Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to Italian Urban Space examines the city and its environment through theoretically-informed essays stemming from a variety of disciplines, including urban planning, architecture, cultural geography, architectural history, heritage studies, film studies, literary studies and photography. Contributions focus on the representation of urban space in modern and contemporary society, featuring primarily Italian cities such as Turin, Milan, Florence, Marghera and Naples. Readers will benefit from the juxtaposition of the diverse approaches to urban environments provided by this collection of essays by international scholars. Chapters include analyses of spatial theory in relation to the urban sphere (Lefebvre, Foucault, Augé), environmental concerns (climate change and urban environments; heritage studies), and explore the representation of the city in novels, travelogues, film and photography, paying attention to key questions such as identity, transnationalism and gender.
Il volume raccoglie gli esiti del Workshop internazionale di progettazione ‘La città intermedia. Verso una nuova urbanità. Proposte per il Macrolotto 1 a Prato’ — organizzato dal DIDA (Dipartimento di Architettura) della Scuola di Architettura di Firenze in collaborazione con il DPA (Departamento de Proyectos Arquitectónicos) della Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, con il sostegno di CONSER ed il patrocinio del Comune di Prato — che ha visto il coinvolgimento di docenti e studenti provenienti da entrambe le scuole. I risultati conseguiti rappresentano un repertorio di approcci progettuali e strategie che, partendo dall’esistente, propongono modelli di urbanità innovativi che definiscono nuove forme di vita, socialità e produzione partendo da un’attenta lettura dei meccanismi di crescita (per sovrapposizione, superfetazione, innesto, trasformazione, etc.) della città storica e declinando, in chiave contemporanea, i dispositivi spaziali e tropi architettonici che la caratterizzano.
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Although Tuscany is frequently depicted in movies, postcards, magazines and advertisements, a large part of the region is almost never represented – that of the peripheries and suburban sprawl. Most Tuscans reside in these areas, far from the refined land- and cityscapes of the old towns and hilly countryside. Despite its relevance, suburban Tuscany is largely neglected both by politicians and scholars. The myth of historic centers and of the Tuscan countryside, now purified and museumized, characterizes this alternate space as a dystopian world, even though it can be argued to be the most lively and dynamic part of the region, where new forms of urbanity are being developed. These aspects, however, still have to be discovered and conveyed. In order to better understand and govern the new city, it is necessary to challenge and dismantle the ideology of the old city.
Giulio Giovannoni is an architect and urban planner, with a PhD. from the University of Florence, where he is a tenured As- sociate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning. Giovannoni teaches urban design studios and courses in urban theory and landscape urbanism. He is a former research fellow at the Johns Hopkins University, and a former visiting scholar at the Gradu- ate School of Design, Harvard University. He is currently (2019- 2020) associate visiting professor at the College of Environmen- tal Desing, UC Berkeley. He is a founder and co-director of the scholarly association, Cross-disciplinary Urban Spaces. He has lectured widely and is the author of numerous publications, in- cluding his most recent book, (2017) “Tuscany beyond Tuscany: Rethinking the City from the Periphery”.
