This course addresses urban transformations between the mid-18th century and the contemporary age. A number of nodal moments will be examined: the transition from urban composition by city parts to the planning of the city and its expansion, taking into account the important economic, social and demographic transformations during the 19th and the importance of the new positivist disciplines having man and nature as their center. Within this framework, between the end of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century, is the emergence of the discipline of urban planning as an international phenomenon and the concept of the metropolis and the rise of the various urban planning theories (machinist, organic etc.) up to the debate and projects on the contemporary city.
The objectives of this course are knowledge of the history of the city and urban theories, dwelling on European and non-European examples, realized and unrealized plans, their successes and failures.
The objectives of this course are knowledge of the history of the city and urban theories, dwelling on European and non-European examples, realized and unrealized plans, their successes and failures.
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The knowledge acquired by students will be specifically applied to portions of Rome's built fabric (streets, squares, fortifications, palaces, etc.), considered particularly significant for urban history and whose original characteristics and subsequent transformations up to the current phase will be highlighted.
The topics of the lectures, grouped in two parts (Part 1 Prof. Scimemi; Part 2 Prof. Sturm), will be as follows:
Part 1
A City and Territory: THEORIES AND CASES
1. The treatises: from the models of antiquity, to the premises of the modern era, to the debates on town planning in the contemporary age
2. The palace as city
3. The villa as a territorial structure
4. The industrial city and the vertical city
5. From the Siedlung to the Megastructures
6. The Notions of ‘Environment’ and "Habitat
B City and Territory: PALINSESTS [Section on Rome: in situ lessons]
1. the Baths of Diocletian and the area of Termini;
2. the complex of San Giovanni in Laterano;
3. Castel Sant'Angelo and the Borgo Vaticano;
4. the Arenula district and its palaces;
5. the Campidoglio
6. the Via Flaminia and the Olympic Village.
Part 2
In the specific part of the course, entitled ‘City and Territory: MODELS’, the lessons dedicated to the analysis of specific examples and models of urban history, will be supplemented by visits and inspections illustrative of the events addressed, according to the following themes:
1. Rome's urban structure and formation: the plan of Sixtus V and replicas in the modern and post-industrial age
2. The Baroque city: capitals and suburbs (Rome, Naples, Lecce, Turin, new towns in eastern Sicily)
3. The “paper city”: plans of Rome from the Renaissance to Giovan Battista Nolli
4. The Royal Palace and the City: Caserta, Savoy villas, feudal residences, European royal palaces
5. The mercantile city in the modern and post-industrial age
6. The invention of town planning: the 19th century city
7. The Sustainable City: New European Capitals of the 21st Century
8. Genius Loci: new foundations, settlements and territory in the enlarged Roman area.
Part 1 (professor M. Scimemi).
Françoise Choay, L'urbanistica in discussione, in Id., La città. Utopie e realtà, vol, I, Einaudi, Torino 1973 (ed. or. 1965) pp. 3-81.
Richard Krautheimer, Roma. Profilo di una città, 312-1308, Edizioni dell’elefante, Roma 1981: capitoli IX-X (obbligatori) + 1 capitolo (a scelta) tra i capitoli XI (Lo sviluppo del Borgo) ; XII (L’Abitato) ; XIV (Il Disabitato e il Laterano).
Part 2 (professor Sturm):
Joseph Connors, Alleanze e inimicizie. L’urbanistica di Roma barocca, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2005
Enrico Guidoni, L’arte di progettare le città. Italia e Mediterraneo dal medioevo al Settecento, Kappa, Roma 1992 (un capitolo a scelta)
Christian Norberg-Schulz, Genius Loci. Paesaggio Ambiente Architettura, Milano 2009 (I ed. 1979) (un capitolo a scelta)
Mutuazione: 21002062 STORIA DELLA CITTÀ E DEL TERRITORIO in Architettura - Progettazione urbana LM-4 R N0 SCIMEMI MADDALENA, STURM SAVERIO
Programme
The course explores specific issues concerning the foundation and transformation of the city in the period between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age, proceeding in chronological sequence up to the 21st century.The knowledge acquired by students will be specifically applied to portions of Rome's built fabric (streets, squares, fortifications, palaces, etc.), considered particularly significant for urban history and whose original characteristics and subsequent transformations up to the current phase will be highlighted.
The topics of the lectures, grouped in two parts (Part 1 Prof. Scimemi; Part 2 Prof. Sturm), will be as follows:
Part 1
A City and Territory: THEORIES AND CASES
1. The treatises: from the models of antiquity, to the premises of the modern era, to the debates on town planning in the contemporary age
2. The palace as city
3. The villa as a territorial structure
4. The industrial city and the vertical city
5. From the Siedlung to the Megastructures
6. The Notions of ‘Environment’ and "Habitat
B City and Territory: PALINSESTS [Section on Rome: in situ lessons]
1. the Baths of Diocletian and the area of Termini;
2. the complex of San Giovanni in Laterano;
3. Castel Sant'Angelo and the Borgo Vaticano;
4. the Arenula district and its palaces;
5. the Campidoglio
6. the Via Flaminia and the Olympic Village.
