LABORATORY OF LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND REHABILITATION

Learning Objectives

• Landscape analysis

  To provide students with main concepts required for the design of green spaces and for the restoration of degraded ones. To develop in students the skills required for the design and restoration of green areas through appropriate graphic tools.

• Restoration of degraded areas to green

  Training objectives: Provide the necessary knowledge to restoration of degraded areas in view to establish new “landscape design” in Mediterranean” region. Will analysed the causes of landscape degradation, the biological characteristics of the Mediterranean crops and wild species and the sustainable growing methods and techniques in view to restore degraded areas finalizing their environmental roles. Several degraded areas typologies will be analysed in view to individuate technical solution to rehabilitate them by the choice of the wild species in relation to their functional traits and of the sustainable techniques to use for establishing and for maintaining along the time the new green areas and the landscape design in Mediterranean region.

Course Structure

• Landscape analysis

  The course includes 28 hours of frontal lessons and 28 hours of practical lessons (discussion of case studies and guided tours, reports, essays, individual or group research carried out by students, educational field experiences, seminars). If measures to mitigate the impact of the pandemic should be incremented lectures could be held online or in mixed mode.

• Restoration of degraded areas to green

  Lectures (28 hours) and exercises in laboratory and outdoor (28 hours).

  Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.

  Reception hours: https://www.di3a.unict.it/docenti/rosario.mauro

Detailed Course Content

• Landscape analysis

  Fundamentals of architectural design with particular reference to green spaces and their restoration: the green system, the preliminary phases of the project, creation of functional and distribution schemes. Technical design elements. Examples of urban park design and restoration of degraded areas. Information technologies in the planning and design process.

• Restoration of degraded areas to green

  1. Characteristics of the Mediterranean environment: analysis of potentialities and limits

  2. Degraded sites: main typologies and regulations

  3. Autochthonous ornamental species

  4. Plant biodiversity

  5. Main plant stresses: drought stress

  6. Main plant stresses: salt stress

  7. Main plant stresses: acid rains, electrosmog, ozone

  8. Agronomic techniques for restoring degraded sites

  9. Xeriscaping: principles and techniques

  10. Mediterranean plants for urban green areas

  11. Mediterranean plants for restoring degraded sites

  12. Aromatic plants

  13. Halophyte species for landscaping

  14. Mediterranean, psammophilous ornamental plants

  15. Mediterranean sea cliff plants

  16. Succulent plants

  17. Hedge plants

  18. Mediterranean palms: characteristics and uses

  19. Cover crops for urban and extra-urban Mediterranean green areas

  20. Wildflowers

  21. Plants for bioaccumulation

Textbook Information

• Landscape analysis
  1. Cianci, Maria Grazia. 2008. La rappresentazione del paesaggio : metodi, strumenti e procedure per l'analisi e la rappresentazione del paesaggio. Firenze : Alinea Editrice.
  2. AA.VV. 1999. Disegnare il verde: esempi e tipologie di rappresentazione grafica del verde. Firenze : Alinea Editrice.
  3. Reid, Grant W. 2002. Landscape graphics: plan, section, and perspective drawing of landscape spaces. Watson-Guptill Publications.
  4. Toccolini, Alessandro. 2003. Piano e progetto di area verde : manuale di progettazione : il sistema delle aree verdi, parchi e giardini pubblici e privati, percorsi verdi. Maggioli Editore: Ambiente & territorio.
  5. Stevens, David; Harpur, Jerry. 2003. Disegnare il giardino: idee, arredi e piante per piccoli spazi verdi. Edizioni Calderini de Il Sole 24 ore Edagricole
  6. Dassori, Enrico, Morbiducci, Renata. 2010. Costruire l’architettura: tecniche e tecnologie per il progetto. Tecniche nuove. Milano.
  7. Kipar, Andreas. 2003. Architetture del paesaggio : l'architettura del paesaggio attraverso un racconto di concorsi, idee, e progetti. Il verde editoriale, Milano.
• Restoration of degraded areas to green

  Burel F., Baudry J., 1999. Ècologie du paysage. Concepts, methods et applications. Edition TEC & DOC, Paris.

  Calantonio Venturelli R., Tobias K., 2005. La cultura del paesaggio. Le sue origini, la situazione attuale e le prospettive future. Leo S. Olschki, Firenze.

  Ezechieli C., 2005. Verde urbano. Guida tecnica agli Interventi. Maggioli Editore, Milano

  Mattheck C., 1998. Design in nature. Learning from trees. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

  Nicolin P., Repishti F., 2003. Dizionario dei nuovi paesaggisti. Skira Editore, Milano.

  Oneto G., 2004. Dizionario di architettura del paesaggio. Alinea Editrice, Firenze.

  Pantini F., 2005. Progettare la natura. Architettura del paesaggio e dei giardini dalle origini all’epoca contemporanea. Zanichelli, Bologna.

  Pellissetti L.S., Scazzosi L. (eds.) 2005. Giardini, contesto, paesaggio. Sistemi di giardini e architetture vegetali nel paesaggio. Metodi di studio, valutazione, tutela. Leo S. Olschki, Firenze.

  Piccarolo P., Sala G., 1995. Spazi verdi pubblici e privati. Progetto, manutenzione, gestione. Editore Ulrico Hoepli, Milano.

  Pietrogrande A., 2006. Per un giardino della Terra. Leo S. Olschki, Firenze.

  Riviére L.M., 1996. La plante dans la ville. INRA Editions, Paris.

  Tatano V., 2008. Verde: naturalizzare in verticale. Maggioli Editore, Milano.

  Toccolini A.2007. Piano e progetto di area verde. Maggioli Editore, Milano

  Notes and schemes of the lessons provided by the teacher.