The course introduces a methodological approach for the analysis and evaluation of critical aspects regarding decision making in the urban design process. The case study is the area of intervention proposed by the Urban Design course, at the 9th semester.
This course focuses on issues of urbanity and habitation through historical examination, within the context of ideological, social, and economic structures. Parallel issues of spatial configuration, function, and typological development of architectural syntax are explored. We discuss urban housing, its anthropogenic-artificial environment, and its association with the natural environment and analyze the standards, stereotypes, social models, and ideological frameworks that prevail in every age.
