EcoDesign, IOT, Lifecycle & Urban Regeneration
ECO DESIGN - URBAN DESIGN - INTERIOR DESIGN
The First Level Academic Master in "Eco design, Circular economy & Social Responsibility" intends to train "eco-designers", new professional figures able to project the life cycle of a product in order to prevent and reduce its impact on the environment, through the application of specific design methods, the use of eco-innovative materials and the use of design criteria guided by the principles of environmental sustainability
DESCRIPTION
The Master’s programme trains designers capable of integrating interior design, environmental comfort, and ecodesign throughout the entire project lifecycle, combining creativity, methodology, and technical rigor.
You will explore the pillars of sustainable design, including:
- Foundations of ecodesign and systemic approaches
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
- ISO 14040/44 and GHG Protocol
- European regulatory frameworks and UNI/PdR 178:2025
- Certification systems: LEED, BREEAM, ITACA, WELL
You will work with innovative and circular materials, CMF (Color, Material, Finish), Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) and air quality (VOC, formaldehyde), natural lighting, passive ventilation, insulation, and energy optimization.
The programme includes workshops on genius loci, circular economy practices on construction sites (reuse, emissions reduction, material passports), evaluation tools (indicators and checklists), site visit focused on circular construction practices
COURSE FACT SHEET
SKILLS
The Master prepares professionals for roles such as sustainability-focused Interior or Product Designer, environmental certification consultant, material specialist, environmental project consultant, and circular construction technician. Upon completion, you will acquire operational and scientific-cultural competencies to design measurable, transparent, and standards-compliant interiors ready for both public and private professional markets. You will learn to:
- Translate ecodesign principles into interiors with high aesthetic and functional value
- Measure and reduce environmental impact using LCA and the GHG Protocol, producing clear and actionable reports
- Select materials and technologies based on performance and durability criteria
- Integrate comfort, well-being, and building systems for superior Indoor Environmental Quality
- Design in harmony with the genius loci and context, from concept to end-of-life
- Align projects with European regulations and certification systems, optimizing requirements and scoring
INTERNSHIP
Our Placement Department will arrange a training internship with one of our partner companies. This experience facilitates entry into the job market and provides an opportunity to learn and demonstrate skills through professional practice. For students already employed, the internship may be validated through a project work developed within their professional activity, recognized as a training experience consistent with the programme.
COURSE PROGRAM
PROGRAM
1500 HOURS
Ecodesign
The module aims to provide transversal skills for the design and development of eco-sustainable products, interior spaces and classified groups. Both theoretical issues and pure design aspects will be tackled, thanks to the guidance of expert planners and designers who will confront all aspects from matter: from executive detail to prototyping.
TOPICS
- Ecodesign fundamentals
- Regulatory framework
- Communicate the Ecodesign
- Green Design & Strategies (plant systems and technologies) Part 1 and Part
- Ecodesign in the management and planning of commercial activities
WORKSHOP
- Design of spaces, elements and services of a business in a sustainable way
- Infographics for the environment
Project culture
The module provides a focus on understanding and interpreting the design of the architectural space and the product, that should be understood as entities that interact with each other in a transversal way.
ARGOMENTI TOPICS
- Sustainability and environmental comfort
- The house of the future
- The construction site of the future
- The project as a system
- Sustainability, company philosophy and I.O.T
- Methodological tools for the analysis of the industrial product
- Examples of analysis of industrial products
- Analysis of an industrial product
New materials technology
The course will deepen the study of materials, from a theoretical-artistic point of view and from the specific techniques, with particular attention to information on the toxicity, the relative precautions and the rules to be followed. It will focus on knowing and understanding both the properties and the technical-expressive potential of the materials, to help both research and experimentation.
ARGOMENTI TOPICS
- Indoor materials
- Outdoor materials
- I.O.T.
Natural, artificial and composite materials:
- Production and processing of materials
- Properties of materials
- Examples of analysis of industrial products
- The life of materials
Product design
Students will be provided with design tools and skills based on a Human Centered methodology, which focuses on the study of people’s needs and characteristics.
ARGOMENTI Topics
- Industrial production technologies
- Raw materials, production scraps for the project
- LCA method
- The phases of the industrial project
- Case studies of product design
- Reuse & design: designing for reuse
WORKSHOP
Design of an industrial product
Urban Regeneration
The module focuses on understanding the cultural, social and environmental changes taking place, which are revolutionizing the scenarios of urban transformation. To better prepare future designers, architects and professionals in the sector, all the design processes will be addressed: from the ideation of the concept to the final representation of the drawings.
ARGOMENTI TOPICS
Urban regeneration
- Foundations of urban regeneration
- Contemporary strategies and processes of space transformation
Urban regeneration
- Ecology and aesthetics in contemporary urban spaces
- Elements of furnishing
Renewable energies
- Outdoor design & sustainability
- Urban strategies & I.O.T.
- Selection of the plant elements of the project based on perceptual and maintenance needs
PROFESSIONAL FOCUS
Outdoor design & sustainability told by an active figure in the field through the display of their work in detail
WORKSHOP
Design with related fittings and furnishings of public and private outdoor spaces, process management, graphic representation of sustainable systems and strategies, study of construction details up to the drafting of the metric calculation
Information technologies
The goal of the module is to provide designers with technologically advanced tools to design, test and prototype their projects. For this reason, there will be a focus on numerous tools for the visualization and spatial verification of design ideas, the production of drawings and the representation of information through the use of databases and scientific data.
The lessons range from environmental and cost analysis to design to architectural drawing.
ARGOMENTI TOPICS
- 3D design
- Virtual architecture
- Data management
- Graphic Design
- Cost Analysis
WORKSHOP
- The use of software for simulating and obtaining data and graphics
- Workshop of infographics for the environment, study of the company image to communicate in a sustainable way through the use of software and graphics
- Cost analysis: setting and management of project costs through the use of software and spreadsheets
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