Objectives: The course examines topics relating to the foundation-transformation of the city in history, with special regard to the period between the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Acquired concepts are applied through the development of papers intended to extend some specific topics: whole cities or parts of them (main streets and squares) particularly significant; of them will put in evidence the first setting up and the subsequent changes, from the origins to the present stage.
teacher profile teaching materials
CULTURE AND URBAN TRANSFORMATION IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE; EUROPEAN CAPITAL CITIES BETWEEN "ANCIEN RÉGIME" AND REVOLUTION: PARIS, LONDON, BERLIN AND VIENNA; EUROPEAN CITIES OF THE 19TH CENTURY BETWEEN NEOCLASSICISM, ECLECTICISM AND INDUSTRIALIZATION; REGENT STREET AND RUE DE RIVOLI, REFERENCE MODELS FOR THE DESIGN OF THE 19TH CENTURY CITY; THE BIG 'PLANS' OF CITIES-CAPITALS (HAUSSMANN'S PARIS, VIENNA AND THE RING, BARCELONA AND THE CERDA PLAN ', BERLIN AND AMSTERDAM, VIVIANI'S ROME); THE 'INDUSTRIAL CITY'. THE GARDEN CITY AND THE "CIUDAD LINEAL"; CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THE CITY BETWEEN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES, FROM CAMILLO SITTE TO THE SOVIETS ' DISURBANISTI ' AND BROADACRE CITY BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, UNTIL THE NEW CITY OF THE FASCIST REGIME. LE CORBUSIER AND THE "MODERN METROPOLIS "; THE BIRTH OF URBAN DISCIPLINE IN ITALY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND THE SUNSET OF URBAN DESIGN, FROMURBAN PLANNING LAW OF THE 1942 TO THE POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION.
B. GRAVAGNUOLO, La progettazione urbana in Europa. 1750-1960. Storia e teorie, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1997
P. SICA, Storia dell'urbanistica. Il Settecento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1981.
ID., Storia dell'urbanistica. L'Ottocento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1981.
ID., Storia dell'urbanistica. Il Novecento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1981.
ITALO INSOLERA, Roma Moderna, Un secolo di Storia Urbanistica 1870-1970, Torino, Einaudi, 1993.
M. TAFURI, F. DAL CO, Architettura Contemporanea, Milano, Electa, 1976, capp. 2, 3, 11, 14, 15.
P. SICA, Antologia di urbanistica. Dal Settecento a oggi, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1981.
L. BENEVOLO, Storia della città. 4. La città contemporanea, ed. Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1993, capp. 1, 2, 4.
G. SIMONCINI, La città nell'età dell'Illuminismo. Le capitali italiane, Firenze, Olschki, 1996.
G. ZUCCONI, La città dell’Ottocento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2001.
B. SECCHI, La città del ventesimo secolo, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2005.
G. CURCIO, La città del Settecento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2008.
L. SPAGNOLI, Storia dell’urbanistica moderna. 1. Dal Rinascimento all’età delle Rivoluzioni (1400-1815), capp. 8-13, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2008.
Programme
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE INSIGHTS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY CITY,THROUGH SOME 'SECTIONS' IDENTIFIED IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE MID-18TH CENTURY AND MID-20TH CENTURY. THE FOCUS OF THE COURSE WILL BE GIVEN TO EXPLORE BOTH THE URBAN STRUCTURE OF SPECIAL CITIES (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOME EUROPEAN CAPITALS), WICH GENERAL ISSUES. THE VARIOUS 'SECTIONS', ORGANIZED IN WEEKLY CYCLES, WILL COVER THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:CULTURE AND URBAN TRANSFORMATION IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE; EUROPEAN CAPITAL CITIES BETWEEN "ANCIEN RÉGIME" AND REVOLUTION: PARIS, LONDON, BERLIN AND VIENNA; EUROPEAN CITIES OF THE 19TH CENTURY BETWEEN NEOCLASSICISM, ECLECTICISM AND INDUSTRIALIZATION; REGENT STREET AND RUE DE RIVOLI, REFERENCE MODELS FOR THE DESIGN OF THE 19TH CENTURY CITY; THE BIG 'PLANS' OF CITIES-CAPITALS (HAUSSMANN'S PARIS, VIENNA AND THE RING, BARCELONA AND THE CERDA PLAN ', BERLIN AND AMSTERDAM, VIVIANI'S ROME); THE 'INDUSTRIAL CITY'. THE GARDEN CITY AND THE "CIUDAD LINEAL"; CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THE CITY BETWEEN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES, FROM CAMILLO SITTE TO THE SOVIETS ' DISURBANISTI ' AND BROADACRE CITY BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, UNTIL THE NEW CITY OF THE FASCIST REGIME. LE CORBUSIER AND THE "MODERN METROPOLIS "; THE BIRTH OF URBAN DISCIPLINE IN ITALY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND THE SUNSET OF URBAN DESIGN, FROMURBAN PLANNING LAW OF THE 1942 TO THE POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION.
Core Documentation
Texts: books, papers and other material will be shown to class. In particular, for the study of modern and contemporary city are recommended the following texts:B. GRAVAGNUOLO, La progettazione urbana in Europa. 1750-1960. Storia e teorie, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1997
P. SICA, Storia dell'urbanistica. Il Settecento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1981.
ID., Storia dell'urbanistica. L'Ottocento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1981.
ID., Storia dell'urbanistica. Il Novecento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1981.
ITALO INSOLERA, Roma Moderna, Un secolo di Storia Urbanistica 1870-1970, Torino, Einaudi, 1993.
M. TAFURI, F. DAL CO, Architettura Contemporanea, Milano, Electa, 1976, capp. 2, 3, 11, 14, 15.
P. SICA, Antologia di urbanistica. Dal Settecento a oggi, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1981.
L. BENEVOLO, Storia della città. 4. La città contemporanea, ed. Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1993, capp. 1, 2, 4.
G. SIMONCINI, La città nell'età dell'Illuminismo. Le capitali italiane, Firenze, Olschki, 1996.
G. ZUCCONI, La città dell’Ottocento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2001.
B. SECCHI, La città del ventesimo secolo, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2005.
G. CURCIO, La città del Settecento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2008.
L. SPAGNOLI, Storia dell’urbanistica moderna. 1. Dal Rinascimento all’età delle Rivoluzioni (1400-1815), capp. 8-13, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2008.
Type of evaluation
Oral examination