interuniversity Degree (Sapienza / Tuscia) “Landscape and Territory Design”, active since the A.A. 2015/16, and the Doctorate “Landscape and Environment”

2.3 The training program is divided into single-disciplinary courses, interdisciplinary laboratories, as well as workshops, seminars, guided visits, internships and/or placements, favoring the integration between disciplines and the synergy between different teaching methods.

The theoretical courses deepen the fundamental knowledge for the analysis and understanding of landscape systems, for the design and management of green systems at different scales, the restoration of historic gardens and landscape planning.

The interdisciplinary laboratories experiment, on specific fields and/or areas, experiences that allow to refine the ability to define design problems, in terms of reading, understanding and design resolution, in their complex dimension, proposing solutions that combine the use of traditional and innovative tools. They favor interdisciplinary visions, also include integrated seminars through which students can systematize the knowledge acquired also in the theoretical courses. Practical activities will be organized according to the methods defined each year in the educational manifesto.

The training path, favouring the integration of disciplines in the direction of complex training, follows three phases that develop a teaching structure over four semesters.

The first phase, which coincides with the first semester of teaching, is characterized by a process of homogenization of the training profiles of incoming students - often very different from each other - through the provision of single-disciplinary courses, mainly theoretical and technical, chosen on a disciplinary basis. This phase includes the courses of Contemporary Landscape Criticism, Applied Phytogeography and Geobotany, Urban Forestry and Landscape, Landscape Representation.

The second phase, coinciding with the second and third semesters, is mainly intended for the design training of the student, through the performance of four themed interdisciplinary design workshops and some single-disciplinary courses to further integrate the workshops.

The workshops, which are the cornerstone of the student's design training, address the main themes of specific skills, as provided for by the legislative framework for the landscape architect, all oriented by the principles of sustainability, ecological nature of the interventions, topicality of the cultural and design proposal, contribution to the redevelopment and prevention of all forms of risk, physical and social: the landscape project for urban areas, the conservation and restoration of the landscape heritage, the strategic project and landscape plan tools for large areas, the relationships between urban and extra-urban.

The division of the laboratories into modules allows for an enrichment of information and practices useful for characterizing individual design experiences, with a view to a project experience that is able to integrate different disciplinary knowledge and languages.

This phase (first year, second semester) includes: Landscape Architecture Laboratory I, consisting of: Garden and Landscape Architecture, Landscape and Water Management, and Economic Evaluation of Landscape Projects; the Restoration and Landscape Laboratory, consisting of: Landscape Conservation and Enhancement and Plant Protection and Defense; the integrated teaching of geosciences consisting of Geomorphology of the passage and Geological Risks and Land Use; an exam chosen by the student.

(second year, first semester): Landscape Plans and Infrastructure Laboratory, consisting of: Landscape Planning, Landscape Design, and Landscape Ecology; Landscape Architecture Laboratory II, consisting of Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, and Urban and Landscape Agriculture; Landscape Aesthetics

The third phase is the completion of the training path, through the single-disciplinary courses chosen by the student and the completion of the degree thesis project (final exam) and other complementary training activities.

With regard to the value of each training credit, it being understood that 1 cfu corresponds to 25 hours of study, it is assumed that the commitment in the classroom is 8 hours per credit, both for the single-disciplinary and theoretical or integrated teaching activity and for the laboratory teaching activity.

Art. 3. Study Plans

Students who wish to follow a training program that includes a number of credits in related and integrative sectors, which are not already characterizing and which are not included in the study program must present their study plan within the deadlines set by the faculty to the Course of Study Council, which will evaluate its consistency with the training objectives.

The same procedure is foreseen for the choice of subjects that cover the training credits relating to other training activities "chosen by the student" based on Ministerial Decree 270 art.10 par. 5.

The choice of subjects by the student relating to satisfying these training credits must take place no later than December 31 of the first year of the course of study and officially communicated to the Council for its approval.

 

Art. 4. Expected career opportunities for graduates

The qualification obtained at the end of the training course as a “landscape designer” guarantees admission to the State Exam for registration in the Order of Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects and Conservationists in Section A of the Professional Register, ‘Landscaping’ sector and access to 2nd level Masters.

