Knowledge of basic conceptual tools to identify the elements that define the urban-territorial system; Knowledge of basic conceptual tools to understand the complexity of spatial (urban and territorial) phenomena and the processes that have produced their qualitative and quantitative structures and characteristics; Knowledge of basic techniques and operational approaches to analyse and to represent infrastructural, physical and environmental, landscape, historical and cultural aspects of the cities and territory; Ability to elaborate a complex synthesis from disciplinary information and disciplinary phenomena; Ability to organize a team work; Ability to display the results of the analysis and interpretation process in a mature and lexically appropriate way. The training process aims to provide: - Basic disciplinary concepts; - A "reading method" for city and territory as reference model to be reproduced at different scales and according to different needs; - Basic concepts to build a critical consciousness.

Ability to understand the main typologies of maps used in spatial planning on the basis of the insights gained from the first semester. Knowledge of the basics of urban planning gained from the first semester. Basic knowledge of history, in particular of history of town planning similarly gained from the first semester. Basic knowledge of manual graphical representation techniques. Ability to acquire information from different sources, i.e. libraries, archival sources, web, institutional database

The Studio is based on 14 multidisciplinary credits (Interpretation of the Settlement and Infrastructure System for Planning 6 CFU, History and Interpretation of Territorial Processes 4 CFUs, Environment and Geographic Factors in Cities and Regions Development 4 CFUs), strongly related and to be understood as integrated and not as sectorial. The Studio will take place in the II semester and it will focus on a case study located in the northeast Turin metropolitan conurbation. , an area characterized by the proximity to the metropolitan and regional capital, by an urban and infrastructural system characterized by significant functions and by a rich set of natural, landscape, historical and cultural resources. The methodological aspect that characterize the teaching activities consists in the commitment to constantly link forms and processes, objects and contexts, the urban and territorial scale, with systemic, interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary vision. For this reason, the direct participation of professors from different disciplines is planned during the Studio activities. Furthermore, surveys of the study area will support the teaching and learning phases. Module: Interpretation of the Settlement and Infrastructural System for Planning MAIN ARGUMENTS The Module offers theoretical and methodological tools to understand the analysis-project relationship characteristic of the spatial planning discipline starting from the reading and interpretation of the physical-morphological space. Lectures and exercises concern: a) Spatial planning definition • Introduction to the notion of complexity and its relationship with the government of the territory. • The planning and government system of the territory in Italy: actors, powers, and instruments. • Broad spectrum of the terms city and territory, urban and rural, environment and landscape, centre and periphery. • Definition of urban and territorial planning; soil (and its components), uses and covering of the soil, soil consumption. b) Objectivity and subjectivity of knowledge • Soil: qualitative and quantitative measures. • Soil and ecosystem services. • Introduction to the notion of grey, green, and blue infrastructures. c) Role of knowledge in relationship with spatial planning • Analysis of urban-territorial components: - Natural and anthropic habitats; - Infrastructural systems: mobility and transport; - Settlement system: land-use and uses of buildings, public space and services; - Urban an territorial settlement morphologies. d) Knowledge and description of cities and territories • Conceptual categories: stability and change, quality and critical aspects. • From sectorial and specific approaches to integrated comprehension methodologies for planning. • Representation techniques and typologies for settlement and infrastructural systems. • Structural interpretation of the territory. Module: History and Interpretation of Territorial Processes MAIN ARGUMENTS The module offers instruments of history related disciplines for the analysis of phenomena and processes at the territorial level, for planning activities at the territorial and urban scale. What will be discussed and operationalized are: • Tools for the analysis of territories and settlements: historical sources. • Historical cartography and territory interpretation. • Cadastre definition processes and geometric representation of economic phenomena. • Analysis and interpretation of transformation characters and processes: primary infrastructure, land use, relationships between anthropic phenomena and functional choices, ideal programs and formal solutions • The historical structure of the territory: decryption of the obvious, latent or dispersed traces of cultural phenomena • The construction of thematic maps for the representation of the historical structure of the territory Module: Environmental and Geographical Factors in the Territorial Development MAIN ARGUMENTS The module offers theoretical and methodological tools to understand and describe relations between geographical space, environmental system and society. To this extent: • Fundamental concepts of the physical geography, useful to understand and describe the analysed territory will be defined; • Basic issues related to environmental dynamics in the relationship between mankind/geographic space (difference between space and territory, concept of ecosystem, concept of Anthropocene); • Socio-economic relations between society and environment, in particular focusing on the definition of the concept of resources, of soil consumption and its preservation, of its role in the processes of anthropisation, particularly regarding the analysed territory).

