Research at UDSU: all projects of research past and present summarized and briefly illustrated.
Feliciotti, A, Romice, O & Porta, S 2016, ‘Design for change: five proxies for resilience in the urban form‘ Open House International, vol 41, no. 4, pp. 23-30. The sheer complexity and unpredictability characterizing cities challenges the adequacy of existing disciplinary knowledge and tools in urban design and highlights the …
Moore-Alexander, M, Zecchi, E, Russell, P, Vidoli, M, Caperna, A, Romice, O & Porta, S 2016, ‘The timeless way of educating architects: a new master in “Building Beauty” in Naples, Italy‘ 2016 International PUARL Conference, San Francisco, United States, 28/10/16 – 30/10/16, . Christopher Alexander showed us that beauty can …
We are proud to announce that our latest paper was accepted and presented at the 29th Annual AESOP 2015 Congress Definite Space – Fuzzy Responsibility held between 13-16 July 2015 in Prague at the Czech Technical University (CTU). *** *** Abstract: Unprecedented worldwide urbanisation, financial instability, climate change and emerging …
Ref: Dibble, J. Prelorendjos, A. Romice, O. Zanella, A. Strano, E. Pagel, Mark. Porta, S. (2015), Urban Morphometrics: Towards a Science of Urban Evolution, Paper to be presented at the conference: ISUF International Seminar of Urban Form, Rome, September 2015. *** *** Our paper entitled “Urban Morphometrics: Towards a Science of …
The Guardian has published an article commenting our preliminary paper entitled “The Form of Gentrification”, realized in partnership with the UCL London and the University of Ferrara, IT. The paper examines recurrences in the urban form of quarters that have undertaken process of gentrification in London: Brixton, Battersea, Telegraph Hill, Barnsbury …
Ref: Porta, S. Russell, P. Romice, O. Vidoli, M. P. (2014), Construction and Therapy: an integrated approach to design build, Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Conference, October 16-18, 2014, Halifax, NS. *** *** In 2013, the Department of Architecture at the University of Strathclyde began work to …
Ref: Mehaffy, M. Porta, S. Romice, O. (2014), The “neighborhood unit” on trial: A case study in the impacts of urban morphology, Journal of Urbanism, International Research on Placemaking and Urban, in print. Link to paper The organization of modern city planning into “neighborhood units” – most commonly associated with the …
Ref: Porta, S. Romice, O. Maxwell, J. A. Russell, P. Baird, D. (2014), Alterations in scale: Patterns of change in main street networks across time and space, pre-print online at: http://usj.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/02/07/0042098013519833. Link to Urban Studies pre-print: http://usj.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/02/07/0042098013519833
Ref: Porta, S. Romice, O. (2014). Plot-based urbanism: towards time-consciousness in place-making. In Mäckler, C., & Sonne, W. (Eds.), Dortmund Lectures on Civic Art/Dortmunder Vorträge zur Stadtbaukunst. Sulgen, DE: Niggli, p.82-111. Link to paper. Contemporary challenges are such – in terms of scale, type and urgency – that a deep shift is needed in urban …
Ref: Porta, S. Romice, S. Maxwell, A. J. Russell, P. Baird, D. (2014), Alterations in scale: Patterns of change in main street networks across time and space, Urban Studies, in print. Pre-print available online at: http://usj.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/02/07/0042098013519833. Link to paper on Urban Studies Links to press coverage: Planetizen, LSE …
