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.
1- Natali C. (1998), Risorse e analisi del territorio, Alinea, Firenze.
2- Sereni E. (1961), Storia del paesaggio agrario italiano, Laterza, Roma-Bari.
3- Norberg Schulz C. (1986), Genius loci. Paesaggio, ambiente, architettura, Electa, Milano, 1986 (capitoli I-III e VII).
4- Lanzani A. (2003), I paesaggi italiani, Meltemi, Roma (Parte prima: capitoli I-IV).
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.
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 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.
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 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 and to have delivered to teacher a report on the study area a week before the exam.
Course program - Last names N-Z
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 16
- Friday, 11:45-13:45, room 16.
Class attendance is strongly recommended in order to achieve an adequate preparation for the final exam.
2. Class Contents
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.
3. 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 creating thematic maps and concise representations of a given territory and describing its identity characters.
4. Teaching methods
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.
5. Textbooks
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.
Main References
1- Natali C. (1998), Risorse e analisi del territorio, Alinea, Firenze.
2- Sereni E. (1961), Storia del paesaggio agrario italiano, Laterza, Roma-Bari.
3- Norberg Schulz C. (1986), Genius loci. Paesaggio, ambiente, architettura, Electa, Milano, 1986 (capitoli I-III e VII).
4- Lanzani A. (2003), I paesaggi italiani, Meltemi, Roma (Parte prima: capitoli I-IV).
Others references
- Baldeschi P. (2002), Dalla razionalità all’identità. La pianificazione territoriale in Italia, Alinea, Firenze.
- Braudel F. (1977), Capitalismo e civiltà materiale, Einaudi, Torino (capitolo VIII: Le città).
- Calvino I. (1993), Le città invisibili, Mondadori, Milano.
- Paba G. (1998), Luoghi comuni. La città come laboratorio di progetti collettivi, Franco Angeli, Milano.
- Saragosa C. (2011), Città tra passato e futuro. Un percorso critico sulla via di Biopoli, Donzelli, Roma.
- Secchi B. (2000), Prima lezione di urbanistica, Laterza, Roma-Bari.
- Scandurra E. (1988), Le basi dell’urbanistica. Conoscere e pianificare il territorio, Editori Riuniti
- Magnaghi A. (2001 - a cura di), Rappresentare i luoghi. Metodi e tecniche, Alinea, Firenze.
- Careri F. (2006), Walkskapes. Camminare come pratica estetica. Einaudi
6. Prerequisites
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.
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 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 and to have delivered to teacher a report on the study area a week before the exam.
9. Contacts
To contact the teacher you can write to:
elena.tarsi@unifi.it