ID:
AI757
Duration (hours):
100
CFU:
10
SSD:
URBANISTICA
Located in:
PESCARA
Url:
ARCHITECTURE/CORSO GENERICO Year: 4
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
Overview
Date/time interval
Primo Semestre (29/09/2025 - 19/12/2025)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
The educational path aims to develop the ability to design a complex urban planning project,with control over its physical and morphological aspects, and particular attention to environmental and social sustainability, as well as economic and administrative feasibility.
From a professional perspective, the course places the student in the simulation of a real urban project, requiring engagement with the physical, social, and administrative context, and encouraging them to navigate current regulations and real estate market dynamics.
The conceptual steps through which the student will be guided are as follows:
Analysis of methodological and procedural tools (General Regulatory Plan – PRG, detailed plans, zoning sheets, etc.);
Analysis of the existing context and interpretation of intervention conditions;
Development of a guiding vision (concept);
Development of a master plan;
Preparation of a site plan and a volumetric plan (planivolumetrico) with the relevant project parameters.
In essence, this will be a real-world task, covering the key stages that take a professional from a project idea to its physical implementation, simulated through the creation of a scale model.On this model, the student will assess the various impacts of the proposed solution on the existing context.
Course Prerequisites
The only prerequisite is the successful completion of Urbanistica 2 exam.Students are expected to have knowledge of urban planning in the following areas:
urban analysis and interpretation of existing conditions;
fundamental concepts of modern urban planning and design;
history of modern urban planning.
In addition, the following skills are required:
freehand drawing of urban planning diagrams;
proficiency in graphic and design software such as Adobe Illustrator, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, and 3D modeling tools.
Teaching Methods
From a methodological perspective, the course is structured into two modules:
A) Theoretical Teaching Module
This module is organized into four didactic cycles, each focusing on a specific thematic area:
1. Geographical and landscape analysis of urban and metropolitan contexts;
2. Relationship between design and context, developed through operations aimed at understanding the sense of place and assessing urban and environmental transformability;
3. Relationship between design and structure, with reference to interpreting the existing conditions, anticipating possible future scenarios, and configuring settlement patterns and infrastructural networks;
4. Relationship between design and configuration, concerning the use of various modes of physical and functional organization of settlement forms.
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B) Design Workshop Module
This module is dedicated to developing a design proposal in which the individual interpretive and configurative operations of physical space reflect the main stages of the urban design process.
The workshop addresses the following themes, each associated with specific thematic maps:
1. Context interpretation: sense of place; conditions for transformation; ongoing or planned projects; future scenarios;
2. Structure of the existing: settlement system, infrastructure system, environmental system;
3. Structure of the plan: settlement system, infrastructure system, environmental system;
4. Proposed configuration: coherence framework for the transformation projects.
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Workshop phases and required deliverables:
Phase 1: Interpretation of the context and analysis of current urban planning instruments
Deliverable: Book format 297 x 297 mm;
Phase 2: Project concept and masterplan (scales 1:10,000 / 1:5,000)
Deliverables: to be defined in class;
Phase 3: Site plan and axonometric drawing of the proposed design, including urban data and parameters (scales 1:2,000 / 1:1,000)
Deliverables: one or more presentation boards in the format defined in class + a scale model at 1:2,000.
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Teaching Methods:
Lectures delivered by the professor;
A series of lectures by international guest speakers on case studies of cities around the world;
Group visit to the project application area;
Urban analysis workshop;
Group work on an urban design project within a specific area selected by the professor;
Collective discussions following seminars;
Group reviews with presentations and open discussion involving instructors and tutors.
Additional activities include:
Critical reading exercises and subsequent discussions;
Presentations and group work;
Use of tools to promote student self-assessment aimed at strengthening transversal skills.
> Regular attendance of lectures is an essential part of the course requirements.
Assessment Methods
Assessment Methods
The course includes two ongoing partial evaluations:
The first partial assessment, with a synthetic grade (A, B, C), refers to the informative dossier prepared by each student group on the assigned city.
The second partial assessment, also with a synthetic grade (A, B, C), concerns the midterm discussion on the progress of the project (annual design exercise).
