Unit GARDEN DESIGN

BOTANY OF GARDENS

Code	A000279
CFU	6
Teacher	Marco Fornaciari Da Passano
Teachers	Marco Fornaciari Da Passano
Hours	54 ore - Marco Fornaciari Da Passano
Learning activities	Affine/integrativa
Area	Attività formative affini o integrative
Sector	BIO/03
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction	Italian
Contents	GREEN DESIGN. PLANT MORPHOLOGY AND FUNZIONALITY. PLANTS, ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE. PURPOSE AND EVOLUTION OF THE ORNAMENTAL, SPORTY AND THERAPEUTIC, RECREATION GREEN.
Reference texts	GIORGI D., 2009 - Il giardino: manuale di progettazione: componenti del giardino, realizzazione, manutenzione. Palermo: Flaccovio Editore, ISBN: 978-88-7758-855-5 CORRADO M., 2012 - Manuale del verde in architettura. Progettazione, realizzazione e manutenzione del verde tradizionale e tecnico in architettura. Editore: Wolters Kluwer Milano (ottobre 2012). ISBN-10: 8867500457, ISBN-13: 978-8867500451
Educational objectives	Plant morphology (shape, dimension, poise, colors and funzionality) for usign the different kind of green typologies in the Interior Design, Exhibit Design or Retail Design.
Prerequisites	Knoledges of plant biology
Teaching methods	Frontal lessons and pratical excercises.
Other information	March 2019-May 2019
Learning verification modality	Oral examinatio
Extended program	Different typologies of Gardens from Medieval age to nowadays. Ornamental, recreative, sporty and therapeutic green. Morphology, shape, dimension and functionality of the plants. Plant Botany and Ecology for green design applications. Relationship between plants and environment/climate and their application in Interior Design, Exhibit Design or Retail Design.

MULTISPECIES DESIGN

Code	A000314
CFU	3
Teacher	Aldo Ranfa
Teachers	Aldo Ranfa
Hours	27 ore - Aldo Ranfa
Learning activities	Affine/integrativa
Area	Attività formative affini o integrative
Sector	BIO/03
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction	English
Contents	The module aims to provide students with the skills necessary to design the possible interactions between human species and plant species (ex. therapeutic garden, sensory garden, garden of breath, etc.) with particular regard to the issue of eco-sustainability in the areas of Interior Design, Exhibit Design or Retail Design.
Reference texts	Recommended textbooks. EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY TEACHER 1 - CORRADO M., 2012 - Manuale del verde in architettura. Progettazione, realizzazione e manutenzione del verde tradizionale e tecnico in architettura. Wolters Kluwer Italia. 2 - BELLOMO A., 2009 - Pareti verdi. Nuove tecniche. Sistemi Editoriali. 3 - SICURELLA A., 2014 - Giardini pensili. Progettazione e manutenzione. Dario Flaccovio Editore
Educational objectives	The basic knowledge of systematic botany must be acquired with nomenclatural rules, general characteristics, reproduction and evolutionary aspects of the plant kingdom. Choice of the most representative species with application aspects and methods of use in setting up the various types of indoor and outdoor green areas. Determinant for the preparation of the student is the knowledge of the main species to be used in the preparation, recovery and enhancement of the various types of functional green vertical green, hanging green, therapeutic green, lawns and others) and the use in Interior Design, Exhibit Design or Retail Design. The acquired knowledge of the most important tree species, shrubby, ground cover / ground cover and climbing plants, will allow a correct planning and use of the territory both in the urban and in the extra-urban environment.
Prerequisites
Teaching methods	Theoretical activity: in the classroom on all the topics listed in the program. Lectures in the classroom on all topics of the course with the use of computer support that allow you to gradually get to the final concept. At the end of each lesson short summaries will be made with relevant application examples. Practical activity: excursions will be carried out in the various types of green and the species will be indicated to be used in various contexts, providing also their biological characteristics. At the end of the practical activities or guided exercises, students will have free access to the same sites for further individual study.
Other information
Learning verification modality
Extended program	THEORETICAL LESSONS Introduction to the course. Peculiarities. Bibliographic references. Theoretical and practical lesson times. Criteria for passing the exam. Binomial nomenclature (1 hour) Plant classification systems. Systematic classification of living beings. Concept of Systematic Botany or Vegetal Taxonomy. Systematic framework of the vegetable kingdom. Concept of species, cultivars and hybrids (1.5 hours) Differences between the Dicotiledonopsida and Monocotiledonopsida classes. Trees and shrubs for ornamental use: general characteristics and main characters of ornamentality, systematics, subdivision according to morphological characteristics, technical requirements, application aspects and use in setting up green areas, recovery and environmental restoration. Environmental ecological parameters (temperature, windiness, sun, shade, etc.). Planting distances from the border (2.5 hours) Herbaceous for ornamental use: general characteristics and main characters of ornamentality, systematics, applicative aspects and use in the various types of green. Environmental ecological parameters (temperature, wind, sun, shadow, etc.) (2 hours) Evergreen species, stripping, climbing, ground cover / ground cover: systematic and characteristics of use (4.5 hours) Vertical green, hanging green and others: general characteristics and main characters of ornamentality, systematics, applicative aspects and use in the various types of green. Environmental ecological parameters (temperature, wind, sun, shade, etc.) (4 hours) Therapeutic green: general characteristics and main characters of ornamentality, systematics, applicative aspects (2.5 hours) Grass carpets: introduction, history and function, typologies, preparation, maintenance and care, macroterm and micro-species, application aspects and use in the various types of green (4 hours) PRACTICAL LESSONS: excursions will be carried out in the various types of green (Sensory Garden, Botanical Garden, Villa Posta dei Donini, Monumental Cemetery, etc.) and the species will be indicated to be used in various contexts, providing also their biological characteristics. At the end of the practical activities or guided exercises the students will have free access to the same sites for further individual study (7 hours)

