Objectives
The Master’s Degree in Environmental and Sustainable Building Engineering, delivered at the Rieti campus, aims to train professionals who, through an adequate and in‑depth interdisciplinary technical preparation, are able to work as designers, production and construction managers and inspectors in the field of sustainable construction. This applies both to recovery interventions and to new buildings, with full respect for environmental constraints and protection against seismic, hydraulic and hydrogeological risks.
Graduates are expected to identify themes and issues, analyse their complexity and develop suitable and appropriate solutions, including through the development of innovation, management and implementation processes.
To achieve this objective, the Programme adopts an interdisciplinary approach. First, it provides an advanced level of study building on the knowledge acquired during the Bachelor’s Degree, particularly in the areas of mathematical physics, history of architecture and construction techniques, and tools and methods for representing and surveying the built and natural environment.
Secondly, the Programme offers the opportunity to acquire knowledge in core disciplines related to environmental and sustainable building engineering, with particular attention to the following areas: construction technology, structural and building services engineering, organisation and management of construction processes, with a specific focus on the environmental sustainability of adaptation, transformation and planning interventions, potential protection of the physical and environmental context, quality control of processes and products, recovery of the existing building stock, planning and complex management of processes and services related to environmental and territorial systems.
For this reason, the study plan includes a first year dedicated to the analysis of the environment, including the built environment, through courses such as Digital Modelling for Architecture, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS), and Urban Health. These subjects provide the foundation for more design‑oriented disciplines aimed at training professionals who, through courses such as Foundation and Earth Retaining Structures, Water and Solid Waste Treatment Plant, Structural Dynamics and Building Design and Heritage Building Information Modelling (H‑BIM) for Architectural Renovation, are able to work within the construction sector both at the scale of individual buildings and at the broader scale of the built and urbanised environment.
The Programme promotes a unified cultural approach that supports the development of interventions on buildings, whether isolated or part of an urban context, giving priority to the conservation and restoration of the existing built environment and excluding the possibility of new construction. This approach ensures compliance with environmental, seismic, hydraulic and hydrogeological constraints.
Graduates are expected to identify themes and issues, analyse their complexity and develop suitable and appropriate solutions, including through the development of innovation, management and implementation processes.
To achieve this objective, the Programme adopts an interdisciplinary approach. First, it provides an advanced level of study building on the knowledge acquired during the Bachelor’s Degree, particularly in the areas of mathematical physics, history of architecture and construction techniques, and tools and methods for representing and surveying the built and natural environment.
Secondly, the Programme offers the opportunity to acquire knowledge in core disciplines related to environmental and sustainable building engineering, with particular attention to the following areas: construction technology, structural and building services engineering, organisation and management of construction processes, with a specific focus on the environmental sustainability of adaptation, transformation and planning interventions, potential protection of the physical and environmental context, quality control of processes and products, recovery of the existing building stock, planning and complex management of processes and services related to environmental and territorial systems.
For this reason, the study plan includes a first year dedicated to the analysis of the environment, including the built environment, through courses such as Digital Modelling for Architecture, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS), and Urban Health. These subjects provide the foundation for more design‑oriented disciplines aimed at training professionals who, through courses such as Foundation and Earth Retaining Structures, Water and Solid Waste Treatment Plant, Structural Dynamics and Building Design and Heritage Building Information Modelling (H‑BIM) for Architectural Renovation, are able to work within the construction sector both at the scale of individual buildings and at the broader scale of the built and urbanised environment.
The Programme promotes a unified cultural approach that supports the development of interventions on buildings, whether isolated or part of an urban context, giving priority to the conservation and restoration of the existing built environment and excluding the possibility of new construction. This approach ensures compliance with environmental, seismic, hydraulic and hydrogeological constraints.