Teaching is organized in lessons and exercises carried out by students (in the classroom or in fieldwork) both in individual and group form. The latter is composed on 3-4 people. Learning activities include: • Fieldwork analysis and cartographic media skills application in the study area, • Text reading and video viewing, • Use of debating skills within the group and with experts, • Practice of interpretation skills, • Production of reports and cartographic elaborations, also in form of ideograms. Learning activities are applied to the case study and are intended to test the disciplinary methodologies that will be presented during lessons and that are based on pre-existing documentary materials and information obtained directly from visits and surveys on the study area. This information will then be used in elaborations (written, cartographic, photographic, etc.) according to the instructions provided by the professors. According to circumstances, drawings have to be produced manually or on digital support using the tools at disposal and/or open source; texts and essays will be produced with common writing softwares and/or open source for which a PC is sufficient, and it will be possible to use of Labs for printing. In general, 1/3 of the Studio will regard the presentation of themes and methodologies, 1/3 the analytical part, 1/3 the synthesis part.

Module: Analysis of the settlement and infrastructural system General Bibliography Campos Venuti G. e Oliva F. (a cura di) (1993), Cinquant'anni di urbanistica in Italia. 1942-1992, Laterza, Bari. [Cap. 1]. Cappuccitti A., Piroddi E. (2004), “Morfogenesi dello spazio urbano: profilo di una ricerca”, Urbanistica n. 123, pp. 42-53. Gabellini P. (2018), Le mutazioni dell'urbanistica. Principi, tecniche, competenze, Carrocci editore, Roma. Gambino R. (2005), “Le sintesi interpretative” in Cassatella C., Gambino R. (a cura di) (2005), Il territorio: conoscenza e rappresentazione, Celid, Torino, pp. 89-95. Giaimo C. (a cura di) (2019), Dopo 50 anni d standard urbanistici in Italia. Verso percorsi di riforma, INU Edizioni, Roma. INU (2019), Rapporto dal Territorio 2019, Inu Edizioni, Roma. Saccomani S. (2005), “Conoscenza e pianificazione”, in Cassatella C., Gambino R. (a cura di) (2005), Il territorio: conoscenza e rappresentazione, Celid, Torino, pp. 96-112. Suggested texts: Calvino I. (1993), Le città invisibili, Oscar Mondadori, Milano. Gabellini P. (2001), Tecniche urbanistiche, Carocci, Roma. Gambino R. (1997), Conservare, innovare, UTET, Torino, pp. 16-43. During the teaching period, students are provided with additional study material and synthesis of the lessons through the Teaching Portal. Module: History and Interpretation of Territorial Processes General Bibliography POLITECNICO DI TORINO, DIPARTIMENTO CASA-CITTÀ, Beni culturali ambientali nel Comune di Torino (responsabile scientifico della ricerca Vera Comoli), 2 voll., Società degli Ingegneri e degli Architetti in Torino, Torino 1984. COMOLI V., La struttura storica del territorio regionale, in Longhi A., La storia del territorio per il progetto del paesaggio, collana “Temi per il paesaggio”, Regione Piemonte, L’Artistica, Savigliano 2004, pp. 13-15. DEVOTI C., DEFABIANI V., Analisi storico territoriale, in A. Peano (a cura di), Fare paesaggio: dalla pianificazione di area vasta all'operatività locale, Alinea, Firenze 2011, pp. 215-224. DEVOTI C., I detentori della "langue de la terre": misuratori, topografi e cartografi del Regno Sardo (1683-1860)/Les détenteurs de la "langue de la terre": mesureurs, topographes et cartographes du Royaume de Sardaigne (1683-1860), in La Vallée d'Aoste sur la scène. Cartografia e arte del governo, 1680-1860, Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta, 24 Ore cultura, Milano 2011, pp. 53-59. DEVOTI C., Carte tematiche e struttura del territorio, in Barosio M., Trisciuoglio M., I paesaggi culturali. Costruzione, promozione, gestione, Egea, Milano 2012, pp. 57-78. During the teaching period, students are offered, via the Teaching Portal, additional materials for study and/or synthesis of lessons and, where possible, the essays themselves. Module: Environmental and Geographical Factors in the Development of the Territory General Bibliography Hagget P. (2004), Geografia umana, vol. 1, Zanichelli, Bologna. The textbook is available both at the Central Library of Engineering and at the Inter-University Territory-Environment Library (Castle of Valentino). To the textbook, of which the part “Resources and landscapes” will be used, futher study materials will be added, that will be provided by the teachers during the course.

