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B002403 - URBAN AND REGIONAL ANALYSIS
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Suggested readings
Learning Objectives
Prerequisites
Teaching Methods
Further information
Type of Assessment
Course program
Academic Year 2017-18
Coorte 2017 - 5-years Single Cycle Degree in ARCHITECTURE
Course year
First year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Architecture (DIDA)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
ICAR/20 - URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
60
Teaching Term
18/09/2017 ⇒ 19/12/2017
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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- Last names A-D FANFANI DAVID
- Last names E-M GISOTTI MARIA RITA
- Last names N-Z TARSI ELENA
Teaching Language - Last names A-D
Italian
Teaching Language - Last names E-M
Italian
Teaching Language - Last names N-Z
Italian
Course Content - Last names E-M
The class, representing the first planning experience in planning for students enrolled in the degree course in Architecture, aims at conveying a method for urban and territorial analysis as an important basis for aware choices in spatial planning and architectural design. The class will provide basic tools to envisage a planning and architectural design consistent with local contexts in morphological, environmental, functional terms.
Course Content - Last names N-Z
The course aims to provides students with a reading and analytic method of territory and urban settlements at different scales. As first course of urban planning inside the Architectural degree, has the objective to introduce students to main issues of the discipline and illustrate tools for an aware activity of spatial planning and architectural design based on a deep knowledge of territory and its identity characters.
Suggested readings - Last names E-M (Search our library's catalogue)
1. Calvino I. (1993, I ed. 1972), Le città invisibili, Mondadori, Milano.
2. Choay F., La città. Utopie e realtà, Einaudi, Torino, I ed. 1965. Capitolo «L’urbanistica in discussione» (lettura dell’antologia facoltativa)
3. Norberg Schulz C. (1986), Genius loci. Paesaggio, ambiente, architettura, Electa, Milano, 1986. Capitolo primo
4. Magnaghi A. (2001 - a cura di), Rappresentare i luoghi. Metodi e tecniche, Alinea, Firenze (capitoli: Presentazione e Metodologia analitica per la progettazione identitaria del territorio)
5. Baldeschi P. (2002), Dalla razionalità all’identità. La pianificazione territoriale in Italia, Alinea, Firenze (capitoli 2, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18).
6. Lanzani A. (2003), I paesaggi italiani, Meltemi, Roma (Parte prima, capitoli I-IV).
7. Lanzani A., Pasqui G. (2014), L’Italia al futuro. Città e paesaggi, economie e società, FrancoAngeli, Milano (capitolo 4).
8. Guarducci A., Rombai L. (a cura di - 2015), I paesaggi rurali storici della Toscana, in PIT – Piano paesaggistico regionale della Toscana, scaricabile al link http://www.regione.toscana.it/-/piano-di-indirizzo-territoriale-con-valenza-di-piano-paesaggistico (l’introduzione contiene i concetti fondamentali, le schede dei paesaggi successive sono da considerarsi materiali di approfondimento).
9. Gisotti M.R. (2015), “Approccio patrimoniale e ingegneria territoriale. Due scuola a confronto su un progetto di territorio” ( capitolo 1 “La scuola territorialista”), in Progettare parchi agricoli nei territori intermedi. Cinque scenari per la piana fiorentina, FUP, Firenze. Il testo è scaricabile gratuitamente dal sito della Firenze University Press al link http://www.fupress.com/archivio/pdf/2959_7470.pdf
2. Choay F., La città. Utopie e realtà, Einaudi, Torino, I ed. 1965. Capitolo «L’urbanistica in discussione» (lettura dell’antologia facoltativa)
3. Norberg Schulz C. (1986), Genius loci. Paesaggio, ambiente, architettura, Electa, Milano, 1986. Capitolo primo
4. Magnaghi A. (2001 - a cura di), Rappresentare i luoghi. Metodi e tecniche, Alinea, Firenze (capitoli: Presentazione e Metodologia analitica per la progettazione identitaria del territorio)
5. Baldeschi P. (2002), Dalla razionalità all’identità. La pianificazione territoriale in Italia, Alinea, Firenze (capitoli 2, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18).
