Program Overview

Program Overview

The program "From Field to File: theories and techniques for reading structures and landscape" is a training course that provides a basic, theoretical, and practical education in the analysis, survey, and digital representation of architectural structures and territorial areas. The course focuses on the historical and geographical context of the city of Jerusalem.

Program Details

• ID: 33708
• Course type: Corso di formazione
• Academic year: 2025/2026
• Tuition fee: Euro 300
• CFU: 10

Educational Goals

The course aims to provide participants with the necessary skills to analyze, survey, and digitally represent architectural structures and territorial areas. Through the integration of traditional methods and digital tools, participants will acquire the competencies needed to approach direct and digital surveying, computer modeling, and structural analysis for understanding historical architectures and territorial morphology.

Course Content

The course includes the introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), cartography, remote sensing, and spatial data processing, with an interdisciplinary approach applied to urban and natural landscapes. Particular attention will be dedicated to the interpretation of structures in their environmental and historical context, with practical exercises and guided activities.

Expected Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will be able to perform a first level of analysis of structures and territories, applying digital tools and historical-archaeological knowledge, and manage spatial and structural data using specialized software.

Department and Faculty

• Department: Diparimento di Scienze dell'Antichità
• Faculty: Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia

Director

• Director: Alessandra Ten