DESIGN 4. ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN REGENERATION

Teachers: 
MARETTO Marco
Credits: 
6
Site: 
PARMA
Year of erogation: 
2021/2022
Unit Coordinator: 
MARETTO Marco
Disciplinary Sector: 
Architectural and Urban Composition
Semester: 
Single Annual Cycle
Year of study: 
1
Language of instruction: 

Italian

Parent activity: 
LP4 ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN DESIGN STUDIO FOR THE SUSTAINABLE CITY

Course contents summary

The project of the compact, smart and sustainable city, in which all scales of contemporary living are enclosed, is the theme of the Studio. The urban morphology, as operative tool able to "read" the environment and "translate" it into a conscious design synthesis, is the main theme of the learning experience. Added to this are skills in the field of environmental sustainability and automatic design through the most recent Modeling and Environmental software.

Recommended readings

M.Maretto, Il Progetto Urbano Sostenibile, 2020; WAM 2015. Barcelona, Sant Adrià de Besos Waterfront Regeneration Project; M.Maretto, Teaching Urban Morphology in a Sustainable Perspective, 2018; M.Maretto, Saverio Muratori. A Legacy in Urban design, 2015; M.Maretto, London Squares. A Study in Landscape, 2018; M.Maretto, From urban nodalities to urban fringe belts. The case-study of Krakow, 2018.
C.Quintelli, Cittaemilia: unico e molteplice in forma urbana lineare, in The Kent State Forum on the City CittaEmilia, Firenze, 2012; C.Quintelli e A. Morigi a cura di, Fondare e ri-fondare, Parma, Reggio e Modena lungo la via Emilia Romana, Padova, 2018.
ADDITIONAL LEARNING MATERIAL:
www.r-a-m.it

Teaching methods

In class monitoring of the design activity carried out by the students along with a series of theorical lectures constitute the basic tools of the learning experience. Added to this is an "In-the-field" intensive workshop, lasting a week, carried out on the project area and a series of exercises necessary to monitor the work of the students for the entire duration of the course.
It will be possible to follow, if necessary, the lessons also remotely in synchronous mode (via Teams).

Other informations

http://www.r-a-m.it
http://www.urbanform.org
http://www.festivalarchitettura.it
http://www.lindustriadellecostruzioni.it