6. Lanzani A. (2003), I paesaggi italiani, Meltemi, Roma (Parte prima, capitoli I-IV).
7. Lanzani A., Pasqui G. (2014), L’Italia al futuro. Città e paesaggi, economie e società, FrancoAngeli, Milano (capitolo 4).
8. Guarducci A., Rombai L. (a cura di - 2015), I paesaggi rurali storici della Toscana, in PIT – Piano paesaggistico regionale della Toscana, scaricabile al link http://www.regione.toscana.it/-/piano-di-indirizzo-territoriale-con-valenza-di-piano-paesaggistico (l’introduzione contiene i concetti fondamentali, le schede dei paesaggi successive sono da considerarsi materiali di approfondimento).
9. Gisotti M.R. (2015), “Approccio patrimoniale e ingegneria territoriale. Due scuola a confronto su un progetto di territorio” ( capitolo 1 “La scuola territorialista”), in Progettare parchi agricoli nei territori intermedi. Cinque scenari per la piana fiorentina, FUP, Firenze. Il testo è scaricabile gratuitamente dal sito della Firenze University Press al link http://www.fupress.com/archivio/pdf/2959_7470.pdf
Suggested readings - Last names N-Z (Search our library's catalogue)
Following some texts useful to complete the informations given by the teacher during the lessons. They are all in Italian language, It is not in any way needed to purchase such texts, all of which are available in the School of Architecture's technical science library placed in via Micheli 2.
1- Paba G. (1998), Luoghi comuni. La città come laboratorio di progetti collettivi, Franco Angeli, Milano.
(“Leggere la città” p. 51-71; “Identità urbana” p. 25-50)
2- Sereni E. (1961), Storia del paesaggio agrario italiano, Laterza, Roma-Bari.
(“Il paesaggio Romano” p. 44-58; “Il Paesaggio medievale” p. 85-117; “Il Rinascimento” p. 157-173)
3 - Lanzani A. (2003), I paesaggi italiani, Meltemi, Roma.
(Capitolo III: “Crescita delle periferie urbane, suburbanizzazione, discesa a valle e a costa degli insediamenti e urbanizzazione diffusa negli anni Sessanta e Settanta”).
4 - Cusmano M.G. (2002), Città e Insediamenti, Milano: Franco Angeli.
(“Città e territorio nelle rappresentazioni cartografiche storiche”, di Rossella Rossi Alexander p. 55-67; “Nuovi sistemi di descrizione e rappresentazione. La cartografia e le tecnologie digitali”, di Fabio Lucchesi p. 68-79)
1- Paba G. (1998), Luoghi comuni. La città come laboratorio di progetti collettivi, Franco Angeli, Milano.
(“Leggere la città” p. 51-71; “Identità urbana” p. 25-50)
2- Sereni E. (1961), Storia del paesaggio agrario italiano, Laterza, Roma-Bari.
(“Il paesaggio Romano” p. 44-58; “Il Paesaggio medievale” p. 85-117; “Il Rinascimento” p. 157-173)
3 - Lanzani A. (2003), I paesaggi italiani, Meltemi, Roma.
(Capitolo III: “Crescita delle periferie urbane, suburbanizzazione, discesa a valle e a costa degli insediamenti e urbanizzazione diffusa negli anni Sessanta e Settanta”).
4 - Cusmano M.G. (2002), Città e Insediamenti, Milano: Franco Angeli.
(“Città e territorio nelle rappresentazioni cartografiche storiche”, di Rossella Rossi Alexander p. 55-67; “Nuovi sistemi di descrizione e rappresentazione. La cartografia e le tecnologie digitali”, di Fabio Lucchesi p. 68-79)
Learning Objectives - Last names E-M
Class objectives include the following:
- provide a solid methodology for the reading of open areas and urban centres based on the ability to interpret different kinds of data and sources (literature, technical documentation, maps, photographs) as well as on direct contact with places;
- develop critical and interpretive skills about the relationships between anthropogenic and natural environment, as a basis for reading places;
- provide the foundation to be able, in the future, to face planning tasks in a contextualised and informed way, be this at the architectural or the territorial scale;
- help creating thematic maps and concise representations of a given territory and describing its identity characters.
