SUSTAINABLE URBAN DESIGN

General Module

Course Sheet

Course code:

AI773

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2022/2023

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in BUILDING ENGINEERING

Disciplinary Sector:

Urban Studies

Is part of:

INTEGRATED COURSE IN SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

DI VENOSA Matteo

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

To take the exam is required to have taken all the examinations of SSD ICAR 21, ICAR/10 provided within the three-year course in Construction Engineering (L23 Class) or eventually other three-year degree of provenience.

Objectives

In line with training objectives of the Integrated Course in Sustainable Building Design (ICAR 21, 6 CFU and ICAR 10, 6 CFU), the educational program has the following objectives:

- to acquire the main regulatory and methodological-operating references about urban regeneration’s topic in fragile context, with special attention to minor historical centers;
- To be able to outline setting choices of sustainable urban design’s process, applied to regeneration of minor historical centers;
- to let experience the conceptual sustainable urban design’s process, applied to public space in a case of study;
- to teach the making process of feasibility of sustainable urban design, testing regulatory, institutional, economical, and territorial consistencies, linking design program to the main ongoing programming and planning tools.

Contents

The Course in Sustainable Urban Design (ICAR 21, 6 CFU), integrated with the Course in Sustainable Building Design (ICAR 10, 6 CFU), aims to establish qualifying characteristics, both methodological and applied, of a design process oriented to fragile urban contexts. These contexts are placed in internal and fringe areas in our country.
The interpretation of physical and socio-economic degradation processes, that occur in “minor historical centers”, will be considered with close attention, relating to increasing worsening of under-use and functional deficiency conditions.
Many researches and analyzes (conducted by Ancsa-Cresme, Agency for Territorial Cohesion) measured deep degradation status which involves historical heritage in our country, linked to depopulation’s issue, climate emergency and geo-environmental vulnerability.
Public debate and some best practices highlighted the potential key role of minor historical centers about socio-economical recovery perspectives in territories where they are placed.
For this reason, the following actions need to be considered: National Strategy of Internal Areas (SNAI); Law No 158/2017, knew as “salva borghi”, which boosted redevelopment and recovery of historical centers with population under 5000 inhabitants; the newest support initiatives enabled by PNRR (National Plan for Recovery and Resilience), in favor of Piano Nazionale Borghi.
The focus about regeneration of historical centers’ heritage needs to be framed in Italy within a long cultural and legislative season, which involved many tools of so-called “complex planning”: Recovery Plans and Programs (Law No 457/8), Intervention Integrated Programs (Law No 179/92), District Contracts (DM no 106500/97), Urban Requalification and Sustainable Development Programs (Prusst described in DM 1169/98), Building and Urban Rehabilitation Programs (Law no 166/02), until the newest Urban Regeneration Plans (Puglia, Lombardia and Umbria) which underline integrated policies aimed to enhance contextual resources within a strategical and territorial view.
A key role is recognized to public space intended in its double dimension as both physical and social space by which the cultural identity of any urban context takes place. Therefore, public space as civic enabling device aimed to starter for enhancement processes of social and cultural capital of the context.
These topics will be central in the educational program of Course in Sustainable Urban Design.
Guidelines (as directives, addresses, rules, programs, and plans) established in the European and National context about urban regeneration’s topic (such as National Strategy of Internal Areas, Carte di Toledo, Audis and Lipsia) and overall, about resilience’s theme in fringe urban contexts (ANCSA, Cresme, Urban@it), can be considered as cultural and operating references.
It is useful even to take into account Landscape European Convention (2000) and Code of Cultural heritage and Landscape (D.lgs 42/2004), that has extended forms of protection to the whole landscape context, within which the historical center is located.