In accordance with Decree 240/2010, the expected career opportunities concern the design of parks, gardens and green spaces at various scales; the conservation, restoration and redevelopment of parks, gardens and historic landscapes; landscape planning; landscape redevelopment (also with reference to abandoned and degraded areas); the landscape inclusion of infrastructure networks; landscape analysis and assessment and environmental impact studies. In accordance with Presidential Decree n° 328 5/6/2001 (art. 16, 3) “the professional activity of those registered in Section A, Landscape sector” includes “the design of parks and gardens, the drafting of landscape plans, the restoration of historic parks and gardens, contemplated by law 20 June 1909, n°364, with the exception of their building components”.

The skills provided by the master's degree course concern: The preparation offered by the degree course allows the master's graduate to acquire specific skills in:

a) LANDSCAPE DESIGN, with knowledge regarding: the tools and reference regulations for the design of parks, gardens, green spaces at different scales; the design of public and private green systems, open spaces, gardens, parks, hanging and vertical greenery; devices for climate adaptation such as rain gardens, urban forests, green infrastructures, etc. the preparation of outdoor exhibitions and displays, archaeological areas, botanical gardens, cemeteries, golf courses, outdoor spaces of tourist and sports complexes, coastal and river systems. The graduate will also be able to draw up technical-economic feasibility studies and carry out works management in landscape construction sites, manage and define the management and maintenance processes of greenery, evaluate the botanical and agronomic characteristics of ornamental plants and manage their evolutionary dynamics and maintenance.

b) RESTORATION OF HISTORICAL PARKS AND GARDENS, excluding building components, with knowledge regarding: the recovery of degraded landscapes and activities related to the conservation, restoration and redevelopment of parks, gardens and historic landscapes. The graduate will acquire skills in archive, documentary and cartographic analysis, in the definition of specific methodologies for the restoration of historic gardens, in the botany and pathology of ornamental plants, as well as in their remediation and maintenance techniques. He/she will also be able to develop management and enhancement plans.

c) DRAFTING OF LANDSCAPE PLANS, with expertise in: landscape planning activities, through the drafting of landscape plans; on national and regional legislation on landscape plans; methods and tools for landscape analysis and transformation; sector legislation; procedures and instrumentation of Italian urban planning legislation and methods and tools for evaluating plans and projects, at different scales.

d) LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS AND LANDSCAPE-ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING, with expertise in the fields of landscape redevelopment, including abandoned and degraded areas, in the prevention of various forms of risk, in the landscape integration of infrastructure networks, energy production, etc. in landscape analysis and assessment, and in environmental impact studies. Graduates will also be able to work in the fields of agritourism production and rural tourism, environmental protection and rural territory planning. Skills include: knowledge of the regulations and methodology in the reference sectors, landscape evaluation analyses, consultancy for landscape and territorial plans, green plans and urban plans with skills regarding: sector regulations; procedures and instrumentation of Italian urban planning legislation and methods and tools for evaluating plans and projects

e) ESTIMATIVE ACTIVITIES, CADASTRAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL AND CARTOGRAPHIC ACTIVITIES, with skills in the regulations and methodologies relating to territorial and rural appraisal, as well as in methods and tools for topographic surveying and cartographic representation of the landscape.

f) DESIGN OF AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, with skills in the regulations of the sector and in the methods and tools for analysis and intervention on agricultural and forestry systems and their environmental and landscape implications.

g) ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION OF LANDSCAPE INTERVENTIONS, quality assurance of plant and forestry production management systems, with expertise in quality systems and regulations for environmental assessment and certification, in the agronomic and forestry sectors; in regulations on environmental impact assessment of landscape and territorial transformation interventions, and on the inclusion of civil, industrial and infrastructure complexes in the landscape.

h) COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ACTIVITIES, in relation to the obligations and tasks set out in the European Landscape Convention (L. 1/09/2006) and the Cultural Heritage and Landscape Code (DM 42/2004 and subsequent amendments), with expertise in: sector regulations and legislation; promotion and management of Landscape Observatories; methods and tools for landscape conservation and management.

i) COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PROJECT, CONSULTANCY AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, on landscape conservation and transformation interventions, with expertise in: national and European legislation on landscape; methods and tools for landscape interventions; management and strategic programming aspects; theories and methods of landscape planning, design and management, scientific issues related to innovative landscape technologies, landscape protection, dynamics of agricultural and forest ecosystems and methods and tools for the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity.