- provide a solid methodology for the reading of open areas and urban centres based on the ability to interpret different kinds of data and sources (literature, technical documentation, maps, photographs) as well as on direct contact with places;
- develop critical and interpretive skills about the relationships between anthropogenic and natural environment, as a basis for reading places;
- provide the foundation to be able, in the future, to face planning tasks in a contextualised and informed way, be this at the architectural or the territorial scale;
- help creating thematic maps and concise representations of a given territory and describing its identity characters.
Learning Objectives - Last names N-Z
Class objectives include the following:
- provide a solid methodology for the reading of open areas and urban centres based on the ability to interpret different kinds of data and sources (literature, technical documentation, maps, photographs) as well as on direct contact with places;
- develop critical and interpretive skills about the relationships between anthropogenic and natural environment, as a basis for reading places;
- provide the foundation to be able, in the future, to face planning tasks in a contextualised and informed way, be this at the architectural or the territorial scale;
- help creating thematic maps and concise representations of a given territory and describing its identity characters.
- provide a solid methodology for the reading of open areas and urban centres based on the ability to interpret different kinds of data and sources (literature, technical documentation, maps, photographs) as well as on direct contact with places;
- develop critical and interpretive skills about the relationships between anthropogenic and natural environment, as a basis for reading places;
- provide the foundation to be able, in the future, to face planning tasks in a contextualised and informed way, be this at the architectural or the territorial scale;
- help creating thematic maps and concise representations of a given territory and describing its identity characters.
Prerequisites - Last names E-M
No prerequisite is required to attend the class, except for interest and desire to learn.
The project work that will be developed makes use of IT tools, so it is useful to be familiar with using computers. During the semester, opportunities to learn all is necessary for its development, as well on the use of geographic information systems it also requires, will be offered even through thematic seminars shared with other analysis classes.
The project work that will be developed makes use of IT tools, so it is useful to be familiar with using computers. During the semester, opportunities to learn all is necessary for its development, as well on the use of geographic information systems it also requires, will be offered even through thematic seminars shared with other analysis classes.
Prerequisites - Last names N-Z
No prerequisite is required to reach the training objectives of the course. Nevertheless It is strongly recommended to attempt the class and to have an access to a computer: actually, during the course, students will be guided in the development of the project work using GIS open source programs.
Teaching Methods - Last names E-M
The class will be organised through a series of lectures introducing the basic concepts of urban and territorial analysis. Lessons will be divided in two areas:
- one referred to the cultural and disciplinary references useful for an introduction to the themes of urbanism, spatial planning and the related analytical methodologies;
- one directly tied to the practice that will be the subject of the project work. During these lessons, a territorial analysis methodology for the relevant area will be illustrated both in theory and by means of examples.
The project work will be independently developed by the students (in groups of three) and will focus on an area of Tuscany. Implementing rules and contents will be discussed in detail during the lessons. The work will be periodically verified during the semester through meetings between the groups and the teacher. Such intermediate steps are crucial in order to achieve an adequate preparation for the exam, especially in the first calls of the winter and spring sessions.
- one referred to the cultural and disciplinary references useful for an introduction to the themes of urbanism, spatial planning and the related analytical methodologies;
- one directly tied to the practice that will be the subject of the project work. During these lessons, a territorial analysis methodology for the relevant area will be illustrated both in theory and by means of examples.
The project work will be independently developed by the students (in groups of three) and will focus on an area of Tuscany. Implementing rules and contents will be discussed in detail during the lessons. The work will be periodically verified during the semester through meetings between the groups and the teacher. Such intermediate steps are crucial in order to achieve an adequate preparation for the exam, especially in the first calls of the winter and spring sessions.
Teaching Methods - Last names N-Z
The course will be organized in (1) some frontal lessons introducing fundamental concepts for territory and city analysis, and (2) the development of a practical exercise by the students, the project work.
1) Frontal lessons will provide the cultural and disciplinary references useful for an introduction to the themes of urbanism, spatial planning and the related analytical methodologies.