Case Study
The topic of the course will be explored by studying Morro d’Oro context (3583 inhabitants). For some years now, Morro d’Oro, as well as many villages in Abruzzo, suffers interlinked dynamics of demographic contraction and increasing depopulation of the historical center. These phenomena, connected to the difficult socio-economic situation and the substantial absence of basic services, are the main causes of precarious state of conservation both of historical urban structure and existent infrastructural networks.
Despite of the tactical geographical location (a few kilometers from coasts and A14 highways junction) and high-quality cultural, landscape and productive resources, the village is currently excluded from networks of economical and territorial relations able to promote socio-economic recovery. The conditions of “territorial foolishness” increase degrees of geo-environmental vulnerability in the context where the village is placed.
Theoretical lessons and meta-design exemplifications will be referred to Morro d’Oro context.

Extended Syllabus

Degree's Master in Building Engineering i (class LM24)
Sustainable Urban Design
a.a. 2022-23

Prof. arch, Matteo di Venosa
with Antonio Bocca, Lia Fedele

1. Content
The Course in Sustainable Urban Design (ICAR 21, 6 CFU), integrated with the Course in Sustainable Building Design (ICAR 10, 6 CFU), aims to establish qualifying characteristic, both methodological and applied, of a design process oriented to fragile urban contexts. These contexts are placed in internal and fringe areas in our country.
The interpretation of physical and socio-economic degradation processes, that occur in “minor historical centers”, will be considered with close attention, relating to increasing worsening of under-use and functional deficiency conditions.
Many researches and analyzes (conducted by Ancsa-Cresme, Agency for Territorial Cohesion) measured deep degradation status which involves historical heritage in our country, linked to depopulation’s issue, climate emergency and geo-environmental vulnerability.
Public debate and some best practices highlighted the potential key role of minor historical centers about socio-economical recovery perspectives in territories where they are placed.
For this reason, the following actions need to be considered: National Strategy of Internal Areas (SNAI); Law No 158/2017, knew as “salva borghi”, which boosted redevelopment and recovery of historical centers with population under 5000 inhabitants; the newest support initiatives enabled by PNRR (National Plan for Recovery and Resilience), in favor of Piano Nazionale Borghi.
The focus about regeneration of historical centers’ heritage needs to be framed in Italy within a long cultural and legislative season, which involved many tools of so-called “complex planning”: Recovery Plans and Programs (Law No 457/8), Intervention Integrated Programs (Law No 179/92), District Contracts (DM no 106500/97), Urban Requalification and Sustainable Development Programs (Prusst described in DM 1169/98), Building and Urban Rehabilitation Programs (Law no 166/02), until the newest Urban Regeneration Plans (Puglia, Lombardia and Umbria) which underline integrated policies aimed to enhance contextual resources within a strategical and territorial view.
A key role is recognized to public space intended in its double dimension as both physical and social space by which the cultural identity of any urban context takes place. Therefore, public space as civic enabling device aimed to starter for enhancement processes of social and cultural capital of the context.
These topics will be central in the educational program of Course in Sustainable Urban Design.
Guidelines (as directives, addresses, rules, programs, and plans) established in the European and National context about urban regeneration’s topic (such as National Strategy of Internal Areas, Carte di Toledo, Audis and Lipsia) and overall, about resilience’s theme in fringe urban contexts (ANCSA, Cresme, Urban@it), can be considered as cultural and operating references.
It is useful even to take into account Landscape European Convention (2000) and Code of Cultural heritage and Landscape (D.lgs 42/2004), that has extended forms of protection to the whole landscape context, within which the historical center is located.

2.Case Study
The topic of the course will be explored by studying Morro d’Oro context (3583 inhabitants). For some years now, Morro d’Oro, as well as many villages in Abruzzo, suffers interlinked dynamics of demographic contraction and increasing depopulation of the historical center. These phenomena, connected to the difficult socio-economic situation and the substantial absence of basic services, are the main causes of precarious state of conservation both of historical urban structure and existent infrastructural networks.
Despite of the tactical geographical location (a few kilometers from coasts and A14 highways junction) and high-quality cultural, landscape and productive resources, the village is currently excluded from networks of economical and territorial relations able to promote socio-economic recovery. The conditions of “territorial foolishness” increase degrees of geo-environmental vulnerability in the context where the village is placed.
Theoretical lessons and meta-design exemplifications will be referred to Morro d’Oro context.