The preparation of the Landscape Architect and Landscape Architect is aimed at creating a professional figure capable of covering the role of landscape designer, according to European standards for the freelance profession and as a consultant to other professional figures or on their own. The Landscape Architect, as established by EFLA (European Federation for Landscape Architecture) and IFLA Europe, is competent in planning, designing and managing processes related to the configurations and modifications of the landscape, in its natural and anthropic components; he/she is also qualified in the knowledge of the physical, ecological-environmental, technological, energetic and socio-cultural characteristics of the territory. The Landscape Architect is enabled, following the relevant State exam, to sign landscape projects, restoration of historic parks and gardens, landscape-environmental redevelopment as well as landscape planning. In addition to the acquisition of a general interdisciplinary competence in the sector activities, it is possible to indicate further specific professional functions that the graduate specialist can perform at different methodological and operational levels by participating in the following activities: - planning and control of landscape transformations in their historical values ​​and identities; - organization and management of procedures for evaluating the ecological-environmental sustainability of landscape redevelopment interventions; - planning, programming and management of complex interventions for the protection, restoration and controlled transformation of large areas with prevalent natural value. The course is aimed at preparing a professional figure who, in addition to having a general competence in the sector activities, will be able to cover managerial roles in the Public Administration. The Landscape Architect will have skills based on knowledge of the physical, ecological-environmental, energetic, technological and historical-cultural characteristics of the territory, necessary to operate at the Ministries, Superintendencies and other public bodies - Ministerial Decree 20/11/2000 - in relation to the obligations and tasks set out in the European Landscape Convention which became operational in Italy with law (1/09/2006) and in the Cultural Heritage and Landscape Code (Ministerial Decree 42/2004 and subsequent amendments).

The course prepares for the profession of: Landscape Architect.

 

Art. 5 Admission Methods

To access the Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture it is necessary to:

- have a degree or qualification, Italian or foreign (which is equivalent in terms of duration of studies and knowledge acquired) in the classes: L-17, Architectural Sciences; Class L-21, Territorial, urban, landscape and environmental planning sciences; Class L-23 Building sciences and techniques; Class L-25 Agricultural and forestry sciences and technologies (Ministerial Decree 270/04) or in classes 4, Architectural and building engineering sciences; Class 7 Urban planning and territorial and environmental planning sciences (Ministerial Decree 509/99) or similar to these.

- have obtained at least 90 CFU in the scientific-disciplinary sectors: MAT/05, BIO/01, BIO/02, BIO/03, BIO/07, GEO/04, GEO/05, ICAR/07, ICAR/08, ICAR/09, ICAR/12, ICAR/13, ICAR/17, ICAR/14, ICAR/15, ICAR/18, ICAR/19, ICAR/20, ICAR/21, ICAR/22, AGR/01, AGR/02, AGR/03, AGR/04, AGR/05, AGR/08, AGR/10, IUS/09,IUS/10, INF/01, ING-INF/05, ING-IND/11, SPS/10

- have a certified or self-certified knowledge of the language no lower than B2 of the Common European Framework European Reference Framework for Languages ​​(CEFR).

Verification of the possession of the curricular requirements and the adequacy of personal preparation is carried out through the evaluation of the curriculum studiorum of the candidate, which must include: the qualification obtained and the exams taken and the acquisition of at least 90 CFU in the scientific-disciplinary sectors described above

The verification of linguistic competence will be carried out by examining the certification/self-certification sent by the candidate and a mandatory online interview.

Any curricular integrations in terms of CFU must be acquired before the verification of individual preparation.

To access the curriculum in English, an online pre-selection procedure is foreseen on the MoveIN platform with the issuing of a pre-acceptance letter (- mandatory for non-EU citizens residing abroad).

Art. 6. Prerequisites

The Degree Course provides for only one prerequisite: taking the exam for the Landscape Architecture Laboratory II is subject to passing the exam for the Landscape Architecture Laboratory I.

