SO2006  SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENTS (A.Y. 2023/2024)

• Accademic Unit

  Faculty of Social Sciences

• Course

  Licentiate in Social Sciences specialization in Sociology , Licentiate in Social Sciences specialization in Social Communication, Licentiate in Social Sciences specialization in Social Doctrine of the Church and Public Ethics

Objectives: The course aims to deepen knowledge of Laudato Si’ and apply it to personal and community initiatives for the care of all. It fosters experiential appreciation of the built environment, thinking about the dialogue between human and social sciences. Students learn how to identify and make a preliminary assessment of a problem in the built environment. They acquire the ability to propose and ensure that sustainable human-sensitive solutions are being followed in a given development project.

Contents: The course approaches Laudato Si’ through an organic approach grounded in theology, philosophy and the social sciences. It addresses the built environment as a statement in integral human development. Proposed lecture plan: Ethical issues; Designing for humanity; People and places; Health and the built environment; Designing for health; Social-inclusive design; Designing for inclusion; Designing for children; Educating and soul nourishing environments; Sustainable well-being of society as key to a sustainable future; Adaptive re-use of buildings; Strategies for sustainable built environs.

Methodology: Lectures and site visits (Urban laboratory).

Means of evaluation: Assignment (50 percent), final exam (50 percent).

• Information
• Teachers
• Lesson schedule/Room
• Bibliography

Information

• Semestre: 1° Semestre
• ECTS: 3

Teachers

Lino BIANCO

Lesson schedule/Room

Semester	Day	From	To	Room	Floor	Building	Notes
1° Semestre	Martedì	8.30	9.15	TBD	0
1° Semestre	Martedì	9.30	10.15	TBD	0

Bibliography

• 1. Brophy, V.; Lewis, J.O. (2011). A Green Vitruvius: Principles and practice of sustainable architectural design, 2nd edition. London: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
  2. Day, C. (2002). Spirit & Place: Healing our environment, healing environment. London and New York: Routledge.
  3. Day, C. (2004). Place of the Soul: Architecture and environmental design as a healing art, 2nd edition. Oxford: Architectural Press.
  4. Kellert, S. R. (2018). Nature by design: The practice of biophilic design. New Haven: Yale University Press.
  5. Pope Francis (2015). Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ of the Holy Father Francis on Care for our Common Home. Vatican: Libreria Editrice Vaticana.
  6. World Commission of Environment and Development (WCED) (1987). Our Common Future. New York: Oxford University Press. \* 680074007400700073003a002f002f007300750073007400610069006e00610062006c00650064006500760065006c006f0070006d0065006e0074002e0075006e002e006f00720067002f0063006f006e00740065006e0074002f0064006f00630075006d0065006e00740073002f0035003900380037006f00750072002d0063006f006d006d006f006e002d006600750074007500720065002e007000640066000000\* https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/5987our-common-future.pdf\*\fldinst HYPERLINK "https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/5987our-common-future.pdf" \fldrslthttps://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/5987our-common-future.pdf