12 ECTS credits
360 h study time
Offer 2 with catalog number 4022175ENR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.
The main goal of the Design Studio is to make students familiar with tools for reading, interpreting, representing and designing space on multiple scales, getting acquainted with methods used in urban-landscape design. The studio aims at offering a wide spectrum of possibilities in analytical and design terms, taking advantage of students’ different backgrounds and specific skills. Students will familiarise with different aspects of the design process, ranging from spatial design to socio-political and economical aspects, towards a critical design proposal (masterplan, scenarios).
The general goal is to acquire the capacity of understanding the complexity of the urban realm through critical design using different methods and representation techniques.
STRUCTURE AND METHODOLOGY
Students are invited to work in small groups (2-4) gathering data, documents and information and producing analytical outputs that will influence their design. In parallel, students are asked to personally collect their experiences, impressions, reflections, relevant traces and informations, sketches documenting their personal activity during the studio.
The first part of the Design Studio (1) is mainly analytical as it is dedicated to the “understanding of the site”: a series of exercises will allow to get familiar with its features and scales. Students are asked to develop a critical analysis of the case study(ies) though a study of the social, political, cultural, economical and physical components that constitute the site. The analysis of the topography, geology, vegetation, architecture is combined with the one of immaterial features (social, cultural, political), combining quantitative and qualitative analysis - from data and “discourses”, to ethnographic fieldwork and “practices”.
The second part of the Design Studio (2) will be dedicated to the development of “design strategies” in a broad sense. Students will be asked to propose a vision, to work with scenarios and/or with strategic projects, design strategies and proposals at different scales. Starting form the specific theme that every group has to identify, they will work on two levels:
. 1) firstly students will work on the construction of a crucial vision for the entire site (from macro to meso scale) through the use of one or more scenarios;
. 2) secondly students will work on the translation of that vision into a design strategy (from meso to micro-scale) that can become both a series of guidelines and/or a design project.
The goal is the understanding and the control of the multiple aspects that specific design strategies might imply. Thus, particular emphasis is given to design as process, highlighting the role that each proposal can have in relation to time, actors and possible future scenarios.
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The main goal of the Design Studio is to make students familiar with the basic tools for reading, interpreting, representing and designing space that are used in urban/landscape design.
The studio aims at teaching different methods and representations in order to give a wide spectrum of possibilities in analytical and design terms. Moreover, the aim is to acquire the basic understanding and skills to handle complex socio-spatial situations through design.
Since students will probably have different backgrounds, special attention will be given to their specific skills in order to take advantage of them while teaching urban/landscape design methods.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
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This course offer isn't part of a fixed set of graduation requirements. Hence, it is a free elective.