Università Roma Tre

THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE INSIGHTS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY CITY,THROUGH SOME 'SECTIONS' IDENTIFIED IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE MID-18TH CENTURY AND MID-20TH CENTURY. THE FOCUS OF THE COURSE WILL BE GIVEN TO EXPLORE BOTH THE URBAN STRUCTURE OF SPECIAL CITIES (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOME EUROPEAN CAPITALS), WICH GENERAL ISSUES. THE VARIOUS 'SECTIONS', ORGANIZED IN WEEKLY CYCLES, WILL COVER THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
CULTURE AND URBAN TRANSFORMATION IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE; EUROPEAN CAPITAL CITIES BETWEEN "ANCIEN RÉGIME" AND REVOLUTION: PARIS, LONDON, BERLIN AND VIENNA; EUROPEAN CITIES OF THE 19TH CENTURY BETWEEN NEOCLASSICISM, ECLECTICISM AND INDUSTRIALIZATION; REGENT STREET AND RUE DE RIVOLI, REFERENCE MODELS FOR THE DESIGN OF THE 19TH CENTURY CITY; THE BIG 'PLANS' OF CITIES-CAPITALS (HAUSSMANN'S PARIS, VIENNA AND THE RING, BARCELONA AND THE CERDA PLAN ', BERLIN AND AMSTERDAM, VIVIANI'S ROME); THE 'INDUSTRIAL CITY'. THE GARDEN CITY AND THE "CIUDAD LINEAL"; CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THE CITY BETWEEN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES, FROM CAMILLO SITTE TO THE SOVIETS ' DISURBANISTI ' AND BROADACRE CITY BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, UNTIL THE NEW CITY OF THE FASCIST REGIME. LE CORBUSIER AND THE "MODERN METROPOLIS "; THE BIRTH OF URBAN DISCIPLINE IN ITALY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND THE SUNSET OF URBAN DESIGN, FROM URBAN PLANNING LAW OF THE 1942 TO THE POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION.

LIBRI, SAGGI E OGNI ALTRO MATERIALE DIDATTICO CHE DI VOLTA IN VOLTA SI RITERRÀ NECESSARIO
PER SEGUIRE LO SVOLGIMENTO DEL CORSO. IN PARTICOLARE, PER LA PREPARAZIONE DELL’ESAME E’
CONSIGLIATO IL SEGUENTE TESTO:
B. GRAVAGNUOLO, LA PROGETTAZIONE URBANA IN EUROPA, 1750-1960 – STORIA E TEORIE,
ROMA-BARI, LATERZA, 1997.
PER PARTICOLARI INTEGRAZIONI POSSONO ESSERE UTILIZZATI:
P. SICA, STORIA DELL’URBANISTICA – IL SETTECENTO, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA, 1981;
ID., STORIA DELL’URBANISTICA – L’OTTOCENTO, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA;
ID., STORIA DELL’URBANISTICA – IL NOVECENTO, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA;
G. ZUCCONI, LA CITTA’ DELL’OTTOCENTO, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA, 2001;
B. SECCHI, LA CITTA’ DEL VENTESIMO SECOLO, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA 2005.
G. CURCIO, LA CITTA’ DEL SETTECENTO, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA, 2008.
PER LE RICERCHE SU ROMA NEL SETTECENTO È CONSIGLIATO:
P. MICALIZZI, ROMA NEL XVIII SECOLO, ROMA, KAPPA, 2003.