 

Art. 7. Activities chosen by the student

The elective activities correspond to 12 credits that can be covered by attending 1 or more courses whose certificates of achievement are equivalent to 1 exam. The courses chosen from those taught in the courses of study of the Faculty of Architecture or another Faculty of Sapienza must be communicated to the Council of the Course of study to verify their congruence with the educational objectives. However, as a preferential option, for the exams chosen by the student, the AP Master's Degree Course gives the indication to follow one of the following courses:

Landscape, cities and contemporary arts - LART/03 Environmental Design - ICAR/12

Animal biodiversity and ecological networks - Wildlife biodiversity and ecological networks - BIO/05

History of the city and the territory - ICAR/18 (curriculum in Italian)

History of Garden and Landscape - ICAR/18 (curriculum in English)

 

Art. 8. Possible methods of transfer from other Degree Courses

1- Transfer requests from students coming from other Sapienza Master's degree courses and transfer requests from students coming from other Universities are subject to approval by the Degree Course which:

- evaluates the possibility of total or partial recognition of the study career followed up to that point, with the validation of part or all of the exams taken and any credits acquired, with the relative grade;

- indicates the year of the course in which the student is enrolled;

- formulates the completion plan for obtaining the qualification.

Requests for transfer to the Master's degree course in Landscape Architecture must be submitted by the deadlines and in the manner specified in the University study manifesto.

2 – Transfer requests by students belonging to the same class, LM3 Landscape Architecture, from another university are possible if the timing and forms provided for by the Sapienza Teaching Regulations are respected. Credits are recognized on the basis of the disciplinary areas provided for in the class regulations

3 – Students who have acquired credits outside the regulated Degree Course of Sapienza or other Universities may obtain recognition of the same following evaluation by the Course of Study Council, which will decide on the credits acquired in Courses of Study of Sapienza, other than the course of study, or of other Universities.

Art. 9. Type of teaching methods adopted.

The teaching methods adopted are:

- experimental in nature relating to laboratory activity in which multidisciplinary knowledge is applied through the development of a landscape project;

- frontal teaching with single-disciplinary courses;

- Seminar and workshop activities with the possibility of contributions from external experts at national and international level;

- Any courses replicated in distance learning.

Each type of teaching will make use of technical tools appropriate for carrying out the teaching activity.

Art. 10. Characteristics of the final exam

The final exam consists of an individual research project, with an original character, that the student develops under the guidance of a professor or a supervisor professor for an amount of 12 CFU. It may have a design or theoretical nature. The student may propose both the topic and the supervisor who will follow him/her in carrying out the test, which will be subject to approval by the Degree Course Council.

Art. 11. Verification methods for other skills

3 credits are provided for internships and placements at companies, public or private bodies, professional associations, to be carried out before obtaining the thesis, subject to specific agreements drawn up and signed according to the methods established by the University.

Work or competition activities related to the master's degree course and carried out during the period of studies may be recognized, through certificates of completion.

 

Art. 12. Attendance methods

The student is required to attend laboratory activities only for 70% of the scheduled hours.

If the student does not acquire them, they are required to re-attend the laboratory and register as a repeater for the following year.

If the student acquires the necessary attendance but does not take the verification exam, they may do so within two years, even with a different teacher, but with the same project theme.

For all other courses, the student must take the exam on the program of the year he/she attended.

The student is still required, even where there is no obligation to attend, to be present for exercises, intermediate exemptions, etc. when provided for in the program of the courses.

Art. 13. Summary of the consultation with the local representative organizations of production, services, professions

The training project was drawn up on the basis of consultations with the representative organizations in the world of production, services and professions, pursuant to art. 11, paragraph 4, of the MIUR Decree of 22 October 2004, n. 270, held on 11 and 12 September 2017 at the Faculty of Architecture.

The document was submitted for evaluation by the following bodies and associations:

CNAPPC, National Council of Architects, Planners, Landscapers and Conservationists, National Directorate; AIAPP, Italian Association of Landscape Architects; Order of Agronomists and Foresters; Italian Botanical Society, Promotion of Botanical Research in Italy; FAI Italian Environment Fund, Regional Presidency of Lazio; WWF Rome and Metropolitan Area; Third Sector Forum Lazio; Rome Capital - Department of Social Policies, Subsidiarity and Health; UNESCO Italy, National Commission; Lega Ambiente, Presidency of the National Scientific Committee; ELASA European Landscape Architecture Student Association; IASLA Italian scientific society of landscape architecture ECLAS - European Council Of Landscape Architecture Schools; ORTO BOTANICO ROMA Museum; ORDER OF ARCHITECTS of Rome and Province; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, Territorial and Environmental Management of Green Area Management of Operational Green Services; . Barcelona Landscape Biennial.

