AtelierMA1VIGANÒ

P.Andelic,N.Lecoanet,atelierMA1_2018

ThéorieetcritiqueduprojetMA1–Annéeacadémique2019-2020

Laboratoire: lab-UProfesseur:PaolaViganò;Assistants:TommasoPiertopolli,RobertoSega,QinyiZhang

SUMMARY(en)TheAtelierexploresthepossibilityofdesigningthecity, theurbanandterritorialspace,asarenewableresource;itsscopeistoplungethelastyearmasterstudentsintoanintenseconfrontationamongthemes,scales,theoreticalanddesignpositions.Importantsynergiesareenvisagedbetweentheresearchandthedidacticmoment.RESUME(fr)L'atelierpoursuitl'explorationdelapossibilitédeconcevoirlaville,l'espaceurbainetterritorial,commeuneressourcerenouvelable;sonbutestd'immergerlesétudiantsdansuneintenseconfrontationentredifférentsthèmes,échelles,positionsthéoriquesetdeprojet.D'importantessynergiessontenvisagéesentrelarechercheetlemomentdidactique.

P.Berta,C.Kleiner,P.Marchand,E.Margaroli,S.Yener,atelierBA6_2018Beyond the center/periphery opposition, the City-Territory concept allows to read the dispersedcontemporary condition as a potential for the construction of a sustainable and innovative urbandimension,where thenotionof territorial recycling/reinvestmentreverses the idea thaturbanization isjustaprocessofwasteandconsidersit,instead,asa"stock"andareservoirofenergy.Intheframeofthe“Alpine-LemanCity-Territory“,avastinhabitedlandscapestretchingalongtheshoresof the Leman lake, from the plain of Chablais to the Arve Valley, the Atelier will focus on the "GrandGenève"metropolitanareaanditslandscape.Thislargetransboundarymetropolisisexperiencingtodayastrongdemographicgrowth,exertinganunprecedentedpressureon its soils, especially considering theroletheywillplayinthefuturefortheecosystemandfortheconstructionofanewformofcity.Here, particular topographic and hydrographic systems, equipment and infrastructural meshes,agriculturallandscapesintransformation,openspacesandheterogeneousresidentialtissueshavedrawnover time specific territorial structures, in some cases weak or discrete, that need today to be deeplyreinterpretedandre-imagined.Toreacttothechallengesposedbytheevolutionofa“natural”andproductivelandscape,inhabitedbyagrowing and increasingly diverse population and to question the idea and form of the contemporarywesternmetropolis,theAtelierproposes-throughtheproject-toconceivenewspacesfortheeverydaylife, based on the reinvention of traveling and living practices, on strategies aimed at opening new lifecyclesandatdensifyingandadaptingtheinhabitedlandscapetoclimatechange.

KEYWORDSCity-Landscape,City-Territory,Resource,LifeCycleLEARNINGOUTCOMESbytheendofthecourse,thestudentmustbeableto:ElaborateareadingoftheterritorywithstrongonfieldappropriationAssess/EvaluatecriticallythecontemporaryurbanconditionandlandscapeDevelopscenariosDevelopinter-scalarstrategiesConceivetranscalarprototypesEXPECTEDSTUDENTACTIVITIESProjective construction of transcalar urban and landscape projects through the use of videos, maps,architectural drawings and models. Understanding and interpretation of the proposed bibliographythroughshortpresentations.TEACHINGMETHODSTheworkisorganizedthroughaseriesof“designoperations”:- design as descriptive tool: fieldwork, deep reading of territorial figures through mapping and otherrepresentations- design as conceptual tool: socio-spatial prototypes designed as "concrete descriptions of futuresituations"ASSESSMENTMETHODSThematerialsproducedbythestudentwillbethebasisofapresentationevaluatedtakingintoaccount:-thestudent'scontributiontoteamworkandindividual-thequalityofthedifferentrepresentationsandoftheproject-thecapacitytoplacetheworkinabroadercontext-thedeepeningoftheproposedliteratureLANGUAGEEnglish,French