Learning objectives
The primary objective of the course is to communicate the main tools and methods of modern urban planning investigation, from both the theoretical and practical point of view. Secondary objectives are the recognition, understanding and cataloguing of archaeological sites, in order to protect, preserve and valorise them. Students will be guided in acquiring the necessary skills for decoding the signs of the ancient urban form in the modern one. The conscious acquisition of traditional sources of urban planning will be supplemented by skills related to the broad spectrum of new methods in urban planning and urbanology research, borrowed from scientific and technical disciplines. Finally, students will be required to demonstrate their ability to compare data gathered for each site to the traces on the ground.
Prerequisites
Topografia antica (LT, 6 credits)
Course unit content
Course title: The ancient city: form and urban planning. <br />
Urban topography, urban planning and urbanology: methodology and learning viewpoints, with particular reference to centres with continuous life. The structuring and promotion of the city as a social-political aggregation and civic identity factor: <br />
definition of zoning plan, organisation of infrastructures, functional distribution of complexes, locations, routes, zoning and urban structures. The persistence of the ancient urban layout in contemporary urban settlements. <br />
Full programme
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Bibliography
P. Gros, M. Torelli, Storia dell'urbanistica. Il mondo romano, Bari 2007, part 1, chapter 1 and part 2, chapter 1. <br />
P. Sommella, Italia antica. L’urbanistica romana, Rome 2002 (excluding the charts for the individual cities). <br />
A. Morigi, La città punica. Topografia e urbanistica, Lugano 2007 (excluding the charts for the individual cities). <br />
Teaching methods
In addition to the preparation of a specific bibliography, students will be asked to write an essay, along with a digital presentation, on an urban context, which will be discussed at the end of the lecture series. Thus students are asked to make an appointment with the professor to agree on a subject by the end of the first week of the course.
Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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