B9642 - FORME DELLO SPAZIO COLLETTIVO

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module, students will have acquired a comprehensive understanding of the components of collective space; they will be able to interpret textual and design sources and apply the knowledge acquired to the transformation of the landscape and architectural and urban space in relation to the theme of collective living; they will also be able to analyse the relational aspects connected with different forms of collectivity.

Course contents

Through lectures, analysis, and critical redesign of selected case studies, as well as guided reading of bibliographic sources, the course aims to investigate and explore the theme of living and collective space.

The aim is to understand the main causes, ideologies and claims underlying the chosen community practices.

In particular, the central role that space — in its morphological, typological, and symbolic articulations — plays in the definition and success of such experiences will be highlighted.

Particular attention will also be given to how these alternative, often non-institutionalized housing practices have influenced, or attempted to influence, design methodologies and housing policies.

Through the critical study of several experiences, both historical and recent, the course will offer tools for reflection on the present, with the aim of identifying and developing criteria for the design of forms and modes of collective living in the 21st century.

Readings/Bibliography

Liselotte Ungers, Oswald Mathias Ungers, Kommunen in der Neuen Welt, 1740-1971, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Colonia, 1972;

Florian Hertweck, Sébastien Marot, The City in the City Berlin: A Green Archipelago A manifesto (1977) by Oswald Mathias Ungers and Rem Koolhaas, Lars Müller, Zurigo, 2013;

Escher, Cornelia, and Common Room, eds. Negotiating Ungers 2: The Oberhausen Institute and the Materiality of the Social. Paperback ed. Common Books, January 1, 2023;

Escher, Cornelia, and Common Room, eds. Negotiating Ungers 3. The Self-Help Housing System and the Construction of Communities. Paperback ed. Common Books, January 1, 2023;

Heckmann, Oliver and Schneider, Friederike. Floor Plan Manual Housing, Birkhäuser, Berlin, 2018;

Hayden, Dolores. The Grand Domestic Revolution: A History of Feminist Designs For American Homes, Neighborhoods, and Cities. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1982;

Hayden, Dolores. Sette utopie americane. L’architettura del socialismo comunitario 1790-1975. Feltrinelli, Milano, 1980;

Selbsthilfe im Altbau: Erfahrungen, Versuche und Vorschlage [Self-help in pre-war buildings: experiences, experiments, and suggestions], Internationale Bauausstellung Berlin, Berlino, 1984;

Pugh, Emily, “You Are Now Entering Occupied Berlin: Architecture and Rehab-Squatting in West Berlin”, Centropa, vol 14, no. 2, 2015

Teaching methods

The course is organised through lectures, seminars, and laboratory activities with practical exercises applying the concepts learned.

Assessment methods

The examination of the teaching module will be taken jointly with the modules of the degree lab, and the assessment for suitability will take into account the results achieved in the various activities of the lab itself.

Suitability will combine the assessment of the design exercises developed within the individual teaching modules and an oral discussion on the content of the activities carried out during the course.

Further details will be provided as the laboratory progresses.

Teaching tools

Each student must equip themselves with the tools needed to develop the project, both for hand drawing and digital drawing. All drawings and documents will be developed based on a layout that will be provided at the beginning of the course. The development of architectural models is planned.

The relevant teaching materials will be made available to students in digital format on the UNIBO VIRTUALE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT platform (https://virtuale.unibo.it/).

Office hours

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