PRINCIPLES OF PLANT NUTRITION

Code	A000280
CFU	3
Teacher	Giovanni Gigliotti
Teachers	Giovanni Gigliotti
Hours	27 ore - Giovanni Gigliotti
Learning activities	Affine/integrativa
Area	Attività formative affini o integrative
Sector	AGR/13
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction	Italian
Contents	The course aims to provide students with the necessary skills in the field of vital and physiological processes of plants. Particular attention will be paid to the study of materials and growth substrates, produced and used in a circular economy perspective
Reference texts	Copies of slides.
Educational objectives	To know the needs of plants in terms of light; To know the needs of plants in terms of nutrients; To know the growth substrates for plants grown in-door and out-door; To know the growth substrates for plants grown in-door and out-door; To assign the right place to the plants; To choose the growth substrates with a lower environmental impact; To choose the best place for ornamental plants according to the proposed use; To chose the different plants according to the pedoclimatic destination.
Prerequisites	The student is requested to know basic Chemistry
Teaching methods	Lectures Practices Seminaries
Learning verification modality	Oral exams. The exam will have a 20 min duration aiming to ascertain the knowledge level acquired by the student. In particular, the student will demonstrate to know the main vital functions of a plant in terms of radical absorption of water and nutrients, as well as gaseous exchanges at the leaf level that underlie photosynthesis and respiration. In addition, the student must know the role played by growth substrates, proposing, in the case of growth in pots, the choice of materials from renewable sources. Moreover, the exam allows to verify if the student is able to develop independent solutions for the introduction of a plants in the environment they are intended for. The dates are available in the web site of the Department.
Extended program	Enzymatic reactions and cell metabolism. Structure and properties of enzymes; Photosynthesis. Chlorophylls and other pigments; Plant respiration and energy aspects of respiration; Mineral plant nutrition. Absorbed elements, essential elements, toxic elements. Introduction to aspects of absorption and metabolism. Growth substrates. The soil, the peat, the growth substrates. The substrates for hydroponic crops. Nutrient solutions in hydroponics.