Sentimental Topography: Project AND Place in THE Other Modernity

To broaden the students’ frame of reference in the field of design culture, through the in-depth investigation of the experience of important figures and works of 20th century architecture. The study is aimed at the understanding of the generative process of the work, at the identification of operative categories achievable in the present time. This approach presupposes the interpretative analysis and recognition of figures, themes and formal structures that are constant in the configuration of space, useful for orienting the students’ training, to allow them to make conscious and non-occasional choices.

Invite students to conceive study itineraries, which contribute to the construction of a personal reference system that they can draw on, through the comparison of design approaches.

To show the direct relationship between the study of these experiences and their translation within the architectural project. The theoretical and operational problems of the project are tackled