AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aim of the course is the acquisition of knowledge, skills and tools to understand the challenges and transformations of the city with attention to the mechanisms and processes that determine its forms and their relationship with the architectural scale and its components.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Teaching i with international orientation, formed by the modules Urban Theory and Innovation, Urban Systems and New Technologies. The objective of the teaching is to return a theoretical framework on the approaches used today in urban-territorial transformation processes and then to proceed with the tools of simulation, to the analysis of concrete cases (starting from known experiences and case studies or imagining new transformation scenarios). All oriented to foster a reading of contexts, forms, processes, actors and dynamics that today preside over urban transformation processes. The approach is transversal (architectural, urban, territorial and social), multi-scalar and relational.

TEACHING METHODS

The semester-long course is organized in an in-person teaching mode through ex-cathedra lectures and reviews in which students are expected to actively participate. In-depth seminars given by external experts may also be held online on Teams. Attendance at general reviews is considered mandatory.

Projects will be developed by students in groups of 1/2 people. In parallel, students will be expected to independently develop a collection of project readings (one per student) as outlined in the course Syllabus. Teaching will take place through lectures by lecturers, presentations of significant case studies (readings) by students, talks by guests and experts, and individual revisions on a weekly basis, structured according to 2 steps of elaboration.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Underlying the course is the idea that the city and the territory can be read through a set of analytical tools, strategies and visions that return a multi-scalar representation based on the challenges of today's socio-spatial change.  The aim of the teaching is to return a theoretical framework on mapping and analysis methods for planning contexts characterized by processes of spatial transformation. Through the use of digital simulation tools, students will explore alternative planning logics and scenarios aimed at the replicability of international best practices.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Urbanistica

• Lynch K. (1969) L’immagine della città. Marsilio, Venezia
• Gausa M. et al. (2003) The Metapolis Dictionary of Advanced Architecture. Actar, Barcelona.
• Wolfrum S., Nerdinger W. (2008) Multiple City. Urban Concepts 1908 | 2008. Jovis, Berlin
• Mostafavi M., Doherty G. (2010) Ecological Urbanism. Lars Müller, Zürich
• Ciorra P., Marini S. (2011) Recycle. Strategie per l’architettura, la città e il pianeta. Electa, Milano
• Ricci M. (2012) New Paradigms. List, Trento-Barcelona
• Sordi J. (2014) Beyond Urbanism, List, Trento-Barcelona
• Sommariva E., Avenoso J. (2015) PICITY Progettare 25 Km di costa ligure. 22 publishing, Milano
• Carta M. (2017) The Augmented City. A paradigm shift. List, Trento-Barcelona
• Schröder J., Sommariva E. (2018) Coast Portraits. Research in Territorial Architecture. LUH Press, Hannover

Infrastrutture / Paesaggio

• Corboz A. (1983) ‘Le territoire comme palimpseste’ in Diogene, n. 121, pp. 14-35
• Allen S. (1999) ‘Infrastructural Urbanism’. In: Points and Lines: Diagrams and Projects for the City.
• Corner J., Balfour A. (1999) Recovering Landscape: Essays in Contemporary Landscape Architecture. Princeton Architectural Press, New York, pp. 48-57.
• Donadieu P. (2002) La società paysagiste. Actes Sud, Paris
• Hauck T., Keller R. (2011) Infrastructural Urbanism. Addressing the In-between. DOM Publishers, Berlin
• Reed C, Lister N.M. (2014) Projective Ecologies. Actar, New York.
• Belanger P. (2016) Landscape as Infrastructure. A Base Primer. Routledge, London
• Waldheim C. (2016) Landscape as Urbanism: a general theory, Princeton Uni Press, New Jersey

Metabolismo urbano

• Gunderson L., Holling C. (2002) Panarchy: transformations in human and natural system. Island Press, NY
• Castells, M. (2004) The Network Society: A Cross-cultural Perspective. Edward Elgar, Northampton
• Heynen N., Swyngedouw E. (2005) In the Nature of Cities. Urban Metabolism. Routledge, London.
• Ellen MacArthur Foundation (2014) Towards the Circular Economy. WEF Report Economic Forum Report.
• Markoupoulou A., Farinea C. (2017) Active Public Space. implementing technology in public spaces. IAAC Press, Barcelona
• Lydon, M., Garcia A (2015) Tactical Urbanism: short-term actions for long-term change. Island Press, NY
• Dorato E. (2020) Preventive Urbanism. The Role of Health in Designing Active Cities. Quodlibet: Macerata
• Gausa M. (2020) Resili(g)ence – Intelligent Cities / Resilient Landscapes. Actar Publishers, Barcelona
• Moreno C. (2020) Droit de cité: De la "ville-monde" à la "ville du quart d'heure". Observatoire, Paris

Nuove tecnologie

• Virilio P. (1994) The vision machine. British Film institute, Bloomington
• MVRDV (1999) Metacity / Datatown. nai010 Publishers, Rotterdam
• Ratti C. (2013) Smart city, Smart citizen. Meet the Media Guru. Egea, Milano
• Ratti C., Offenhuber D. (2014). Decoding the city. Urbanism in the Age of Big Data. Birkhauser, Basilea
• Bamberger M. (2016). Big Data. Into the monitoring and evaluation of programmes. UN Global Pulse.
• Claudel M., Nagel T.(2016). From Origins to Destinations: Visualizing Flow Maps. in Built Environment Vol. 42
• Ratti C., Claudel M. (2017). The city of tomorrow. Yale UniPress, London
• Ratti C., Picon A. (2023) Atlas of the Senseable City. Yale UniPress, London

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

As per the academic calendar

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

A quantum-qualitative mapping and analysis will be developed during the course, articulated in two steps of elaborations (graphic boards DIN A1 vertical) and case study research (readings) that will constitute the final delivery materials (layout booklet DIN A5 vertical).

The final grade will be determined during the exhibition with final presentation at the end of the semester and will take into account the active participation of the students, the delivery of all required papers and the quality of the work produced overall. The evaluation of the analyses will pay particular attention to the clarity of exposition, the quality of the mapping conducted and the graphical representation, the feasibility of the scenarios, including their sustainability, as well as the student's learning process. The grade will be averaged with the second module.

The final course delivery, valid for taking the exam, is a mapping and analysis presented with the following materials:

• Graphic boards
• booklet of readings design case studies DIN A5 format Vertical.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The development of analysis and mapping is based on a mixed quantum-qualitative methodology articulated in group laboratory activities and moments of individual research by the student. The progress of the work and the assessment of students' knowledge is evaluated weekly. The development of graphic boards is defined as an open process that can be continuously implemented throughout the semester. The ability to effectively communicate the proposal, to concisely elaborate graphs, mappings and design schemes will be tested through oral presentations and open-ended questions in group reviews up to the examination session.