Defining urban design

23/10/2023, h. 14:30
Politecnico di Milano, Campus Leonardo, Edificio 11, AULA o.2
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From the ciam heart of the city to urban design, 1933-69
Ciclo di seminari “UD – Rethinking Urban Design Genealogies”

The lecture by Eric Mumford is organized in the framework of the Seminar “UD – Rethinking Urban Design Genealogies”. The Seminar will present and compare three diverse positions in Urban Design History and Theory. David Grahame Shane (GSAPP Columbia, New York), Tom Avermaete (ETH, Zurich), and Eric Mumford (Washington University in St. Louis) will introduce their trajectories and discuss the different UD genealogies proposed, the cultural matrices, the chronologies and geographies of reference, and other historiographical and interpretative frameworks offered by their studies. The Seminar is supported by DAStU, Politecnico di Milano, and organized in collaboration with GUD_Genealogy of Urban Design Network.

Relatore: Eric Mumford, Washington University in St. Louis
Discussants: Nicole De Togni, Bertrando Bonfantini, Paolo Scrivano

Responsabili: Gaia Caramellino, Leonardo Zuccaro Marchi

Credits immagini: Town Planning Associates, Chimbote town center, Peru, 1948