30095 - Thematic Cartography for Architecture and Town-Planning (B)

Learning outcomes

The course aims to teach students how to read common town-planning maps (IGM maps, Regional Technical maps, cadastral maps) and use them as a basis for analyses and projects. The course also focuses on creating digital records of analysis data, with reference to cartography and to interactive photographic models.

Course contents

The course, which includes theoretical lectures and seminars on relevant topics and examples, will address the following topics:
Fundamentals of Cartography: cartographic projections, reference systems, official Italian cartography, etc.

Cartography as a tool for surveying and for the representation of town centres according to UNI standards

Technical cartography: Regional Technical Cartography (CTR) contents, reliability, technical choices and map-making at 1:10000 and 1:5000 scales.
The cadastral mapping system.
Cartographic and photogrammetric documentation for town centres: urban surveying and mapping at 1:2000 and 1:1000 scales. Town centres: surveying and representation methods at very large scales.
An introduction to thematic cartography.
Elements of numerical cartography: numerical map data, database design, digital representation of map data, creation of territorial information systems.
Urban representation: techniques, symbols and graphic conventions.

Readings/Bibliography

Title: La cartografia tematica per l'architettura urbanistica
Author/s: Massimo Rosi
Publisher: 2001 - Giannini editore

Title: Elementi di cartografia per l'architettura urbanistica
Author/s: Laura Baratin, Orioli Valentina
Publisher: 2004 - Pitagora, Bologna

 

Title: Introduzione alla cartografia
Author/s: Campbell John
Publisher: 1989 - Zanichelli

Title: Storia della cartografia
Author/s: Lodovisi Achille, Torresani Stefano
Publisher: 1996 - Patron editore

Title: Cartografia Generale
Author/s: F. Guzzetti, A. Selvini
Publisher: UTET, Torino, 2001

Teaching methods

The course combines background lectures on the listed topics, and Laboratory work aimed at the preparation of the drawings/documents to be submitted for the examination: reinforcing general topics through case analysis, using the mapping tools made available (technical maps, historical maps, etc.)

Assessment methods

In order to sit the examination students are required to submit a portfolio of drawings, produced in the Town planning Laboratory, related to the historical evolution of the areas chosen as case studies. The examination also includes an interview on the topics covered during the course.
The final examination involves the presentation and discussion of submitted works and a discussion of the main topics addressed during the course.

Teaching tools

Lectures are meant to support the students' cognitive and project development activities; seminars are aimed at assessing the work done in groups.

At the beginning of the course students will be equipped with basic cartographic material concerning the areas under investigation.

Office hours

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