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Urban & Territorial Design

Urban & Territorial Design

A challenging contemporary context paves the way for a revision of our basic inherited urban and territorial understanding. This context prompts architects and urban designers to adopt difficult design strategies—as well as controversial policy decisions—in order to benefit our urban environment. The target of Territorial & Urban Studies within the MBIArch framework is the observation and analysis of the increasingly socio-technical nature of cities. We aim to explore the impact of networks on territorial phenomena and identify the homeostasis of urban systems, while revealing the shared aspirations that configure our urban ideal. Cities as connective patterns prove that, in urban discourse, knowledge becomes inseparable from significant public action. 

Courses

The Urban Turn II (Josep Anton Acebillo, Fall Term) 

An accurate analysis of our increasingly complex societies must take into consideration the evolution of three driving vectors: technology, economy and governmentality. The Urban Turn II course is a survey for a deep understanding of the evolving urban thesis from industrial to neotertiary societies within the framework of a global and ubiquitous technological condition.

New Systems and Infrastructures (Josep Anton Acebillo, Fall Term) 

The comprehension of contemporary city and its territorial implications will develop into consideration of strategic design and policies to consolidate and improve the urban environment. Architects and urban designers are prompted to explore the impact of infrastructures on territorial phenomena and identify the homeostasis of urban systems, to inform new urban configurations.

View from above: the Middle East (Kruno Ivanisin, Fall Term) 

The intention of this seminar is to translate the (Google Earth) view from above into architectural discussion, using architectural tools and terms. The Middle East is more than just a template here. Historical limits of this region have been shifting and its focal points changing since the very beginning of history.