The final exam session consists of a group presentation and discussion of the project results.
This is a collective moment, conducted with the participation of guest critics, allowing the course instructors and tutors to assess the students’ work with greater objectivity.
Each group member is required to present their individual contribution, respecting speaking turns and responding to the critical observations raised by the guest critics.
The final grade will be assigned by the instructor based on the following criteria:
The project’s ability to meet the needs identified during the course;
The project’s ability to address the critical issues identified in the urban analysis;
The morphological and aesthetic quality of the design proposal and its integration into the urban context;
The quality of the graphic representation of the design proposal;
The individual ability to present the project contents using appropriate language and effective synthesis.
Texts
The course bibliography consists of books and excerpts from books and journals,selected by the instructor throughout the semester and provided to students accordingly.
G. Zucconi, La città contesa. Dagli urbanisti agli igienisti, Jaca Book (estratto);
R. Pavia, Le paure dell'urbanistica, Meltemi (estratto);
G. Clément, Terzo paesaggio, Quodlibet;
C. Macchi Cassia, Il grande progetto urbano. La forma della città e i desideri dei cittadini, La Nuova Italia Scientifica (cap. 1 e 2);
M. Angrilli, Piano Progetto Paesaggio. Urbanistica e recupero del bene comune, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2018 (estratto);
M. Angrilli, “Paesaggi, beni culturali, patrimonio Unesco”, in F. D. Moccia, M. Sepe (a cura di), Nuove prospettive per la pianificazione del territorio, INU Edizioni, Roma (introduzione + 1 capitolo a scelta);
M. Angrilli, “Temi e indirizzi del progetto urbano”, in A. Clementi (a cura di), EcoGeoTown, List, Laboratorio Internazionale Editoriale, Actar D Distribuzione Internazionale, Trento/Barcellona;
F. Muñoz, “L’urbanistica dell’intensità. Quattro strategie per trasformare l’urbanizzazione diffusa in città”, in M. Angrilli (a cura di), L'urbanistica che cambia, Franco Angeli, Milano.
Contents
The course focuses on the theme of urban design and its practical application in a real-world context.
The theoretical topics covered will be closely related to this theme and, more generally, to the role of urban planning in processes of urban transformation.
The theoretical framework starts from the assumption that a rethinking of urban design is necessary, considering the transformation of what we call the “urban” and the new demands being placed on architecture and urban planning — particularly those emerging from the fields of ecology and landscape.
The following topics will be addressed:
urban design in the European experience (from the French “projet urbain” to the IBA experience in Berlin);
the conditions of usefulness and legitimacy of urban design, and its strategic role in transformation processes;
the global demographic process of urbanization and the role of cities in major ecological transitions;
new models of urban development based on coevolutionary processes between nature and artifice;
the intersection of urban planning with the disciplines of urban ecology and landscape architecture as an opportunity to enrich the culture of urban design;
the role of open spaces in the city, understood as ecosystems;
ecological infrastructures, green networks, and ecosystem services;
a new approach to urban planning that replaces deterministic, linear processes with an “evolutionary” landscapebased approach, focused more on process than on procedure.
Course Language
Italian
More information
Lectures, exercises, and project reviews will take place exclusively during the first semester of the 2024/2025 academic year.
Attendance at the course’s educational activities is a mandatory requirement for admission to the final examination within the semester.
Students may take the exam individually or in groups of up to three people.
The course will run from October to December and includes a total workload of 100 hours, structured as follows:
Organizational activities (presentation of the syllabus, distribution of preparatory materials, activation of the Teams platform, etc.): 4 hours
Site visit and in-class feedback on perceptual analysis: 4 hours
Frontal lectures (ex cathedra): 38 hours
Lectures by international guests and discussion of student works: 10 hours
Design workshop with support from the instructor: 30 hours
Mid-term review: 4 hours
Classroom discussions: 10 hours
The frontal lectures will be supported by PowerPoint presentations including graphic illustrations, urban planning maps, photographs, and videos, and will encourage interaction between instructors and students through the discussion of case studies.
The design workshop activities require active participation by students and include practical exercises such as:
freehand drawing,
development of analytical booklets,
creation of scale models of the urban area under study.
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