The course deals with the development of mapping and territorial analysis by understanding the urbanization of coastline and inland territories in Liguria, defined by cycles of abandonment, reuse and transformation. Questioning the nature of these Transitional Landscapes, places of cohabitation or separation of populations, activities, services and natural systems, will allow students to study real 'Territorial Portraits'. The course explores applied strategies for the implementation of regeneration practices and clusterization of services through the adoption of new technologies, whose transferability will be tested in other contexts of the region.
The course investigates the relationships between territorial transformation phenomena and government tools (plans, projects), training students in quantum-qualitative methods for the elaboration of multi-dimensional mapping through the use of advanced cartographic tools (GIS, Corine, Copernicus). The final goal is to provide multi-dimensional analysis tools for evaluating strategic planning scenarios, fostering the effectiveness at a large scale of urban regeneration programmes, supporting territorial welfare networks and existing assets.
The qualifying learning outcomes are:
The course is aimed at learning and experimenting methods of morphological-environmental analysis starting from composite parameters and indexes (e.g.: multi-deprivation index) and at deepening techniques for the graphic visualisation of data and advanced cartography, in order to evaluate alternative strategic design scenarios for supra-local scale regeneration. The course aims at training students through a multi-scalar methodology of critical reading and mapping of 'Territorial Portraits' to describe the dynamics of transformation and evolution for the urbanisation of coastal areas and inland territories in Liguria.
The learning outcomes to be achieved during the design studio are:
Knowledge of urban planning formal languages and urban design techniques acquired through the course Fundamentals of Urban Planning and Urban Design Studio (or similar) are required. Proficiency in graphics and digital design skills, which can be acquired independently or through the Fundamentals of Computer Aided Design course, is required.
The semester-long course is organised according to an in-presence teaching format, by means of ex-cathedra lectures and groups desk reviews in which students are called upon to actively participate. In-depth seminars held by external experts may also be held online on Teams. Attendance at general reviews is considered mandatory.
The projects will be developed by the students in groups of 1/2 people. In parallel, students will have to carry out independently a collection of readings (one per student) as indicated in the course Syllabus. The teaching will be carried out with lectures by the mentors, and presentations of significant case studies (readings) by students, seminars by guests and visiting-experts, desk reviews on a weekly basis, organised according to 2 steps of elaboration (2 Panels DIN A1 Vertical - 84.1 x 59.4 cm).
Liguria has always been a land of landings and movements along the force lines of coastal and counter-coast areas, which dig into the past of an impervious landscape, inevitably linked to maritime traffic. The construction impacts of the Rivieras Railways and then the Highway did not occur without difficulty, forcing the nature of the coastline, modifying the layout of cities, towns and agricultural systems; These still represent two strategic infrastructures for the dynamics of urban transformation to support port logistics and tourism in the Ligurian Riviera. After the discovery of free time for large segments of the population, the building boom of the 1960s/70s, and the mindless real estate development of marinas, yacht clubs, and second homes amid the ordinary flow of urban sprawl, what is the spatial geography of Liguria today?
The Ligurian hyper-city, in this framework, represents a laboratory for analysis and research characterized by trends typical of other European Urban-Maritime Regions (ESPON 2021). Dynamic territories in which land-sea interactions are multiplied, as characterized by a geography of exchanges, connections, and multi-level systems whose physical proximity is reduced. According to the European framework, urban maritime regions such as the Ligurian Arc exert territorial influence up to 50 km away from the sea. With a closer look, however, they are not only places of extreme density of activities, meanings and architectures, but also terrains vagues, latent or abandoned areas, places of extreme remoteness, inner peripheries, diffuse cities. They are destinations for occasional tourists, commuters, migrants, encompassing high social capital and spaces of traditions, but also new communities and ecological innovation.
Questioning the nature of these Transitional Landscapes, will thus allow students to study real 'Territorial Portraits' as case studies capable of describing the most evident spatial impacts of ongoing transformation dynamics. Emerging figures that offer an acceleration of process from the current planning framework, by opening new cross-cutting alliances towards recent societal challenges (demography, ecology, climate, digitization, inclusion). Finally, the course explores strategic scenarios for the regeneration and clustering of services through the adoption of new technologies, whose transferability will be tested in other contexts of the region.
Urban planning
Infrastructures / Landscape
Urban Metabolism
New technologies
Ricevimento: Monday mornings 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. by appointment
EMANUELE SOMMARIVA (President)
GIORGIA TUCCI
NICOLA VALENTINO CANESSA (President Substitute)
GIAMPIERO LOMBARDINI (President Substitute)
Winter semester course
I semester _ September 18, 2023 - December 15, 2023
During the course, a quantum-qualitative mapping and analysis will be developed according to two steps of elaborations (graphic panels, layout DIN A1 portrait) and a research of best-practices (readings), that will constitute the final hand-in materials (DIN A5 vertical booklet).
The final mark will be established during a final presentation at the end of the winter term and will take into account the active participation of the students, the hand-in of all the required materials and the quality of the work produced as a whole. The evaluation of the analyses will take into account the clarity of exposition, the quality of the mapping developed and the graphical representation, the feasibility of the scenarios proposed, including their sustainability, as well as the student's learning process. The grade will be averaged with the module “Theory and Urban Innovation” (cod. 98946).
The final delivery of the course, in order to access the exam, is a mapping analysis presented through the following materials:
The development of analysis and mapping is based on a mixed quantum-qualitative methodology articulated in laboratory activities among the groups and moments of individual research by each student. The progress of the work and the assessment of students' knowledge is verified weekly. The elaboration of the graphic panels is defined as an open process that can be continuously implemented throughout the semester. The ability to effectively communicate the design proposal, to synthetically elaborate graphics, mappings and project diagrams will be tested through oral presentations and open questions in group reviews up to the exam session.
