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The effects of the architectural design beyond its boundaries: exploring the role of local transformation within the construction of urban and territorial strategies
keywords ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, CITY, EFFECTS ON THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, URBAN DESIGN, URBAN RULES
Reference persons CATERINA BARIOGLIO, DANIELE CAMPOBENEDETTO
Description Every project reflects his effects beyond his localization.
Anthropic modification of the built environment produces echoes in terms of urban rules, technical requirements, cultural shifts, and behaviors that go beyond the place in which the modification occurs. The effects of the Equitable Building on the 1916 New York Zoning law or the role of the Seagram building in shaping rules of the 1961 zoning resolution are just some examples.
Unbuilt projects have similar effects. In particular design form and destroy urban imaginaries in ways that are difficult to trace. In turn, the debate around imaginaries can result in actual modification of the built environment. Yona Friedman, Hugh Ferriss, Paul Maymont or Eugène Hénard urban visions as well as 1967 projects for central Paris have been already investigated in this sense by contemporary historiography.
These effects of built and unbuilt projects are part of the outcomes of design but are hardly considered as part of the design process. In most of the cases, they just occur (as in 1916 New York), while sometimes are intentional (as in 1967 Paris).
How and through which tools these non-local effects of design could be recognized? Which case studies can enable us to spot this relation between the local dimension and the wider effects of design? And more widely, it is possible to consider localized design as a way to tackle and represent general and comprehensive issues?
Required skills In addition to the design skills normally achieved during architectural studies, excellent graphic representation skills are required as well as basic skills concerning urban rules and regulations.
Notes For the evaluation of the proposal recommend reading are:
- Lehnerer, A. (2009). Grand Urban Rules. Rotterdam : 010 Publishers.
- Ben-Joseph, E. (2005). The Code of the City. Cambridge - London : MIT Press.
- Marshall, S. (2011). Urban Coding and Planning – London : Routledge
- Olmo, C. (2013) Architettura e storia – Roma : Donzelli
- Campobenedetto, D. (2017) Paris les Halles. Storie di un futuro conteso, Milano : FrancoAngeli
- Barioglio, C. (Forthcoming) Avenue of the Americas. New York, biografia di una strada, Milano: FrancoAngeli
Further information will be arranged through a meeting with tutors
Deadline 09/01/2021
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