- ability to investigate the critical relationship between different aspects of complex problems (holistic approach to theoretical framing of problems); - ability to consciously investigate the relationship between different operating elements in complex systems (holistic approach in the technology project); - ability to develop a design / constructive project related to precise system of objectives; Acquisition and understanding of conceptual and operative tools will also be verified by means of a design exercise.

- ability to understand and express with the conceptual and operational tools of the environmental quality technologies of the built-up building and lot; - basic knowledge of constructive techniques and systems, structural calculations and environmental engineering physics; - the ability to analyze the role of technological choices in the aesthetic aspects related to transformations of the built environment;

The course focuses on environmental quality of architectural spaces. These are not intended in the role of single building as spectacular “object”, but in the sense of environmental performative and attractive built landscape, at district scale and both in the case of retrofitting than new districts. In particular, the intention is to investigate some case studies, because of their role of paradigmatic examples for experimenting of the excellence in the field of evolved technological solutions and of methodological processes, aimed at innervating environmental quality and aesthetical pleasure in built landscape. The conceptual framework of reference is therefore that of environmental design, even in terms of paradigm that can synthesise the relationship between technology / environment / formal languages in settlements where the quality of living is also understood as a shared objective . The course adopt critical lens to restore the complexity of the cultural framework wich lead to the possibility and the opportunity to refer or not to certain technological options within the project design phases, with particular reference to the territorial context, as the sum of the aspects related to the local identity: physical, but also socio-institutional and economic-entrepreneurial milieu. This approach stems from the need to become aware of the fact that nowadays the added value in the skills for the environmentally sustainable project can be increasingly identified in the critical capacity to assume the disciplinary tools of architecture technology in a complex "intellectual" reasoning: this attitude is also crucial to critically address a pre-eminent technological determinism and the consequent presumption of "valid recipes" to apply In a any places in the processes of transformation of the urbanized territory. In particular, some case-studies have been selected, as they are identified as paradigmatic of virtuous practices in the use of techniques, materials, and exemplary methods for the environmental re-design of certain portions of inhabited tissues, with particular attention to the relationship between buildings and open space. The specific theme in which the topics dealt with are the realization of eco-oriented built environment, with reference to district-scale implications: the aim is to provide a picture of the main current trends. The program will be structured into these lessons: - “T (Theoretical)” code: atlas of theories for eco-oriented built landscape (13,5 hours); - “F (Focuses)” code: atlas of the techniques for eco-oriented built landscape. For example: green, water, landcover; outdoor thermal comfort; energy micro generation at district scale; urban agricolture at district scale,… (18 hours); - “H (Holistic)” code: different paradigms related to themselves. Examples of case studies in which the holistic and multiscalar approach can be traced. (4.5 hours); - “C (Choral)” code: Seminar activities of critical analysis and interpretation (15 hours); - “R (Rewind)” code: Synthetic review of basic concepts (orientation, microclimatic buffer, renewable energy management systems, environmental certification, ...) (9 hours). Total hours delivered by course, including overlapping overlays with holidays = 60 hours = 6 credits. It could be organize an Educational Travel Opportunity: in this case, the hours of the travel are an extra commitment.

Program will be develop mainly by ex-cathedra lessons from the teacher of the course. Other methods may be used: - comparisons with experts, industry operators, manufacturing companies and other stakeholders; - workshop with designers. - educational travel opportunità. The student also develop understanding and ability through an exercise ("EX" code), during the entire semester (individual or group, max 3 students): it’s an architectural design exercise, focused on the environmental sustainability issues of the built landscape; In particular, this exercise may consist, at the choice of the student: - code "EX.A": a new project (in the framework of design competition, or workshop, final thesis...), which will be develop with particolare attention on environmental quality aspects, according to the indications that will be provided by the teacher; Or: - code "EX.B": a re-design project - always with reference to the environmental quality strategies at the microurban scale - of a previous architectural design exercise out in the framework of academic courses (project units, ateliers, workshops, seminar of the course, which students engage, or have been involved over the three-year period. The reading keys to process this design revision will be provided by the teacher.

