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L’universo organico di Saverio Muratori

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dell’opera di Saverio Muratori, magma vastissimo e denso,
poderoso quanto oscuro in alcune parti, ogni definizione rischia
di ridursi a semplificazione, ogni lettura cogliere un aspetto
limitato e particolare1. La costante che sembra ricondurre a
unità questa costruzione labirintica è la sua epica visionaria, la
fede nella possibilità di edificare un mondo condiviso, costituito,
come ogni buona architettura, di parti collaboranti, non al di
fuori, ma al di sopra del singolo individuo, smarrito e orfano
della cognizione sintetica e spontanea del mondo.
La forma di questa fiducia messianica, il suo aspetto visibile,
scaturisce da una lettura contemporanea del classicismo contrapposto
alla deriva tardo-romantica che egli vede risorgere dalle
ceneri dell’individualismo dei pionieri della modernità. Non è,
dunque, affatto inaspettato che egli ricerchi, almeno dagli anni
‘40, la permanenza dello spirito classico in quell’architettura
nord-europea che sembrava aver conservato i veri principi della
nozione di organismo in un contesto internazionale in cui il
termine andava assumendo significati diametralmente opposti,
di matrice wrightiana, ai quali aveva contribuito, in Italia, la
fondazione dell’Associazione per l’Architettura Organica fondata
da Zevi, Piccinato e Radiconcini nel 1945.
Come la distanza aveva permesso alla Germania medievale di
preservare la purezza del latino, ormai corrotto sulle sponde del
Mediterraneo, così l’architettura nord-europea dei primi decenni
del XX secolo sembrava esprimere, nella lettura di Muratori, una
nuovissima e non contaminata evocazione dello spirito classico.
Una classicità che dell’antico, in realtà, non ripeteva affatto le
forme. Le architetture di Böhm, Bonatz, Asplund, tra le poche
che Muratori porti ai suoi studenti ad esempio positivo, “sebbene
inadeguate alle premesse”2, sono fondamentalmente pesanti e
murarie, con strutture portanti e chiudenti, apparentemente le
più lontane dalla classicità della civiltà greca, dalla leggerezza
e trasparenza del sistema piedritto-architrave.
Esse sono, tuttavia, classiche proprio per le ragioni che la
ricerca solitaria di Muratori trova nell’ordine antico ………

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isuf 2017-VALENCIA 26/30 SEPTEMBER

                              http://valencia2017isufh.com/

 

CITY AND TERRITORY IN THE GLOBALIZATION AGE

VALENCIA 26/30 SEPTEMBER

 

XXIV ISUF Conference in Valencia marks as its objective the updating of studies in urban morphology and urban and territorial planning on a two-fold global concern, environmental sustainability and social and urban inequality, concern to be focused on the development of new analytical techniques. First concern, environmental sustainability, is addressed in Topics nº 1 “Stages in territorial configuration”, nº 4, “Efficient use of resources for a sustainable city”, nº 5 “Transforming the existing city”, and nº 8, “Urban green space”. Second concern, social and urban inequality, is addressed in Topics nº2 “Urban form and social use of space” and nº3, “Reading and regenerating the informal city”. The emphasis in new analytical methods is addressed in Topics nº6 “Cartography and Big Data” and nº7, “Tools for analysis in urban morphology”.

 

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Vicente Colomer, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Adolfo Vigil, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Agustín Hernández, Universidad Politécnica  Madrid. Spain
Anna AgataKantarek, Kracow University of Tecnology. Poland
Ana Portalés, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Ángel Martín, Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona. Spain
Ángel Martínez, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Antonio Font, Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona. Spain

Asenet Sosa, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Begoña Serrano, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Borja Ruiz-Apilánez, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha. Spain

