Call for Visiting Professor in “Contemporary Landscape Theory and Practice”

Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano

Deadline for submission: June 27th 2022

The Visiting professorship program aims at strengthening the internationalization of the School of Architecture, Urbanism and Construction Engineering and of the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, by welcoming a foreign scholar for a semester term.

The visiting professor will be in charge of lecturing one full course at the School AUIC for the period of her/his visiting position, joining seminars and academic venues.

The visiting professor will be in charge of lecturing the integrated course: “Contemporary Landscape Theory and Practice” – see the Programme @ www.landscape.polimi.it.

The Course

Contemporary Landscape Theory and Practice is a course offered at the second semester to the students enrolled in the second year of the Master of Science in Landscape Architecture _ Land Landscape Heritage.

The integrated course will be taught in English, it equals 8 ECTS credits (4 Contemporary issues in landscape design and 4 Urbanism) and consists in 6 hours of teaching per week, organized in lessons, workshops, conferences, for a total of about 80 hours.

It is scheduled in the spring semester (mid February 2023 – mid June 2023) and is offered as elective course for Landscape Design, Architecture and Planning students.

Two dates for final examinations of attending students shall be fixed in June-July 2023.

The course will focus on the critical observation of innovative design actions in Landscape Architecture. The candidate is asked to develop a teaching program devoted specifically to the relationship between changing metropolises, botanical and forestry aspects. The comparison between global contexts and changing cities in the global south is highly appreciated.

Programs with a strong innovative and experimental character will be appreciated, given the international student body that characterizes the school.

The course should be organized with two integrated modules, one based on a series of lectures for students that will participate to 50% of the course (the exam can consist in writing a paper on the course subject) and the second module based on a series of design exercise for students attending 100% of the course, who will take the exam with a paper and a discussion of the projects.

The course is rewarded with a sum of 16.000 € (8 credits).

For taxes paid in Italy, please consider that the average income tax in Italy equals about 46%. Other arrangements may be verified.

The AUIC School

Founded in 1863, Politecnico di Milano it is the largest school of architecture, design and engineering in Italy (http://www.polimi.it).

The AUIC School of the Politecnico di Milano is one of the most outstanding Faculties in Europe and ranked by the QS World University, Engineering and Technology 2011 among the leading universities in the world.

The Master Degree Program in Landscape Architecture aims to train multidisciplinary and polytechnic landscape architects, able to understand the challenges of contemporary landscapes and territorial changes and to have connection and integration with different disciplines – architecture, urban planning, agronomy and forestry, hydraulic engineering and infrastructure, ecology, social science, history, law, economics and land management. .

The Master is one of the courses of the School of Architecture, Urban Planning and Construction Engineering (AUIC) with the contribution of other schools and universities in Milan.

Teaching approach consists in core design studio and thematic courses. Practical experience in design studios is the core of every semester of the Master’s. The landscape project allows the students to understand landscape phenomena in their continuous evolution, and find the techniques and skills needed from time to time. The course should help students develop critical analysis, mentality research, imagination and technical-practical tools. The proportion of international students is relevant and produces a stimulating environment both for teaching and for learning.

The courses are held at the central City Campus Leonardo in Milan.

The course is currently directed by Prof. Antonio Longo with Prof. Matteo Poli as vice director. Qualified research staff and Phd students with significant international and professional experiences are involved in the tutorship and teaching activity.

The Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (www.dastu.polimi.it), Directed by Prof. Massimo Bricocoli, is now the second largest Department of Politecnico di Milano and the largest in the field of Architecture; furthermore it is also an important research centers in Italy for urban and spatial planning issues, enjoying in a well-established international network of centers of excellence.

Submission of application

The visiting professorship program is open to highly qualified foreign scholars in the discipline of Landscape Architecture and related fields. Applicants must be affiliated to an academic or research institution.

In order to state an interest in participating, the applicants should send the following documents (PDF format):

1. Application form
2. Complete Curriculum Vitae
3. List of publications
4. Letter of motivation
5. Scanned copy of your Passport/ID
6. A proposed course outline, specifying aims and contents, methodology, proposed readings and eventual side activities.

The application and the set of files shall be sent to the address: dastu@polimi.it with the title/object
“APPLICATION FOR VISITING PROFESSORSHIP DASTU_LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 2022/2023”.

An e-mail acknowledging the receipt of the application will be sent.

For any further information, please contact dastu@polimi.it with the object “VISITING PROFESSORSHIP LANDSCAPE INFORMATION”.

Deadline for submission is June 27th 2022

A short list of selected candidates will be made and a MsTeams colloquium will be scheduled 29 June 2022.

Final results of the selection will be available by July 1 st.