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This is the first book on Space Syntax that provides a gentle introduction to the set of geometrical techniques that enable us to describe spaces and movement patterns in cities in ways that show us their relative importance in generating good design. Akkelies van Nes and Claudia Yamu have done a magnificent job in grounding the theory in the wider field of urban studies, making it accessible to a broad audience. A key work in the urban designer’s tool kit of methods.
The book serves useful as supporting teaching material for master courses. It provides important contribution to spatial analysis literature on the built environment, and offers a basic introduction for scientific grounded methods in analyzing urban space linked to elementary theory of science.

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Libro utile per la stesura della tesi sulle cooperative edilizie. Interessante per capire il contesto sociale degli anni del ‘900 a bologna

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Volume utile a capire la storia della società operaia di Bologna al fine di arricchire la nostra tesi sulle cooperative abitative.

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Libro significativo per la tesi di laurea sulle cooperative abitative. Necessario per capire le caratteristiche tipologiche delle abitazioni operaie degli ultimi anni dell ‘800

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This book presents a practical approach to masterplanning the city and its areas (existing and new) as urban environments for the 21st century, addressing the design of cities as complex adaptive systems.Cities are under increased pressure to be resilient and resistant to the effects of climate change and rapid urbanisation. However, this idea has still not been fully integrated in to practice.

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La richiesta di acquisto del libro “Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA)” è per il progetto di ricerca Made in Italy (PNRR) per l’elaborazione del report 1 “Methodologies and problems of applicability of economic-environmental-social sustainability assessment/evaluation models within the scope of the reference topic from a life-cycle perspective” – il mio referente scientifico è la prof. Thiebat Francesca.

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Libro utile per chi inizia un percorso di dottorato e si avvicina al mondo della ricerca, per “imparare anche a fare una domanda per entrare in una università prestigiosa e a richiedere una borsa di studio, a trarre vantaggio dal dottorato di ricerca e a scegliere i mentori giusti, come sottoporre i propri lavori a riviste autorevoli e districarsi nei convegni”.

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Selection of articles by R. Banham, 1960s-1970s, edited by Penny Sparke.
The publication is of interest to the School of Architecture.

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Interessante catalogo dell’omonima mostra tenutasi a Ferrara su singagoghe e cimiteri nelle città italiane. Riferimento essenziale sul tema

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The Practice Turn in Architecture: Brussels after 1968 is a book about architectural theory ant its critical theory legacy. It seems interesting and useful for the school because it may help expanding the very notion of the architectural project itself. “What makes a city? What makes architecture? And, what is to be included in the discussions of architecture and the city? Attempting to answer such ambitious questions, this book starts from a city’s specificity and complexity. In response to recent debates in architectural theory around the agency and locus of critical action, this book tests the potential of criticality through-practice. Rather than through conceptual and ideological categorisations, it studies how architecture and criticality work within specific circumstances. Brussels, a complex city with a turbulent architectural and urban past, forms a compelling case for examining the tensions between urban politics, architectural imaginations, society’s needs and desires, and the city’s history and fabric. Inspired by pragmatist-relational philosophies, this book tests the potential of criticality through-practice. It studies a series of critical actions and tools, which occurred in Brussels’ architectural and urban culture after 1968. Weaved together, Brussels architectural production emerges from a variety of actors, including architects, urban policy makers, activists, social workers, and citizens, but also architectural movements and ideologies, urban renewal programs, urban traumas, plans and projects, and mundane everyday practices and constructions. This book contributes to the study of Brussels and offers a timely contribution to recent scholarship on the critical reappraisal of architectural debates from the 1960s through to the 1990s. In addition, by showing how pragmatist-relational philosophies can be made relevant for architectural theory, the book opens hopeful potentials for how architectural theory can better contribute to the formulation of a critical agenda for architecture.”

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