Exam: Compulsory oral exam; Group graphic design project; Group essay;

L’Atelier richiede una assidua frequenza di tutti i moduli di cui si compone, anche in considerazione del giudizio finale che sarà espresso con un unico voto d'esame. Le attività svolte saranno monitorate attraverso valutazioni intermedie, sia a carattere monodisciplinare, sia seminariale con la partecipazione di tutte le discipline. La verifica dell’apprendimento avviene attraverso il sistematico dialogo docenti-discenti, la valutazione di feedback individuali e collettivi, il controllo e successiva discussione delle esercitazioni. Le valutazioni intermedie delle attività condotte dai tre moduli disciplinari concorreranno al giudizio finale, basato sulla presentazione e discussione di un’unica “Prova d’esame finale” costituita da un elaborato scritto (Relazione) e più tavole grafiche, discussi oralmente (con domande e risposte riferite ai temi anche teorici trattati nei tre moduli didattici) e costruiti in maniera tale da consentire la verifica dell’acquisizione dei temi di fondo dell’atelier, a carattere interdiscipinare, come dei presupposti teorici e operativi propri dei diversi apporti disciplinari. La prova d’esame, oltre a verificare la conoscenza e la comprensione degli argomenti trattati, si pone l’obiettivo di verificare le competenze di cui sopra (descritte in “Risultati dell’apprendimento attesi”): le domande, infatti, comprendono elementi descrittivi, ma anche critici. Le diverse discipline concorrono alla formazione di un unico voto finale proporzionalmente al loro peso in termini di CFU. Il voto finale viene espresso in trentesimi tenendo conto, a partire dalle diverse attività svolte durante tutto lo sviluppo dell’Atelier nei tre diversi moduli disciplinari, della partecipazione e del livello di maturazione raggiunto nell’elaborazione della “Prova d’esame finale” (originalità, approfondimento, autonomia di elaborazione, capacità di costruzione di un pensiero critico). Il voto finale si compone per 1/3 dalle valutazioni intermedie svolte durante il percorso didattico, per 1/3 dalla qualità e completezza degli elaborati grafici e relazione d’esame e per il rimanente 1/3 dall’esito della discussione orale. Le attività di Atelier sono svolte dagli studenti accorpati in gruppi, ma il giudizio per ciascuno studente sarà un giudizio individuale (espresso con unico voto), che terrà conto delle valutazioni intermedie (scritte, orali, grafiche) monodisciplinari e seminariali, della valutazione della presentazione e discussione degli elaborati finali e della partecipazione individuale a tale lavoro ed ai momenti di presentazione. Per accedere all’esame finale di Atelier, è necessario che le valutazioni dei tre moduli disciplinari siano tutte sufficienti.

