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Urban Studies
REGGIO DI CALABRIA
Overview
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Syllabus
Course Objectives
The interdisciplinary course in Valorization and communication of cultural and territorial heritage is aimed at providing students attending the second year of the Degree Course in Design (L-4), a cultural reference base on the major themes of Urban Design and the valorization and communication of Cultural Heritage, through observations, interpretative descriptions and propositions in the form of project documents.
Course Prerequisites
No particular prerequisites are required. The preparatory courses are provided for by the Teaching Regulations.
Teaching Methods
1_ COURSE STRUCTURE AND TEACHING
Lessons 36 Hours
Topics (in summary):
- Form, functionality, beauty for urban quality
- Urban design and the figure of the urban designer
- The laws of simplicity
- City life and cities for people
- Tools for the Urban Ecological Network
- Soft mobility, art and water in the city
- Urban geographies and new forms of design
- Celebrated urban stories and identity design
Experimental application through a significant case study to offer considerations on a topic, observations and descriptions,interpretation, food for thought, design propositions and the creation of new products and services (12Hours).
Other activities (12 hours)
2_ AUTONOMOUS LEARNING OF THE STUDENT
The student will independently develop a repertoire of best practices related to design work. The result of the repertoire will be made available to all participants in the module in targeted seminars to share it and identify useful processes for the construction of scenarios and models for the design of urban space through the tools of design.
Best practices, bibliographic research 35 hours
Building models for design 35 hours
Exam preparation 20 hours
Assessment Methods
The course includes the verification of the contents covered during the lessons and explored in depth in the texts indicated in the bibliography. This learning verification consists in the verification of the outcome of the project application path.
To take the exam, students must obtain a certificate certifying attendance of at least 70% of scheduled lessons and must successfully complete the scheduled periodic assignments.
The exam will focus on the contents of the module, on the topics of interest for further educational study and on the application design experience.
30 - 30 cum laude: systematic and timely achievement of objectives with a critical understanding of the topics covered in all modules, also derived from project experience;
26 - 29: good critical synthesis and analysis skills, and good design skills applied to practical experience;
22-25: fair knowledge and ability to synthesize. Partial ability to apply acquired knowledge to project experience.
18-21: sufficient knowledge of the topics and ability to apply this knowledge.
Insufficient: significant training gaps; and insufficient ability to apply knowledge to the project.
Texts
1. Larcher, Claudio, e Valentina Dalla Costa, a c. di. Disegnare un cucchiaio per cambiare la città. Prima edizione. NABA insights. Macerata: Quodlibet, 2020.
2. Maeda, John. Le leggi della semplicità. Milano: Bruno Mondadori, 2006
3. Potter, Norman. Cos'è un designer: A cura di M. Rainò: Traduttore S. Orrao, Codice Ed, aprile 2019
4. F. Irace, G.L. Ciagà, E. Lupo, R. Trocchianesi (a cura di), Design & Cultural Heritage, Electa, Milano 2013.
5. P. Daverio, V. Trapani (a cura di), Il design dei beni culturali. Crisi, territorio, identità, Rizzoli, Milano 2013.
Contents
1_DESCRIPTION
The module Design Models for Smart Cities is aimed at providing students attending the second year of the Degree Course in Design (L-4), a cultural reference base on the major themes of Urban Design, through observations, interpretative descriptions and design propositions in the form of illustrated guidelines for the design of healthy and inclusive urban spaces. The themes of form, functionality, beauty for urban quality will be illustrated and a proactive vision of innovative urban policies relating to urban design for cities or their parts will be established, highlighting principles and examples to be applied locally starting from a careful analysis of the context.
2_COURSE PROGRAMME
The contents of the course will concern the project of transformation of the urban space and the valorization of the cultural heritage, addressing its multiple characteristics, with particular attention to the new definitions of smart, creative and sustainable urban planning. Furthermore, the themes of valorization of the heritage will be explored in depth, with a multidisciplinary approach, identifying the possible contributions of Design in the context of the project, referring in particular to the development of innovative strategies for a renewed strategic role towards the territorial economy.
In developing the contents of the course, which will be carried out in a laboratory manner, students will be involved in a series of experiments during which, on the basis of readings of the best and most recent “best practices” of urban design in the Italian, European and international panorama, design proposals will be obtained for an innovative urban development through the construction of scenarios, models and procedures of planning and design that will concern urban spaces and specific areas appropriately chosen.
3_EXPECTED RESULTS
Knowledge and understanding
Students will have to demonstrate that they have acquired knowledge and understanding in the sectors of Urban Design and that they have acquired knowledge and skills such as to be able to develop, through the development of original ideas and in a research context, a design exercise.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding / Applying knowledge and understanding
Students will have to demonstrate that they are able to apply their knowledge and understanding in order to apply a methodologically correct approach in the exercise phase, and that they possess adequate skills both to devise and support arguments and solve problems in their field of study, and to have the ability to conceive, design and implement a research process.
Autonomy of judgment / Making judgments
Students will demonstrate the ability to integrate knowledge and manage complexity, as well as make judgments on the basis of limited or incomplete information, including reflection on the social and ethical responsibilities associated with the application of their knowledge and judgments.
Communication skills / Communication skills
Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions clearly and relevantly.
Learning skills / Learning skills
Students will be expected to demonstrate that they have developed the learning skills they need to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.
More information
For particular categories of students (workers, part-time or with special needs) there is the possibility, through a specific training agreement, to operate with a particular form of blended learning in virtual classes, using the mailing list of the module on the dedicated teacher page.