The teaching material on which to prepare the exam consists of selections (with respect to reproduction rights) taken from the reference texts, chapters or selection by chapters, including those already published or being published by the professor of the course. Presented lectures by the lecturer in the classroom can be downloaded from the didactic page of the Polytechnic of Turin website. Due to the amplitude and the continuous evolution of the topics discussed, it is not possible to summarize here a comprehensive bibliography. Bibliographic references to individual cases related to explicit paradigms will be provided during lessons. Below is provided a selection of texts related to general theoretical concepts. 1) On the relationship between built landscape, society, territory,environment: - Massimo Jevolella (edited by), Aristotele, L’etica del cittadino, Mondadori 2009; - Clemens Zimmerman, L’era delle metropoli, il Mulino 2004; - Luca Davico, Alfredo Mela, Luca Staricco. Città sostenibili. Una prospettiva sociologica, Carocci, Roma 2009; - Charles Landry, The creative city. A toolkit for Urban Innovators, Routledge, London 2008; - Charles Landry, The art of city making, Earthscan, Washington, London 2006; - Giuseppe Dematteis, Carlo Lanza, Le città nel mondo. Una geografia urbana, Utet, 2011; - Donella H. Meadows, Dennis Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update, Earthscan, London/New York 2004; - Ian L. Mc Harg, Design with Nature, NHP, New York 1969; - Luciano Crespi (edited by), Città come/The city as, Maggioli editore, Santarcangelo di Romagna 2011; - Barbara Golicnik Marusic, Matej Niksic and Lise Coiritier (edited by), Human cities, Celebrating Public space, Stichting Kunstbuech, Oostkamp 2010; - Jan Gehl, Birgitte Svarne, How to study public life, Island Press, Washington-Covelo-London, 2013; 2) On the relationship between urban form and sustainability: - Mike Jenks, Nicola Dempsey, Future Forms and Design for Sustainable Cities, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Boston, Heidelberg, London, New York, Oxford, Paris, Sam Diego, San Francisco, Singapore, Sydeny, Tokyo 2005; - Steffen Leumann, The principles of green urbanism. Transforming the City for Sustainability, Earthscan, Washington, London 2010; - Moohsen Mostafavi (edit by), with Gareth Doherty, Ecological Urbanism, Lars Müller Publishers, Baden 2010; - Alexandros Washburn, The nature of urban design. A new york Perspective on resilience, Island press, Washington- Covelo-London 2013; 3) On the relationship between environmental quality and urban space retrofitting: - Tim Dixon, Malcolm Eames, Miriam Hunt, Simon Lennon, Urban retrofitting for sustainability. Mapping the transition to 2050 (edited by), Routledge, London 2014; - Ellen van Bueren, Hein van Bohemen, Laure Itard, Henk Visscher, Sustainable Urban Environments. An eco system approach, Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York 2011; - Giuseppe Gisotti, Ambiente Urbano. Introduzione all’ecologia urbana. Manuale per lo studio e il governo della città, Dario Flaccovio Editore, Palermo 2007; - David Owen, Green Metropolis. Why Living Smaller, Living closer, and Driving Less are the key to sustainability, Penguin Group, New York 2010; - Konrad Otto-Zimmerman (edited by), Resilient cities 2: Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change-Proceedings of the Global Forum 2011, Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York 2011; - Andres Duany, Jeff Speck, con Mike Lydon, The Smart Growth Manual, Mc Graw Hill, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Lisbona, Londra, Madrid, Mexico City, Milano, New Delphi, San Juan, Seoul, Singapore, Sydeny, Toronto 2010; - Ester Zazzero, Progettare Green cities, List, Lisbona 2010; - Virginio Bettini, Ecologia Urbana. L’uomo e la città. Utet, Torino 2004; - Luca Marescotti, Città,Tecnologie, ambiente. Le tecnologie per la sostenibilità e la protezione ambientale, Libreria Clup, Milano 2004; Maggioli - Anna Jorgensen and Richard Keenan, edited by, Urban wildscapes, Routledge, London-New York 2012; - Willy Muller (Author) Vincente Guallart (Editor), Manuel Gausa (contributor), hiCat Researches Territories, Actar, Barcelon 2005

Exam: Written test; Compulsory oral exam; Group project;

Examination mode: oral and written, both of which are mandatory. Duration: max 1h and 20 minn (written) and 20 minn oral (for each member of the group). The goal of the written exam is to test the theoretical learning of the notions. Oral discussion aims at assessing the acquisition of awareness of how to use the notions learned during the course. Written test: 5 questions with multiple answers and 3 open response answers. You can not use teaching material during the test. Oral exam: discussion of the architectural design exercise including any supplementary questions about the program. Exercise will be carried out throughout the semester, with collective revisions and check-points (October: topic identification by each group; early January: completion of intermediate works (min. 3 A1 / group); end of January: Completion of the final work (min. 3 A1 / group). Evaluation criteria Written test: max evaluation = 16 points. Scoring attribution: for each correct answer + 2 points (for open answer questions, possible fraction of points in the case of partial response); for each wrong answer - 0.5 points; for each unanswered question 0 points. Oral Exam: The design exercise will be evaluated according to the checklists on each theme provided during the lessons. Max score = 16 points + possible bonus of 0.5 points, in relation to any exceptions found in methodological rigor and/or reasoning skills on complex themes and / or in the graphic way of presentation. The exam is considered to be overcome by reaching a minimum score of 18 points, mathematically summing up the written examination points with those of the oral exam. The maximum rating of 30 and praise is attributed to the 30 point threshold being exceeded.

