Urban Built Environment

RECOMMENDED BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE

Urbanism

TEACHING METHODS

The teaching methodology is based on two learning processes:

Affirmative method, in theoretical-practical classes, in which knowledge is transmitted using the exposition and demonstration of subjects inherent to each chapter.

Active method, based on the principle of self-training, in which the student resorts to the analysis and testing of experimental models, fostering intellectual training and practical skills.

The teaching methodologies to be adopted are intended to be diversified and include the expository aspect, group work, individual research work and consequent presentation, as well as the realization of a larger project for the requalification of a public space.

OBJECTIVES

The learning objectives focus on obtaining and developing knowledge of the concepts that configure the urban territory, namely about:

– The forces that shape the construction of cities and the challenges they currently face today;

– The ability to recognize the various elements that make up the built environment of cities and their public and private dimensions;

– The ability to analyze the quality of a public space from the perspective of human and humanized use;

– The forms and methodologies of production of urban space of private origin: planning, quality criteria, legislation, economic implications.

SYLLABUS

The syllabus is based on the following points:

01 CITIES:

– Introduction and concepts; the role of cities in contemporary societies; Problems and challenges

– Sustainable cities

– Main models of cities over time; Motivations underlying the track

– The internal structure of agglomerates: form and function

– Urban risks in the context of climate change – resilient cities

– Components of the Urban Built Environment: Public Spaces and Private Dynamics

02 URBAN PUBLIC SPACES

– Notions of design of elements of public space

– Success factors in public spaces – Urban infrastructure and the built environment

– Tactical urbanism

– Street furniture

03 THE PRODUCTION OF URBAN SPACE AND PRIVATE INITIATIVE.

– Notions of architectural quality and insertion of buildings in the built environment;

– Urban rehabilitation and circular cities;

– Soil market: basic notions and their impact on construction dynamics; elementary techniques for the evaluation of land and real estate;

– Territorial management instruments at the urban scale and their implementation; the equalization system;

– Legislation: Legal rules of urbanization and building; urban licensing procedures and circuits.

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