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The Master of Architectural Composition is a professional degree (M.Arch or MArch) established by the University of Genoa. It is legally recognized in Italy and Europe, and it allows you to become a licensed Architect in Italy and Europe.

 

Calendar AY 2024-2025

First Semester: September 23rd – December 20th 2024
Holidays: December 21st  2024 – January 7th 2025 
Exams: January 8th – February 14th 2025

Second Semester: February 17th  – May 30th 2025
Holidays: April 17th – April 21st 2025
Exams: May/June 2025

Field Trip: TBC 2025
Summer Workshop: June 2025
Internship: July, August, September


Only for the second semester of the First Year
Lessons: January 27th – May 10th 2025
Exams: May 13th – September 19th 2025
Summer Workshop: 3/27 June 2025

The general presentation of the Master will be held, for both years, on September 23rd 2024

 

 


FIRST YEAR
First Semester

ARCHITECTURE STUDIO 1
– Architecture studio    
   Vittorio Pizzigoni
 Architectural theory    
   Giovanni Galli
– Typological analysis   
   Gaia Leandri

HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY
ARCHITECTURE
– Methods and perspectives
   Marco Folin
– Works and architects
   Luca Placci

 
Second Semester

ARCHITECTURE STUDIO 2
 Architecture studio
   Christiano Lepratti
 Architectural theory
   Valter Scelsi

PRINCIPLES OF CONSERVATION
   Federica Pompejano

STRUCTURAL MORPHOLOGY
   Marco Lepidi

FIELD TRIP
other training activities

Summer Workshop

ARCHITECTURE STUDIO 3
   Ana Luisa Soares (FALA ATELIER)

 

OTHER TRAINING ACTIVITIES
(4 CFUs from the following teaching)

ITALIAN LANGUAGE (FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS)
  Paola Morano


FIRST OR SECOND YEAR
ELECTIVE COURSES
(8 to 12 CFUs to be acquired in years 1 to 2)

 

ARCHITECTURE AND MEDIEVAL CITIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD
    Alireza Naser Eslami

COASTAL DESIGN AND OTHER EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
    Beatrice Moretti

CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS
    Daniela Pittaluga

AESTHETICS
    Enrico Terrone

EXECUTIVE DESIGN
    Renata Morbiducci, Clara Vite

PROGETTO VILLARD
    Davide Servente, Beatrice Moretti

REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS: HISTORY AND TECNHOLOGY
    Salvatore Polverino

 
 

SECOND YEAR
First Semester

COST ANALYSIS
 Economic evaluation of projects
   Paolo Rosasco
 Sociology for contemporary architecture
   Alessandro Canevari

PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY
 Sustainability technology
   Katia Perini
 Sustainability technique
   Clara Vite

RENEWABLE SOURCES
AND TECHNICAL PLANT DESIGN
Emiliano Bronzino 
Stefano Lazzari


Second Semester

ARCHITECTURE STUDIO 4
 Architecture studio
   Marco Casamonti
 Architectural theory
   Massimiliano Giberti

PROJECT OF THE CITY
 Component design
   Silvia Pericu, Chiara Olivastri
 Urban design
   Emanuele Sommariva, Manuel Gausa

MASTER THESIS

 

 

 

SECOND YEAR

 

CLASS SCHEDULE
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professors

Marco Casamonti
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Marco Folin 
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Giovanni Galli
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Massimiliano Giberti
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Stefano Lazzari 
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Marco Lepidi
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Christiano Lepratti
Head of the program
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Renata Morbiducci
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Beatrice Moretti
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Alireza Naser Eslami
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Chiara Olivastri
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Silvia Pericu
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Katia Perini
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Daniela Pittaluga
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Vittorio Pizzigoni
Vice Head of the program
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Salvatore Polverino
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Federica Pompejano
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Paolo Rosasco
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Maria Elisabetta Ruggiero
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Valter Scelsi
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Davide Servente
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Ana Luisa Soares
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Emanuele Sommariva
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Enrico Terrone
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Clara Vite
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