Landscape of the contemporary city. Policies, techniques and visual studies

descrizione (ing.): Object of study and research of the Doctorate in Landscapes of the Contemporary City is the city, understood as a set of material and social relationships, spatial shapes and communication-media forms. The PhD aims to produce advanced studies and research on the reading of urban and territorial phenomena and on the design of architecture and landscape for the contemporary city, on the development and interpretation of the devices of vision, imagination and related representations, starting from cinema and in the current declinations of technical reproducibility. Main training objectives are the following: - understand and interpret city spaces in relation to the objectives of the Agenda 2030 goals through methods and tools providing skills and meta-skills suitable to address global challenges, notably in terms of urban regeneration and ecological and energy transition; - critically analyze the devices of vision and their productions and actively intervene on them. Its aim is to train researchers who can decode and understand the spaces of the city in their most current manifestations; prefigure scenarios and processes of transformation; intervene operatively in the living transformations that affect cities and landscapes. In particular, the Doctorate trains researchers and builds skill in the following areas, both theoretical and applicative, also through forms of research-action: - planning and evaluation of territorial policies, plans and programs; - architectural and landscape design and construction of urban space; - technological innovation for the design of architecture and urban regeneration; - analysis and development of cinematographic, media and spectacular productions; - analysis and development of content for new generation networks. Curriculum Landscapes of Architecture This focuses on three themes dealing with the theoretical and operational tools contributing to the construction of contemporary city landscapes: • urban studies, • urban design, and • architecture, urban regeneration, technological innovation. Curriculum Cinema and Visual Studies This applies a multidisciplinary perspective to address the development of visual cultures from the twentieth century onward and their linkages with the metropolitan culture and landscape - relating to cinema, live performances, audiovisual media, and all contents conveyed through new generation networks.