In addition to the message sent by the online system, students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) are invited to directly inform the professor in charge of the course about the special arrangements for the exam that have been agreed with the Special Needs Unit. The professor has to be informed at least one week before the beginning of the examination session in order to provide students with the most suitable arrangements for each specific type of exam.

Exam: Compulsory oral exam; Group graphic design project; Group essay;

Assessment and grading criteria Verification of learning takes place through systematic teaching-learning dialogue, assessment of individual and collective feedback, evaluation and subsequent discussion of exercises. Occasionally, tests can be carried out by professors of the different modules. The activity carried out in the Studio is the subject of a single "Final Examination Test" consisting of a written essay (Report) and some tables that will be discussed during the final oral exam (with questions referring to theoretical themes of the three didactic modules). The Report and related tables should be prepared to allow the verification of the acquisition of the main topics of the Studio, with an interdisciplinary approach, as theorethical and practical premises of the various disciplinary contributions. The different disciplines will contribute to the formation of a single final mark, in proportion to their weight regarding CFU. The final mark takes into account the various activities carried out throughout the development of the Studio in the different disciplinary contributions, as well as the participation and the level of maturation achieved in the elaboration of the "Final exam test" (assessed in terms of originality of the final results, level of in-depth analysis, autonomy in discussing the topics of the Studio, capacity of critical thinking). All the modules of the Studio have to be continuously attended, also because the final mark is comprehensive of the results achieved in the different modules. The different activities will be monitored through intermediate evaluations, both within each module or in common evaluations. […] Intermediate evaluations in the three modules will be part of the final mark, which is based on the presentation and discussion of … […] The exam will verify the level of knowledge and comprehension of the topics dealt with in the Studio and, furthermore, aims at verifying the acquired competences (as described in “Expected Learning Outcomes”): questions will refer to descriptive elements as well as critical ones. […] Activities are developed within the Studio in groups of students, but there will be an individual final mark that will take into account of intermediate evaluations (written, oral or drawn ones), related to the different modules and – where applicable – obtained during joint seminars, as well as presentation and discussion during the oral exam of the Report and its related tables. To access the final exam it is necessary that the student has achieved a sufficient evaluation in each of the three modules.

Exam: Compulsory oral exam; Group graphic design project; Group essay;

Assessment and grading criteria Verification of learning takes place through systematic teaching-learning dialogue, assessment of individual and collective feedback, evaluation and subsequent discussion of exercises. Occasionally, tests can be carried out by professors of the different modules. The activity carried out in the Studio is the subject of a single "Final Examination Test" consisting of a written essay (Report) and some tables that will be discussed during the final oral exam (with questions referring to theoretical themes of the three didactic modules). The Report and related tables should be prepared to allow the verification of the acquisition of the main topics of the Studio, with an interdisciplinary approach, as theorethical and practical premises of the various disciplinary contributions. The different disciplines will contribute to the formation of a single final mark, in proportion to their weight regarding CFU. The final mark takes into account the various activities carried out throughout the development of the Studio in the different disciplinary contributions, as well as the participation and the level of maturation achieved in the elaboration of the "Final exam test" (assessed in terms of originality of the final results, level of in-depth analysis, autonomy in discussing the topics of the Studio, capacity of critical thinking). All the modules of the Studio have to be continuously attended, also because the final mark is comprehensive of the results achieved in the different modules. The different activities will be monitored through intermediate evaluations, both within each module or in common evaluations. […] Intermediate evaluations in the three modules will be part of the final mark, which is based on the presentation and discussion of … […] The exam will verify the level of knowledge and comprehension of the topics dealt with in the Studio and, furthermore, aims at verifying the acquired competences (as described in “Expected Learning Outcomes”): questions will refer to descriptive elements as well as critical ones. […] Activities are developed within the Studio in groups of students, but there will be an individual final mark that will take into account of intermediate evaluations (written, oral or drawn ones), related to the different modules and – where applicable – obtained during joint seminars, as well as presentation and discussion during the oral exam of the Report and its related tables. To access the final exam it is necessary that the student has achieved a sufficient evaluation in each of the three modules.