The School of Specialisation in Architectural and Landscape Heritage (SSBAP Unica) is a third-level course with a professional character, focusing on the restoration, protection, and knowledge of the architectural and landscape heritage. This course is aimed at providing a solid theoretical, methodological, and scientific background, through which specialists will have the skills to design projects and direct their execution.

During the two-year course of study, 120 university credits (CFU) are obtained. Once these have been achieved, the School releases the Specialisation Diploma. The title of Specialist in Architectural Heritage and Landscape is nationally recognised for participation in calls for applications by the Superintendency and the Ministry of Culture, as well as in tenders for heritage restoration.

Lecturers

Aims

The aim of the School is to train highly qualified specialists in the field of protection, restoration, conservation, enhancement and management of the architectural and landscape heritage.

In accordance with the dictates of the Urbani Code and the principles of the Faro Convention, it intends to promote the development of skills required to operate in the territory, acquiring a preparation aimed at responding to contemporary needs, facilitated by a multidisciplinary approach.

The course will have a educational approach strongly characterised by practical workshop activities, applied to real case studies in the Sardinian territory, selected year by year in collaboration with local Institutions.

Activities

The training course includes teaching activities characterised by a predominantly project-oriented approach, which are complemented by in-depth theoretical studies addressing both cultural issues and technical-administrative aspects.

For this purpose, these activities are combined with conferences, seminars and workshops, as well as, at the end of the second year, by a professional traineeship to be carried out in public bodies or professional studios selected by the Council of the School of Specialisation. Both bodies and studios are dedicated to aspects relating to the protection, conservation and enhancement of the architectural and landscape heritage.

Third level degree

The academic course leads to a diploma as a specialist in architectural heritage and landscape. This qualification is nationally recognised as preferential for Calls by the Superintendency and the Ministry of Culture, as well as in tenders for heritage restoration.

Admission requirements

The School is open to graduates of Master’s degree in Architecture and Building Engineering-Architecture (LM-4), Landscape Architecture (LM-3) and Master’s degree in Architecture and Building Engineering (4/S)

Graduates may also be admitted if they hold the Master’s degree in Archaeology (LM-2), Conservation of Environmental and Architectural Heritage (LM-10), Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (LM-11) and Art History (LM-89), and Specialist degree in Archaeology (2/S), Conservation of Environmental and Architectural Heritage (10/S), Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (12/S) and Art History (95/S) after assessing personal curricula to identify possible academic debts.

In addition, according to the D.L. 9 July 2009, graduates holding degrees of the old academic system can be admitted if these are equivalent to the specialist ones required for access.

Admission procedure

Admission will take place on the basis of a ranking, defined on the basis of the evaluation of academic qualifications, an exam attesting technical-scientific skills and a motivational interview .

The subjects of the admission test are:

History of architecture

History and theory of restoration

Tools for knowledge of the cultural heritage

Operative methodologies for the conservation of architectural and landscape heritage

The results of the tests will be assessed by a multidisciplinary commission consisting of 5 members of the School Council.

Scholarships

A scholarship, consisting of the exemption from payment of tuition fees for the two years, is provided for the first two places on the list

Didactic activity

Academic activities will take place between January and June on Thursday 2pm-8pm, Friday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. / 3 p.m. - 8 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

These will be face-to-face, with some theoretical lectures held in e-learning (synchronous mode). 

The seminar activities will take place on Wednesdays between 16.00 and 20.00.

Course attendance is compulsory, at least 70% of the lectures, seminars and other planned activities.