Morphological tessellation as a way of partitioning space: Improving consistency in urban morphology at the plot scale

Fleischmann M, Feliciotti A, Romice O, Porta S (2020) Morphological tessellation as a way of partitioning space: Improving consistency in urban morphology at the plot scale. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 80: 101441. DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2019.101441. Urban Morphometrics (UMM) is an expanding area of urban studies that aims at representing and …

Big box, short life: little box, long life: the democracy of resilience: plot-based urbanism, evolution and informal participation

Ref: Porta S, Romice O, Feliciotti A, et al. (2018) Big box, short life: little box, long life The Democracy of Resilience: Plot-Based Urbanism, Evolution and Informal Participation. Sergio Porta, Ombretta Romice, Alessandra Feliciotti and David Rudlin explore how greater planning clarity would permit more self-build and fundamentally better and …

The road to masterplanning for change and the design of resilient places

Romice, O, Porta, S & Feliciotti, A 2017, ‘The road to masterplanning for change and the design of resilient places‘ Architectural Research in Finland, vol 1, no. 1, pp. 11-26. Knowing what to design is the foresight that tomorrow’s cities need more than anything. This paper presents the Urban Design …

Form and urban change: an urban morphometric study of five gentrified neighbourhoods in London

Venerandi, A, Zanella, M, Romice, O, Dibble, J & Porta, S 2017, ‘Form and urban change: an urban morphometric study of five gentrified neighbourhoods in London‘ Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, vol 44, no. 6, pp. 1056-1076. DOI: 10.1177/0265813516658031 Research in Urban Morphology has long been exploring the …

On the origin of spaces: morphometric foundations of urban form evolution

Dibble, J, Prelorendjos, A, Romice, O, Zanella, M, Strano, E, Pagel, M & Porta, S 2017, ‘On the origin of spaces: morphometric foundations of urban form evolution‘ Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design. DOI: 10.1177/2399808317725075 The modern discipline of urban morphology gives us a ground for the comparative analysis …

Masterplanning for change: design as a way to create the conditions for time sensitive place-making

Romice, O, Porta, S, Feliciotti, A & Barbour, GC 2017, Masterplanning for change: design as a way to create the conditions for time sensitive place-making. in H AlWaer & B Illsley (eds), Placemaking: Rethinking the Masterplanning Process.London, pp. 195-207 . DOI: 10.1680/prmp.60715.195 Recent figures on the speed at which urbanised …

Urban regeneration, masterplans and resilience: the case of the Gorbals in Glasgow

Feliciotti, A, Romice, O & Porta, S 2017, ‘Urban regeneration, masterplans and resilience: the case of the Gorbals in Glasgow‘ Urban Morphology, vol 21, no. 1 Over the last 150 years, and particularly after WWII, comprehensive spatial masterplans, aimed at increasing efficiency, amenity, and value of degraded urban neighbourhoods, were …

Correlating street network and urban blocks in the city centre of Tripoli

Remali, AM & Porta, S 2017, ‘Correlating street network and urban blocks in the city centre of Tripoli‘ Urban Morphology (2017) 21(2) pp. 161-179. The study analyses the urban form of central Tripoli, Libya, comparing three cases of different morphological periods: Old Town (pre-modern), Italian Quarter (colonial) and Garden City …

Sustainable plot-based urban regeneration and traditional masterplanning practice in Glasgow

Barbour, GC, Romice, O & Porta, S 2016, ‘Sustainable plot-based urban regeneration and traditional masterplanning practice in Glasgow‘ Open House International, vol 41, no. 4, pp. 15-22. Conventional approaches to housing development in regeneration areas are failing to provide effective supply on the many derelict and vacant sites currently available …