Lecture by Annalisa Metta, part of University by Design event series

Annalisa Metta, Full Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Roma Tre, will lecture on Tuesday 11 February at 5:30 pm. Her lecture is part of the Spring 2025 University by Design event series, co-produced by the Architecture Programs of the Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello Syracuse University in Florence, California State University International Programs Italy and Kent State University Florence. It will be held at MAD. Murate Art District (Piazza delle Murate, Firenze).

Annalisa Metta’s lecture, titled Out in the Open. Designing Exposed Landscapes, will explore how designing landscapes means creating open, exposed spaces where the environment is both revealed and engaged with. She will explain that when we design these outdoor spaces, we are not just arranging elements — we are also inviting vulnerability and trust, as both the landscape and the designer participate and evolve together.

Annalisa Metta is a Full Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Roma Tre. She holds a Ph.D. in the architecture of parks, gardens, and spatial planning and was awarded the Italian Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome (2016–2017). Her research examines the contemporary architecture of open spaces through a blend of theoretical-critical insights and applied inquiry. In 2007, she became one of the founding partners of Osa, a landscape architecture studio based in Rome. In 2023, she curated Nature at Home, part of the Home Sweet Home exhibition at the Milan Triennale. Her publications include Il paesaggio è un mostro. Città selvatiche e nature ibride (DeriveApprodi, 2022) and the entry “Paesaggio” in the XI Appendice of the Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere e Arti (Treccani, 2024).