Part 2
In the specific part of the course, entitled ‘City and Territory: MODELS’, the lessons dedicated to the analysis of specific examples and models of urban history, will be supplemented by visits and inspections illustrative of the events addressed, according to the following themes:
1. Rome's urban structure and formation: the plan of Sixtus V and replicas in the modern and post-industrial age
2. The Baroque city: capitals and suburbs (Rome, Naples, Lecce, Turin, new towns in eastern Sicily)
3. The “paper city”: plans of Rome from the Renaissance to Giovan Battista Nolli
4. The Royal Palace and the City: Caserta, Savoy villas, feudal residences, European royal palaces
5. The mercantile city in the modern and post-industrial age
6. The invention of town planning: the 19th century city
7. The Sustainable City: New European Capitals of the 21st Century
8. Genius Loci: new foundations, settlements and territory in the enlarged Roman area.
Core Documentation
Key texts are listed below are (further bibliography will be provided in class).Part 1 (professor M. Scimemi).
Françoise Choay, L'urbanistica in discussione, in Id., La città. Utopie e realtà, vol, I, Einaudi, Torino 1973 (ed. or. 1965) pp. 3-81.
Richard Krautheimer, Roma. Profilo di una città, 312-1308, Edizioni dell’elefante, Roma 1981: capitoli IX-X (obbligatori) + 1 capitolo (a scelta) tra i capitoli XI (Lo sviluppo del Borgo) ; XII (L’Abitato) ; XIV (Il Disabitato e il Laterano).
Part 2 (professor Sturm):
Joseph Connors, Alleanze e inimicizie. L’urbanistica di Roma barocca, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2005
Enrico Guidoni, L’arte di progettare le città. Italia e Mediterraneo dal medioevo al Settecento, Kappa, Roma 1992 (un capitolo a scelta)
Christian Norberg-Schulz, Genius Loci. Paesaggio Ambiente Architettura, Milano 2009 (I ed. 1979) (un capitolo a scelta)
Attendance
Attendance at lectures and visits is compulsory (at the least the 75%) as well as participation in educational outings and tutorials; active participation and student interventions/contributions during the course are recommended and form part of the final assessment.Type of evaluation
The exam, which will take the form of an oral test, will be aimed at verifying the degree of knowledge of the works and topics covered during the course, the quality of the exercises performed and the study of the assigned bibliography. teacher profile teaching materials
1. Rome's urban structure and formation: the plan of Sixtus V and replicas in the modern and post-industrial age
2. The Baroque city: capitals and suburbs (Rome, Naples, Lecce, Turin, new towns in eastern Sicily)
3. The “paper city”: plans of Rome from the Renaissance to Giovan Battista Nolli
4. The Royal Palace and the City: Caserta, Savoy villas, feudal residences, European royal palaces
5. The mercantile city in the modern and post-industrial age
6. The invention of town planning: the 19th century city
7. The Sustainable City: New European Capitals of the 21st Century
8. Genius Loci: new foundations, settlements and territory in the enlarged Roman area.
Enrico Guidoni, L’arte di progettare le città. Italia e Mediterraneo dal medioevo al Settecento, Kappa, Roma 1992
Christian Norberg-Schulz, Genius Loci. Paesaggio Ambiente Architettura, Milano 2009 (I ed. 1979)
Mutuazione: 21002062 STORIA DELLA CITTÀ E DEL TERRITORIO in Architettura - Progettazione urbana LM-4 R N0 SCIMEMI MADDALENA, STURM SAVERIO
Programme
In the specific part of the course, entitled ‘City and Territory: MODELS’, the lessons dedicated to the analysis of specific examples and models of urban history, will be supplemented by visits and inspections illustrative of the events addressed, according to the following themes:1. Rome's urban structure and formation: the plan of Sixtus V and replicas in the modern and post-industrial age
2. The Baroque city: capitals and suburbs (Rome, Naples, Lecce, Turin, new towns in eastern Sicily)
3. The “paper city”: plans of Rome from the Renaissance to Giovan Battista Nolli
4. The Royal Palace and the City: Caserta, Savoy villas, feudal residences, European royal palaces
5. The mercantile city in the modern and post-industrial age
6. The invention of town planning: the 19th century city
7. The Sustainable City: New European Capitals of the 21st Century
8. Genius Loci: new foundations, settlements and territory in the enlarged Roman area.
Core Documentation
Joseph Connors, Alleanze e inimicizie. L’urbanistica di Roma barocca, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2005Enrico Guidoni, L’arte di progettare le città. Italia e Mediterraneo dal medioevo al Settecento, Kappa, Roma 1992
Christian Norberg-Schulz, Genius Loci. Paesaggio Ambiente Architettura, Milano 2009 (I ed. 1979)
Attendance
Students participation is defined by our "Regolamento didattico" (at least 75% of presence of the student to the teacher's lessons). Furthermore, attendance is essential to participate in educational outings and exercises; active participation and student interventions/contributions during the course are recommended and form part of the final assessment.Type of evaluation
The examination, which will be conducted through an oral test, will be aimed at verifying the degree of knowledge of the works and topics covered during the course, the quality of the exercises performed, and the study of the assigned bibliography.