Required Readings · Venice Lagoon Studio · Fall 2026
Module 01
Reading the Territory
Cantrell, B., & Dawkins, M. (2022). Wild Disequilibria. Prospectives (B-Pro, Bartlett School of Architecture). https://journal.b-pro.org/
Chouairi, A. (2021). The Operating Venetian Lagoon: The Agency of Barene [Master’s thesis (Archiprix 2021 selection), Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)]. https://www.archined.nl/2022/03/the-operating-venetian-lagoon-the-agency-of-barene-archiprix-2021/
D’Alpaos, L. (2010). Fatti e misfatti di idraulica lagunare. La laguna di Venezia dalla diversione dei fiumi alle nuove opere delle bocche di porto. Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti.
D’Alpaos, L. (2010). L’evoluzione morfologica della laguna di Venezia attraverso la lettura di alcune mappe storiche e delle sue carte idrografiche.
Grydehøj, A., & Casagrande, M. (2020). Islands of connectivity: Archipelago relationality and transport infrastructure in Venice Lagoon. Area, 52, 56–64. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12529
Hindle, R. L. (2018). Inventing Venice: An Urban and Environmental Innovation Model from the Lagoon City. Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society, 100(3), 530–546. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/75635711
Mozzi, P., Fontana, A., Ferrarese, F., Ninfo, A., Campana, S., & Francese, R. (2015). The Roman City of Altinum, Venice Lagoon, from Remote Sensing and Geophysical Prospection. Archaeological Prospection, 23, 27–44. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1520
Putalik, E., & Davis, B. (2022). Bay Migrations. Places Journal. https://placesjournal.org/article/climate-and-migration-in-the-chesapeake-marsh/
Tommasini, L., Carniello, L., Ghinassi, M., Roner, M., & D’Alpaos, A. (2019). Changes in the wind‐wave field and related salt‐marsh lateral erosion: inferences from the evolution of the Venice Lagoon in the last four centuries. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44, 1633–1646. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4599
Module 02
Scomenzar
Dee, C. (2016). To Draw. Journal of Landscape Architecture, 11(2), 42–53. https://doi.org/10.1080/18626033.2016.1188572
Rieder, K. (2008). Modeling, Physical and Virtual. In M. Treib (Ed.), Representing landscape architecture (Vol. 36, pp. 169–187). Taylor & Francis. Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. https://proxy1.library.virginia.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=bvh&AN=616544
Robinson, A., & Davis, B. (2018). From solution space to interface. In B. (editor) Cantrell & A. (editor) Mekies (Eds.), Codify: Parametric and Computational Design in Landscape Architecture (pp. 155–168). Routledge. (Fine Arts Stacks).
Waldheim, C. (2016). Autonomy, Indeterminacy, Self-Organization. In Landscape as Urbanism: A General Theory (pp. 32–47). Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvcszzn2