The course provides the main disciplinary references regarding the topic of bio-regional spatial planning as an integrated paradigm for the interpretation of the territory and for planning inspired by a co-evolutionary approach between the anthropic and natural dimensions. This approach constitutes the methodological key for deepening the strategic dimension of spatial planning, both from a theoretical point of view and in its operational institutional dimension.
Albrechs, L. 2004. “Strategic spatial plans (re)examined”. In Environment & Planning b. Planning and Design. Vol.31. pp. 743-758 (disponib. Docente)
Fanfani, D. 2007. “Gli scenari strategici nel dibattito internazionale e nell’approccio statutario e identitario al governo del territorio: un modello intepretativo. In Magnaghi, A. (a cura di), Scenari strategici. Visoni identitarie per il governo del territorio. Firenze: Alinea .pp 33-46 (disponibile biblioteca di Architettura)
Secchi, B., 2003. “Scenari”, in Planum” . accessibile a http://www.planum.net/diario-06-scenari-bernardo-secchi
Shipley, R. 2000. “The origin and development of vision and visioning in planning”. In Environment and Planning a, Vol. 34 p.7-22
2.2. Strategies and Visioning: tools and institutional planning
Gabellini, P. 2001. Tecniche urbanistiche. Roma: Carocci. (pp. 393-447)
Gabellini, P. 2010, Fare Urbanistica. Esperienze, comunicazione, memoria. Roma: Carocci (pp. 81-124)
Dühr, S., 2007. The visual language of spatial planning. Exploring carthgraphic representation for spatial planning in Europe. Oxon-Abingdon: Routledge
Mazza, L. 2004. “Strategie e strategie spaziali”. In Mazza, L. Piani, Progetti e strategie. Milano: Angeli, pp. 124-133
2. Principles of Bioregional planning and design
Dasmann, R. 1994. Some thought on acological planning. In Aberley, D., Futures by design. The practice of ecological planning, Gabirola Isalnd: New Socity Publisher: pp. 36-43
Fanfani D., (2020). Co-evolutionary recovery of the Urban/Rural Interface: Policies, Planning and Design Issues for the Urban Bioregion. In: Fanfani D. and Matarán A. eds., Bioregional Planning and Design. Perspective on a transitional Century. Volume I, Cham (CH): Springer. 129-150.
Magnaghi A. , 2014. La bioregion urbaine. Petit traité sur le territoire bien commun. Paris: Rizhome
Magnaghi A. 2020. Il principio territoriale. Torino: Bollati Boringhieri 2020: pp.144-212
Snyder, G. 1994, “Coming to the watershed”, in Aberley, D., Futures by design. Yhe practice of ecological planning, pp.14-26 (fornito dal docente)
Thayer, R., 2003. “Planning”. In LifePlace. Bioregional thought and practice. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp.144-181 (disp. Biblioteca di Architettura)
3. Bioregional spatial design: operational issues
Berger, A. 2009. Systemic design can change the world. Delft: TU Delft (fornito dal docente)
Calthorpe, P., Fulton, W. The regional city. Planning for the end of sprawl. Washington D.C.: Island Press
Newman., P., Beatley, T., Boyer, H. 2009. Resilient cities. Responding to climate change. (capp. 33,4 e conclusioni: pp.35-85, 112-148) (disp. Biblioteca di Architettura)
Newman., P., Beatley, T., Boyer, H. 2017. Resilientt cities. Overcoming fossil fuel depending, Washington D.C.: Island Press, (2th ed.) , (pp. 125-218 capp. 5, 7 e Conclusioni). (fornito dal docente)
Ravetz, J. 2020. Deeper City. Collective intelligence and the pathways from smart to wise. London and New York: Routledge.
Learning Objectives
The course provides the knowledges suitable to support the skills aimed to apply and develop a design methodology and practice inspired to a bio-regional approach and featured with a strategic and structural profile. Particularly it is pursued the aim of enhancing the abilities on behalf of students to integrate, in collaborative form, the manifold disciplines interacting and affecting territory design issues. A design practice suitable to address the current challenges concerning the recovery of self-sustainable, polycentric and resilient settlements forms according with territorial self-reliance and social/environmental justice principles
Prerequisites
It is worth and highly recommended having taken the exams of the first year of the Master. Especially the Laboratory o Urban Landscape Design.
Teaching Methods
Relating to the previously mentioned goals specific attention will be paid to the integration of the course and laboratory activities with the other course of the 2th year. The teaching activity will be developed with lectures and practical laboratory design practices. Concerning these practices particular attention will be addresses to adopt and support interactive design approach and cross-disciplinary featured, with specific reference to the knowledge delivered by the other teaching blocks of the laboratory of which the course is part.