Brenda Case Scheer, University of Utha. USA
Carla Filipe, UNAM. Mexico
Carmen Blasco, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Carmen Jorda, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
César D. Mifsut, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
David Urios, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Diego ÁngelVegara, Universidad de Guadalajara. México
Ding Wowo, University of Nanjing. China
Eloy Solís, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha. Spain
Enrique Giménez, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Fernando Gaja, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Francisco Javier Monclús, Universidad de Zaragoza. Spain
Giancarlo Cataldi, Universita degli estudi. Firenze. Italy
Giuseppe Strappa, “La Sapienza” University of Rome. Italy
Gonzalo Vicente-Almazan, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Horacio Capel, Universitat de Barcelona. Spain
Ignacio Bosch, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain

Ivor Samuels, University of Birmingham. U.K.
Javier Cenicacelaya, Universidad del País Vasco. Spain
Javier Pérez Igualada, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Javier Poyatos, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Javier Ruiz, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Spain
Jeremy Whitehand, University of Birmingham. U.K.
Jesús Leal, “Complutense” Universidad de Madrid. Spain
Joaquin Sabaté, Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona. Spain
Jorge Iribarne, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Árgentina
Jorge Torres, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
José FariñaTojo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Spain
José Luis Miralles, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
José María De Lapuerta, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Spain
José María De Ureña, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha. Spain
José María Ezquiaga, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Spain
Jose María Lozano, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain

Juan Cano, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Juan Colomer, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Juan Luis de las Rivas, Universidad de Valladolid. Spain

Julia Deltoro, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain

Iván Cabrera, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Kai Gu, University of Aukland. New Zealand
Laura Lizondo, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Luis Alonso De Armiño, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Maretto Marco, Universitá degli Estudi di Parma. Italy
Margarita Green, Universidad de Santiago. Chile
María Del Carmen Mota, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha. Spain
María Dolores Aguilar, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
María Teresa Palomares, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Matilde Alonso, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
McClure Wendy, University of Idaho. USA
Michael Barke, University of Northumbria. U.K.
Michael Conzen, University of Chicago. USA
Miguel Camino, Universidad de Manta. Ecuador
Nuria Salvador, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Pablo Martí, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Paolo Carlotti, “La Sapienza” University of Rome. Italy

Pilar Insausti, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Rafael Temes, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Teresa Marat-Mendes, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. Portugal
Vicente Colomer, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Vicente Manuel Vidal, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Vicente Mas, Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Vitor Oliveira, Universidade do Porto. Portugal

 

 

 

Phd in Architecture and Construction – Sapienza University – Rome – 2017/18 Admission tests

