Transitional Morphologies and Urban Forms: Generation and Regeneration Processes—An Agenda

Marco Trisciuoglio, Michela Barosio, Ana Ricchiardi, Zeynep Tulumen, Martina Crapolicchio and Rossella Gugliotta
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Marco Trisciuoglio: DAD—Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
Michela Barosio: DAD—Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
Ana Ricchiardi: DAD—Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
Zeynep Tulumen: DAD—Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
Martina Crapolicchio: DAD—Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
Rossella Gugliotta: DAD—Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 11, 1-19

Abstract: Grounded in the study of urban morphology, this position paper seeks to overcome the analysis of the permanent elements of a city in the search for a transitional paradigm in urban morphology, with the aim of grasping the dynamics of urban evolution and providing operative tools for the design of urban regeneration through an adaptive approach. Four actions for urban analysis are suggested here to highlight urban dynamics through the use of different tools: (a) sorting the transitional steps of urban morphologies (within rapid market processes), (b) underlining rules and processes that characterize urban coding in transitions, (c) mapping urban assemblages in an adaptive city, and (d) reading and representing the phenomenon of urban permutation. The results of this multifaceted and multidimensional set of analytical tools make it possible to outline a new paradigm for design thinking that moves towards a parametric approach to the urban design of cities in transition by broadening the extent of the urban regeneration process and supporting urban policies in the framework of a community-based approach.

Keywords: urban morphology; transitional morphologies; assemblage; urban coding; adaptive city; permutation; parametric design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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