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Urban Studies
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Overview
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Syllabus
Course Objectives
The educational objective of the Course is to provide students with the basis for studying, understanding and applying design in the discipline, as well as to make students capable of interpreting the relationships that link the transformation processes of the city and the territory with the theories and tools of the discipline of town planning and, in addition, to know, control and know how to use the fundamental elements of urban planning techniques aimed at reading and evaluating the transformative dynamics of the city and the territory and their design.
Course Prerequisites
As this is a first-year course, there are no prerequisites.
Teaching Methods
1_ COURSE STRUCTURE AND TEACHING
The Course is divided into frontal and interactive lectures, seminars and days dedicated to the in-depth study of theoretical topics and practice, and to the verification and revision of students' work.
Enrolment must be formalized via the course mailing list (by accessing the personal area with credentials), no later than the second week of lessons.
Attendance, as per the Course Regulations, is compulsory and students with less than 70% attendance of lectures will not be admitted to the examination.
Lectures (classroom hours/year): 40 hours/semester
Exercises (classroom hours/year): 10 hours/semester
Practical activities (classroom hours/year): 10 hours/semester
2_ AUTONOMOUS LEARNING OF THE STUDENT
The student's autonomous activities, which in total must occupy 95 hours, are broken down as follows:
· 70 hours of individual study to consolidate theoretical knowledge relating to the first two modules of the Course.
· 20 hours of theoretical/practical work aimed at producing papers relating to the third module of the Course.
Assessment Methods
Regarding the modalities of the intermediate and final tests, the Course activities provide for several progress stages and related compulsory deliverables. These are to be carried out on the dates and in the manner that will be communicated by the lecturer from time to time (reports, tables, power-point, etc.).
The examinations will be conducted as follows:
· Colloquium on the theoretical topics covered during the lectures.
· Presentation and discussion of the papers produced during the practical and exercise activities.
The final exam of the Integrated Urban Planning Course must be taken in a single sitting at the end of the entire training course, including verification of the contents of the two modules of which it is composed (Theories and Instruments of Urban Planning and Urban Law).
The grade will be based on assessment criteria that refer to: attendance; the ability to present the various topics with language properties and to critically re-elaborate them; graphic quality; presentation and organization of the work.
Texts
- Astengo Giovanni, Urbanistica in Enciclopedia Universale dell’Arte Vol-XIV, Istituto per la collaborazione culturale, Venezia-Roma, 1966.
- Benevolo Leonardo, Storia dell’Architettura Moderna, Laterza, Bari-Roma.
- Campanella Raffaella, Barcellona Città-Laboratorio. Una praxis per il progetto della città contemporanea, Rubbettino, 2002.
- Gaeta Lucio, Janin Rivolin Umberto, Mazza Luigi, Governo del territorio e pianificazione spaziale, CittàStudi Edizioni, 2018.
- Dispense e Comunicazioni del Corso
Contents
1_DESCRIPTION
The Course of Urban Planning Theories and Tools will develop the main issues related to the theories of modern and contemporary town planning, the techniques of town planning and design and the design tools of the discipline.
The course represents a moment of maturation and growth in the educational pathway in which students will be provided with the basic notions that characterize the discipline and is aimed at learning the theories and tools of urban planning and design at different levels. It will focus on the critical and most debated themes of urban and territorial planning and the links with other scientific knowledge with particular regard to environmental knowledge.
2_COURSE PROGRAMME
The Course - after an initial introductory lecture illustrating the disciplinary pathway, the objectives, the vocabulary and the main themes dealt with - will be divided into three teaching modules: the first and second of a theoretical nature, will be organized through ex-cathedra lectures and individual study; the third of a theoretical-applicative nature, will be organized through ex-cathedra lectures, individual study and classroom ex-tempore.
Introduction to the Urban Planning Theories and Tools Course
This first lesson, preparatory to the actual start of the course.
First module - Theories of Urbanism
Main theories and projects of modern town planning
This first module will illustrate the principles, fundamental theories and projects that characterized the birth of the discipline of town planning, as well as its main evolutionary features in modern times.
Main theories and projects of contemporary urbanism
This second phase of the first module will focus on illustrating the changes undergone by the city and its design in contemporary times. On what urban materials characterize its configuration and what themes emerge for its reconfiguration.
Second module - Town Planning and Town Planners in Italy after World War II to Today
This second module will focus on the urban planning/design system in Italy from the post-World War II period to the present day, on some exemplary plans in terms of design approach and themes tackled, and on the figures and ideas of the discipline's most important theorists.
Third module - Theories and techniques of reading, interpretation and design reconfiguration of territorial and urban phenomena
The third module will be oriented towards the acquisition by students of basic knowledge related to the elaboration of certain interpretative readings and selective syntheses useful for the construction of urban planning projects on a territorial and urban scale.
3_EXPECTED RESULTS
The expected results, in terms of the acquisition of knowledge by the student, relate to:
· main theoretical foundations of town planning
· evolutionary process of the Tools and Techniques of Urbanism
· theories and techniques for the reading, interpretation and design reconfiguration of territorial and urban phenomena and their representation modes
The learning outcomes must be expressed, in compliance with the Dublin descriptors, not only in terms of expected knowledge, but also in terms of skills acquired (critical evaluation; communication; linguistic skills; design; etc.) and skills/abilities attained (problem-solving; learning); as well as being related to the specific contents related to the Workshop objectives.
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