Further information
The design method provides activities referred to:
- heritage and territorial long lasting structure analysis and assessment : ecosystem structure and Ecosystem services, settlement structure and ecosystem services appraisal;
- main references to the Regional Planning approaches drawing on the outstanding works of Regional Planning Association of America member and on the “Urban Bioregionalism” strand main figures in the field of the bioregional legacy.
- Long lasting socio-economic and cultural heritage appraisal and of social based design issues;
- set out of a transformative strategic scenario in the spatial planning domain suitable to take in account heritage and commons values and the criticalities of the context. It will be especially aimed to:
o Insights on settlement spatial models referred to definition of a polycentric settlement and mobility infrastructure layout, reframing of the local economic systems according with endogenous development and self-reliance principles, local energy renewable systems, local food system planning, fostering of settlement resilience and of ecosystems services functions ;
o definition fo pilot projects referred, among other, to: watershed and basin balance, multifunctional ecologic networks enhancement and recovery, agriculture and forestry system multifunctional development, mobility ad logistic multimodal systems, reterritorialization of integrated productive districts (e.g. manifacture districts ecologically equipped, cultural quarters, fablab and innovation neighborhood,etc)
Type of Assessment
The evaluation of the learning results on behalf of the students takes place in the context of the development, during the course, of a design work that is based either on personal and group interactive application. The design practical work, which operational program will be provided during the course, will be unfolded in groups and will be based on the contribution of each teaching block. The final students evaluation will be then based either on appraising the contribution delivered on behalf of each student to the work as a whole and –during the final presentation of the work- testing the learning level of each student in respect to the contents provided by the course.
Course program
AA 2022-23
Laboratory of Strategic Local Planning
Prof. Marco Bellandi, Prof. Gherardo Chirici, Prof. David Fanfani
General Programme
1. General information
The course corresponds to 18 CFU: 144 hours of classroom teaching plus preparatory work to be carried out independently. It takes place in the first semester of the second year of study of the CdS LM48, and is held at the PIN didactic complex in Prato. Lessons are organised in presence with a joint dual mode, two days a week at Architettura [PIN Prato ed. B - Piazza Università, 1] according to the following teaching schedule:
- Tuesday 9.30-13.30 (Room 202)
- Friday 9.30-13.30; 14.30-18.30 (Lecture Room 202)
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To contact the lecturers:
- Prof. David Fanfani- Location: Section of Urbanism and Spatial Planning, via Micheli, 2 Firenze (first floor), email: david.fanfani@unifi.it;
- Prof. Marco Bellandi, Location: Department of Science for Economy and Enterprise D6, Via Pandette 9, I-50127 Firenze (second floor), email marco.bellandi@unifi.it;
- Prof. Gherardo Chirici, Head Office: Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forest Sciences and Technologies, Via San Bonaventura 13, 50145 Florence, email gherardo.chirici@unifi.it
2. Course contents
The course introduces the strategic/spatial dimension of territorial planning as a tool, at the various scales, to address the issue of the integrated definition and implementation of the various sector policies and, at the same time, as a key component for the articulation between the statutory/statutory level of local plan structure and the operational dimension at the municipal scale.
To do this, the course, through its three modules, addresses the following general fields of study:
1. BIOREGIONAL PLANNING AND DESIGN (6 CFU):
- principles and tools of strategic scenario planning and integration into local planning tools;
- principles of bioregional planning as a cognitive and heuristic framework for a multidisciplinary, integrated, endogenous and bottom-up approach to the recovery of cooperative and self-sustainable (self-relied) urban regions (Prof. David Fanfani);
- General reference texts
Albrechs, L. 2004. 'Strategic spatial plans (re)examined'. In Environment & Planning b. Planning and Design. Vol.31. pp. 743-758 (dispib. Lecturer)
Fanfani, D. 2007. 'Strategic scenarios in the international debate and the statutory and identity approach to spatial governance: an interpretative model. In Magnaghi, A. (ed.), Strategic scenarios. Identitarian visions for territorial government. Florence: Alinea .pp 33-46 (available Architecture library)
Fanfani D., (2020). Co-evolutionary recovery of the Urban/Rural Interface: Policies, Planning and Design Issues for the Urban Bioregion. In: Fanfani D. and Matarán A. eds., Bioregional Planning and Design. Perspective on a Transitional Century. Volume I, Cham (CH): Springer. 129-150.
