Architecture, City and Project (Urbanism english)

The course Architecture, City and Project proposes an introduction to the urban fact from the point of view of history, culture and attention to the concerns that guide the contemporary transformation of cities.

The course is organized into four blocks. The first one contextualizes the course exercise and introduces the reading of the city beyond the canonical texts of the urban discipline. The two central ones explain the evolution of cities from some key urban projects; the Industrial Revolution is taken as a turning point between these two central blocks. The last part of the course reviews some fundamental project strategies for acting in contemporary metropolises.