From Forms to Flows: an Approach to the [Eco]systemic Urban Project
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5821/jida.2021.10578Keywords:
urban project, metabolism, urbanism, ecosystemic, urban fabricAbstract
The awareness of the effects of climate change set significant challenges to urbanism, requiring transdisciplinary approaches capable of giving efficient responses for the contemporary city and territory. A teaching programme set up in the framework of academic cooperation with other European schools through competitive Erasmus+ projects has explored the potential of urban metabolism at the scale of the urban project. Throughout several courses, the analytical and design reflection on the principles of sustainable development has been addressed at the scale of the urban fragment, testing tools, interpreting strategies and coming up with new design projects, merging rigorous and speculative approaches. Through a continuous exploration among students and teachers, some examples of what could be called [eco]systemic urbanism projects have been discussed and illustrated, going beyond the basic application of environmental standards and technical codes.
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