The course aims at providing the elements of the discipline, methodology and technique to intervene in those urban areas, historical and not, identified since 1978 by the law 457, which introduced the instrument of the recovery plan. This also and especially in the light of the evolution that the instrument had over the years and the current urban dynamics, ever more interested in the recovery of the existing urban areas.
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An historical centre, in particular, is a territorial context extremely delicate, place of collective and individual memories, with a distinct urban identity and a high historical value referable both to the urban structure and to the individual buildings, including those of significant value. Any planning action concerning an historical centre is therefore complex because "it is about, in the first place, to know it and recognize it, so as to understand its characteristics - spatial, documentary, functional - that identify it" (G.Piccinato, 2008).
It is therefore necessary to understand, on the one hand, its territorial role but also, and above all, the vision that its inhabitants and users have (“who does the historic centre belong to?”).
The course aims at providing the elements of the discipline, methodology and technique to intervene in those urban areas, historical and not, identified since 1978 by the law 457, which introduced the instrument of the recovery plan. This also and especially in the light of the evolution that the instrument had over the years and the current urban dynamics, ever more interested in the recovery of the existing urban areas.
The course will be divided in the following four parts, strictly related:
1. recovery planning: the scientific background and evolution of the disciplinary debate
In this part the scientific context of urban renewal ("what we talk about?") in the field of the urban planning regulations will be defined and will run the history of the disciplinary debate that, since the Fifties, addressed urban contexts, and later even those degraded both in terms physical and social, will be studied.
2. legislation and planning instruments
This part will analyse the texts of laws affecting the intervention on historical contexts, and in general on the existing building and urban structures, and related planning instruments, from the Recovery Plan (Art. 27 of Law 457 of 1978), up to the integrated programs of the nineties.
3. techniques
The study of the techniques of interventions in historical contexts will make use of the analyses of recovery plans and detailed plans of town centres, checking out the objectives, contents, technical procedures, the procedural issues and, finally, the story of implementation.
4. a practical exercise
Simultaneously with the theoretical disciplinary component, the study of a portion of a historical urban context will be addressed to set up an integrated strategy of recovery and valorisation, which will include the Recovery Plan, the Mobility Plan, the Public Works Program, the socio-economic feasibility study, and identify related urban policies and participatory planning mechanisms.
Cerasoli, M., & Mattarocci, G. (a cura di). (2020). Un futuro per i centri storici minori. Scenari possibili nell'era post-covid. Roma : Aracne Editrice.
Ravagnan, C. & Amato, C., Percorsi di resilienza. Rilancio e riuso delle ferrovie in dismissione nei territori fragili tra Italia e Spagna. Roma : Aracne, 2020
Programme
Talking about urban renewal is an opportunity to know, protect, recover and therefore enhance the rich heritage of households, quarters and cities that form the majority of urban contexts in which we live.An historical centre, in particular, is a territorial context extremely delicate, place of collective and individual memories, with a distinct urban identity and a high historical value referable both to the urban structure and to the individual buildings, including those of significant value. Any planning action concerning an historical centre is therefore complex because "it is about, in the first place, to know it and recognize it, so as to understand its characteristics - spatial, documentary, functional - that identify it" (G.Piccinato, 2008).
It is therefore necessary to understand, on the one hand, its territorial role but also, and above all, the vision that its inhabitants and users have (“who does the historic centre belong to?”).
The course aims at providing the elements of the discipline, methodology and technique to intervene in those urban areas, historical and not, identified since 1978 by the law 457, which introduced the instrument of the recovery plan. This also and especially in the light of the evolution that the instrument had over the years and the current urban dynamics, ever more interested in the recovery of the existing urban areas.
The course will be divided in the following four parts, strictly related:
1. recovery planning: the scientific background and evolution of the disciplinary debate
In this part the scientific context of urban renewal ("what we talk about?") in the field of the urban planning regulations will be defined and will run the history of the disciplinary debate that, since the Fifties, addressed urban contexts, and later even those degraded both in terms physical and social, will be studied.
2. legislation and planning instruments
This part will analyse the texts of laws affecting the intervention on historical contexts, and in general on the existing building and urban structures, and related planning instruments, from the Recovery Plan (Art. 27 of Law 457 of 1978), up to the integrated programs of the nineties.
3. techniques
The study of the techniques of interventions in historical contexts will make use of the analyses of recovery plans and detailed plans of town centres, checking out the objectives, contents, technical procedures, the procedural issues and, finally, the story of implementation.
