From October to November 2014, two important meetings were held in Italy, in Parma and Venice, on PhD research into architectural planning. The first one – held as part of the tenth anniversary events of the Festival of Architecture 2004-2014, more to do with architectural and urban composition and the high level teaching of these1 – saw presentations of the research work (included in issue 30 of FAmagazine) alternating with debates on PhD courses in architectural planning/composition. The second, more systematic in tackling the general problem of higher academic education in the various sectors of architecture, urban planning and design2, took place at the IUAV in Venice with a two-day convention filled with operative cues. In view of the importance of PhDs (and post-graduates) in nurturing thematic reflections on design, FAmagazine has dedicated two monographic issues to PhD training in the discipline of the project, particularly of Architectural and Urban Composition. A first issue (this one) presents some of the themes extrapolated from the research work that the authors are carrying out (or have carried out) as part of their respective courses. A second one will deal with the problems of the PhD in researching the panorama of historical, cultural and social changes, while not forgetting those imposed by the above-mentioned regulations. Two issues that will seek to implant the specific nature of Italian research into architectural composition/design on the international panorama.
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Editoriale / Editorial.
Enrico Prandi, Dove sta andando la ricerca nei dottorati di progettazione architettonica in Italia? / Where is PhD research into architectural design in Italy headed?
Tommaso Brighenti, L'osservazione, l'atto e la forma. L’insegnamento dell’architettura nella Scuola di Valparaíso / Observation, Act and Form. The Teaching of Architecture at the Valparaíso School
Emanuela Giudice, L'architettura tra Withes e Grays. Strumenti, metodi e applicazioni compositive / The architecture between Whites and Grays. Tools, methods and compositive applications
Anna Rita Amato, Città formale e città informale. Le ragioni sociali della forma urbana / Formal and informal city. The reasons of the urban form
Enrico Prandi, Dove sta andando la ricerca nei dottorati di progettazione architettonica in Italia? / Where is PhD research into architectural design in Italy headed?
Tommaso Brighenti, L'osservazione, l'atto e la forma. L’insegnamento dell’architettura nella Scuola di Valparaíso / Observation, Act and Form. The Teaching of Architecture at the Valparaíso School
Emanuela Giudice, L'architettura tra Withes e Grays. Strumenti, metodi e applicazioni compositive / The architecture between Whites and Grays. Tools, methods and compositive applications
Anna Rita Amato, Città formale e città informale. Le ragioni sociali della forma urbana / Formal and informal city. The reasons of the urban form