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The main teaching objective is to explain the reasons (“why”) and the approaches / tools (“how”) of urban planning. Among its various definitions, urban planning can be described as a craft with a high political content. Throughout time, it interpreted and acted in different ways in the different socio-spatial configurations and contexts (geographical, socio-economic, political and cultural), at the same time contributing (directly or indirectly) to their realization. Although its main instrument is spatial regulation, it makes use of different approaches, models, methods and tools, which the course aims at critically analyzing. The course introduces the different main component of urban planning, which will be tackled in different modules (see also the window dedicated to “svolgimento”). Beyond a general introduction and the exercise, the course is articulated in 4 modules that are: a) Planning Theory; b) Planning History; c) Urban History and Urban Theories; d) Planning Techniques. Modul a) Planning Theory, will tackle the nature of Urban Planning (what it is), its meaning and role (what it is for), and how it works. Modul b) Planning History, will introduce the origins of Spatial Planning (primeval and fundamental acts of spatial control), and those of Modern Urban Planning (response to urbanisation problems, relation between spatial control and social control, between spatial plans and the political). Modul c) Urban History and Urban Theories will sketch the essential features of Urban History (mainly modern and contemporary) and the main Urban Theories (what is a City, what do we mean by ‘urban’), elaborated looking at urban transformations between XIX and XXI centuries. Modul d) Planning Techniques, deals with the practice of Urban Planning exploring how it works to exercise its own essential functions, starting with spatial regulation and land uses, with a focus is on its tools and the capacities that it requires.

No prior specific knowledge is required.

There is not one specific compulsory reading, but students can choose a book from the bibliography according to their own interests (see below).

Attending the lectures is suggested, but it is not compulsory.

The final exam consists in the discussion of the subject matter, exercise included. For the workshop, students are expected to work in group (usually 3-4 people), while they will be examined individually for the evaluation of acquired knowledge, on the content of the lectures and of readings. During the semester, students attending the course can do a mid-term written proof on the main theoretical part of the programme (moduls a, b, c), which – if positively passed - will allow reducing the subjects of oral examination. For the final evaluation, the whole activity is taken into consideration. Students not attending the course are required to prepare themselves autonomously, elaborating the exercise, and by choosing at least one book from those indicated in the bibliography (to be agreed on in advance), studying the teaching materials (available online at: Sapienza e-learning platform: Urbanistica_Barbara Pizzo), and deepening the topics included in the presentations through following the bibliographic references they contain.

Bibliographical references are intended to testify the richness and plurality of Planning approaches. Books are subdivided into 3 main groups. Each student is expected to choose a book (to be agreed on in advance) for the final evaluation. A specific lecture is dedicated at introducing each book in terms of approach, structure and content. During some lectures or seminars, further bibliographical references may be suggested as an in-depth study (and they will be reported in the slides or hand-outs of the lecture). (For the list of books, see the Italian version, above) English books and essays are available on request and can be used both by Italian and by foreign students - The final proof in Italian is compulsory. English books on Rome: Fried R. C. (1973). Planning the eternal city. Roman politics and planning since world war II. New Haven – London: Yale University Press Thomassen, B., & Marinaro, I. C. (Eds.). (2014). Global Rome: Changing Faces of the Eternal City. Indiana University Press Insolera I. (2018). Modern Rome: From Napoleon to the Twenty-First Century. Newcastle, Cambridge Cambridge Scholars Publishing

The course provides lectures, seminars and an exercise. The workshop (exercise) aims at experimenting the 'translation' of theories into practices (and viceversa), and/or as the implementation of a chosen methodology among the presented ones. It foresees the following steps: 1. Reading and interpreting a spatial context through its current socio-spatial phenomena, interpreted diachronically and at different scales. 2a. Critical interpretation of historical transformations (distinguishing among causes and their effects). 2b. Critical interpretation of the planning history (visions, approaches, methods, tools introduced by Planning through time). 3a. Definition of possible scenarios and the related planning tool / or tools useful to drive the change in the chosen direction - and / or to solve a problem (also in ‘strategic’ perspective). 3b. Definition of the ‘knowledge’ to be used to deepen and to solve the questions (sectoral analyses as a result of a particular interpretation of the context and its problems).