4. a practical exercise
Simultaneously with the theoretical disciplinary component, the study of a portion of a historical urban context will be addressed to set up an integrated strategy of recovery and valorisation, which will include the Recovery Plan, the Mobility Plan, the Public Works Program, the socio-economic feasibility study, and identify related urban policies and participatory planning mechanisms.
Core Documentation
Mario Cerasoli, Gianluca Mattarocci (a cura di), Rigenerazione urbana e mercato immobiliare. Roma : RomaTrE-Press, 2018Cerasoli, M., & Mattarocci, G. (a cura di). (2020). Un futuro per i centri storici minori. Scenari possibili nell'era post-covid. Roma : Aracne Editrice.
Ravagnan, C. & Amato, C., Percorsi di resilienza. Rilancio e riuso delle ferrovie in dismissione nei territori fragili tra Italia e Spagna. Roma : Aracne, 2020
Reference Bibliography
AA.VV. (2017), Centri storici e futuro del Paese. Indagine nazionale sulla situazione dei Centri Storici. ANCSA – CRESME. Bergamo-Bologna, 2017. AA.VV. (2014), GBC Historic Building. GBC Italia, Rovereto (TN),2014 AA.VV. (1995), Il Ghetto di Roma. Progetto di recupero urbano ed edilizio. Edizioni Kappa, Roma, 1995 AA.VV. (1978), Interventi nel centro storico. Confronto fra esperienze operative promosso dall'assessorato per gli interventi nel centro storico del Comune di Roma. Dedalo libri, Bari, 1978. AA.VV. (1973), L’intervento pubblico nei Centri Storici. Problemi sociali, giuridici, economici, architettonici e tecnici. Edizioni di “Edilizia Popolare” (anno XX n. 110 gennaio-febbraio 1973) Andreassi, F. (2016), Urbanistica e decrescita. Tra restringimenti, abbandoni e ricostruzioni. Il ruolo dei centri storici minori. Esempi di Architettura. Roma : Aracne editrice. Ottavia Aristone, Anna Laura Palazzo (2000), Città storiche. Interventi per il riuso. Edizioni Il Sole 24 Ore, Milano, 2000. Mario Cerasoli (2010), Il recupero dei centri storici: la “modulazione della tutela”. L’esperienza del Piano di Recupero per il Centro Storico di Formello (Roma). Atti della XIII Conferenza SIU . Roma, 25-27 febbraio 2010 Giuliano Dall'Ò (2014), Smart city. La rivoluzione intelligente delle città. Il Mulino, Bologna, 2014. D. Esposito, S. Passigli (2014), "Ripartizioni urbane e sviluppo edilizio a Sutri fra XVI e XIX secolo". In: G. Villa (a cura di) (2014), "Storie di città e architetture. Scritti in onore di Enrico Guidoni". Edizioni Kappa, Eoma, 2014. Marcello Fabbri (1983), L’urbanistica italiana dal dopoguerra a oggi. Storia, ideologie, immagini. De Donato Editore, Bari, 1983. Paola Falini (a cura di) (1986), Il recupero rinnovato. Esperienze e strategie urbane degli anni ’80. Edizioni Kappa, Roma, 1986 Bruno Gabrielli (1993), Il Recupero della città esistente. Saggi 1968-1992. Etaslibri, Milano, 1993. Serge Latouche (2008), Breve trattato sulla decrescita serena. Bollati Beringhieri, Milano, 2008 Enrico Valeriani (a cura di) (1987), San Paolino alla regola. Piano di recupero e restauro. Quaderni dell’assessorato per gli interventi sul centro storico del Comune di Roma. Edizioni Kappa, Roma, 1987 Marcello Vittorini (a cura di), Dallo spreco edilizio alla politica di recupero dell’esistente. Guida Editori. Napoli, 1978Type of delivery of the course
The course will consist of lectures, seminars, guided tours, and design workshops. In the final phase of the course, an intensive six-day design workshop will take place. The Workshop will take place as part of “OCSHC Oriental Cuba Small Historical Centres” cooperation project. The course, optional, is open to a maximum number of 20 (twenty) students and will last 100 hours (8 credits).Attendance
Attendance is compulsory for 75% of the lesson hoursType of evaluation
In order to take the exam students will have to give individual proof of having acquired the elements of the discipline provided during the course and illustrate the product of their exercise.