MSc in Sustainable Architecture and Landscape Design
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
EUR 3,898 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
Blended, On-Campus
* tuition fees for Non-EEA students correspond automatically to the full contribution of 3898,20€; tuition fees for EEA students range from about 895,20 € to 3898,20 € per year
Introduction
Mission and Goals
This program aims at providing a multidisciplinary background for architects, with a special focus on environmental sustainability and landscape design. The concept of sustainability is associated with a high-quality transformation of the landscape, from the macro-scale of urban planning to the micro-scale of technical details, how the varied scales connect and interrelate with each other. This method is oriented to a physical, social and technical approach, passing over a close specialized theme vision. The international program involves also workshops, study trips and summer schools.
Admissions
Curriculum
Subjects
Theories of architecture, city and landscape, History of Architecture and Landscape in the Contemporary Age, Structures and Technical Environmental System, Architectural Design Studio 1 (Sustainable architecture, Multi-criteria Analysis and Project Appraisal), Sociology of the Environment, Urban and environmental design studio (Design of Public Spaces and Infrastructures, Agronomy and Food Sciences), Urban and landscape Regeneration Studio (Environmental Technology, Landscape as Heritage, General Ecology), Landscape Representation and BIM Applications, Landscape Design Studio (Advanced Landscape Design, Physical Geography and Geo-Morphology), Architectural Design Studio 2 (Advanced Architectural Design, Landscape Aesthetics).
Elective courses
- Topography and Cartography, Innovation for Design Management, Creativity and Architecture in the Movies, Italian Territories and Landscape Tradition, Architectural Strategies in Risk Situations.
- Final Workshop: Landscape, Architecture Design, Urban Design, Environmental Design.
Rankings
Politecnico di Milano is one of the top universities in Milan, Italy.
It is ranked #111 in QS World University Rankings 2025.
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the institute website for more information.
Career Opportunities
The program trains architects with expertise in sustainable architecture and landscape design, to follow a career in the private and public sector as covered by EU directives in architecture, urban planning, urban design, and landscape architecture.