Magnaghi A. 2020. The territorial principle. Turin: Bollati Boringhieri 2020: pp.144-212
Snyder, G. 1994, 'Coming to the watershed', in Aberley, D., Futures by design. Yhe practice of ecological planning, pp.14-26 (provided by the lecturer);
Secchi, B., 2003. "Scenarios", in Planum" . accessible at http://www.planum.net/diario-06-scenari-bernardo-secchi
Shipley, R. 2000. 'The origin and development of visioning and visioning in planning'. In Environment and Planning a, Vol. 34 p.7-22
Thayer, R., 2003. 'Planning'. In LifePlace. Bioregional thought and practice. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp.144-181 (disp. Library of Architecture).
2. BIOECONOMY AND LOCAL ECONOMIC SYSTEMS (6 CFU):
Integrated models of valuing the relationships between spatial construction and economy and the application of economic evaluation methods to sustainable spatial development projects.
In particular: a) theoretical foundations of the bio-economy concept, contemporary challenges of sustainable development; urban models of local development (Prof. Bellanca); b) models of local development starting from industrial districts; statistical and cartographic tools for interpreting local economies (Prof. Bellandi). Module A) & B) group work and student presentations on the application of economic evaluation methods to sustainable spatial development projects. ,
- Reference texts
- a) Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Bioeconomics, Bollati Boringhieri, 2003, chapters 2 and 3; Nicolò Bellanca and Luca Pardi, O la capra o i cavoli. Saving the planet, improving welfare and perhaps reviving growth? You can't. So what? Firenze University Press, 2020, chapter 4; Kate Raworth, L'economia della ciambella, Edizioni Ambiente, 2017, chapter 6; Enrico Moretti, La nuova geografia del lavoro, Mondadori, 2013, pp.77-123; Stefano Bartolini, "Privatopoli e Collaborandia. Tale of two cities', in his La grande decelerazione. Come vivere meglio e salvare il pianeta, Áboca, 2020; Simone D'Antonio and Paolo Testa, Le città sono la soluzione. Un viaggio nell'Italia dei Comuni innovativi, Donzelli, Rome, 2021
- b) Giacomo Becattini (2009) Ritorno al territorio, Il Mulino, Bologna (some chapters); ISTAT (2015) La nuova geografia dei sistemi locali, Rome (some chapters);
- ISTAT (2020). Territory Report 2020. Environment, economy and society, Rome, paras. 4.1-2-3-4-5-6-7, Appendix
3. AGROFORESTRY PLANNING FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES (6 CFU):
- introduction to ecosystem services, principles of sustainable management of agro-forestry resources, ecological networks;
- ecological monitoring and planning on a spatial basis, spatial representation tools and integration in the integrated bioregional approach, strategic scenarios, examples of application at local scale (Prof. Gherardo Chirici).
- Reference texts
The reference texts will be indicated during the lectures in relation to the specific needs determined. also by the exercise topics.
3. Learning objectives
The course provides the knowledge aimed at and adequate for the construction of tools for the application of the strategic component of institutional territorial planning, integrating design, socio-economic, eco-systemic and built environment aspects for the definition and assessment of the feasibility of local development scenarios both at urban and supra-municipal or bioregional level.
In particular, the course is aimed at carrying out a didactic exercise for the joint construction of a Survey and a strategic planning tool for the integrated definition and implementation of sector policies, aimed at the joint objective of settlement resilience and endogenous local development.
The work may be developed in groups of students and deal with a topic at both municipal and supra-municipal scales and also refer to the possible implementation of integrated tools based on the participatory local development model (Community Led Local Development).
4. Prerequisites
Successful completion of the examinations of the first year of the Master's Degree Course is required
5. Teaching methodology
The teaching methodology adopted refers in particular to the principle of research/action, characterised by a critical/reflective theoretical approach to be developed in close connection with operational aspects.
Within this framework, the various theoretical/disciplinary contributions made by the internal courses find opportunities for interaction and comparison within the workshop activity, in particular through the adoption of the Survey methodology and scenario design applied to a concrete case study.
6. Other information
7. Methodology for verifying learning
The verification of learning of the course contents takes place in the context of the development of a project exercise consisting of the results of a workshop involving both personal and group work. The exercise, the operational programme for which will be provided at the beginning of the academic year, will be carried out in groups and will make use of the methodological contributions of the modules. The assessment and verification of personal work will therefore take place both by considering the application and contribution made by the students to the collective work in the workshop modules and, in the context of the final presentation of the work, by verifying the skills acquired in relation to the themes and subjects covered by the various modules.