RMB 4.2 – Urban open space, landscape, and infrastructure in SW Europe

Recommended Prerequisites

N/A

Teaching Methods

Theoretical lectures
Workshop integrated in the design studios for practical exercise On-site visits
Online lectures and workshops (when the students are based in Lisbon). The course will use digital platforms for communication, as ZOOM, and for collaborative design, as MIRO
Copies and papers on digital media ( via ILIAS)
Practical design exercise in groups
Midterm presentation and final presentation
Presentation and discussion of the results within the seminar per semester

Learning Outcomes

It will explore two dimensions on urban spaces, landscape and infrastructure. Firstly, urban production during the modern period, taking in consideration the cultural and social context of the South European countries, namely Portugal, Spain and Italy. Secondly, the contemporary urban regeneration of modern cities in this region, according to social and environmental challenges. The students should develop critical thinking to understand key issues:
The political impact of the authoritarian regimes in the urban production
The conflicts between the urban theories and the cultural and social context
The abandonment of city centres and the creation of suburbs
The emerging of new forms of public space
Technical knowledge and Empirical knowledge
Reflect on Urban planning alternative methods
Identify modern urban heritage values
Urban analyses to understand the modern concepts in specific cases
Implement participatory activities to co-design public space

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Part 1 – Modern urban space

The early modern experiences in the urban center

The modern public spaces – the avenue and the square

The urban design under dictatorship

The new state facilities and the urban developments

The modern urban plan

The modern infrastructures

The Park

Social housing and the suburbs

Part 2 – Urban regeneration

Rethinking modern planning

Participatory planning and social housing

Renovation of city center

Public space strategy

Tourism and urban regeneration

Integrated urbanism

Green cities

Inclusive urban regeneration

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Presentation and discussion of the results within the seminar per semester: 100.0%

Bibliography

Aureli, Pier Vittorio (2013) , The City As A Project, Ruby Press
Bandeirinha, J. A.; Mota, N.; Correia, L. M. (2017), "Ideas and Practices for the European City", Joelho: Journal of Architecture Culture, 8
Bandeirinha, José António, (2011), “Il processo SAAL, trentacinque anni dopo. Modelli, valutazione e upgrades. The SAAL Process, Thirty-Five Years On. Models, Assessments and Upgrades”, in Lotus international, 145, 2011, pp. 48-53.
Grande, Nuno ( orgs.) (2012) , O Ser Urbano. Nos Caminhos de Nuno Portas. (The Urban Being: on the trail of Nuno Portas), Lisboa: INCM/Guimarães 2012
Moniz, G. C.; Ferreira, I. (2019), "Healthy Corridors for Inclusive Urban Regeneration", Rassegna di Architettura e Urbanistica, 158, 51-59
Moniz, Gonçalo Canto; Oppen, Christian von (2015), Urbanism under Salazar: Program, Practice, and Reception, in Harald Bodenschatz, Piero Sassi, Max Welch Guerra (org.), Urbanism and Dictatorship, A European Perspective. Basileia: DE GRUYTER, 89-101