The document was also drafted by Italian representatives of national and international scientific associations and societies: APCE, Association Paysagistes-Conseils de l'État, Paris, France. State association of professionals. Questionnaire; IFLA Europe (International Foundation of Landscape Architect, Europe section); ECLAS (European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools).

On the topic of constant consultation with the Social Partners, the master's degree course will activate a permanent consultation table.

Art. 14. Knowledge and understanding

The theoretical, critical-interpretative, methodological and practical knowledge and understanding that can be acquired through the degree course are based on an interdisciplinary approach and strong integration between knowledge. In this sense, the founding core of disciplines is inextricably linked to the group of similar disciplines precisely through the experiences of design experimentation, as identified by this project.

Similarly, as in all design activities, the ability to apply is inextricably linked to the formation of methodological and operational tools, in such a way as to prefigure the project as a necessary moment of verification of learning.

The educational offer is therefore oriented both towards the acquisition of knowledge in the field of earth sciences, biological, agricultural and forestry systems, environmental sciences, landscape architecture, architectural composition, garden restoration, and towards learning methodological tools for landscape design at different scales and in different contexts.

In particular, the structure of the course guarantees, precisely through the performance of some of its activities - the design laboratories and the final exam, precisely - the punctual verification of the acquisition of knowledge in its complexity, as well as the ability to apply it aimed at all forms of design activity. The final qualification will be awarded to those who have demonstrated knowledge and understanding skills with reference to the specific training path, as well as having acquired specific and in-depth knowledge in the field of earth sciences, biological, agricultural and forestry systems, environmental sciences, landscape architecture, architectural composition, garden restoration, as well as learning methodological tools for landscape design at different scales and in different contexts.

In particular, graduates must have acquired:

• knowledge of the theoretical foundations, tools and techniques of landscape architecture and open space design;

• knowledge of traditional and advanced tools and techniques for surveying, reading and interpreting cartography, topography, territory and landscape;

• specific knowledge of the characteristics and functioning of biological systems, soils, water and agro-forestry systems;

• knowledge of landscape ecology tools and techniques for the description, analysis and management of ecosystems at different reference scales;

• knowledge relating to the history and criticism of gardens and landscapes;

• specific knowledge for landscape planning and protected areas with reference to national and international regulatory tools and apparatus;

• the principles of economics and law in terms of development, management of transformations, protection of the territory, historical-cultural heritage and environmental resources.

Such knowledge and skills will be achieved through attendance at the characterizing courses provided for by the training program, through specific exercises and laboratory design activities.

The verification of this knowledge will take place through moments of interdisciplinary comparison on the project (within integrated courses and laboratories), intermediate assessments, exam tests and the evaluation of the papers relating to the final exam.

Art. 15. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding

The Master's Degree Course is aimed at training a professional figure capable of:

- Applying knowledge and understanding to analyze and describe the physical-spatial and functional characteristics of a context, in its natural and anthropic components characterized by dynamic interrelations in continuous evolution;

- Using consolidated research methods for the analysis, evaluation and description of the landscape;

- Applying landscape design strategies and tools in different contexts and at different scales;

- Knowing how to apply tools and techniques for the representation and description of the landscape;

- Using knowledge and understanding of the roles and responsibilities of landscape architecture - also in reference to the historical evolution of the discipline - to face the challenges of contemporary society.

- Knowing how to apply knowledge and understanding of the regulations within the design and authorization processes of projects.

The ability of those who obtain the qualification to apply knowledge therefore concerns activities of analysis, evaluation, interpretation, representation, design and management of urban and extra-urban areas, and the supervision of related technical-administrative and production processes.

To this end, the tools for analyzing, describing and evaluating the geomorphological, ecological, historical-cultural, settlement and socioeconomic characteristics of a context are provided through single-disciplinary courses, through exercises applied to specific areas of study as a direct verification of the skills acquired.

Furthermore, the interpretative tools necessary for orienting oneself in the cultural debate relating to the discipline of landscape, aesthetics and contemporary art are provided through single-disciplinary and integrated courses

Design laboratories, in which design-related teachings are integrated with technical-scientific teachings, constitute an effective verification of the ability to apply the knowledge acquired. Design experimentation requires a sharing of purposes and objectives that promotes interdisciplinary dialogue and networks knowledge and work tools for the selection of choices, the verification of results, also promoting forms of representation and communication appropriate to argumentation and democratic debate.

