Materials and Components for Outdoor Spaces_Course

::Adjunct Professor at the Materials and Components for Outdoor Spaces Course -
Academic year 2009/10 – University of Rome “La Sapienza”::

GRADUATE SCHOOL IN LANDSCAPE AND GARDEN DESIGN Academic year 2009/10 – Materials and Components for Outdoor Spaces Course (60 hrs).  Field: Technology of Materials and Components – University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Lectures; publication of teaching material; desk crits; exams.

Program:

1) General lessons on cultural and theoretical and methodological references, (void spaces, genius loci, soil modeling).

2) Components and systems related to outdoor flooring: functional and constituent layers. Technical and morphological characteristics, requirement classes, performance indicators. Aesthetic, economical, environmental and ecological aspects.

3) Continuous Flooring (roads, bike and pedestrian routes). Requirements, standards, performance, materials and construction techniques.

a. Flexible.

b. Semi-rigid.

c. Rigid.

Materials: asphalt, concrete, concrete slabs, tiles, grass, earth.

5) Discontinuous Flooring (roads, bike and pedestrian routes). Requirements, standards, performance, materials and construction techniques.

Materials: stone, gravel, concrete, terracotta, ceramic tiles, wood, grass, mixed.

6) Outdoor fixtures.