3. Reference Texts
During the lessons, the main reference texts will be indicated for the study of the issues addressed.
At the end of Course will be provide a Lecture Note that collects tne main iusses to study for the final exam.
The following books are considered as guide books:
Matteo di Venosa, Mario Morrica, Rigenerare territori fragili. Strategie e progetti, Aracne, 2018.
Alberto Clementi, Matteo di Venosa. Pianificare la ricostruzione. Sette esperienze dall’Abruzzo, Marsilio, Venezia, 2012.

4.
Prerequisites
To take the exam is required to have taken the examinations of SSD ICAR 21 provided within the three-year course in Construction Engineering (L23 Class) or eventually other three-year degree of provenience.

5. Teaching Methods
The Course provides didactic contributions of a theoretical nature (with reference to the key-topics of the historical villages regeneration) and technical-methodological contributions concerning the methods of reading, interpretation and architectural, planning and environmental design. The course provides an integrated meta-design exercise in the Morro d’Oro context chose.
The exercise will be constantly guided by the teacher. Examples of good practices will be provided, as well as graphic references.

6. Other Informations
The Course takes place in the second semester
Final exam consisting in the exposition and discussion of the meta-design exercise as well as in the exposition and argumentation of the Lecture Notes provided during the course.

7. Verification and Learning Methods
The readings and meta-design activities will be collected in a PPT according to the format provides during the Course. Progressive compulsory checks are foreseen according to the deadlines set by the teaching activities.
The final exam is intended as the last teaching delivery offered by the Course to the student. The exams will be held according to the calendar. All students who have regularly attended the course will be able to take the final exam. The exam will consist in verifying the papers and in the discussion of the Lecture Note.

8. Sustainability
The course will address issues concerning the following sustainable objectives of the 2030 Agenda:
Goal n.4
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
Goal n.7
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Goal n.11
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Goal n.13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Recommended Bibliography

During the lessons, the main reference texts will be indicated for the study of the issues addressed.
At the end of Course will be provide a Lecture Note that collects tne main iusses to study for the final exam.
The following books are considered as guide books:
Matteo di Venosa, Mario Morrica, Rigenerare territori fragili. Strategie e progetti, Aracne, 2018.
Alberto Clementi, Matteo di Venosa. Pianificare la ricostruzione. Sette esperienze dall’Abruzzo, Marsilio, Venezia, 2012.

Teaching Methods

The Course provides didactic contributions of a theoretical nature (with reference to the key-topics of the historical villages regeneration) and technical-methodological contributions concerning the methods of reading, interpretation and architectural, planning and environmental design. The course provides an integrated meta-design exercise in the Morro d’Oro context chose.
The exercise will be constantly guided by the teacher. Examples of good practices will be provided, as well as graphic references.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The students will draw up the works by organizing in groups of projects of max 3 units.
The interpretive and planning activities will be collected in n. 3 tables and a model
The graphic works will return the contents of a circular and interactive design process in which the phases of: interpretation of the context, concept of the project (concept), proposed structure (master plan), definition of the quality criteria of the urban public space (project of soil)

Students are required to deliver the required documents according to the scheduled dates. The compulsory progressive checks constitute a guarantee to continue the activity within the course and for the acquisition of the attendance certificate which entitles the student to take the exam within the time frame established by the course program.
The profit exam is intended as the last teaching delivery offered by the course to the student. The exams will be carried out as scheduled.
All students who have regularly attended the course will have the right to take the exam on the scheduled date.
The exam will consist in the verification of the graphic works and the discussion of some text chosen among those listed in the bibliography provided during the course

Contacts/More Information

The course takes place in the second semester
Final exam consisting in the exposition and discussion of the works produced in the course, as well as in the exposition and argumentation of the disciplinary contents taken from the lessons and the bibliography

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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