The degree thesis constitutes the final phase of this path of knowledge and understanding, through experimental elaborations (design or theoretical) that enhance the multidimensionality of the training path, often involving teachers from different disciplines (as supervisors and co-supervisors).

Therefore, the verification of the acquisition of these skills occurs through the processes of continuous revision of the elaborations and the verification by degrees of the progress states. In this way, a continuous process of validation and advancement of the project is implemented, which also represents a form of simulation of the professional experience through the design internship.

Art. 16. Autonomy of judgment

Students must demonstrate the ability to integrate knowledge and manage the complexity of problems concerning landscape design to develop original and specific solutions and formulate judgments regarding the value and vulnerability of the landscape based on available information, including reflection on the social and ethical responsibilities associated with the application of knowledge.

The final qualification will be awarded to students who have demonstrated the ability to acquire knowledge and experience, to evaluate them and to rework them for the purpose of forming an autonomous and original judgment, so as to be able to address and manage complex problems of emerging interest in an innovative way.

Students, also through design experimentation, will acquire the ability to integrate knowledge, interpret multidimensional data, formulate judgments regarding the value and vulnerability of the landscape and manage the complexity of problems concerning design, to develop specific solutions by assuming social and ethical responsibilities associated with the application of knowledge.

To this end, students must be able to:

• independently set up landscape analysis at different space-time scales;

• formulate and solve the proposed problems, demonstrating an adequate degree of autonomy with respect to specific professional skills;

• evaluate the different possible solutions to the proposed design problems, correctly identifying the technical and construction requirements that contribute to the functioning of the proposed interventions and transformations;

• evaluate the repercussions that the proposed transformations can induce on the spatial, cultural and social structures of territorial contexts, arguing the objectives and reasons for the design choices.

The acquisition of these skills requires active attendance of teaching and laboratories, and is constantly verified through seminar review meetings of the projects.

Art. 17. Communication skills

Students must be able to communicate the results of the various analysis and design activities, competently using the different languages ​​of the disciplines that contribute to the knowledge and design of the landscape and using appropriate tools to communicate with expert and non-expert interlocutors and to interact with other professional skills.

The final qualification will be awarded to students who, having demonstrated the acquisition and operational capacity with respect to the theoretical-methodological, technical and design knowledge, specific to the training path, are able to communicate it, in an effective and innovative way, both in theoretical fields and within plan and project proposals, placing themselves in an original and conscious way within the regulatory, political, cultural and disciplinary framework, in the national and international context.

The communication skills acquired must allow students to:

• use methods and tools of representation and communication, graphic, visual, verbal and written, using traditional and innovative tools, including multimedia;

• knowing how to listen and interact within work groups involving the various social and professional figures involved in the analysis and design processes;

• knowing how to return ideas and proposals in an appropriate manner, aimed at stimulating and encouraging the understanding and participation of citizens (future users and/or clients) in the choices proposed in the project.

Communication skills are developed within each individual teaching or laboratory and are periodically verified through the comparison of the study topics and the presentation in the classroom of the progress of experiments and projects.

Art. 18. Learning ability

The course provides students with the tools to advance in their studies independently, allowing them to progressively become independent from the teacher, acquiring the ability to deepen their knowledge through a guided but individual path. To this end, while encouraging group work, the teaching and laboratories also include assessment steps for individual students.

Graduates must be able to:

• identify the prospects and objectives for their continuing education and possess the tools for continuously updating their knowledge (lifelong learning);

• know how to integrate and participate in cultural, economic and professional life;

• operate with degrees of autonomy defined and appropriate to the professional profile identified;

• know how to manage and evaluate their professionalism, both individually and within work groups.

The acquisition of these skills occurs during the course of the training path, enhancing the critical and autonomous approach to knowledge and learning, the ability to delve deeper and innovative applications.

The acquisition of learning skills is verified through intermediate tests, exemptions, exams and the final test.

Art. 19. Other provisions

Students are required to comply with all obligations set forth in the provisions of the University and the Faculty, even if introduced after the issuance of this Regulation and with retroactive effect.

For anything not provided for in this Regulation, the provisions of the laws in force apply with express reference to the Universities, to the rules contained in the Statute, to the Teaching Regulations, to the Regulations for attendance of degree and master's degree courses and student contributions and to the Charter of rights and duties of students of Sapienza University of Rome.