Università Roma Tre

Course programme
The course consists of theoretical lectures with interdisciplinary contributions, and a design exercise in groups. The lectures provide an overview of the major theories of urban space since the beginning of XX century, focusing on: new landscapes, morphological relationships between typology and space of the city, role of infrastructure in the configuration of urban systems at different scales.
Lectures will offer critical instruments for the development of a project in a selected area of the city of Rome. During the semester the students will be asked to work in groups with discussions and common critics to develop a masterplan for an paradigmatic area of Rome starting from the existing plans and real conditions of the selected area.

Didactic Methods
The exam takes place with the presentation of the elaborated analysis and the project through drawings and models, as well as a discussion on the topics of lectures.

R. KOOLHAAS, DELIRIOUS NEW YORK
C. ROWE, F. KOETTER, COLLAGE CITY
R. VENTURI, D. SCOTT BROWN, S. IZENOUR, LEARING FROM LAS VEGAS
F. FARINELLI, GEOGRAFIA. UNA INTRODUZIONE AI MODELLI DEL MONDO

The aim of the course is to give the theoretical basis of Urban Design in Europe and in the US. The course deals with the historical evolution of Urban Design, since its origin in Italian Renaissance to the Modernism and beyond. The relationship between Urban Design and Architecture on one side, and Planning on the other is analyzed, together with the configuration of Urban Design as an independent discipline.
Urban Design involves architects, urbanists, planners, landscape architects and engineers in the building of livable neighborhoods, public space, in other words in the process of place making. In this process, the involvement of inhabitants is particularly important. Urban Design is a holistic discipline, intended at making the most successful urban place from many points of view.
However, the majority of Urban Design theories are just partial theories, focusing on specific dimension of the discipline, such as morphology, perception, aesthetics, society, use and function. All these different approaches will be tackled, through the most important authors. Starting from these theoretical streams, the course will illustrate some tools of urban analysis such as figure-ground, building typologies, cognitive maps, and observation of public space’s use.
The course will deepen the themes of neighborhoods and public space.

Non c’è un unico testo di base ma ogni lezione avrà una sua bibliografia a cui gli studenti dovranno fare riferimento.