The course aims to provide a framework of 'historic city' as a result of projects, linguistically defined, characteristic and distinctive of the urban dimension; starting from synthetic references to the cities of pre-roman and roman times, the course will explore some specific issues regarding the foundation and urban transformation during the period between the middle ages and the modern age. The knowledge acquired by students will find specific applications in the processing of papers relating to entire cities or parts of them (streets, squares, fortifications, etc.) considered particularly significant for urban history; their original features and the subsequent transformations will be highlighted, until the current phase.
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This course, by initially taking into account the lexical peculiarities of the terms “city” and “territory”, will illustrate the urban and architectonic dynamics which have contributed to enrich these specific definitions with meaning.
To this purpose some important examples will be selected, examples chosen within the Classical and the Contemporary period, and that have determined various urban and architectonic configurations. Particular attention will be devoted to the Italian city and especially to the city of Rome.
Through the cyclical and constant dialectics between the figurative and the urban arts what will be emphasized is the nature and the effects of that inevitable interweaving upon the birth, the evolution and all the ‘tiles’ that have contributed to the creation of the varied ‘mosaic’ which is typical of the city and its territory.
Mutuazione: 21002062 STORIA DELLA CITTÀ E DEL TERRITORIO in Architettura - Progettazione urbana LM-4 N0 GARGANO MAURIZIO
Programme
The aim of this course “History of the city and its territory” is to provide students with carefully selected intellectual tools designed to enhance their ability to analyze and be aware of the complex History of the city.This course, by initially taking into account the lexical peculiarities of the terms “city” and “territory”, will illustrate the urban and architectonic dynamics which have contributed to enrich these specific definitions with meaning.
To this purpose some important examples will be selected, examples chosen within the Classical and the Contemporary period, and that have determined various urban and architectonic configurations. Particular attention will be devoted to the Italian city and especially to the city of Rome.
Through the cyclical and constant dialectics between the figurative and the urban arts what will be emphasized is the nature and the effects of that inevitable interweaving upon the birth, the evolution and all the ‘tiles’ that have contributed to the creation of the varied ‘mosaic’ which is typical of the city and its territory.
Core Documentation
References and bibliography will be given during the course.Type of evaluation
oral exam