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Anna Costa

Adjunct professor

Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Curriculum vitae

Registered with the Order of Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects, and Conservators of the Province of Padua, No. 2627 since 24.01.2007.

Ordinary member of AIAPP (Italian Association of Landscape Architecture), No. 878.

Member of AIVEP (Italian Association of Green Roofs).

She was registered with the Order of Architects of Barcelona (Spain) from 01/2004 to 09/2006, No. 43658-5.

Degree in Architecture from IUAV (1998), Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture (2001), and Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) in the third cycle (2006), both from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC Barcelona).

She trained as a landscape architect in Barcelona, where she collaborated with various landscape architecture studios.

Since 2007, she has been practicing professionally at her studio in Padua, focusing on landscape design and planning issues, green infrastructure strategies, both public and private, and graphic design.

Currently, she is working on the drafting of the "Green Plan for the Municipality of Lignano Sabbiadoro" (UD), the "Redevelopment of the Garden of Villa Rina in Cittadella" (PD), and the "Executive Project of the Guizza Park in Padua" (artistic direction assignment).

In 2022, she was commissioned by the Municipality of Sanremo (IM) to define the "Territorial Strategy for the Green Infrastructure of the City of Sanremo" (POR FESR 2021-2027 Liguria Region call for proposals) (Special Prize City'Scape Award 2024 in the "Masterplan and Strategic Plans" category), and in 2021, by the Municipality of Padua, to support the drafting of the "Green Plan for the City of Padua" (1st prize ECOtechGREEN Award 2022 in the "Forestry Urban Technology and Green Plans" category), for which, in addition to being the scientific coordinator (with Dr. Ciro Degl’Innocenti), she developed various topics and final graphics, and for the final project of the new Guizza Park.

Among the recent landscape projects, the following stand out: "Tree Planting in the Municipality of Cittadella. Executive design and work supervision collaboration", Municipality of Cittadella (PD) (2022); "Project for the care and renewal of the plant component of the Querini Stampalia Garden in Venice", Querini Stampalia Scientific Foundation Onlus of Venice (2022); "Programmatic Report for the Green Plan of the Municipality of Cittadella", Municipality of Cittadella (PD) (2021); "Final project for the Guizza Park in Padua", Municipality of Padua (2021); "Project for the vegetation of the outdoor spaces of the new Despar commercial building in Imola", Techne Progetti, Engineering, and Architecture (2020); "Project “Nice Green-Wood Factory” for the inclusion of indoor plants in the Nice3 production warehouse", Nice spa (2019-20); "Landscape project for the park-garden to be built above the new underground public parking area planned in the former skating rink area in Treviso in Viale Fratelli Cairoli", Parcheggio Piazza della Vittoria s.r.l. (executive project, 2019, final 2016-17); "Landscape arrangement of the New Health Citadel of Treviso", Carron Cav. Angelo s.p.a. (final project, 2017); "Project “NICE Garden” for the external spaces of the Headquarters of the company Nice spa", Nice spa (phase 1: 2011, phase 2: 2015); "Project for the garden of the Maison MAKOLA boutique in Padua", Datura srl (2008).

She curated the installation and graphics for three editions of the Exhibition related to the Carlo Scarpa International Prize for Gardens at the Benetton Foundation Studies and Research in Treviso (2016-2017-2018).

She is an adjunct professor at the University of Bologna, teaching "Design and Implementation of Green Spaces" (since a.y. 2016-17) and "Digital Representation of Landscape Projects" (since a.y. 2015-16) in the Bachelor's Degree in Green and Landscape Sciences and Technologies (formerly Ornamental Green and Landscape Protection), in the second-level Master "Sustainable and Integrated Mobility in Urban Regions", Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, DICAM, School of Engineering and Architecture (module "Nature-based Solutions") (since a.y. 2019-20) and in the Advanced Training Course "Designing Inclusive Outdoor Spaces" promoted by the Department of Education Sciences in collaboration with the Municipality of Bologna and ARPAE ER (since a.y. 2023-24).

At the same university, she was an adjunct professor in "Synthesis Laboratory 1, Module 1 (Landscape Architecture)" (from a.y. 2015-16 to 2018-19) in the Bachelor's Degree in Ornamental Green and Landscape Protection and in the second-level Master "Sustainable Regeneration. Multidisciplinary Project to Rebuild the Resilient City", Department of Architecture of the School of Engineering and Architecture (a.y. 2017-18).

She combines teaching with research, collaborating with the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Technologies (DISTAL) on projects related to territorial and landscape planning, regeneration, and sustainable design and management of green systems in urban and non-urban areas ("Rehabilitation of the Benvenuto Rambaldi Garden in Imola", "Landscape arrangement of areas owned by an agricultural company in the province of Imola").

She participates in various conferences as a speaker, discussing her experience as a designer and topics related to the research she pursues in both academic and professional fields.

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