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PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN
Places available: 75 + 5 reserved for non-EU students living abroad, including 1 reserved for Chinese students from Marco Polo programmeLimited admission, subject to the admission teste-mail: [email protected] Class: Town, Regional and Environmental PlanningDepartment: Design and Planning in Complex EnvironmentsHead of the undergraduate programme: Giulio Ernesti
Objectives and teaching methodsThis degree programme aims to train junior urban planners and designers that are able to contribute, through adequate knowledge and skills, to processes of analysis, assessment, design, planning and management of the city, territory and environment.The educational activities combine strong disciplinary tradition with innovation in relation to social demand and emerging issues: climate change, energy, place identity, city and territory resilience, social equality and inclusion, participation. In addition to specific contents developed within the relevant courses, the teaching process encourages a number of forms of interaction between students, professors and external experts and makes studios the breeding ground for integration of theoretical and methodological knowledge, applied knowledge and technical-practical skills. Internships introduce students to external work environments (professional studios, U
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the technical offices of local or central government, companies, associations and organisations) where they learn to manage the operating conditions of their profession.
Professional profileThe junior planner and urban designer may correspond to multiple professional profiles.Thanks to the knowledge and skills gained, the graduate can take the professional licensing examination and enrol in Section B-Planners of the Register of Architects, Planners, Conservators and Landscape Designers to work as self-employed junior planners or to earn important career positions within the local or central government.
Other emerging professional profiles, not necessarily regulated, allow graduates to work for companies, associations and organisations and collaborate with other professional figures on plans, programmes, projects and advisory activity for urban planning, regional and environmental analysis, assessment, participatory processes, the development of geographic information systems, the management of specific applications for planning and urban design in applications in the area of information and communication technology, thematic processing of geographic information even within geomarketing for the regionalisation of business strategies fields.
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Courses
First yearPrinciples of ecology and geomorphologyGis and remote sensing Integrated course of Urban history and planning theoriesIntegrated course of History and theory of the city and territoryAdministrative and planning lawUrban and regional analysisEnglish
Second yearMathematics and statisticsEnvironmental analysis and assessmentUrban economics SociologyLocal government and public adminstrationUrban design methods and toolsUrban planning and design studio
Third yearEconomics and politics of regional developmentLandscape and rural policiesTransport economics and policyUrban policy and housingEvaluation and planningIt applications for planning and urban designRegional planning studio
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to be chosen among:Quantitative methods for regional analysisComparative study on planning and development of Chinese and Western cities
Teaching staffCaterina Balletti, Elisa Bizzotto, Tommaso Bonetti, Guido Borelli, Giovanni Borga, Giulio Ernesti, Leonardo Filesi, Laura Fregolent, Francesco Gastaldi, Francesca Gelli, Elena Gissi, Carlo Grillenzoni, Wang Lan, Antonino Marguccio, Marco Mazzarino, Chiara Mazzoleni, Domenico Patassini, Matelda Reho, Stefania Tonin, Luciano Vettoretto.
Study Tripsto Hamburg
May 2013