In addition to the message sent by the online system, students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) are invited to directly inform the professor in charge of the course about the special arrangements for the exam that have been agreed with the Special Needs Unit. The professor has to be informed at least one week before the beginning of the examination session in order to provide students with the most suitable arrangements for each specific type of exam.

Exam: Compulsory oral exam; Computer-based written test using the PoliTo platform; Group project;

Il controllo dell’apprendimento avviene attraverso due prove, da effettuarsi nel medesimo appello di esame: una prova scritta ed una prova orale, entrambe obbligatorie e entrambe svolte avvalendosi di strumenti per la didattica a distanza, ovvero applicativo Exams (o similare) per la prova scritta e virtual classroom (o similare) per la prova orale. La prova scritta consente di verificare l’apprendimento teorico delle nozioni, la discussione orale dell’esercitazione metaprogettuale consente di verificare l’acquisizione di consapevolezza nel saper utilizzare anche operativamente le nozioni apprese nel corso. Articolazione delle prove Prova scritta: test con 5 domande a risposta chiusa e 3 a risposta aperta. Durata dell’esame scritto: max 90 minuti. Non è possibile utilizzare materiale didattico durante la prova. Prova orale: discussione dell’esercitazione metaprogettuale, anche a mezzo di eventuali domande integrative sul programma svolto. Durata dell’esame orale: c.a 20-25 minn per componente del gruppo. L’esercitazione verrà portata avanti durante tutto il semestre, con revisioni collettive e con relative consegne (ottobre: individuazione del tema da parte di ciascun gruppo; inizio gennaio: consegna elaborati lavori intermedi (min. 3 A1/gruppo); fine corso: consegna lavori elaborati finali (min. 3 A1/gruppo). Criteri di valutazione delle prove Prova scritta: valutazione max = 16 punti. Attribuzione punteggi: per ogni risposta corretta: + 2 punti (per le domande a risposta aperta, possibili frazioni di punto in caso di risposta parzialmente corretta); per ogni risposta errata: – 0,5 punti. Per ogni risposta non data: 0 punti. Prova orale: l’esercitazione progettuale verrà valutata in base alle check-list su ogni tema, fornite durante le lezioni. Valutazione max = 16 punti + eventuale bonus 1 punto, in relazione a capacità di ragionamento su temi complessi e/o nella presentazione formale delle tavole dell’esercitazione stessa. L’esame si considera superato al raggiungimento di una valutazione minima di 18 punti, sommando matematicamente i punti dell’esame scritto con quelli dell’esame orale. La valutazione massima di 30 e lode è attribuita con il superamento della soglia dei 30 punti.

Exam: Written test; Compulsory oral exam; Group project;

Il controllo dell’apprendimento avviene attraverso due prove, da effettuarsi nel medesimo appello di esame: una prova scritta ed una prova orale, entrambe obbligatorie. La prova scritta verrà svolta in aula e la prova orale a mezzo di applicativo virtual classroom (o similare). La prova scritta consente di verificare l’apprendimento teorico delle nozioni, la discussione orale dell’esercitazione metaprogettuale consente di verificare l’acquisizione di consapevolezza nel saper utilizzare anche operativamente le nozioni apprese nel corso. Articolazione delle prove Prova scritta: test con 5 domande a risposta chiusa e 3 a risposta aperta. Durata dell’esame scritto: max 90 minuti. Non è possibile utilizzare materiale didattico durante la prova. Prova orale: discussione dell’esercitazione metaprogettuale, anche a mezzo di eventuali domande integrative sul programma svolto. Durata dell’esame orale: c.a 20-25 minn per componente del gruppo. L’esercitazione verrà portata avanti durante tutto il semestre, con revisioni collettive e con relative consegne (ottobre: individuazione del tema da parte di ciascun gruppo; inizio gennaio: consegna elaborati lavori intermedi (min. 3 A1/gruppo); fine corso: consegna lavori elaborati finali (min. 3 A1/gruppo). Criteri di valutazione delle prove Prova scritta: valutazione max = 16 punti. Attribuzione punteggi: per ogni risposta corretta: + 2 punti (per le domande a risposta aperta, possibili frazioni di punto in caso di risposta parzialmente corretta); per ogni risposta errata: – 0,5 punti. Per ogni risposta non data: 0 punti. Prova orale: l’esercitazione progettuale verrà valutata in base alle check-list su ogni tema, fornite durante le lezioni. Valutazione max = 16 punti + eventuale bonus di 1 punto, in relazione a capacità di ragionamento su temi complessi e/o nella presentazione formale delle tavole dell’esercitazione stessa. L’esame si considera superato al raggiungimento di una valutazione minima di 18 punti, sommando matematicamente i punti dell’esame scritto con quelli dell’esame orale. La valutazione massima di 30 e lode è attribuita con il superamento della soglia dei 30 punti.