Architectural design for city and landscape

Scholars working within this area focus on planning as a field of research unto itself, starting from the identification of specific cases to enrich and expand general notions. They focus on the Mediterranean landscape as a primary context for studies on heritage – archaeology and historic, modern and contemporary – aimed at redefining its role according to the new meanings that infrastructure and the concept of centrality have acquired in the contemporary city. The main research guidelines of the researchers of the Department working within this field involve issues of urban regeneration – from abandoned urban areas to smart landscapes –, the relationship between contemporary architecture and the historic city, archaeology as infrastructure, the recycling of modern buildings, self-construction as participatory architecture, and the planning of sustainable buildings.
They investigate methods of landscape planning aimed at harmonizing the historic stratification of the countryside and urban aggregations with the needs of local communities. They also investigate tools for the regeneration and renaturalization of deteriorated countryside and urban spaces.

Partecipants

  • Emma Buondonno
  • Renato Capozzi
  • Vito Cappiello
  • Isotta Cortesi
  • Angela D’Agostino
  • Orfina Francesca Fatigato
  • Ferruccio Izzo
  • Antonio Mariniello
  • Pasquale Miano
  • Giovanni Multari
  • Lilia Pagano
  • Valeria Pezza
  • Adelina Picone
  • Antonietta Piemontese
  • Carmine Piscopo
  • Giancarlo Priori
  • Francesco Rispoli
  • Mariarosaria Santangelo
  • Paola Scala
  • Gabriele Szaniszlò
  • Federica Visconti