2) The project work will be independently developed by the students (in groups of three) and will focus on an area of Tuscany. Implementing rules and contents will be discussed in detail during the lessons. The work will be periodically verified during the semester through meetings between the groups and the teacher.
The learning process will be completed by the study of some books references that will be suggests during the lessons.
1) Frontal lessons will provide the cultural and disciplinary references useful for an introduction to the themes of urbanism, spatial planning and the related analytical methodologies.
2) The project work will be independently developed by the students (in groups of three) and will focus on an area of Tuscany. Implementing rules and contents will be discussed in detail during the lessons. The work will be periodically verified during the semester through meetings between the groups and the teacher.
The learning process will be completed by the study of some books references that will be suggests during the lessons.
Further information - Last names E-M
The class will provide the necessary information to retrieve cartographic materials and data needed for the project work. Most of the cartographic materials and data is available online for free on official websites of local governments and public agencies.
The software resources necessary for the project work development are all open source and freely available online, and do not require paid licenses.
The software resources necessary for the project work development are all open source and freely available online, and do not require paid licenses.
Further information - Last names N-Z
The class will provide the necessary information to retrieve cartographic materials and data needed for the project work. Most of the cartographic materials and data is available online for free on official websites of local governments and public agencies. The software resources necessary for the project work development are all open source and freely available online, and do not require paid licenses.
Type of Assessment - Last names E-M
The course includes a final exam that will be developed around the (group) presentation of each project work and the discussion of its results. In addition to cartographic product, students will pass individually a final test based on the bibliography.
To access the exam, it is necessary to have checked in advance with the teacher, through the intermediate deliveries and final revisions, that all required materials have been fully implemented according to the directions given during the semester.
To access the exam, it is necessary to have checked in advance with the teacher, through the intermediate deliveries and final revisions, that all required materials have been fully implemented according to the directions given during the semester.
Type of Assessment - Last names N-Z
The final text will concern each student’s group presentation of the insights on the study area obtained by developing the project work and a discussion about the issues presented during the semester.
To access the exam it is necessary to have checked cartographic products in advance with the teacher.
To access the exam it is necessary to have checked cartographic products in advance with the teacher.
Course program - Last names E-M
1. Overview
The class gives 6 ECTS credits: 60 hours of classroom instruction plus the preparatory work to be carried out outside. It takes place in the first semester of the first year of study and is based in the educational complex of Santa Verdiana. Each lesson is organised in two days according to the teaching schedule:
- Tuesday, 10:45-13:45, room 19
- Friday, 13:45-16:45, room 2.
Class attendance is strongly recommended in order to achieve an adequate preparation for the final exam.
To contact the teacher write to mariarita.gisotti@unifi.it.
Teacher's home: DiDA Planning Section, Via Micheli 2, Florence, first floor.
2. Class contents
The class, representing the first planning experience in planning for students enrolled in the degree course in Architecture, aims at conveying a method for urban and territorial analysis as an important basis for aware choices in spatial planning and architectural design. The class will provide basic tools to envisage a planning and architectural design consistent with local contexts in morphological, environmental, functional terms.
3. Textbooks
4. Training objectives
Class objectives include the following:
- provide a solid methodology for the reading of open areas and urban centres based on the ability to interpret different kinds of data and sources (literature, technical documentation, maps, photographs) as well as on direct contact with places;
- develop critical and interpretive skills about the relationships between anthropogenic and natural environment, as a basis for reading places;
- provide the foundation to be able, in the future, to face planning tasks in a contextualised and informed way, be this at the architectural or the territorial scale;
- help creatinge thematic maps and concise representations of a given territory and describinge its identity characters.
5. Prerequisites
No prerequisite is required to attend the class, except for interest and desire to learn.
The project work that will be developed makes use of IT tools, so it is useful to be familiar with using computers. During the semester, opportunities to learn all is necessary for its development, as well on the use of geographic information systems it also requires, will be offered even through thematic seminars shared with other analysis classes.
6. Teaching methods
The class will be organised through a series of lectures introducing the basic concepts of urban and territorial analysis. Lessons will be divided in two areas:
- one referred to the cultural and disciplinary references useful for an introduction to the themes of urbanism, spatial planning and the related analytical methodologies;
- one directly tied to the practice that will be the subject of the project work. During these lessons, a territorial analysis methodology for the relevant area will be illustrated both in theory and by means of examples.
