Tactical Piacenza. Creativity and new learning

Abstract

"Tactical Piacenza" has been a training activity within the subject of History of Architecture and Landscape in the Contemporary Age within the master's degree (Laurea Magistrale) "Sustainable Architecture and Landscape Design" of the Scuola di Architettura, Urbanistica, Ingegneria delle Costruzioni of the Politecnico Di Milano (Campus Piacenza) during the academic period 2016-17. This practice used an active learning methodology developed by the research platform "Laboratory Q: Places of Urban Creativity", originated in the School of Architecture of the University of Seville and extended to other academic contexts in Latin America and Europe. Within this theoretical / practical course of international character on the history of the city and the contemporary landscape, Tactical Piacenza satisfied a double objective: promoting a critical knowledge on the state of the current European city, taking as case of study the context of Piacenza itself, and introducing students to academic research, exploring the concepts of Creative City and Tactical Urbanism.