Learning objectives
The Urban and Regional Analysis and Planning Studio aims to provide students with the first knowledges in the analysis and evaluation of urban and land settlements, to make them able to address the reading and interpretation of the instruments of urban planning.
With this aim, the studio offers students an overview about the historical evolution of the city, its morphological factors, the system of centralities, the planning instruments of national and regional issues, the problems and the critical factors that affect the decisions in urban planning.
The workshop will address these issues through the integration of the teaching of Analysis of Urban and Territorial Systems and of Urban Planning, offering lectures, seminaries and group work through which students can gain an understanding of issues related to knowledge and design of urban settlement.
Prerequisites
It is necessary to have computer skills and graphical basis for the composition of elaborate of urban analysis containing maps, text and images.
Course unit content
See the corresponding entry of the two modules of Urban and Regional Analysis ans Planning Studio.
Full programme
The extended program will be published on the Elly educational platform at the beginning of the lessons.
Bibliography
See the corresponding entry of the two modules of Urban and Regional Analysis ans Planning Studio.
Teaching methods
The theoretical part of the course will be articulated through: lectures with audio-visual aids, while the technical content will be objects of discussions in a seminar format.
The application part of the course will be developed through group activities that will conclude with an exhibition and a collective discussion on the results that the students will have received.
Assessment methods and criteria
The assessment will be carried out through:
- conducting exercises through which students manifest the degree of knowledge and mastery of the topics covered in the course;
- the preparation of group work that will focus on the analysis of the planning tools in force in a medium-sized municipality in the Province of Parma;
- the final interview exam.
Final assessment will be carried out through an oral examination on the contents of the lessons.
For the assessment exam, the score will be determined as follows:
Written individual exercises 10%
divided as follows:
conceptual correctness 5%
clarity 5%
Group work 40%
divided as follows:
diligence and task focus 5%
accuracy of the assessments made 30%
ability in graphics and statement 5%
Oral exam 50%
divided as follows:
theoretical correctness 35%
property and clarity 15%
Other information
It is recommended to attend the course and conduct exercises that will be conducted periodically in the classroom.
At the end of the group works, the students will synthesize the results of their activities in posters that will be presented and discussed in the seminar on the issues of urban teaching that will take place at the end of the academic year.
2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
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