The project work will be independently developed by the students (in groups of three) and will focus on an area of Tuscany. Implementing rules and contents will be discussed in detail during the lessons. The work will be periodically verified during the semester through meetings between the groups and the teacher. Such intermediate steps are crucial in order to achieve an adequate preparation for the exam, especially in the first calls of the winter and spring sessions.
7. Other information
The class will provide the necessary information to retrieve cartographic materials and data needed for the project work. Most of the cartographic materials and data is available online for free on official websites of local governments and public agencies.
The software resources necessary for the project work development are all open source and freely available online, and do not require paid licenses.
8. Assessment methods
The course includes a final exam that will be developed around the presentation of each project work and the discussion of its results. In addition to cartographic product, students will pass a final test based on the bibliography.
To access the exam it is necessary to have checked in advance with the teacher, through the intermediate deliveries and final revisions, that all required materials have been fully implemented according to the directions given during the semester.
The class gives 6 ECTS credits: 60 hours of classroom instruction plus the preparatory work to be carried out outside. It takes place in the first semester of the first year of study and is based in the educational complex of Santa Verdiana. Each lesson is organised in two days according to the teaching schedule:
- Tuesday, 10:45-13:45, room 19
- Friday, 13:45-16:45, room 2.
Class attendance is strongly recommended in order to achieve an adequate preparation for the final exam.
To contact the teacher write to mariarita.gisotti@unifi.it.
Teacher's home: DiDA Planning Section, Via Micheli 2, Florence, first floor.
2. Class contents
The class, representing the first planning experience in planning for students enrolled in the degree course in Architecture, aims at conveying a method for urban and territorial analysis as an important basis for aware choices in spatial planning and architectural design. The class will provide basic tools to envisage a planning and architectural design consistent with local contexts in morphological, environmental, functional terms.
3. Textbooks
4. Training objectives
Class objectives include the following:
- provide a solid methodology for the reading of open areas and urban centres based on the ability to interpret different kinds of data and sources (literature, technical documentation, maps, photographs) as well as on direct contact with places;
- develop critical and interpretive skills about the relationships between anthropogenic and natural environment, as a basis for reading places;
- provide the foundation to be able, in the future, to face planning tasks in a contextualised and informed way, be this at the architectural or the territorial scale;
- help creatinge thematic maps and concise representations of a given territory and describinge its identity characters.
5. Prerequisites
No prerequisite is required to attend the class, except for interest and desire to learn.
The project work that will be developed makes use of IT tools, so it is useful to be familiar with using computers. During the semester, opportunities to learn all is necessary for its development, as well on the use of geographic information systems it also requires, will be offered even through thematic seminars shared with other analysis classes.
6. Teaching methods
The class will be organised through a series of lectures introducing the basic concepts of urban and territorial analysis. Lessons will be divided in two areas:
- one referred to the cultural and disciplinary references useful for an introduction to the themes of urbanism, spatial planning and the related analytical methodologies;
- one directly tied to the practice that will be the subject of the project work. During these lessons, a territorial analysis methodology for the relevant area will be illustrated both in theory and by means of examples.
The project work will be independently developed by the students (in groups of three) and will focus on an area of Tuscany. Implementing rules and contents will be discussed in detail during the lessons. The work will be periodically verified during the semester through meetings between the groups and the teacher. Such intermediate steps are crucial in order to achieve an adequate preparation for the exam, especially in the first calls of the winter and spring sessions.
7. Other information
The class will provide the necessary information to retrieve cartographic materials and data needed for the project work. Most of the cartographic materials and data is available online for free on official websites of local governments and public agencies.
The software resources necessary for the project work development are all open source and freely available online, and do not require paid licenses.
8. Assessment methods
The course includes a final exam that will be developed around the presentation of each project work and the discussion of its results. In addition to cartographic product, students will pass a final test based on the bibliography.
To access the exam it is necessary to have checked in advance with the teacher, through the intermediate deliveries and final revisions, that all required materials have been fully implemented according to the directions given during the semester.