Phd in Architecture and Construction (DRACO) – Director Prof. Giuseppe Strappa

Sapienza University, Rome – 2017/18

The PhD program in Architecture and Construction, aims at educating researchers who will be able to inquire into the entire disciplinary and phenomenological breadth leading architectural design and theorization to be embodies in built space, binding the ars aedificandi with the emerging needs of society.
These researchers will need to be able to reconstruct the links between design and building, recovering and reformulating the theorical-operational paradigms which have today lost much of their strength, bound to the invention of figuration, typology and urban morphology. The recovery of this fundamental knowledge will be carried out within a problematic field of highly innovative character, where the issues of the environmental crisis, the role of media, the recent urban transformations for the spectacularizationof the city, and the new technological resources all play a fundamental role.
During the last two decades, urban and architectural design have on one side grown closer to the historical-critical areas, on the other to urban planning, with further outreaches towards anthropology and sociology. The central problematic area it once occupied was therefore abandoned. In seeking new and broader openings towards bordering disciplinary areas, and in the attempt at creating multiple connections with other aspects of architecture, the practice of urban and architectural design has broadened its horizon, thus losing its specific density, which considerably suffered from this process. A number of problems of great relevance today remain unsolved, such as the question on how architectural composition, with its intrinsic statute regarding the figuration, building typology and urban morphology, are translated, through specific processes, into buildings.
The PhD program is articulated in such a way as to focus the students’ experiences on the theoretical-practical aspects of research. The ignition of individual critical awareness is considered the primary value, together with the continuing critical confrontation with the faculty’s inputs, and with the state of knowledge as it emerges from recent publications and contributions.
The entire range of issues included in the research program mirrors the research interests of the individual faculty members. It was deemed necessary to build the study and activity program on the basis of a single curriculum, with the intention of underscoring the natural disciplinary and operational extension of the scientific sector of urban and architectural design. The proposed curriculum thus responds to the double necessity of fundamental research and applied research, similar to what takes place in architecture, which given its double nature of practice and science requires skills extending to the entire cycle leading
from the theoretical formulation to the dialectic confrontation with reality. In this sense the curriculum covers the field with modalities and intents which are otherwise not available in our University’s educational offer, aiming at the education of experts and cultural operators which are widely requested both in the field of research and of public administration. The interaction between architectural theory, realization techniques, and social studies are aimed at interpreting the mutations occurring in the
contemporary cities, is likely to attract external subjects.
The curriculum’s organization is structured in order to offer students:
The participation in group research activities organized by the program’s faculty, aiming providing them an experience of teamwork in this field. Where possible, these activities are to be coordinated with research taking place withing the Department of Architecture and Design, in order to enhance a possible synergy between the students’ and the instructors’ goals The participation in one or more thematic lecture cycles held by faculty members of external guests, aimed at providing students with a plurality of different views on the methodology of research. These lectures, to be held on a weekly basis, are a constituent part of the students’ first-year coursework.
The participation in a reading seminar, dedicated to the study of some key texts indicated on the basis of each student’s research orientation. This activity is aimed at guiding students, during their first year, in a gradual approach to their individual research themes, allowing them to start the research work at the beginning of the second year. The seminar, which is concluded with a lecture and a paper by each student, is also useful to fine-tune scientific writing skills.
The first year fill therefore be balanced between group work and individual work. This initial training, which is coordinated by the PhD Board as a whole, is concluded by the indication of a thesis supervisor for each candidate, and the beginning of individual research work on the thesis. The supervisor’s role consists in supporting the candidates’ individual research throughout the thesis’s development, up until the dissertation’s defense.
The second and third year of activity is therefore dedicated to individual research, along the guidelines indicated by each supervisor. During each year candidates are asked to present the advancement of their research work to the PhD Board on three distinct occasions, tentatively in the months of February, June and October. Furthermore students can be involved, individually or in groups, in other research-oriented activities, such as seminars, design workshops or other activities taking
place within the Department of Architecture and Design.
All PhD candidates are invited to actively take part in the Department’s cultural activities, participating in conferences, congresses, exhibitions and other events. Furthermore, their participation in national and international scientific initiatives is warmly encouraged. Finally, students are encouraged in the production of scientific papers to support the construction of an adequate scientific curriculum.
Website : https://web.uniroma1.it/dottoratodraco/

PROVE DI AMMISSIONE (Admission tests)
Dottorato in architettura e costruzione 33ciclo

data esame scritto 8 settembre 2017, ore 9.00 aula 4, via Gramsci 53
data esame orale 18 settembre 2017
descrizione: I candidati dovranno svolgere una prova scritta elaborando una riflessione sui temi proposti dalla commissione. Particolare attenzione sarà richiesta per gli argomenti che riguardano la scienza e la pratica del costruire nel confronto dialettico con la realtà costruita. I candidati potranno corredare il testo con elaborati grafici.
I risultati saranno affissi presso la sede del dottorato a via Gramsci 53 dal 12.09.2017
e pubblicati sul sito del dipartimento
prova orale: ore 9.00 aula 6 via Gramsci 53
descrizione: I candidati dovranno sostenere un colloquio di approfondimento delle tematiche affrontate nella prova scritta, sul proprio curriculum e su una proposta di ricerca
I risultati saranno affissi presso la sede del dottorato a via Gramsci 53 dal 20.09.2017 e pubblicati sul sito del dipartimento
Segreteria: Rossella Laliscia
email:     gstrappa@yahoo.it
rossella.laliscia@uniroma1.it